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So, I dug myself into a deep hole of pain when I decided to paint a 1850pt Tau army in just 4 weeks for my first tournament. However, things started looking up when I was able to get these two beasts done within 14 hours!.. There may be hope for me finishing the rest of the army yet.

Please enjoy what you see. I'll continue to post new pics as i make progress over the next few weeks.. Wish me luck!!

Looks great! Always good to see more weathered Tau.

Wow ! They look awesome . Love the bases

Those are very, very nice!

I don't even like Tau but I have to say those look awesome.

Thanks everyone! glad you like them!

I'll have pics of the XV88 Broadsides tomorrow

here are the broadsides

Very nice broadsides ya got there. Good painting, great poses.

Very nice paintjob mate! They look great! The combination of colours is just perfect and I love the weathered look of your minis.
( Imo everything in 40k should look gritty and worn...)

What did you make those bases out of?

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:
What did you make those bases out of?

I used some cork tiles and broke them into pieces.. you can get cork tiles from most hardware stores

They don't look like cork, that is why I asked. Usually, they have a distinct pattern on top. Did you do anything to eliminate that and make them look like asphalt?

Love them, love the weathering and the bases are spot on.

Excellent work!
Fine example of some truly battle worn machines of destruction

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:
They don't look like cork, that is why I asked. Usually, they have a distinct pattern on top. Did you do anything to eliminate that and make them look like asphalt?

No actually, I didn't modify the cork at all. This is how they came. I think if you get cork tiles made for flooring, like I did, you get smoother tiles. You can get cork sheets made for pin boards which have a rougher surface

Cheers!

Ah, that is the difference. I am going to start looking for that, because it looks just so, so much better than cork for pin boards.

Thanks!

Heres an update.. these 4 tanks took me the weekend.. glad theyre out of the way.. now only 22 fire warriors and 10 pathfinders to paint then im done! i only have 4 days to paint them all though !!!!

Gorgeous models, I follow you on instagram too

Loving the OSL on the railguns!

Saw these on instagram too, amazing on my PC monitor!

 Joyous_Oblivion wrote:
Saw these on instagram too, amazing on my PC monitor!

Same!

Really awesome job! Keep it up!

Good job on the painting. One thing you can do to improve your final product is to "sand" out the parts of the models that are glues together. They aren't "mold" lines, but when put together it forms a "line" right down your pretty work.

Definitely love the color scheme, and the slight weathering is really a great look. My only gripe is the OSL, I find myself saying this more and more (I am not a golden demon painter by any means), it's just a bit exaggerated for how the light would travel, and just appears over airbrushed to my eyes.

I really like the weathering on the vehicles. Also, props for the bases. I love to see some good urban basing

simply stunnings its nice to see weathered tau you planning on basing the flying stands?

 Kal-El wrote:
Good job on the painting. One thing you can do to improve your final product is to "sand" out the parts of the models that are glues together. They aren't "mold" lines, but when put together it forms a "line" right down your pretty work.

Thanks for your input. I was actually very aware of mould lines and the construction lines as I built and painted these models. However I (frustratingly) had to ignore them as I have a very VERY short amount of time to get this entire army painted for the tournament. thanks again, though, for your advice


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Thank you to you all for your awesome comments

Here are a couple of snaps of the infantry I frantically painted up and finished the night before the tournament.
10 pathfinders and 22 fire warriors. Individually they aren't great but together I think they work really well.






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So here is the army put together on display at the tournament. I ended up winning 1st place for best painted army. There was certainly some great competition there so well don't to them too. All in all it was a fun day. It was my first tournament and I'll definitely be going to more in the future. I ended up with two bad losses and two convincing wins.

Painting this army in less than 4 weeks was definitely a challenge and testes me quit a bit but I'm very happy with the results
Thanks to you all for your great compliments and criticisms. Couldn't have done it without you.

Find me on Instagram @Emperors_Crusade_Painting if you would like to see more of my work. Cheers!!

Hi everyone!

If you've been wondering how I painted this army, I've now got a YouTube channel with a tutorial and a website with more extensive pics

www.emperorscrusadepainting.com

www.youtube.com/emperorscrusade


Enjoy

Nice army Sir

Excellent job my friend, very fine attention to detail!

They look great except the OSL. I can understand it sort of on the suits as they are nothing more than sensors and not an actual head. On the Devilfiah though, if the driver has his interior lights on so bright it is coming out, how can he see where he is going. Ditto on the FW helms. They don't want to be noticed, not stick out like sore thumbs in dim lighting. On that note the sensors really wouldn't be lit up either as they should be receiving wavelengths of light not sending it out and broadcasting where they are. Maybe a shiny polarized look over the sensors, but OSL doesn't belong there.

Other than that they look great, excellent weathering, and the basing is awesome!