-Crisp & Grey- A NZ blog (May Update - I painted a Dragon!)

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**Mad..**

Nice theme you have on your Tau Knightley.

The fire warriors remind me a little bit of necrons with the greys and greens, but it works really well.

**Knightley**

Thanks man, the scheme is beginning to grow on me now.

Update: first 10 are done

**ZergSmasher**

Y'know, actually the paint scheme you are using (with the bright color in the grooves) actually makes your Tau models look like they belong in Tron or something. Which is totally cool, you've done well with them, and these Fire Warriors are no exception!

**Knightley**

Good catch, that was what my mate (who asked me to paint his dudes) was looking for, he liked the dark colours with the neon glow

Update: well I'm rapidly running out of time for my completion date so I am going to have to try kick it up a notch with speed, this may sacrifice painting quality but I guess so long as the look good at 2ft away the job is a good one.

First up a quick and easy support turret, the missile pods have magnets.

Next up I started on the next firewarrior group

**Knightley**

Update: more on the warriors

**inmygravenimage**

Well they're certainly grey... And crisp

**Knightley**

Hahah yes there is that

Update: got the greens applied

**Knightley**

Update: Neon done bases done, squad done

**Camkierhi**

Cracking through them now.

Looking brilliant bud.

**Knightley**

Cheers Cam, next batch built below

Update: so I had a pretty productive Easter weekend

More drones

Large round of Stealthsuits 3 shas'ui with magnetised weapons

Tau Bomber

Another Piranha

Ghost keel, fully magnetised in the waist and all guns on arms

And the crowning achievment, making the stormsurge fully magnetised for all weapon load outs

**evildrcheese**

Build all the things!

EDC

**Gitsplitta**

Impressive!

**Knightley**

@EDC - Paint all the things!

@Gits - Thanks man

Update: got out the airbrush again for the tin

**ZergSmasher**

Very impressive that you managed to magnetize all the options on the Stormsurge, considering the main guns have a shared core part. That must have taken a lot of time, not to mention quite a few magnets!

**evildrcheese**

Part of my brain keeps trying to convince me that the tin sprayed plastic is actually biscuits...

Looking tasty!

EDC

**Knightley**

@Zerg - Yeah I estimate 20 magnets to get the main cannon swappable.

@EDC - Heh internet tin cookies

Update: Ok, so I went quite overboard with priming and airbrushing

**Knightley**

Update: Doing the last drones now

**evildrcheese**

No such thing as going overboard when it comes to hobbying IMO. More is more!

Drones are looking sharp. You're turning these around at an impressive pace.

EDC

**Knightley**

Cheers bro, I'm stoked its an easy paint scheme to do.

Update: Drones done

**Gitsplitta**

Those came out beautifully.

**Knightley**

Thanks Gits, I actually like how the drones look, there is a solid balance on the colours. If I were to do a drone army it'd be in this scheme!

Update: had a solid run at the broadsides

**Knightley**

Update: greens applied, just waiting on neon green now

**Gitsplitta**

I love the way these look... but for all that they are horrible (no one should have three of these...).

**Knightley**

Thanks Gits, I like the models, they are pretty heinous in game when you give them all missiles.

Update: Broadsides done, both configs below (note they have different heads for each config

gotta love magnets)

**Gitsplitta**

Very nice. These Tau really match your painting style nicely. Are you going to paint the missile heads a different color? Would really make them spectacular.

**ZergSmasher**

Is it hard to make Broadsides' weapons swappable? I figured you would need two sets of arms or something for them. Since I don't have any kits and I am considering getting some, I am curious as to how it was done.

**evildrcheese**

Looking good. All those missile pods make me wince though.

EDC

**Knightley**

@Gits - Agreed, I asked my mate who gave the go ahead on the colour scheme and he was happy with the current set up, I'll wait for him to see them in the flesh and suggest it again.

@Zerg - It wasn't that hard, both arm sets are independent of the other one (not like a VX8 suit where the arms are the common item) I used 4 magnets for the arms one in each round ball joint and one in the missile pods sockets, the Railguns are tight enough they hold in place without magnets and with the small cuts required for the missile arms you can squeeze the railguns on to the joints. If you would like I can take some close up shots of one of them?

@EDC - Hahah yes, there is a stupid amount of fire power on these guys, combined with the missile drones and the buff-mander they are a scary unit indeed.

Update: 12 pathfinders started out

**ZergSmasher**

Knightley wrote:
@Zerg - It wasn't that hard, both arm sets are independent of the other one (not like a VX8 suit where the arms are the common item) I used 4 magnets for the arms one in each round ball joint and one in the missile pods sockets, the Railguns are tight enough they hold in place without magnets and with the small cuts required for the missile arms you can squeeze the railguns on to the joints. If you would like I can take some close up shots of one of them?

Yeah, that would be great! I'm sure I'm not the only one who would benefit from it. Maybe you could even explain it over in the P&M Tutorials section of the forums.

**Knightley**

@Zerg - Ok will get some pics when I have a moment and try draft something up, hope it helps someone

Update: more done on the path finders