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Tutorial: Tau Jade Armour

Folk seem to really enjoy the colour of the armour plating of my Tau Kill Team, so I thought I'd share my method. Enjoy!

Method

Basecoat the plating with Incubi Darkness.

Add a chunky edge highlight of Incubi Darkness and Kabalite Green mixed 1:1.

Now edge highlight everything again, this time with thin lines of pure Kabalite Green.

Selectively highlight corners and prominent edges with a 1:1 mix of Kabalite Green and Gauss Blaster Green. Don't go over everything, just small areas to add volume.

For extra shiny, add in dot highlights of Gauss Blaster Green. Apply these only on corners where highlights meet and in the middle of the prominent edges you just highlighted.

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I watched a quick video by @malev_minis some time ago and it changed the way I have mixed washes ever since. It is simple, but it had never occurred to me to use Games Workshop pots in this way. You can use this for traditional paints too, but as they are thicker it can be harder work without adding additional medium. I'll get my Citadel paints switched over to dropper bottles eventually, but I can't see me ever stopping using shades in this way.

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Here are two more Slaanesh Cultists for Blackstone Fortress. I could probably speed up my progress with the Escalation box by doing all eight at once, but I find it so much less enjoyable. #chaoscultists #slaanesh #blackstonefortress #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #paintingwarhammer40k #warhammer40000 #wh40k #warhammer40kpainting #citadelminiatures #miniatures #miniaturepainting #paintingminiatures #modelpainting #minipainting (at Torbay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH0b3C3HeL1/?igshid=un9fzcfttd0l

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My initial plan was for these to be Tzeentch themed Rogue Psychers, but they ended up looking more Undivided than planned. Oh well. Despite them being absolutely gorgeous sculpts, I struggled through these for some reason. I think it shows in the result too. I dont hate them and am glad to have the Blackstone Fortress base game all done, so I'm chalking this one up as a win. #tzeentch #roguepsychers #servantsoftheabyss #blackstonefortress #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #paintingwarhammer40k #warhammer40000 #wh40k #warhammer40kpainting #citadelminiatures #miniatures #miniaturepainting #paintingminiatures #modelpainting #minipainting (at Torbay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIL3P_nWbb/?igshid=1qd6q55hteubm

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I went for a slightly darker skin tone on this batch and now I'm not sure which I prefer. I'm leaning towards a 50/50 split at this point. They are starting to look pretty sweet all grouped together... #bloodletters #daemonsofkhorne #khorne #daemonsofchaos #ageofsigmar #warhammerageofsigmar #warhammerfantasy #killteam #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #paintingwarhammer40k #warhammer40000 #wh40k #warhammer40kpainting #citadelminiatures #miniatures #miniaturepainting #paintingminiatures #modelpainting #minipainting (at Torbay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF2Ivg-n-6x/?igshid=5v20zgytkwlv

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I never had much luck with the toothbrush method of applying blood splatter, but this simple trick has worked a treat for me. With an old brush, a spray duster and good old Blood for the Blood God, you can have great looking blood splatter easily. 1. Fix miniature to the surface. 2. Mask any areas that you do not want splattered. Tape if necessary. 3. Get a small amount of Blood for the Blood God on an old brush. 4. Use short blasts from the spray duster to spray blood from the brush. 5. Repeat if needed. If you have an airbrush, I would also recommend giving this a go. You can get a similar level of precision with this. #ageofsigmar #warhammerageofsigmar #warhammerfantasy #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer #WarhammerCommunity #paintingwarhammer40k #warhammer40000 #wh40k #warhammer40kpainting #citadelminiatures #miniatures #miniaturepainting #paintingminiatures #modelpainting #minipainting (at Torbay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFuZ_c4nKf2/?igshid=19fnzqgilh72i

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Bloodletter Hellblades

This molten metal looking blade is based strongly upon a YouTube tutorial by "2brushes1cup". Be sure to check it out, if you are looking to achieve a similar effect.

Method

Base coat the the whole blade in Dead White.

Paint in Flash Gitz Yellow, covering most of the blade. Thin your paint and drag to the outside, so more pigment is left there.

Repeat with Fire Dragon Bright, covering less of the blade again.

Use Evil Sunz Scarlet to cover a small amount of the outside of the blade, using the same technique again.

Paint a small thin layer of Mournfang Brown around the outer edge of the blade, all of the way around. I added a wash of very thinned Mournfang Brown in around the hilt too.

Add in small amounts of Rhinox Hide on the extremities of the blade and as a recess shade around the hilt too.

Touch up anything around the blade that you think needs work and re-establish the white in the centre too. I used some Dead White again to keep it very bright.

Add in a few random small patches and lines of Rhinox Hide. The idea is to make it look like slag floating in the molten metal.

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