How to Paint: Tau Fire Warrior

[@warpdrvn]

I personally think this is the best T'au sept Fire Warrior painting tutorial i've been able to find online, very easy to follow, quick and to the point and a fantastic end result 👍

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Thank you very much - that’s some praise altogether!

[@Grimmothy13]

I've dipped my toe back into 40k this week after a full decade out. Found the remnants of an old Tau Battleforce box circa 5th edition in the attic, and this guide is perfect! Really looking forward to getting a fresh set of paints and giving this one a shot

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Best of luck with it! I was the same - my restart point was a game called Silver tower a number of years ago 👍👍

[@Brevaan-ni3hw]

Same here!

[@Maddog2090]

Made it look so easy! I struggle with a lot of the details but great video! Gave me a lot of pointers.

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Glad to hear it!

[@sidekickstreams]

This is an absolutely phenomenal tutorial. Particularly watching how you do the brush work. It's also nice to see a handful of errors in the video itself, since that's the reality of the hobby. They are corrected and your result mini is both gorgeous and realistically attainable by even a beginner if they are patient and doing basic thinning.

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Thank you very much - really appreciate it!

[@Cowsablanca]

Holy cow, this is amazing! I just picked Tau to go with, and have been kind of nervous to paint. But, this really helped with the colors listed and just all the info. Thank you!

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Glad to hear it helped!

[@rob0duck430]

Phenomenal tutorial, using this to paint up the Kill Team right now. Probably going to deviate a bit and give the leader a white helmet to make them stand out a bit more.

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Thanks you! And great shout, I did the same for mine 👍👍

[@XboxTopher1992]

Magic. I've just started getting into Tau and this video was spot on

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Thanks!! Hope it helps!

[@R1v0rian]

Just bought myself the T'au half of the Old Foes deal GW have going on right now as the start of my 2nd 40k army. Will absolutely be using this as my guide when it comes to painting, very easy to follow and looks great. Subbed to you as well :)

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Thank you very much! Will aim for alot more content in 2023 👍👍

[@marcartigasvall8176]

I've bought my first ever WH40k box, the T'au Fire Warriors. I'm following this tutorial, because I have the ochre T'au army in my head since I was a kid. I'm painting it with Vallejo, anyway ;)

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Thank you for the support! Ochre tau definitely stand out in memory alright, they still seem like the NEW faction!

[@massive1988sc]

Love led zeppelin in the background ❤❤❤

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Never noticed until now, oops!

[@OldManRogers]

Amazing and simple yet detailed!

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Thanks for the great feedback!

[@OldManRogers]

@@shruggingatlasminiatures You're welcome. You also sound like a fellow potatolander so bonus points!

[@NorTacPaddy]

Good clean tutorial mate. love the length of the vid too. I just wanted a quick ref to see if i was going mad. Just did a squad of ten fire warriors which have taken me ages- Viorla type scheme not so forgiving. Subbed.

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Cheers for the support!

[@michaelmorales3172]

My mans used like 30 different colors for this model! I'm starting my first ever miniatures this week a Tau fire warrior set. I'm going with a brown and desert theme that will look similar to this so I hope it looks half as good as this :)

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Cheers - hope your one goes well!!

[@elliot8608]

Thank you a lot !! I was actually looking for a tutorial for tau fire warrior in this color 👍🏻

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Glad to hear it - hope it helps you paint yours!

[@michielroskam3877]

for a simple color, 1 really thin color with agrax dune contrast....... really thin on a white corax

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Great idea, thanks!

[@PaleRiderTCG]

I'm painting my very first minis and I chose some Tau robots. It's quite difficult to get to some black underneath areas and I was wondering if there's any way to attach the arms later. If not, I'll have to be extar careful and repaint the mistakes.

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

You could stick the arms to something like a paper clip to do that. However for troops it would take ages to finish a squad, so id suggest just building them fully and not worrying about the small mistakes 👍👍

[@PaleRiderTCG]

@@shruggingatlasminiatures Thank you for the advise.

[@acl7295]

Really amazing work, I am struggle with the color scheme,but finally have courage to do after you video. Could I ask if I can use white scar or black as primer? Thanks in advance

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

White scar probably better choice as the brown/tans wouldn't cover very well over black

[@mogaman28]

Can I substitute Wyldwood with brown tamiya panel liner?

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

I’d well imagine so! Never used them myself but would love to know how it goes!

[@johnabrennan4946]

I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong, when I apply the paint, I can still see the chaos prime behind the Tau ochre, not hard but you can see it. I’m only just starting but I wanna do it right, please help🫠

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Couple of things there that might be of use - covering over black is difficult with most colours, and tau light ochre is quite a light paint - it is also a “layer” paint, which means it is thinner (has less pigment) than a “base paint” Two options would be either start from a lighter basecoat (white,grey, tan) and use tau light ochre. Or work from the black, but paint a base coat of xv88 first, which is a base paint and would cover the black better Hope it helps!

[@travismccollum6062]

How would you go about this if you were going to do a farsighted enclave. Painting about the only thing I can’t seem to figure out.

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Not sure to be honest! I think I’ve a few more tau lying around - I may do a tutorial in the future on that

[@bernardthegoat9067]

How do you thin your paints?

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

I’m a big fan of a wet palette, to start. Then just water - handy thing about the palette is you can add a little bit of water at a time and see how it flows

[@bernardthegoat9067]

Alright thanks

[@adam_nathan]

I notice some of the paints here are listed as “Games Workshop (layer)” but only seem to be available as base paints, are you just referring to how you use them on the models when you call them layer or base?

[@yurigagarine6998]

He did make mistakes. Abaddon black is base paint.

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Almost certainly a typo on my part, sorry!

[@Trashcrisis]

Thanks a lot for this tuto painting ! Actually, I work on one drone for my ethereal and I was not satisfied ^^

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

Hope its helpful!

[@KaisTheFireWarrior]

You used to have old videos about 10 years ago? I feel like I've watched an older tutorial on fire warriors.

[@oscaromahony1019]

i saw a guy who painted this guy FULLY F$%KING BLUE WITH BLACK AS THE FABRIC PARTS (the only normal part of it)

[@lukepoplawski3230]

You leave that brush alone. It’s had enough 😂

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

😂😂😂