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My first attempt at 40k, building my own army. I don't have much, and really don't expect to update all that frequently, as I don't get a chance to go to GW and buy things much.

I am going with a Tau army, mostly because i hate CQB, I always loose at it >.< and the look of the Tau is what i like the most >< But anyways my models are what you want to see.




My battle suit about 10 seconds after I finished gluing it to the base ><



. I based it in black about an hour and a half before I took the image. I have yet to decide on a color scheme. If anyone has some ideas please post them up. Would love to get input.

Purple with white camo...spots wouild be cool.

For Colour Schemes, any one of these is sick-awesome-cool.

Liking so far, may want to de-mold-line that burst cannon!

Hmm purple would be cool, but I lack purple paint..

The browns of those color schemes look sweet!

As for the mold line.. Erm how do I demold like it ><

Is that weapon loadout (burst cannon, missile pods, plasma rifle, multi-tracker?) legal?

you just take the mold line off by gently scraping the edge of a scalpel or other blade along the ridge towards you until it's gone, I don't always do this only for my nice models, the others just want to be painted and played with, but as for your colour schemes, I think go with the lighter beige scheme, it looks gritty and real, and you could do it fairly quickly with washes and a drybrush! keep us posted

try miniwargaming.com for your stuff.

nerdfest09 wrote:you just take the mold line off by gently scraping the edge of a scalpel or other blade along the ridge towards you until it's gone, I don't always do this only for my nice models, the others just want to be painted and played with, but as for your colour schemes, I think go with the lighter beige scheme, it looks gritty and real, and you could do it fairly quickly with washes and a drybrush! keep us posted

Ohh xD No thats not a mould line then. Sorry for some reason I thought you meant when molding it together the two halfs. Yeah I couldn't get it 100% lined up with itself, but once painted and everything it should look more whole

and IDK about the set up xD

Here are some images of the color scheme I decided on (Inspired by my friends Chaos SM) (Warning the paint scheme looks better in real life ><

Another update

I finished painting my battle suit and drones. So I really have nothing to do till I make my next purchase of Tau items, but that wont be for a month or so, as I am going away for a while.

Anywho I decided to make what I call "Tau in a box". A custom carrier for my Tau Army.

I'm not sure if it is camera grain or not but your red looks rather blotchy. Did you drybrush it on, or is it a single coat? Red tends to be a colour that doesn't cover well, that's all.

Morgrim wrote:I'm not sure if it is camera grain or not but your red looks rather blotchy. Did you drybrush it on, or is it a single coat? Red tends to be a colour that doesn't cover well, that's all.

Yes it is actually blotchy, its 3 coats of red, after the second coat I kind of put a black wash on it to see what it would look like, and kind of messed up... But yes it looks really blotchy in the pictures. If it were in real life it doesnt look THAT bad it looks more weathered, or like it went through a mud storm or something, actually pretty cool. I am aiming ofr a new camera, as this one kind of grains everything, and messes colouring up a little. (The 20-25 year old paints don't help either But thats just me pointing fingers)



New Pictures of the finished suit (I added a bit more paint to areas, and colored things in)

Try priming white for the Tau and not black you might get better results.

(Had to spell better 3 times and ended up with beer all 3 times , perhaps im on a lack of beer and need more.)

Miss Dee wrote:Try priming white for the Tau and not black you might get better results.

(Had to spell better 3 times and ended up with beer all 3 times , perhaps im on a lack of beer and need more.)

Ill try that.. Though from what I have seen from my friend's army white primer with red paint makes the red really really bright.
Ill test it out though on my test marine that I have.

try looking for this brand of spray..... http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/Army-Painter/Sprays/Dragon-red/prod_8910.html

Oh that would be perfect. Yeah ill do some searching around for that. Thanks

Miniwargaming might do it and they are in CA.

Yeah, they have a red, I dont know if it is the one you linked, but Ill look into ordering from their site. Just have to set up a proper account and things, get my parents permission, etc etc.

