Kill Team: Chalnath
T'au Empire
Kroot Paint Scheme
A full Kroot paint scheme, generated and ready to test: the armour ramp from basecoat to edge highlight plus metals, skin, lenses and basing — every colour matched to real paints from Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter and 35+ more ranges, with live prices. Use it as a planner, tweak any colour, or take it into the full generator.
Start this scheme
The boxes we can price for this faction, cheapest first, and the paint sets that cover most of the recipe below.
20% off RRPCombat Patrol: T'au Empire
T'au Empire · 29 models · 4 kits
1× Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit (can be built as a Coldstar Battlesuit) · 1× Devilfish · 10× Breacher Fire Warriors (can be built as a Strike Team) · 10× Pathfinders · 7× Drones (5 Tactical Drones, 1 Recon Drone, 1 Support Turret)
from C$174.25· compare 4 shops· priced 14 Sep
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C$225.00at Tistaminis · eBay· priced 14 SepCovers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
+4
from C$62.99· compare 3 shops· priced 14 Sep
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
from C$30.00· compare 2 shops· priced 14 Sep
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
from C$45.54· compare 2 shops· priced 14 Sep
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Base coat
Shade
Layer
Highlight
Edge highlight
Additional details
Trim
Weapons
Leather
Skin
Lenses
Basing
Quills & crest
Teeth, horns & bone
Hide harness & rifle stock
1
Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
★ Our pick for base coat
Very Close
Close
Close
Close
2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
★ Our pick for shade
Close
Similar
Approximate
Approximate
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
Drab Green
Army Painter
★ Our pick for layer
Very Close
Very Close
Soviet Equipment Green Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Close
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
Ionrach Skin
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for highlight
Close
Close
Close
5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Very Close
Screaming Skull
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Very Close
Grotesque Green
Army Painter
Close
Details & accent colours
Everything else on the model - metals, skin, leather, lenses, basing and this faction's signature accents.
Metal — trim
Trim and bare plate. Basecoat steel, wash dark, then edge bright silver.
★ Our pick for metal — trim
Very Close
Very Close
Close
Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
Iron Wolf
Army Painter
★ Our pick for metal — weapons
Similar
Natural Steel
Vallejo
Close
Similar
Similar
Iron Warriors
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
★ Our pick for leather & pouches
Exact Match
Very Close
Very Close
Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
Pastel Green
Vallejo
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
Very Close
Very Close
CloseDiscontinued
Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Very Close
Similar
Approximate
Altdorf Guard Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Approximate
Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
Discontinued
Graveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for basing — earth
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
English Uniform
Vallejo
Very Close
Quills & crest
The one hot colour on the model: russet over a brown base, brought up to orange at the tips. Vary it across the pack - quills are display, not uniform.
★ Our pick for quills & crest
Exact Match
Very Close
Very CloseDiscontinued
Gryphonne Sepia Wash
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Teeth, horns & bone
Tusks, claws, skulls and bone - basecoat bone, shade brown, drybrush up to off-white.
★ Our pick for teeth, horns & bone
Exact Match
Exact Match
Very Close
Hide harness & rifle stock
Straps, pouches and the long rifle in dry brown leather and wood. There is almost no metal on a Kroot, so keep the browns separated or the whole figure goes flat.
Discontinued
Graveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for hide harness & rifle stock
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
13 paints in this scheme
Light Green Chromate
Vallejo
No price tracked yetPlague Green
Vallejo
No price tracked yetDrab Green
Army Painter
Ionrach Skin
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetEau de Nil “Duck Egg Green”
Vallejo
No price tracked yetGrey Knights Steel
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetIron Wolf
Army Painter
Owlbear Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetPastel Green
Vallejo
No price tracked yetElectric Blue
Scale75
No price tracked yetGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetFur Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetAncient Stone
Army Painter
No price tracked yet
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C$53.06Accidentally Cool · eBay
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