LDP's Tau! (T'au Sept) - Hiatus :(

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**lipsdapips**

The assembly actually wasnt too bad, except in the ball and socket joints there are some sticks that pertrude so that the joints can be positioned in a certain way, I cut them out to position him myself and it was a pain, I could've used 3 hands

but all in all not too bad. I'm still on the basecoating and I dont really have any advice. Unless you have spray gun and such, it's pain :(
PS Cheers for the sub again

**whalemusic360**

Very nice ldp. I don't know how I've missed your blogs.

**lipsdapips**

Yo yo! Been a while, sorry about that fellas. Recently in life I haven't found time to squeeze the hobby in, but i'm sortin' out mah priorities and got these guys built up today! I chucked some special parts on the commander and put him on a bigger base for more posability. The pose is inspired by this awesome image: http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o292/rogu3_l3ad3r/Tau2.jpg (the central figure)
So yeah guys, here's what I have so far, tell me what you think and i'll get em painted up as soon as!

Cheers fellas,

LDP

**tuiman**

Hey man, I love your painting, its really really crisp and clean however I have a pet peve that has been annoying me in all your painting blogs.

I really feel you should spend the little extra time preparing your models before you paint, there are moldlines everywhere and sharp bits of plastic where things have been cut of the sprue, and I feel it really ruins all the time and effort you have put in to the awesome painting.

As I said, the painting is superb but is let down slightly by the preparation. Hope that helps and I look forwards to seeing more work

**lipsdapips**

Fair enough man, I've made it me resolution with these new tau to sort out mold lines to the best of my ability so i'll clean up these suits before I prime them and see how it goes cuz the models do look more 'real' when cleaned up and stuff

**Knightley**

*cough* Drilling barrels? *cough*

**lipsdapips**

@K Dog I'll drill barrels when I buy a drill which is next time I go mini shopping

Progress Made:

**lipsdapips**

Yo yo! More progress on the battlesuit commander! I hope to have him done in the next day or two
Tell me what you think!

LDP

**nerdfest09**

I like the purple accents dude, a little different than your normal white when they're painted in the normal Tau scheme, this should be pretty impressive when you complete him!

**killykavekommando**

I dearly wish that I could highlight and wash my miniatures as well as you can.

**Knightley**

The purple is a very nice colour break up on the model, good choice!

**lipsdapips**

Hey guys! Been pushing really hard to finish this guy, hours have been punched into him.
I'm liking the clean look that is being developed in this force, tell me what you think guys! Here's the finished model:

**Lucarikx**

Ooohhhh. Looks awesome

Lucarikx

**lipsdapips**

Cheers Lucarikx

**nerdfest09**

Nice, clean, neat, good highlighting great choice of accent colour imo! looking forward to seeing you crank out some more of these LDP, how are you going to add the purple to the troops?

**lipsdapips**

Not entirely sure aye, I was sort of thinking along the lines that the purple was unique to this commander and the default accent would be brown, but this purple seems to have caught on

Thanks for your kind words as always nerdfest

LDP

**bubble**

I missed your Ultramarines updates so had a quick look around here... and I'm happy to say your painting is as good as ever

Really crisp and clean, looking really good! Will be subbing to see more! xxx

**Knightley**

Man, that scheme is boss, very nicely done!

**Largeblastmarker**

Me gusta purple accents.

**bebopdrums2424**

Hey LDP, that tau cept scheme is working nicely with your style. i like to see you taking your time and enjoying the process. As usual very crisp and even painting. Keep it up!

**lipsdapips**

Nyah, cheers all you guys

I'll try pump some more models out soon, i've been distracted by some side projects in recent however

**Largeblastmarker**

You have alot of side projects.......^^

**lipsdapips**

Yo!
Realised after much thought and a little practical testing with my IG list that it was in need of some long ranged punch, so the tau has resurfaced! I'll be painting both Tau and IG at the same time to expand both forces, but my current focus is on getting some fire warriors out.
I've painted the new Finecast battlesuit commander to initiate my restart in the force, tell me what you think!

LDP

**Darth Bob**

Beautiful, classic color scheme. Consider me subscribed!

**Knightley**

Oooh it seems there is some pain heading my way!

good choice to have the Tau allied in btw.

**lipsdapips**

@Darth Bob fantastic! Thanks, great to have you on board

@Knightley Yea I already have a bunch of stuff and the dex so I figured why not

+ I love battlesuits and shooting so its a match made in heaven

**Knightley**

Sweet, are you going to change the paint scheme of either force to match them up of leave them as is?

Also. Pie plates and AP4 will wreck my crons I think that's Leman Russ's right

**lipsdapips**

Nah im basing the tau with agrellan earth and dead grass because id like to eventually field them independantly but idk how I feel about it at the moment it's not as effective as i'd hoped yet but I've only based 2 things so i'll stay true for the time being. Yes indeed. Leman Russ plasma squadron here we come

**Paradigm**

I don't normally like Tau that much, but the lines on that commander are very neat. Good stuff.

**lipsdapips**

Yo yo! After fielding Tau for the first time in a 6k apocalypse game I played against Knightley, i've restarted the blog after realising how perfectly they fit my playstyle

Painted a crisis battlesuit bodyguard so far, got to do one more and next will be some fire warriors, keen to see how this progresses! LOVE TAU WOOHOO
I'll have to take better pictures when the sun is out, these temporary ones are just from my workstation

More to come

LDP