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Comments? Critique?

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74357.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74357.page GMT RE: Female Tau Cool idea, but why the bare midriff? "Ladies, show us some skin, for the Greater Good!"

Good use of the Shadowsun head, but I'm not entirely convinced that her features are typical of female Tau. It's just too drastic IMHO.

While it's not necessarily canon, Xenology depicts a female Ethereal with facial features identical to a male. I'm hoping that there will be more info in that department in a future White Dwarf. 

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74372.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74372.page GMT RE: Female Tau I agree with you on the head, but it's much easier then making one myself...

As for the midrift I needed a way to differenciate between male and female Tau in armour...and sculpting boobs onto Tau just didn't seem the way to go

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74374.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74374.page GMT RE: Female Tau LOL.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74375.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74375.page GMT RE: Female Tau ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74378.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74378.page GMT RE: Female Tau DE seem to have the monopoly on midriffs). This is a very interesting concept - are you making all female squads or making them more co-ed? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74383.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74383.page GMT RE: Female Tau
Posted By brotherskeeper74 on 06/09/2006 11:07 AM
Question:  What makes you think that Tau have belly buttons?

Answer: I don't, but I'm inciting artistic license to give mine one

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Posted By ancientsociety on 06/09/2006 11:19 AM
Luku: I like the bare midriff, although I would paint it to look more like a skintight bodysuit (since DE seem to have the monopoly on midriffs). This is a very interesting concept - are you making all female squads or making them more co-ed?

Possibly some of each...I'm finding out weither I can stand to sculpt that many... :S

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74385.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74385.page GMT RE: Female Tau Seeing as the Tau appear to decended from hooved, ruminant-type animals, maybe you ought to sculpt udders?

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74399.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74399.page GMT RE: Female Tau Same goes for the belly buttons.

Here's how I'd interpret the Female Tau of the warrior caste:

Same body structure as the males, but slightly thinner and shorter. Not much more- it shouldn't be too obvious. Just a slight reduction in height and thinning of the extremities and waist. In Mark Gibbons' illustration of Shadowsun he really made her face OTT- far too narrow and possessing Julia Roberts-like-baboon's-ass-on-her-face-lips. I'd stick with a slightly narrower facial structure just to make it seem different, but nothing more extreme then that. You could really go either way though- maybe the females are bigger then the males or maybe they are indistinguishable but for some pheromone detectable only to other Tau- who knows? I'd stick with the smaller and slimmer look only because it screams female to us humans- and that's who you want to convey it to.

Nice work though!
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it could be boob! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74556.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74556.page GMT RE: Female Tau el ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74617.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74617.page GMT RE: Female Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74627.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74627.page GMT RE: Female Tau

You should add something extra to the armor.
No.
Not that.
Something else extra.Details,like some armor plate as on the legs or at least a small Tau mark thing]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74798.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/74798.page GMT RE: Female Tau
Maybe I should just make a new thread in the fluff department.

P.S. All this talk about skinny wastes and breasts is... Well... It feels good.
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P.S. your avatar works perfectly with your post.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75322.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75322.page GMT RE: Female Tau lol:

I'll check in the codex and see. Might just be teeth, blurred together. EDIT: If you're refering to the pic on page 2 at the lower left, I think those are just teeth. Interesting teeth though.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75326.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75326.page GMT RE: Female Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75357.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75357.page GMT RE: Female Tau
As for the hair... I'm 99% sure that Tau don't have any hair whatsoever. If you look at models like commander Shadowsun, you can see that the sole distinguishing feature we know that sets females apart from males is that females have a "V" shape on their forheads while males have a straight line. It's a nice sculpt, but it definitely breaks with what I've been able to gather as fluff.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75396.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75396.page GMT RE: Female Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75412.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75412.page GMT RE: Female Tau ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75419.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75419.page GMT RE: Female Tau
Posted By Drake_Marcus on 06/09/2006 12:15 PM
In Mark Gibbons' illustration of Shadowsun he really made her face OTT- far too narrow and possessing Julia Roberts-like-baboon's-ass-on-her-face-lips.
 
OMFG I just spit coffee on my computer!  ROTFL
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75436.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75436.page GMT RE: Female Tau You know- I used to be quite sig-worthy. However, my quotes have grown less common in signitures as of late

AS far as the speculation on what part of the animal kingdom our alien species fall in- well I think it's pretty obvious that she shouldn't fit in any category!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75457.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75457.page GMT RE: Female Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75458.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75458.page GMT RE: Female Tau http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75505.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/74357/75505.page GMT RE: Female Tau
Posted By Ixe on 06/13/2006 7:00 AM
As for the hair... I'm 99% sure that Tau don't have any hair whatsoever. If you look at models like commander Shadowsun, you can see that the sole distinguishing feature we know that sets females apart from males is that females have a "V" shape on their forheads while males have a straight line. It's a nice sculpt, but it definitely breaks with what I've been able to gather as fluff.


Regarding hair, the Fire Caste and Ethereals are all depicted as having scalp locks in the models, art, and fluff: "Tau Commanders are formidable warriors, frequently sporting scars, bionics and disfigurements earned in their career. According to their renown they may be called upon to command anything from a Cadre to a Battle. The number and size of previous commands is reflected in the rings confining their long scalp locks." Some of the Ethereals have goatees.

As for the "V-slit" *ahem* , the Ethereal in Xenology lacks one despite being female (but then again, her feet are all wrong too). And the model of Shadowsun also has what appears to be a nasal ridge unlike the males or the female Ethereal. It would help to know which came first - the picture of Shadowsun, the sculpt of Shadowsun, or the pictures of the Ethereal in Xenology.

This may be helpful:

Personally, I'm partial to the vertical slit , and will continue to model my female tau in that fashion. I'll just chalk up Shadowsun's "Y" to ritual scarification.

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