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Here is may latest WIP for my Tau army. I am just waiting for it to fully dry so I can begin priming and painting. The gun mounts are magnetic so I can put any weapon I want on them. Originally I was going to mount a skyray turret in place of the blue disc but couldn't find all the parts in my bits box. Oh well, just gives me an excuse to order some more bits next time around.

Looks like.... those pet fountains ><

I think an ion cannon would be perfect for the top.

Finished.

Excellent looking piece of terrain there! You did a great job, and the white is especially stunning!

It looks awsome. Good work.

That's an impressive finished result.

Looks good. Liking the metal floor.

[Thousandth post. Woot.]

Can you tell us what you used to make that?

Nice work.

The weapons look a little tacked on... could have used a bit more of a mounting for them. Actually, a sliding mount that allows them to move around the outer wall would have been ideal...

It's definitely Tau, though. Good use of bits to Tau it up without making it too busy.

Agreat piece that definitely has tht Tau feel. The only thing that detracts from the overall look is the sloppy wash appliation that left those unsightly drips, etc. Clean that up and it will look much better...

CT GAMER wrote: The only thing that detracts from the overall look is the sloppy wash appliation that left those unsightly drips, etc.

Given that most of it isn't washed, I would suspect that the drips are deliberate, to look like water run-off stains.

Nice stuff... very tau and very cleanly done.

I'll agree with Insaniak that sliding mounts for the burst cannons would have been cool, but it still makes an awfully nice piece of terrain, especially for planetstrike.

Wow, that looks awesome, I've tried doing something the same for my eldar. Turns out its hard to do.

insaniak wrote:

CT GAMER wrote: The only thing that detracts from the overall look is the sloppy wash appliation that left those unsightly drips, etc.

Given that most of it isn't washed, I would suspect that the drips are deliberate, to look like water run-off stains.

I know what they are supposed to be. However they are out of scale and as a result look like spills.

Have you ever seen a water droplet as big as your torso running down something?

Think about how big rain drops or what not are and how liquids flows. These drips look wrong for the scale of the piece they are a part of.

Right now they look like someone spilled a coffee on the piece and didnt clean it up.

To the OP: The internet can be used to find pics of realistic staining and drip marks left by dripping fluids.

Other than the drips the piece is very flavorful and well done, but the devil is in the details, and little things like this can make or break a piece.

Nice work on the terrain piece but I agree with CT Gamer that the runoff stains don't look right.

CT GAMER wrote:I know what they are supposed to be. However they are out of scale and as a result look like spills.

Have you ever seen a water droplet as big as your torso running down something?

No... but I've seen water pooling on a roof and then running down the wall, taking accumulated dirt and dust with it...

It's not a perfect representation of that, but looks good enough to me.