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BTW for the magnetized stands I used a construction toy set call MAGZ (amazon sells them). They work GREAT and are much better than the GW clear stands that constantly broke.











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As for your bestial brown issue, either go up to vermin brown or just do a 50/50 mix of bone and bestial brown.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413167.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413167.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome!
Were you planning on dusting them up a bit, or were you going to leave them factory fresh?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413184.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413184.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413208.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413208.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome!
Then very gently spray with mat sealer.

Concentrate on leading edges, surfaces which are parallel to the ground, and anywhere that there are recesses or nobbly bits where dust naturally collects.

That should leave it looking pretty new (as you are not weathering any battle damage, scratches from use etc), but will tie it in a little more to the theme and just push it up to the next level.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413253.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413253.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome! I'd give the gold a wash of ogryn flesh just to give it a bit of texture. It's a bit bright aas is]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413305.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413305.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413544.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413544.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome!
As for the bestial brown sections I would mix in a bit of bone as suggested earlier or maybe even a bit of elf flesh or similar to lighten it. You probably want to stay clear of white whatever you do. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413847.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413847.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413918.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1413918.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome!
ajefferism wrote:Hmmm I tend to like the factory fresh look for Tau (not so much for Marines etc). But, do you know of any techniques or picture resources for a dusted up look? I may be open to it...


What might look good if you just made the tanks look like they skimmed over the sand so you got a bit of dust on the underside but not much on top]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1414175.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1414175.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome!
I'm not too sold on the gold bubble on the devilfish. I painted mine in a non intrusive color, but that's me ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1418056.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/284403/1418056.page GMT Desert based Tau army WIP... comments welcome!
As far as the gold goes, anything that I thought would be "sensor" related i made gold. I figured that bulge had some sort of purpose so i was like... hmmm maybe thats some sort of futuristic radar/tracking thing. who knows...

I think im gonna try that ogryn flesh wash onthe gold and maybe a mithril silver highlight on the edges... we'll see how that looks.
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