ZoomDakkaDakka wrote:Is that weapon loadout (burst cannon, missile pods, plasma rifle, multi-tracker?) legal?

no it tis not! you need three hard points not four. and how convenient because
AAAAAH MY EYES!!! never EVER stick a burst cannon on a crisis suit! it's a rediculous waste, because flamers offer better close range fire with their templates, missile pods are better long range, and lets face it:
EVERY other tau basic weapon is ST5 AP5 and they almost all have better range!
Now that I've suitably lambasted you for your loadout choice (ok maybe i should have gone softer...since I did the same thing...) lemmi just say really really nice job on the painting. your painting looks very clean and crisp, especially on those drones. I also like the detail on the crisis suit, and the red and white(? it looks like...) go together really well. So nice work to you sir! keep it up!

dbsamurai wrote:

ZoomDakkaDakka wrote:Is that weapon loadout (burst cannon, missile pods, plasma rifle, multi-tracker?) legal?

no it tis not! you need three hard points not four. and how convenient because
AAAAAH MY EYES!!! never EVER stick a burst cannon on a crisis suit! it's a rediculous waste, because flamers offer better close range fire with their templates, missile pods are better long range, and lets face it:
EVERY other tau basic weapon is ST5 AP5 and they almost all have better range!
Now that I've suitably lambasted you for your loadout choice (ok maybe i should have gone softer...since I did the same thing...) lemmi just say really really nice job on the painting. your painting looks very clean and crisp, especially on those drones. I also like the detail on the crisis suit, and the red and white(? it looks like...) go together really well. So nice work to you sir! keep it up!

Lol I know its not legal, I only use 3 anyways that is my Tau exception, and the rules me and my friend play by allow it as long as I have a good reason for it . I like the burst cannon as it has a little more range than the flamer, as that is my long range tau suit my next one will be mostly CQB :p

And thanks I did ALOT of touching up the edges of the suits and drones with black and white so that it looked crisp and neat.

save up for the one Forge World do ...

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/s/comralai.pdf

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Tau/TAU-BATTLESUITS-AND-DRONES?filter_reset=1

[quote=TazayLol I know its not legal, I only use 3 anyways that is my Tau exception, and the rules me and my friend play by allow it as long as I have a good reason for it . I like the burst cannon as it has a little more range than the flamer, as that is my long range tau suit my next one will be mostly CQB :p

And thanks I did ALOT of touching up the edges of the suits and drones with black and white so that it looked crisp and neat.

Ahh ok. i really just put the silver there so that it looked more realistic, because chances of a machine gun barrel, and exhaust ports being white are pretty low Next one ill paint Ill keep that in mind though

Next purchase will probably be in a month or so- as I am out of funds ( Too much slurpies) and my birthday is on sept 4th, and Ill probably get some Tau forces, then buy some wiht the money I get. Unless I use my tips from work to buy a stealth team..

Well anyways, yes Ill keep this post updated.

Ok I lied, I have more pictures I got a more professional background for them this time, and better views of the paint job and stuff.










The eyes in the following one look oddly professional to me..



This drone kind of looks ticked ><











there they all are, the final pics of the suit Hopefully xD Unless I get a better camera

Purchased a Broadside unit yesterday, started painting last night, did some more today.









Ill do a side by side with the crisis when I am done him.

Looking good mate.
I'm actually liking the red and white scheme.
Keep it up

still no Army painter red? shame that, try a white primer.

i like the scheme, a lot, but just asking, are you watering down your paints m8? the white seems a tad chunky and i can see the black undercoat underneath, if i were you, ide go over the red and white again to smoothen out the coat. and im with Miss Dee on the white primer.

Im looking forward to seeing more Tazay
and good luck

Nice armament choices. I'm considering trying to restart my tau for the 3rd time, this time doing all FW crisis and broadsides mixing in light infantry and snipers.