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The Fighting Tiger Painting Guide (Original)
This page summarizes, by sabha and jatis, how to paint Fighting Tigers. As you can tell from the accompanying photographs, this is how I painted every one of my Tiger figures--over 120 of them. Painting Fighting Tigers this way makes for very cool figures but is very time-consuming; for something a bit easier (and faster), check out the simplified version.

I've described the Tactical Squad Marines (Tigers of Rudra) first (as they are the basic Fighting Tigers), then the Devastator Squad Marines (Tigers of Agni), as they have only one minor painting difference from the Tactical Marines. The Assault Squad Marines (Tigers of Kali) use the same pattern as the Tigers of Rudra but use Skull White instead of Fiery Orange or Bubonic Brown. Finally, I describe the Veterans and Terminators (Tigers of Indra), as well as the Scouts (Tigers of Puchan).

Tigers of Rudra: Jatis Mahaduyana

	Helmet, Shoulder Plates, Greaves and Backpack	All other  armor pieces
Space Marine	Fiery Orange with Chaos Black stripes	Chaos Black
Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Fiery Orange with Chaos Black pawprint replacing stripes	Chaos Black

Tigers of Rudra: Jatis Ghuyarashtra

	Helmet, Shoulder Plates, Greaves and Backpack	All other  armor pieces
Space Marine	Bubonic Brown with Bestial Brown stripes	Bestial Brown
Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Bubonic Brown with Bestial Brown pawprint replacing stripes	Bestial Brown

Tigers of Agni: Jatis Mahaduyana

	Helmet, Right Shoulder Plate, Greaves and Backpack	Left Shoulder Plate and all other armor pieces
Space Marine	Fiery Orange with Chaos Black stripes	Chaos Black
Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Fiery Orange with Chaos Black pawprint replacing stripes	Chaos Black

Tigers of Agni: Jatis Ghuyarashtra

	Helmet, Right Shoulder Plate, Greaves and Backpack	Left Shoulder Plate and all other armor pieces
Space Marine	Bubonic Brown with Bestial Brown stripes	Bestial Brown
Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Bubonic Brown with Bestial Brown pawprint replacing stripes	Bestial Brown

Tigers of Kali: Jatis Mahaduyana

	Helmet, Shoulder Plates, Greaves and Jump pack	All other  armor pieces
Space Marine	Skull White with Chaos Black stripes	Chaos Black
Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Skull White with Chaos Black pawprint replacing stripes	Chaos Black

Tigers of Kali: Jatis Ghuyarashtra

	Helmet, Shoulder Plates, Greaves and Jump pack	All other  armor pieces
Space Marine	Skull White with Bestial Brown stripes	Bestial Brown
Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Skull White with Bestial Brown pawprint replacing stripes	Bestial Brown

Tigers of Indra: Jatis Mahaduyana

	Helmet, Shoulder Plates*, Greaves (and Backpack)	All other  armor pieces
Veteran or  Terminator	Fiery Orange (males) or Skull White (females) with Chaos Black stripes; right shoulder plate has Chaos Black pawprint replacing stripes	Chaos Black
Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Fiery Orange or Skull White with Boltgun Metal pawprint replacing stripes	Chaos Black

*Left Shoulder Plates for Terminators are painted Fiery Orange or Skull White (as appropriate) and bear the Crux Terminatus instead of stripes

Tigers of Indra: Jatis Ghuyarashtra

	Helmet, Shoulder Plates*, Greaves (and Backpack)	All other  armor pieces
Veteran or  Terminator	Bubonic Brown (males) or Skull White (females) with Bestial Brown stripes; right shoulder plate has Bestial Brown pawprint replacing stripes	Bestial Brown
Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Bubonic Brown or Skull White with Dwarf Bronze pawprint replacing stripes	Bestial Brown

*Left Shoulder Plates for Terminators are painted Bubonic Brown or Skull White (as appropriate) and bear the Crux Terminatus instead of stripes

Tigers of Puchan: Jatis Mahaduyana

	Shoulder Plates (and Cloaks)	All other  armor pieces
Space Marine Scout	Fiery Orange (males) or Skull White (females) with Chaos Black stripes	Chaos Black
Scout Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Fiery Orange or Skull White with Chaos Black pawprint replacing stripes	Chaos Black

Tigers of Puchan: Jatis Ghuyarashtra

	Shoulder Plates (and Cloaks)	All other armor pieces
Space Marine Scout	Bubonic Brown (males) or Skull White (females) with Bestial Brown stripes	Bestial Brown
Scout Sergeant	As above; right shoulder plate is Bubonic Brown or Skull White with Bestial Brown pawprint replacing stripes	Bestial Brown

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Related Pages
Painting Fighting Tigers: Introduction
Tips on Painting Fighting Tigers 
Fighting Tiger Painting Guide (Original)
Fighting Tiger Painting Guide (Simplified)
Painting Fighting Tiger Characters
Painting Fighting Tiger Vehicles

Fighting Tiger Gallery
Codex Main Page and Table of Contents

Last updated December 2008 
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