Tau codex desert camo colours.

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**Mr_hanky**

Can anyone tell me the exact colours other than tau light ochre that they have used to do the camo on the hammerhead below? Cant find any info on what colours to use anywhere that refer to citadel paints.

**LoH**

I can tell you the old colors, match as best you can:

basecoat vomit brown
draw camo pattern on with a pencil
test pattern with three blocks: vermin brown, 50/50 vermin brown/bleached bone.

So you end up with the old vermin brown, a 50/50 mix of vermin brown and bleached bone (the lighter color) and vomit brown

ref: how to paint citadel tanks, pg 46

You should be able to approximate with the following (using https://www.hiveworldterra.co.uk/Article/view_CoatDArmsConversionChart.html (EDIT: or http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint+Range+Compatibility+Chart, thanks Ghaz) as a guide)

Tau Light Ochre, a 50/50 mix of Ushabti Bone and Skrag Brown, and Skrag Brown

If you need the original colors, those are Coat 'd arms paints and the link above has their color names.

**Mr_hanky**

That is the greatest response of all time.

Great success.

**Ghaz**

LoH wrote:

You should be able to approximate with the following (using https://www.hiveworldterra.co.uk/Article/view_CoatDArmsConversionChart.html as a guide)

Or this http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint+Range+Compatibility+Chart

**LoH**

Ghaz wrote:
LoH wrote:

You should be able to approximate with the following (using https://www.hiveworldterra.co.uk/Article/view_CoatDArmsConversionChart.html as a guide)

Or this http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint+Range+Compatibility+Chart

That too. it was late, and I just applied Google to the problem.

**Mr_hanky**

Ok so gave it a go. Wanted it to be abit more in your face than the codex example because, lets face it, form over function haha.

Needs abit if a clean up as i used a brush and it ran under the paint tape in areas. Colours used, tau light ochre base, 3:1 tau light ochre/scorched brown and scorched brown.

**davethepak**

Nice work.

One point - that is almost "too good" of a camo pattern - it is very high contrast - which in real world is exactly what you want in a pattern - as it breaks up the shape of the object it is on.

However, for our little plastic wargaming models, when using a more realistic contrast camo, they seem to loose detail and definition.

To prevent this, you want a more subtle camo pattern - one that clearly shows that something is camo (like the gw paint job) but you can still easily see the shape lines and details on the model.

Just a suggestion....love the pattern!

**AngularDeath**

I think an oil wash and some weathering can easily take care of toning down the contrast while keeping the whole model cohesive. Really nice job overall.

**Quarterdime**

I think that you should change that Scorched brown to something else. Something less black.

**elStrages**

There's a really good video on YouTube by a company called buypainted I would high recommend you go watch it. It will solve all your problems

**Mr_hanky**

I also agree that the camo job is abit to realistic, as such i have addedin afew bits of white to break it up abit, once the model is complete i will post better photos that arent iphone potato spec. I saw the youtube vid, used the stencil technic to apply the paints a layer at a time. So much win when you start peeling off all the tape and revealing the camo

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Probably going to repaint part of my hammerhead the same as my piranha. Just do the wing section like the hammerhead below.

**elStrages**

I do prefer the grey camp to the yellow. But your paint job was actually really nice. I like it crisp. But that's personal preference.

**Mr_hanky**

Its been awhile since my last update. But i have finished this. Dont really have a great photo.

Overall im pretty happy with the finish. From certian angles it is hard to make out all the lines and shape of the vechile like camo should. But also really pops on the game board and draws alot of attention.

Under a warm white light

Under a cool white light

**GamesEtc**

Good work there! Keep it up!