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WAIT! I've spotted a mistake! The shins of your reposed battlesuits are backwards. The broadside one is the only truly apparent one. No big deal, I made that mistake on my first reposed crisis suit.

now i can finally say tau taste the rainbow.
thats cool i would have never thought of changing the head or something amazing

Heresy! *BLAM*

Oh god I have no idea why this works.

But it does.

Well done! How very courageous!

Verry clean collours. good job.

LostSoulCasey'sLaw wrote: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!

n0t_u wrote:Yellow is nice and clean, although I agree that washes could be used to add more depth if you wanted.

thanks! I put a little too much dull cote on them, and it frosted over a bit and took out the orange wash I did (granted, it was pretty light) might go and revisit them later, I'm kind of burnt on the Fire Warriors for now. Finishing up drones, and some more suits. after that Luka gets a Sky Ray. and I really let it go on a hammerhead or two.

Your army is bad and you should feel bad.

LemonVendor1 wrote:Your army is bad and you should feel bad.

Your army is good and you should feel good.

(not a fan of the big heads, but they were hilarious the first time I looked at them. You must've done something right. Good job)

LemonVendor1 wrote:Your army is bad and you should feel bad.

The giant heads may be a little funky, but it's what he wanted to do and he has done it damn near impeccably, painted it well and he's happy with it.

But in the end, pointless negative comments like that, especially when his work is cleaner than your own are really uncalled for whether you happen to like it or not.

Though Zoidberg is always called for.

If I had money, any at all, I would use it all in an offer to buy these.

Love the Painting, DESPISE the horrible anime heads.

When I think of kids saving up every penny they earn, mowing lawns, doing dishes, walking dogs, delivering 50 kilos worth of sunday newspapers on a little BMX with a precariously balanced milk crate; the sheer amount of labour that goes into a $5 a fortnight worth of pocket money that a primary aged schoolkid accomplishes, just to scrape together the funds to purchase a box of overpriced plastic spacemen (not to mention the hours upon hours of infuriatingly tedious painting one such kid will do to make his rad spacedudes not look like a vaguely soldier-shaped glob of paint) and then I see some goon blow easily a few hundred bucks on identical said spacemen only to create the aesthetic abominations in this thread, well, I weep for the poor child that will carefully line up his hard won, sweat and blood earned accomplishment opposite on the table.

These are awful. Lose the atrocious heads, get a coherent colour scheme and an appropriate sense of shame/self awareness.

This is not what could be called constructive criticism. It is, however, what we moderators would call a "personal attack" and "flamebaiting" and even "trolling." That's three strikes in one. Please review the site rules during your time away from Dakka Dakka. And for future reference, you should know that the moderators are especially strict in the P&M family of fora, where people show off their hard work and creativity.

Thanks,

Manchu

Or you could continue spending the money you earn doing things you like.

LemonVendor1 wrote:When I think of kids saving up every penny they earn, mowing lawns, doing dishes, walking dogs, delivering 50 kilos worth of sunday newspapers on a little BMX with a precariously balanced milk crate; the sheer amount of labour that goes into a $5 a fortnight worth of pocket money that a primary aged schoolkid accomplishes, just to scrape together the funds to purchase a box of overpriced plastic spacemen (not to mention the hours upon hours of infuriatingly tedious painting one such kid will do to make his rad spacedudes not look like a vaguely soldier-shaped glob of paint) and then I see some goon blow easily a few hundred bucks on identical said spacemen only to create the aesthetic abominations in this thread, well, I weep for the poor child that will carefully line up his hard won, sweat and blood earned accomplishment opposite on the table.

These are awful. Lose the atrocious heads, get a coherent colour scheme and an appropriate sense of shame/self awareness.

Again, this is well done and well made. By your logic - ANYONE who is over 15 and makes money and has a decent army pisses on these kids, and most kids will think it's cool.

Just because you don't like it doesnt mean it's bad it just means it's your opinion not that he should stop doing what he likes. Don't be an ass - I'd love playing this army it's amusing as hell.

Oh - and my Talos and Cronos are a toaster and kettle respectively.

Those crisis suits look fantastic! Although I'm not a fan of the chibi-headed sarges, I love the idea of color-coded squads. How'd you manage that decal on the ray?

Howzit! Man I miss being over there. As I am sure these are taking the field at Ward Warehouse game nights! Wish i was back on the island to see these in person, would love to run my orks at em just for the photo ops.

Very nicely done. Care to share how exactly the decals were done, I would be very interested in that. Nicely done all around sir, nicely done.

On a small side note if you see them tell Kyle, Joe and Clay that Josh says Hi.

