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I can't recall, for the life of me, what Tau weapons, battlesuits, vehicles are actually made of (metal, ceramic, plastic, tofu?) which puts me in a bind since i'm modelling a small pathfinder warband as having been stuck behind enemy lines in a jungle for a bit and don't want to monumentally mess up the weathering.
Anyone have any idea?

The armor plates are ceramics/"nanocrystalline alloys".

I don't think you can mess up weathering. What's underneath the paint is up to your interpretation. I personally weather my tau by adding scratches and dents, sometimes rust running below the scratch, so no metal pigments.

 Kanluwen wrote:
The armor plates are ceramics/"nanocrystalline alloys".

ah, thanks for this as i was getting my rusting gear ready!

I would assume its some sort of high tech ceramic.

though Iridium armor (if thats still a thing) wouldn't rust all that well (wait iridium is a platinum metal group right?)