Hello,

My whole army is forest themed, so I was going to try and make the Taun Tauns look like woodland creatures. Any recommendations?

Thanks!

The riders are going to be the hardest part as they are all dressed in winter clothes. But the only thing about the tauntauns that suggests a cold climate is their shaggy fur. You might think about painting them a different color - like the brown and tan of a deer for example. I also would probably not use shading or drybrishing on their fur to de-emphasize the shaggy appearance and make them seem a little more like the short haired smoother mammals that live in woody temperate climates. Although a forest might still be very cold so you could get away with simply basing them on forest bases and otherwise painting them as standard movie canon colors.

I was definitely planning on dry brushing so thanks for the heads up on limiting their shaggy fur. I was thinking about doing a lighter brown on the sides/bottom and a darker ridge down the back.

The dudes are going to be hard, maybe something camo so it looks like they are on a covert mission.

You could also get some green stuff and fill in the shaggyness a little - this is a lot more work than not dry brushing but it would certainly give them a distinct appearance. I'd advocate for the custom fabrication of a big bushy squirrel tail for them...

I don't know if anyone else played the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic, but that game had/has a ton of Tauntaun mounts in various colors. Everything from Hoth white to jet black, and every variation of color and pattern in between. I highly suggest a Google search of swtor tauntaun or similar searches. I'm sure there's even a page that lists every variation.

I'll probably be doing a variation on the "Mountain Tauntaun" from Swtor for mine. Maybe even go as far as an Appaloosa horse pattern.