Hi all,

First post so be nice

I've been playing Epic for a few years now and I'm going to start a new Tau army.

As the title says I'm looking for a colour scheme to use.

I like the traditional 'orange' colour but it seems a little boring! Are there any examples out there of more 'exotic' Tau painting schemes? I really fancy painting something a bit different!


Thanks in advance


TLW

The tau of war blog is quite good for some inspiration:

http://tauofwar.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/ ... hemes.html

and there's some good stuff on:

http://www.advancedtautactica.com

as well...

If you veer towards the Vior'la Tau, it justifies using some more Red on the models which I think can be done quite nicely. I found two examples from 40k, one is black and red and the other white and red.

Some of that stuff is really good!

Thanks for the link!


TLW

To be honest I know very little about the Tau (Background etc) but they are one of the armies that my group don't have and I've always liked the look of them!

I do like the red colour but don't think I would use that as it would clash with my Orks who mainly red!

I quite like the green ones on here:

http://www.advancedtautactica.com/viewt ... f=6&t=6290

If you like those you better be sat down when you see these!

http://www.advancedtautactica.com/viewt ... 46&t=20281

http://www.advancedtautactica.com/viewt ... rior+bases

That should help get you in the mood!!

You've sold it to me!

If only I could paint that well

Will have to have a go once the figures arrive!


Cheers

Largo's white and blue are nice:
http://zinngebirge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/ ... malen.html

Coincidentally I was also planning a white and red scheme, but I chickened out in the end. I can't paint, and even people who can paint can find white difficult. Or so I hear. Still, am kicking myself a bit now, wish I'd gone for it.

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Welcome on board and to Tau. I have to say I agonised over colour scheme, I finally did something similar to the Farsight scheme (see below).

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Hi!

The red with white looks very nice!

While tactical colors maybe more "realistic", I find that at this scale they look drab and dull.

I much prefer the "loud" colors.

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Yes bright colours are not 'tactical' but they look so much nicer!

Sims - Love your stuff and was looking through it all earlier! You can expect many PM's from me asking you a million different questions!

Oh ... well ... I tried ...

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