Cadre of Mesme Ukos Refresh

The Tiger Shark bomber came with 14 drones. I originally painted the drones with a blue centre but staring at them on the table with everything else made me regret this choice.

So I decided to change them up.

First I tried vomit brown directly over the blue but it didn’t look right. So I went ahead and took them back to black instead.

Next I touched up the red gore and added red gore to the rim of the drone as they were all just black. I prefer the coloured edging.

Next I did the first layer of vomit brown on each drone. Then layered up until it was a nice even smooth colour.

Next I added vines to the top in Hoeth Blue.

I briefly toyed with the idea of blazing orange vines too, inspired by the pilots jumpsuits but I didn’t like how it looked on the drone, so went with just blue.

The drones are complete and back in the cabinet for now.

Two Hammerheads completed & Looking lovely together 🙂

The first of my Hammerhead Tank Squadron is complete. Four more and a Sky Ray to go!

Completed paint Job:

The Squad is finished at last!
I am so chuffed as they came out better than I hoped. I added extra details to the Ethereals such as an attempt at purple gems and fancy metallics.

with the colour scheme all decided I’m  working through the squad of 12.

1. Black Undercoat.
2. Tau flesh – my own blend of shadow grey & elf flesh.
3. Eyes – Mechrite Red.
4. Cloak, base coat Vomit Brown.
5. Cloaks – build up layers until its a smooth colour.
6. Touch up any smudges with Black.
7. Cloth – Red Gore, Layer up until smooth.
8. Touch up smudges with black or correct colour.
9. Armour – Liche Purple. Layer up till nice and even.
10. Touch up with Black.
11. Hair – Drybrush Dark Flesh.
12. Helmet sights – Mechrite red.
13. Weapons, Accessories, etc – use a mixture of silver & all the colours to give these a pop.
14. Cloaks – veins – create a sinuous pattern with Liche Purple, Golden Yellow, Red Gore & Blood Red. Pattern the outer side & hoods only as the inside of cloaks turned out to be really hard to reach.
15. Units Drones – change centre circle to Vomit Brown and add the Veins to match squad & vehicle.

I am currently halfway through Squad and will post a photo once I’m finished.