Using Green Stuff World ‘Dipping Ink’ To Paint A T’au Fire Warrior
A while back, the good folks at Green Stuff World sent me the full range of their Dipping Ink to try out. I like to work with products a bit before I do anything with them, be that give them a solid recommendation or tell you to avoid at all costs. Since I was using the bases for a set of T’au Fire Warriors for my Army Painter Battlefield Basing review/tutorial, I decided to paint up the T’au themselves with the Dipping Inks.
First step [Image 1] in the process after the assembling and priming of the model, was to use an airbrush to apply the Skull Linen Dip. The color gave the entire model a nice tone for all the white armor bits. A big plus was that the Dipping Inks worked like a charm in the airbrush. The ink just went on so smooth. Good job, Green Stuff World!
After that, I applied two coats of Deep Black Dip to all of the under armor and gloves [Image 2]. It took two coats simply because it cover exceptionally well but my choice to even coat in Skull Linen Dip made the highlights the Deep Black Dip made a bit too bright. The second coat helped darken it to the right shade.
In the third step [Image 3], I went over the some of the details with Red Opulence Dip. I absolutely loved how this red came out. It wasn’t so dark that it distracted from the white. On the other hand, it wasn’t too light to look pink in contrast to the rest of the armor. It was honestly just right.
With the next step [Image 4], I covered the skin with Dusty Blue Dip. This should have been an easy one, since it would be just the head and the parts of its feet (hooves?) that are exposed. However I found myself really debating back and fourth on which of the blue inks was the right one to go with.
My final step [Image 5] was to go over the model with some choice colors and just tighten it up a bit. Following that, I glued it to one of the bases I made in the previously linked article. All that is left to do is add a nice mat varnish to seal it all in and it’ll be done. I’ll wait until I have the rest of the squad done first before I do that, though.
I hope you found this informative or, at the very least, mildly entertaining. It is an interesting exercise to attempt to paint an entire model using only inks, or as close to only using them as possible. I highly recommend it.