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Loving this army. A true work of art and nice to see somebody do a 40K army that doesn't have the Grim Dark look. Great job.

I reminds me of a strange mixture of anime and lego that works? What? It's amazing but...What...I mean the b-b-b-big anime heads with legoy colours...MY MIND!!!!

Just fought a battle against this army last night. Must say, they are just as awesome in person as they are in the pictures. The paintjobs are super duper clean and the attention to detail is excellent! And as a pretty serious 40k player, I do enjoy stepping outside the box a bit for a bit of fun

Those fire warriors look really silly . . . . in a good way.

i really like the bright colors and i think you have done a really good job. The poses on the suits are really cool. I'm not fond of the doll heads (just my opinion) but as a whole, the army is done very well.

Those top battlesuits remind me of Gundam! I like them a lot

Mechanicum Jon wrote:The leek missiles and pulse rifles are a nice touch.

LOL! You caught that! Awesome!

LostSoulCasey'sLaw wrote:Now come on... The images on the Skyray MUST be printed off! If not, PLEASE come and paint something on my living room wall!

Seriously though, i clicked on this thread thinking, 'Oh no, i might vomit.' But i LOVE it, i have no idea why it works but it does!! Are you doing much more? Please do. This is definitely an exalted thread for me!

Thanks! Yes, more are on the way. I'm finishing up a new unit of Fire Warriors (The Twins will make their debut soon), more Suits, and Haro Shield Drones! -maybe more vehicles later on

kenshin620 wrote:Not to mention vocaloid isnt even an anime, its music

I don't think most are ready for the concept of Vocaloid, (-it would probably make most people's head's explode, kind of like meeting the Emperor, I would imagine.)
So I just grouped them into the overall anime theme.

I'm assuming the pulse rifles of the pink ones are tuna rifles then? Kind of interested to see how you'll do a Luka tank.

MY MIND. IS BLOWN.

Apart from those massive heads (really!?) this is the coolest Tau army I've ever seen. Big fan of the colours.

I've already said this in your battle report but I absolutely LOVE your army. And I think the vocaloid heads fit nicely with the general theme. If I did not already have a biker army and my SoB order to deal with I would had rushed to get me some Gunda..err Battle Suits :p

You definitely need a transport for Luna though!

Morehammer wrote:Just fought a battle against this army last night. Must say, they are just as awesome in person as they are in the pictures. The paintjobs are super duper clean and the attention to detail is excellent! And as a pretty serious 40k player, I do enjoy stepping outside the box a bit for a bit of fun

Thanks Sol! That was a fun battle! That was the first time going up against a Chaos army. Chaos is scary. We're going to have to do a rematch sooner or later hahaha

n0t_u wrote:I'm assuming the pulse rifles of the pink ones are tuna rifles then? Kind of interested to see how you'll do a Luka tank.

indeed. they are.

and later, Luka will also get a Sky Ray too.

Fantastic!

This army looks great. I sometimes think that the seriousness of the hobby the art takes away from the fact it's meant to be fun. And your army sir, looks like great fun both to have painted but also to play against!

Great job and keep it up.

PS - If you can manage it my favourite is death scythe hell, lol

Saw the Crisis suits, and jaw dropped. I'd score those high in a painting contest any day. The bobble heads are on the fence for me though. They look great, but take away from the serious awesome nature of the rest.

compleatly unique.

Its funny because people make fun of tau for being Gundams, but thats exactly what you made them.

Pretty insane job imo.

Nice job! The colours really pop on the table top. I can't wait to see what you add next.

Nicely themed well, I'm not to big on the SD squad leaders though I will say your Miku skyray is the best.... ^^

-Sincerely Viri

Pretty Colours....

The Gundam suits are cool and the drones as Haros is cool too. I am emphatically not a fan of the giant anime heads on the Fire Warriors though. They give me really creepy vibes. The pink and turquoise armor actually looks pretty good on Fire Warriors though. I'm also a big fan of the white armor on the suits - it's very hard to get a white that nice.

Wonderful painted army. Though I personally wouldn't have used the nenodroid heads for LOS issues...

Nice job, very colourful.

Yes, nice touch! Miku team has leak colored rifles, and someone spotted the seeker-leeks on the Sky-ray! Nice adaptation!

If I were to paint a new batch of tau suits and such, I think "Appleseed" and "Bubble-Gum Crisis" will be the suits' theme for colors. This has inspired me to come up with such a theme, my Tau force is BIG and very Military(camouflaged). Time for some bright colors in my area!

Again 7yler, nice work! Decals were cool too.

Kick-Ass Stuff.

juraigamer wrote:Wonderful painted army. Though I personally wouldn't have used the nenodroid heads for LOS issues...

haha... true, but that wouldn't have been half as fun to do. but the army was built as a fun one, so it's OK. Quite honestly, if I'm fielding my Broadside on the table, it gets all the attention, and the Fire Warriors just go about getting the business done.

shasolenzabi wrote:Yes, nice touch! Miku team has leak colored rifles, and someone spotted the seeker-leeks on the Sky-ray! Nice adaptation!

If I were to paint a new batch of tau suits and such, I think "Appleseed" and "Bubble-Gum Crisis" will be the suits' theme for colors. This has inspired me to come up with such a theme, my Tau force is BIG and very Military(camouflaged). Time for some bright colors in my area!

Again 7yler, nice work! Decals were cool too.

Thanks! I was contemplating using the Forge World suits as Appleseed styled Landmates, but that would have been pretty expensive.. However, using the regular Suits as AD Police K-11 and K-12 Armored Troopers would be pretty nice! (oh, you gave me a totally badass idea.... hahahaha )
If you can pull off the Knight Sabers, that would be awesome. That series is one of my most favorite (exception, to Tokyo2040. )

7yler wrote:
Thanks! I was contemplating using the Forge World suits as Appleseed styled Landmates, but that would have been pretty expensive.. However, using the regular Suits as AD Police K-11 and K-12 Armored Troopers would be pretty nice! (oh, you gave me a totally badass idea.... hahahaha )
If you can pull off the Knight Sabers, that would be awesome. That series is one of my most favorite (exception, to Tokyo2040. )

Well, I do need to get a replacement copy of Bubble-Gum to refresh my memories, and it is a hold off for now while I finish other projects(some already paid for by clients), and then take the metals stealths, strip and repaint them tot he Knight Sabre colors. (I always felt the Stealth teams were more female pilots as their waists were actually less in size than a FW, but I see Tau as being co-ed anyway!)

Hmmm, K-11 and K-12 suits, almost forgot about those big buggers!

Gimmick armies are gimmick armies - some people will always love them or hate them, others judge each by its own merit. I think this one has merit.

I love the scheme, it fits the theme for the Tau to the letter, except there were no aliens in Gundam, that was Macross, and a Skull 1 Tau Crissis suit would probably look pretty BA too

Just finished my new Fire Warrior Squad! The OP has been updated with new pics!
Introducing the Gold Team, Team Kagamine.

New squad looks great too. Whats next in the plans? Sorry if thats a stupid question i don't know anything about this vocaloid you speak of. Pretty models though haha!

Please don't take this the wrong way but i think the Fire warriors could use a wash and re-highlight. A Badab Black wash followed by re-painting the armour panels in the original colour would really make them pop out. It wont detract from the bright colours either, if anything it will add to it and help define them. Anyway those are just my two cents and it might just be that i'm not seeing highlights and shading on my old and tired graphics card. As i said before, i love this army. I take my hobby quite seriously, i truly never thought i would like any of the humorous less intense models that people do, you proved me wrong. Good job!

Yellow is nice and clean, although I agree that washes could be used to add more depth if you wanted.