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I recently started collecting again and purchased some Tau from my local GW. The store manager was very helpful and helped me pick out some paints and brushes. He offered to show me some painting tips but at the time I was in a rush so I had to decline.

I have four citadel paints. A dark red (base), black (shade), light red (layer) and a bright red (layer).


I have no idea what I am supposed to do with them

I sprayed a mini with skull white, applied the base paint and then applied the shade a couple of hours after. The next day I used the light red (layer) to highlight some of the prominent armour and helmet.
I then went over everything with the bright red. My assumption was that the area that has been given a light red layer would look different but it just looks the same.

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For example, you can see on these guys that the segments between the armor are dark from the wash (shade), the armor itself is a midtone color (your light red) and then a lighter color was used to highlight the edges of the armor (bright red). You don't have to do it this way but this is the simplest method of doing highlighting. Things like cloth are little harder since the raised areas and edges aren't so clearly defined but you get the idea.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173432.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173432.page GMT
The pictures were also helpful. I may leave the highlighting initially until I have painted all of my firewarriors.

Would you suggest that I paint the figures on the sprue?


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It really just comes down to personal choice in the end. Some people find it easier, some don't.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173475.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173475.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173480.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173480.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173493.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173493.page GMT
By painting this way you paint darker from white - use reasonably light colours for each of your block colours, then wash using a darker shade to add shadow. You can then re-paint highlighted areas with the original colour if needed.

You can even paint almost entirely with washes if you really want to. These nids are painted almost completely with washes and inks, with only the odd bit of tone added with undercoating certain bits in other colours.

My Eldar are painted similarly, undercoating white, then using a paint thinned to wash consistency to paint the models complete with subtle highlights. A final thin wash of black with a water wash over the top (to wash the black off the raised parts) adds shadow to the recesses.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173526.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/500416/5173526.page GMT
Now just to decide on my paint scheme.

I am thinking of doing the armour plates in red and the cloth in white with a black shade/wash so it looks darker and a little more defined.





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