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Here are my two converted Tau Broadsides. I haven't quite finished the basing on the second one.

Wow. Wonderful paint job, cool modeling. 10'd.

Nice little detail with the burst cannons as support struts, I dig it!

Wow I love em very nice very well done paint job all round goodness.

nice...

I love the orange paint scheme.

pretty cool

VERY nice. Like the painting a lot and the posing is fantastic. I echo the sentiment about the Burst Cannon usage. Very slick.


Ghidorah

Very nice. I like the poses.

Thanks for the comments. Here's an example of my army scheme on some Fire Warriors.

very nice. The addition of the burst cannon on the side looks amazing. Almost looks like something from forge world.

Please tell me how you did the orange, I want to steal your colour palette.

I really like the double railgun idea, ive seen the normal shoulder mounted and even the ones with them on the arms
Very well done, crisp and clean

The orange paint scheme is good but im not exactly fond of the orangy scheme the tau use so ill not say anything more heh

EDIT: Didnt notice the kneeling broadside....SWEET

looks really good cant wait to see some steath suites just to see the color you use on them to make em work with the orange and the tanks will be cool when you get there if you already havent keep up the great work!!!

Very nice, the conversion looks original (I don't know a lot about Tau and I can't tell whats original and whats the conversion )

The painting is very nice indeed, perfect colours.

i rather like the color scheme, and the models look good man

Very crisp and clean. Thumbs up for sure

Orlanth wrote:Please tell me how you did the orange, I want to steal your colour palette.

Very simple actually.

White Undercoat
Fiery Orange
Slightly thinned Baal Red wash
Edged with about a 70/30 Bleached Bone/Fiery Orange mix

The orange base is very nice, but I think you should do more with it. Maybe one more stage of highlight, very sparing, on the hardest edges.

Maybe that's not necessary though... What I think would really make the models pop is if you did a little more with the black, grey, etc. For example, the circular pods on their packs, the vents on their packs, the pistons (Burst Cannon barrels), etc. If you added some black, metal, grey, in these areas, you'd showcase the orange better.

Very effective use of the washes, though. They produce a really nice result, especially when combined with a quick highlight.

Very nice! My scheme is blue with orange accents and I was thinking about making my Shas'el orange, but wasn't sure it would look good. Thanks for showing me it would!

Phryxis wrote:The orange base is very nice, but I think you should do more with it. Maybe one more stage of highlight, very sparing, on the hardest edges.

Maybe that's not necessary though... What I think would really make the models pop is if you did a little more with the black, grey, etc. For example, the circular pods on their packs, the vents on their packs, the pistons (Burst Cannon barrels), etc. If you added some black, metal, grey, in these areas, you'd showcase the orange better.

Very effective use of the washes, though. They produce a really nice result, especially when combined with a quick highlight.

Good advice, now that you mention it I definitely see some areas on the back pack that would probably look better in grey, such as the vents. I'd like to avoid using much i the way of metallics though. I agree an extra highlight would be good but I'm loathe to add more steps to the scheme so I can finish it in a timely manner. Its something I'll probably try on character models though and maybe come back to my suits at a later date. Thanks for the suggestions.

looks good

I'm loathe to add more steps to the scheme so I can finish it in a timely manner.

It's only really necessary on the suits, on the FWs they're small enough that it's not noticeable.

I'm not sure how fast you paint, but I think you could probably put another quick highlight on a suit in 5 minutes. I'm talking just the corners of the really sharp edges, like the tops of his thigh plates

I'd also think about breaking the guns up a bit. Maybe a bit of grey or orange. Orange muzzle brake might look nice.

I don't know what it is, but, there is definitely something appealing about orange and grey. I did this Warlock years and years ago and still love the colours even now.

Very nice conversion work and paint job. Do you have any pictures of the rest of your army?

I like the conversion work on the broadsides - railguns mounted on the arm just give them a more dynamic look. Also like the added touch of burst cannon on the side of the rail guns. Painting nice but just not a fan of the orange.