Tips for creating awesome burger buns?

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Tips for creating awesome burger buns?

So, I've been burger buns out of everything: pretzel, ciabatta, brioche, Hawaiian sweet bread, etc. but I can never, for the life of me, ever make the burger bun look great. I'll give you an example of a bun (specifically brioche) that I love the look of:

Anyone have any tips? My egg wash never makes the bread look that nice and I never get that round, high top with the relatively flat bottom. I feel the answer is quite simple but I'm just not getting "it."