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AWESOME. All your stuff is top notch. I especially like the lizardmen converts for some reason.

SWEET YOUR BACK!

though i never posted on your blog befor this was the first thread i saw on dakka. and its back in full swing! YAY!

OK a no picture update: ( with hopefully some pics later )

I just received my forgeworld order and my xv-9's and baracuda is ready to begin assembly.
I must say I am very impressed with the speed and quality of forgeworlds order, the models look outstanding and I received it in 8 days from time of order.

As to what will be coming up next on this Blog.

#1 : pics of a painted firewarrior/pathfinder spec forces squad.
#2 : pics of painted converted ground crew from various races of the Unified corp.
#3 : I will post pics of the XV-9 kits prior to assembly for anyone that is interested, as well as the baracuda, I have al the XV-9 versions other than the twin burst cannon one.
( post here in the thread if you want to see those pics )
#4 : Pics of some finished Tau themed buildings we have been working on for our gaming group.
#5 : Start work on my Tau superheavy's main hull ( that one is gonna take a bit to work up to )

And between all of these I will be working on a Realm of battle game board.

Whew! I have alot to get started with, but its a good thing

Again thanks for your interest.





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And now some pictures

Earth Caste ground crew


Other Ground Crew




And yet some more Ground Crew



Some of the Crew in action


OK now my Oracle team (pathfinder/firewarriors )





Well I hope you folks enjoy these C & C as always is welcome



Please let me know if the pics of the XV-9 parts is desired and I will get those up as soon as possible.

Well today will be XV-9 pre-paint pics

Best Tau Thread Ever??? Really inspiring stuff. I love the Xenos APC. Can't wait to see this Leopard Shark Super Heavy! Have to say, the Narwhal is very impressive! Kudos to you sir

The ground crew look pretty cool

@niallkissick Thanks for the compliments, yeah the Leopard shark has been staring at me for a while now, and since I moved into the barracks, and recruited several new players into 40k its given me the drive to start working on stuff again, we plan on starting a Blog for all the soldiers here at fort Richardson to start posting their paint jobs and conversions.

@SilverMK2 Yeah they were fun to build too, no practical game use but cool nontheless, my fav are the pumped up earth caste guys I just visualize..

"Did you eat my lunch...stop eating other people's lunches!" in a arnie voice

Definitely my favorite Tau I have ever seen! The green armour makes them look far more military than the 'pretty' guys with their strange colour schemes.

The artillery gun is amazing, it looks extremely Tau though I would question how it would work as it appears to be a laser powered gun that would simply shoot straight into the sky and never hit the ground

Superb painting, the use of blue lenses and skin really makes the figures pop out from their green armour!

Hehe, awesome! Those Tau are super-pumped!


Love all the conversions in this thread, keep it up!

@Commander Cain : the rules I am working on for the LDMS is here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/346850.page
It is more of launcher for Drone munitions.
check it out, we have been testing it and so far it has preformed well but not OP

XV-9 prototype paint now done:





well now to begin painting more...

Definitely one of the best construction skill being demonstrated. Love you work, especially the Lizardmen converted one!

So Cool! Also I demand more lizards with guns in space, please.

Whats this!!! A cool Blog to subscribe to? I'm in!

Wow... Absolutely brilliant.

I hope for a new codex for your sir! Your models deserve it. Tau codex in 2011 please GW.

Rabid Ferret wrote:

I hope for a new codex for your sir! Your models deserve it. Tau codex in 2011 please GW.

Amen brother!

Loving your work here, loads of great conversion jobs, I like the mega lank guns, and the alien APC is an epic scratch build with awesome moving turret aswell. Amazing stuff!!! more please

Oh wow, I LOVE your tau, they are pure win.

Holy
Awesome thread.
One of the first Tau armies I actually Consider liking O.o

very nice looking addition. sept GI Tau (me!) approved!

hey folks, thanks for all the compliments and kind words I appreciate them very much

Yeah a new codex will be nice as long as they don't screw up all the good things about
tau, I wish they would let me write it..I tell you what, Railguns for everyone!! J/K of course, but here's hoping for the same loving treatment they gave the dark eldar, thats a well designed codex with alot of options.

nic army love to see it it when it is done?why do you have imperail gud as will as tau aswell as lizmen its weird but works for me


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Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:@niallkissick Thanks for the compliments, yeah the Leopard shark has been staring at me for a while now, and since I moved into the barracks, and recruited several new players into 40k its given me the drive to start working on stuff again, we plan on starting a Blog for all the soldiers here at fort Richardson to start posting their paint jobs and conversions.

