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Aloha all!
Welcome to the on-going phenomenon known as: "Gundam Tau & The Vocaloid Kommandos!"
This is my first 40K army, some of you may have seen my army being built up in the Battle Reports section from Morehammer's posts.
I can finally say I have an Army filled out enough to post up.
Please enjoy, and yes, there is more in the works.. All weapons and equipment on the Suits and Vehicle are magnetized as well.




"Haro" Gun & Shield Drones:





"Strike-Freedom Broadside"


RX-75 'Guntank' units (Broadside)



HQ Commander in Suit
scratch built Positional Relay and Airbursting Fragmentation Projector


with Cyclic Ion Blaster


The prerequisite Gundam 'Poster Pose' (forgot to put this in! )

Vocaloid Kommandos!
Blue Team, (Team Miku, 'The Fighting Leeks')

Pink Team, (Team Luka, 'The Fighting Fatale')

Gold Team, (Team Kagamine, 'The Rolla Rockers')

The Girls count as my Team Leader / Shas'ui


Left-Right: Rin, Len(with mic), Miku, Luka. (Rin counts as the Team Leader for Gold Team)






'Cyclone' Stealth Suits




Lancer and Rook -The team is now complete.



The Sky-Ray Gunship (also turns into Devilfish Transport) -Miku's Ride. "Stratosphere"






The Magical Girl Markerlight Team! (Pathfinders)
(Kyubey's Contractors)

The Kyubey Devilfish Transport "Incubator"



You get a bonus if you only 'wreck' the Devilfish.

The white is actually pearlescent, hope you can see it.

Hammerhead Gunship w/ weapon options. -Luka's Ride. "Night-Fever"




Hammerhead Gunship w/ Forgeworld Long-Barrel Burstcannons. -Youmu's Ride. "Ten-Desires"




The bonus if you manage to 'wreck' this tank.


EVANGELION Riptide Unit 01







NEW: C.C., the 'Longstrike' tank ace.


NEW: Saber, the Cadre Fireblade.




More Heresy towards all things Grim and Dark are on the way.
My works are on CMON as well, if you feel inclined, please vote.
Mahalo for looking!

Hah that is pretty awesome really.
I love the pose on the broadside, and yay for bright colours!

Holy Throne, that skyray is awesome with that decal/painting on the side, how did you manage that?

I actually clicked on this thread expecting 'Oh dear' but found myself very pleasantly suprised! The gundam colours on the suits work fantastically and suprisingly well, especially with your conversion work.
Personally I love the troop and the SD chibi look to the sergeants, they are gloriously silly in all the right ways, but be aware they are a love or hate thing, and many may not like them.
The only thing I'm not keen on is the transport, for me it seems too dark for a gundam theme, but the decal on the side is nice.
Overall they're lovely!

That freehand on the sky ray is nice.
I like the haros as well.

Haro drones! I'm a huge gundam fan. Love the paint scheme on the Crisis Suits and Broadsides.

Good work with the Miku freehand. Sha'ui Miku Fire Warrior!

Very very nice until we got to the Fire Warrior squads. Why? Why? Why? Those Chibi heads or whatever they are just ruin it for me, if it was a whole army like that, then fine. But just plonking them on there in place of a FW helmet just does not do it for me. Sorry.

Wow, very well done, haha. I'm definitely curious how you did all the pictures on the skyray too. It all makes for a very impressive and striking force.

The leek missiles and pulse rifles are a nice touch.

Now come on... The images on the Skyray MUST be printed off! If not, PLEASE come and paint something on my living room wall!

Seriously though, i clicked on this thread thinking, 'Oh no, i might vomit.' But i LOVE it, i have no idea why it works but it does!! Are you doing much more? Please do. This is definitely an exalted thread for me!

YES! We need more creative tau armies and conversions!

That broadside is friggen awesome, definitly some great looking suits

This army is the best thing.

this is awesome... big fan of the Gundam Seed series, Destiny was not that bad. Love the Freedom

How did you do the anime on the tank? Did you use a custom decal?

I LOVE THIS!!!

Cool paint job. The color scheme is very unique, and very well done. How did you do the picture on the gunship?

it was a matter of time before someone mixed tau and anime
I like your gundam themed battlesuits, the colors are crisp and fit well
I'm not too keen the firewarriors, but that's because all the details in the armor don't stand out so well, (at least to me anyways)
and the freehand on the sky ray is just amazing

First Toyota, and now warhammer!





They look like bobble heads though Nice scheme on those battlesuits

I applaud this , really I do. Really really nice job there

well painted and well executed, but there is nothing that I hate more on God's green earth than anime...just seeing it combined with something as cool as 40k infuriates me

This is a mix of brilliant and oddly disturbing.

The painting is very well done at any rate xD.

On a side note, on my list of armies to-do (after my DE coven and eldar...) one day, I want to do a Tau list using 1:144 Gundam kits for the stealth suits, because why the hell not right

starhawks wrote:well painted and well executed, but there is nothing that I hate more on God's green earth than anime...just seeing it combined with something as cool as 40k infuriates me

I always find comments like these strange. I have always viewed the Eldar as a very Anime esque army

Not to mention vocaloid isnt even an anime, its music

I must say I find this very cool overall, except for the Shas'ui. They don't fit in, IMO. However, the broadside is great, and the skyray - is that freehand, or printed on in some way? If it is freehand, then WHOA...

Looks cool. The anime must be a decal, as the rest of the vehicle doesnt show the same painting skill as the "free hand"

fire4effekt wrote:Looks cool. The anime must be a decal, as the rest of the vehicle doesnt show the same painting skill as the "free hand"

I wouldn't be so quick to judge after browsing OP's website.

I second that, its not a freehand. If he can do that for freehands but paint the rest of his army mediocore (compared to THAT 'freehand'!), I don't buy that. But nonetheless, it looks nice.

wow. Thanks for all the comments everyone!

The minis and vehicles I"m still getting used to the much smaller size, and different techniques, to painting on this scale. It's tough!

Thanks again! And keep the comments coming!

Amazing work!

Great work! Are the drones supposed to be harus or whatever they're called?