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Hey Guys I just wanted to show off my completed Tau Farsight army that's available on ebay or dakkadakka if anyone is interested
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warhammer-40k-Tau-Farsight-Enclave-Pro-Painted-Army-Fire-Kroot-Stealth-Drones-/300951433531?pt=Games_US&hash=item46121a713b

Very well done, I enjoy the look of your devilfish, and those blades are superb.

Looking good. A very striking colour scheme, but the Devilfish doesn't look finished (the air intakes) and it looks like you have a bit of a bumpy undercoat on Commander Farsight.

Yeah I actually fixied the jets on the devilfish and also the painted the devilfish window. The bumpy texture of the commander was due to the citadel finecast texture! I was very upset when I noticed this myself. I tried buffing it to give it a smoother texture but with all the detail it didn't do much to help.

With some of the Failcast models, I find that a very thin layer of liquid greenstuff over the "meant-to-be" smooth surfaces helps a little with the sub-standard texture.

Nice job, really like the look on Farsights blade.

I haven't read the new Tau fluff. Does Farsight allow kroot now?

Wow excellent color scheme!

The models don't look horrible, but there are some things that are really standing out to me. I know the jetpacks on the Crisis suits are a pain, but you have some serious gaps showing. Rubber bands and filler are your friend. With Farsight, I can see several mold lines, especially on the top of his head and antennae. I know that Finecast has major issues, but taking a few extra minutes to file/sand/scrape down those lines will make a huge difference, and will contribute to the overall look of the finished product.

Aside from the modeling aspect, the paintjob is a straightforward, tabletop quality, or slightly better. Great job on the Dawn Blade's blade, though. That looks great. If you want to take your models a step further, add in some shading, inking, and highlighting to really make them pop. However, I would say that you should strip down some of those models and fill in those gaps before taking them that step further, lest you detract from what might be a really awesome paint job.

Overall, decent effort for tabletop quality, but I would hardly label it as Pro Painted, nevermind charge nearly double the retail value for painted models that are missing antenna parts, a Devilfish with a funky burst cannon, and lots of gaps/mold lines. "Pro painted" gets thrown around way too much on eBay, and frankly, most of the time it's tabletop quality at best, like these models are. Knock about $100 from your BIN price, and I'm sure you'll get a buyer lickety split, or take some time to strip the egregious offenders down, fix their modeling issues, and paint to a slightly better standard, then charge $450. That's just my advice, though.

 Quarterdime wrote:
I haven't read the new Tau fluff. Does Farsight allow kroot now?

Yes. Gone are the silly FOC restrictions that were 4th Ed. Farsight. Now it's new warlord traits, SCs, and wargear.

Thanks Spectreoneone! CHA CHiNG! SOLD!

Technically Farsight has access to everything, but "fluff-wise" they let him have Riptides because...well...Riptides lol. Some people still dont run them because it makes no sense that he has them.

Very well painted, and i have to agree that Farsight model rough look is hard to appreciate because of it being failcast. I have the old farsight model and i'll never buy the new one because i want to avoid failcasts lol. Planning on kitbashing him along with my crisis suits to "improve" them anyway so he wont look so dinky.

I love those stripes. Nicely painted!