After reading LemonVendor1's comments i feel like jumping back in and saying how wonderful i find your models every single time i come back to look at them!
I think some people might be missing the point a bit, then again maybe i am. Correct me if i'm wrong, although your army may use Tau models they aren't meant to be Tau, or even 40k. Obviously they're built to be used in the 40k game but they are your personal artistic creation based on Anime, Vocaloid and Gundam. And what a beautiful creation they are. I'd suggest people look at the doll heads(the part there are most complaints about) as i do, simply as a) artistic creations that very closely follow the Anime theme, and b) a great example of what i like to call toy cutting, where toys are cut up/converted into even cooler objects. Anyway i could be wrong, please correct me if i am 7yler.
Hopefully, if people see the project as "7yler's Anime Army" like it says in the title, and not "7yler's Tau Army" then they will be able to understand and enjoy the Vocaloid heads.
Anyway, sorry for garbling on, i adore your work and i can't wait to see more of it. I hope there are lots more dolls for you to cut up and many more squads in the pipeline!

LemonVendor1 wrote:Your army is bad and you should feel bad.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! You totally made my day! Thank You.

LemonVendor1 wrote:
These are awful. Lose the atrocious heads, get a coherent colour scheme and an appropriate sense of shame/self awareness.
Did your little Scouter meter break yet from my shame/ self awareness level yet? -aww shucks he won't see this.. -7y

This is not what could be called constructive criticism. It is, however, what we moderators would call a "personal attack" and "flamebaiting" and even "trolling." That's three strikes in one. Please review the site rules during your time away from Dakka Dakka. And for future reference, you should know that the moderators are especially strict in the P&M family of fora, where people show off their hard work and creativity.

Thanks,

Manchu

and I got the 3-hit combo. cool!

Seriously, Thanks Everyone! I appreciate all the opinions!

Manchu and others who have asked about the decals, they are custom ones I had made, along with RECKLESS use of decal solvent/fixer. the big decal took a whole night of work.

Ovion, I LOVE the toaster and the kettle! what do the coffee mugs do? (aside from holding dice)

Captain Vyper, I wish I could get down to Other Realms more, Monday night gaming is still on down there, wish I could go more, but, work keeps getting in the way. Next time I'm down there I'll let the guys know.

'LostSoul, -sort of, you have the right idea. However, they are Tau. They just work for MY Greater Good. The army is basically a collection of different themes I may pay homage to within Anime / Japanese Pop Culture world that I think would be interesting to be done, using the Tau as my canvas.

Only things I see wrong are that Miku's and Luka's heads seem to be a little off-center. Might want to fix that.

7yler wrote:...sort of, you have the right idea. However, they are Tau. They just work for MY Greater Good. The army is basically a collection of different themes I may pay homage to within Anime / Japanese Pop Culture world that I think would be interesting to be done, using the Tau as my canvas...

Ah fair enough! Would you consider altering the faces? A small amount of green stuff and some paint to make the doll heads represent Tau would be amazing. In fact if you did it you might just achieve godlike status in my eyes, that'd be insane.

looks like a manga fantasy gone badly wrong! Well done, and your decals are epic!

Wait, 7yler... you go to Other Realms, too?! (assuming the one at Ward Warehouse)

Friggin awesome! I go there, too! One gamesday I might be able to see this army in person!!!!!! Bring it to any gamesdays you go to.

YAAAAYYYY!!!!!

LemonVendor1 can suck it!

7yler wrote:Ovion, I LOVE the toaster and the kettle! what do the coffee mugs do? (aside from holding dice)

The teacups are to represent pain tokens. Initially I was going to have The Kettle of Eternal Suffering (the cronos) give them out individually, and originally they were going to be doll-house ones but my girlfriend found a ceramic childrens playset in poundland, which was 4 for a pound (rather than 6 for £5), so I bought 8.
Turns out a dice fits neatly in them so now it's just the pain token counter for my whole army

Except for the Toaster. The Toaster of Lost Souls it uses Toast.

Even though I really dislike anime, this is a very nice and original army. Great job!

Funny how some people like LemonVendor get around stuff like this. He is obviously jealous, if any of you looked at his models, they are very sub par compared to what is in this thread.

7yler- Continue to be impressed with the army, it's awesome and quite well done.

nectar- LemonVendor might have said some not very nice things, but the mods took care of it. Do you really want to be going down the same road as him?


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And Ovion, your army's got some awesome conversions in it too, haha. Rather absurdist, I like it.

I'm seriously terrified by the heads. I like the general feel of the army, but I'm also seriously freaked out by it. I'm impressed and sickened at the same time...

Zefig wrote:7yler- Continue to be impressed with the army, it's awesome and quite well done.

nectar- LemonVendor might have said some not very nice things, but the mods took care of it. Do you really want to be going down the same road as him?


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And Ovion, your army's got some awesome conversions in it too, haha. Rather absurdist, I like it.

How in the world am I "going down the same road"? I just find it funny that those that berate others work, in their own thread mind you, usually have sub-par work themselves. If you read into it any more than that, you were mistaken.

Now, to get on topic, are there any plans for Kroot for this army?

Let's put it this way. He made his attack on stylistic choices made, he got his suspension, and now he's gone. How does denigrating his own painting help anything?

I find the sentiment misplaced, and in the interest of not straying too far off topic I'll limit myself to that.