@SilverMK2 Yeah they were fun to build too, no practical game use but cool nontheless, my fav are the pumped up earth caste guys I just visualize..

"Did you eat my lunch...stop eating other people's lunches!" in a arnie voice

nice use of cachain/tau bitsit really works!


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Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:Hello all!, I finally have a few new pics to update this blog, so the first is the "Xeno APC" in what will be the Komodai Camo scheme.




And my first unit of Pathfinders in their own "Spec" forces scheme.





Sorry for the slightly blurry pics, it seemed like my camera did not want to get a clear image ( after 10 or so tries )
I still have basing to do and a few more details on the pathfinders mainly white and some lens effects.

@hamSTER : which paint scheme do you want, I have different ones on the firewarriors, stealth suits, Crisis, and vehicles, as well as now my pathfinders.
But the primary colors are Tamiya Field grey, GW fortress grey, Tamiya dark yellow, GW Goblin green, GW boltgun metal, Tamiya NATO brown, and Tamiya Buff for drybrush effects. ( sorry it took so long for the info )

And as to the name of Leopard Shark...well almost every other big bad fish name had been used by somebody online or already in GW or forgeworld, and my original super heavy was going to be based around a Leopard 2A6 model kit ( An awesome vehicle BTW. ), so its kinda a tribute to that tank, and it is kinda ironic that a leopard Shark is mostly harmless....time to change that image .

Again Thanks for all the great input, and please keep it coming it really helps the process.

wow this is really cool i espailcry like the pathenars with extended guns but what is that vicail?to me it dosent look like somthing tau wouldent use.great paint job eep up the hard work!!!


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Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:XV-9 prototype paint now done:





well now to begin painting more...

now that is really cool is it me or is that the forgeworld crisce battlesouit or a really well posed modle?


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Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:OK a no picture update: ( with hopefully some pics later )

I just received my forgeworld order and my xv-9's and baracuda is ready to begin assembly.
I must say I am very impressed with the speed and quality of forgeworlds order, the models look outstanding and I received it in 8 days from time of order.

As to what will be coming up next on this Blog.

#1 : pics of a painted firewarrior/pathfinder spec forces squad.
#2 : pics of painted converted ground crew from various races of the Unified corp.
#3 : I will post pics of the XV-9 kits prior to assembly for anyone that is interested, as well as the baracuda, I have al the XV-9 versions other than the twin burst cannon one.
( post here in the thread if you want to see those pics )
#4 : Pics of some finished Tau themed buildings we have been working on for our gaming group.
#5 : Start work on my Tau superheavy's main hull ( that one is gonna take a bit to work up to )

And between all of these I will be working on a Realm of battle game board.

Whew! I have alot to get started with, but its a good thing

Again thanks for your interest.





Automatically Appended Next Post:
And now some pictures

Earth Caste ground crew


Other Ground Crew




And yet some more Ground Crew



Some of the Crew in action


OK now my Oracle team (pathfinder/firewarriors )





Well I hope you folks enjoy these C & C as always is welcome



Please let me know if the pics of the XV-9 parts is desired and I will get those up as soon as possible.

now that kitbashing!!!

This was originaly posted on Advanced Tau Tactica by me, when I first started this whole idea I guess its time I moved all my eggs into one basket so to speak.
I began writing a fluff background to help flesh out my concept for the Tau Unified Corp and what planet they hailed from, and in order to make this all fit into my world view I started a running story about a Human that is begining his career in the Corps.

I hope you enjoy.

LIFE WORLD

Chapter : 1


Introductions



Rain..it always seemed like it rained when there was someplace to be or something important to do, and this day was no exception, this was the day of days for young cadet hopeful Ian Gunn.
On this rainy dreary day he found himself sitting alone in a transport module that was speeding along a mag-lev line towards it's destination, that being the gleaming Tau enclave located on the outskirts of the drab and squat (by comparison) human city of Guderistat, capitol city on the planet know to it's human inhabitants as Guderia V ( called Oi'Kyse by the Tau).

The transport module hummed along at a constant 70km per hour and its sealed and presurized interior was warmly lit, in the custom of all the "new" tau styling and design, that had swept the planets engineers and convinced them that everything that they had been doing for the past hundreds of years was wrong and ugly, or at least so the media would have it known, but regardless cadet hopeful Gunn appreciated the comfort it provided, since it allowed him to concentrate on his most important task at hand...last minute cramming for his academy entry exam.

