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All the cool kids over at ATT were coming up with Fireblades...so I had to succumb to the peer pressure and start one too

I decided to base my Fireblade off a regular body, and mess with the grenade holding arm.

I knew I wanted him holding a sword in that hand...so first things first...I drilled out the grenade, and cleaned up the area:



I knew that I also wanted him to have a top-knot, samurai-style.

Lo and behold in my bits box...Chaos space marine head with top knot! Perfect!!



So then I got looking in my bits box for a sword...here a sword, there a sword, everywhere a sword sword...

Ah ha! An old metal Chaos power sword.

It felt quite Tau-ish to me, so figured "Let's give it a go!"



Snip snip...chop chop...file file...that thing was a pain in the ass to work on. It didn't quite fit the "hilt" I had picked out. Thought I could pin it (in all my years, I've never pinned anything, believe it or not!) but my rod (a paper clip) wouldn't fit inside the blade. I thought "Green stuff?"

I hadn't used green stuff much, except for gap filling. I had some gaps to fill, or at least cover, with the blade/hilt joining. I got inspired by the flowing cloth...thingies...on the converted Ethereals over here. I thought "Cloth wrap? Or wrap of some kind?" And I came up with this.....my first true use of green stuff to sculpt something...please be gentle

(ignore the backpack, it's just a test...not sure I'm going to put a backpack on him at all)

So here is how he stands (with green stuff added, now):



Time to find a tutorial on how to create a cloak...because that's what I'd like him to have....anyone able to point me in the proper direction?

Images don't work for me...

Fixed the photo links...not sure why peeps can't see Flickr photos

I think the sword looks way to big. A more slender sword would look much better. Also, there really isnt anything that makes him stand out from a regular fire warrior besides the sword. He could use a little bling.

Well its kind of deceiving, the angle of the photo...makes it look bigger than it is. I had considered a LEGO katana...but I couldn't find one of my kids' at midnight when I got this wild hair

Plus I decided to go somewhat away from the "delicate" Tau that people seem to associate with the race. This guy is a battle-hardened vet of countless campaigns across a myriad of worlds. There is nothing "delicate" about him, or the Fire caste in general.

So...thats my story and I'm sticking to it I will try and get a better picture later.

So, worked on the cape and what I call an "honor cord". First real attempt to make a cape with green stuff. It's passable, and I learned quite a bit from doing it.






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And you can tell where the vegetable oil took the frigging paint off...ah well...

Awesome man, keep us posted on progress!

So I did some work on the Fireblade today.

Was hoping for a parchment-like feel on the blade ribbon...going to put some Tau lettering on it.

I'm in love with Nuln Oil. It's super sexy.

Started in on the blue for the armor, as you can see.

So, got some more done today....working on the gun arm and shoulder pads, then tidy up the blue and black lines. And of course, the sword and basing.