This exam, mandated by both the human and Tau enclave councils was the linchpin that would decide young Ian's future, would he return to the dull and predictable life of a factory or agri-corp serf, or forge ahead into the unknown and ( hopefully ) promising career of a human member in the unified arms service, and all the possibilites that serving in that newly established( and Tau funded ) career would offer.
But..that all hinged on him scoring a 90% or greater on the text exam and a perfect score in the physical portion, the physical test was not the one that troubled him, a life of working on his family clan's workplots,and the physical and backbreaking nature of the labor had made Ian tall and strong, maybe a little too tall ( he hoped the Tau did not have a height maximum attached to their voluminous requirements he had already fufilled), also since his youth Ian had always been an excellent hunter, his many clan forays into the Tall woods had always met with sucess. Usually with his aim being the deciding factor wether there would be meat on the table at the next meal, so at least in this area his mind was easy, but the text exam...that, was a beast of another color.

Reaching into his backpack Ian retreived the portable data pad (or PDP ), " that the earnings of a whole harvest season had paid for by the way" he mused. Upon placing it carefully across his lap he activated it, and a vivid representation of the Tau symbol sprang to life along with a scrolling marqee of words and phrases both in Tau and his own native human language.
Taping a few specific symbols and the Exam study guide swam into view along with a bright red flashing border... NEW CONTENT ADDED!...new content, new content! Ian felt a surge of panic at the possiblity of a whole new realm of knowledge that now he may only have an hour to absorb, and his passing grade would now hinge upon, with a great deal of dread he tapped the new content symbol and watched the screen change to a grand vista of a sweeping simulated trek through the 17 planets of the Guderia system ( sorry.. Oi'Kyse he would have to rememeber the Tau name, since that is how the test would refer to it ), every detail of the system represented in lush colors and details, the massive gas giants and their many moons and the array of asteroid fields, every planet shown until it finally alighted upon this planet....

Planetary update: 1012

Oi'Kyse ( shining belt) : so named for the dense and vast asteroid field that englobes the verdant world, this celestial body visiable in the night sky as a gleaming belt of reflected sunlight, although stunning it is also a threat to this worlds existance... [ see threats ]
Threats : the asteroid field itself is composed of millions of distinct bodies, some of which are many miles in length any one of these could easily spell doom for the life upon this world, and would have surely extinguished this life if not for the ancient orbiting defences that circle the plant's equator and run from pole to pole. [ for a vid record of defence systems press now ].

Ian pressed the icon, and a holographic display began depicting a large fleet of craft, only a few of which that Ian could identify and those were the four vast colonization ships the Tau had set down in some 40 years ago, these vessels became the Tau's first dwellings and power sources, and still functioned as the center of the four main Tau enclaves upon this world, including the very one he was to report to today.

The view shifted to the bridge of the lead colonization ship and the tall and slender Tau that must have been it's master, the presence of a musical score informed Ian that this was likely some form of re-enactment but still gripping in its representation and as Ian watched, a great drama unfolded...

will post part 2 soon.

Wow, great blog. I like all the things in here. The ground crew are so characterful

Now the Unified Corps has air support.

My first Barracuda callsign "Loli"






And for the little nose art I was forced to use a transfer and Tau it up, my hands are not as steady as once they were.

well at any rate I hope you enjoy.

this is why all armys should baced it around forge world (bcause you get great results!!!)

Ok finally have some update work in progress for my super heavy Tau grav tank, originaly the working name for it was "Leopard Shark", but I have decided to name it,
The Mont'ka class Heavy grav tank:
And here are the pics.




and size relation shot:


now I just have some work on the rear and underside, along with its landing gear, and a bit more detail work and then its on to the paint stage.

and thank you for your attention.

I'm loving this blog. The Tau are probably my favourite 40k army and they really work so well in camo!
Your selection of auxiliary forces is great as well!
Oh, and one last thing. This:

Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:OK a no picture update: ( with hopefully some pics later )
Some of the Crew in action

might be one of my favourite miniatures pictures ever! I like the "behind the scenes" look it has to it.

@jackanory : thanks for the compliments, they are really appreciated, I also really enjoyed the "support personell ", being in the Army I see all the behind the scenes work that goes into getting a force ready for deployment, and also during combat, and I thought I would pay a little homage to those hardworking folks in my Tau military.

Since lord knows I have alot of vehicles for them to work on .

Again I appreciate your C & C and keep them coming people!

True talent displayed, page after page.

Nice work indeed. The super heavy will only compliment what to me looks like one of the very best thought out fluff/function/story based armies I have EVER seen.

*Tips hat, and rubs belly.