Farsight Enclave not painted red

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**Thamor**

I'm currently working on a Tau army for some tournaments in the UK next year. I'm wanting to add a Farsight detachment to my list but I've painted a Blood Angels army and I dont want to paint more red.

I was just wondering if it would be alright if I just painted them in the same scheme as my Tau.

Thanks

**BoomWolf**

You can paint them standard tau if you want.
My enclaves are DA green for example.

Paint has NOTHING to do with rules or gameplay, its purely for looks, at the very most its used to distinguish between two similar models (like BA tactical and DA tactical, though the DA can be red and the BA green and its totally legal)

**gossipmeng**

Keep in mind you can always use a codex for just its rules and justify the fluff any way you like. For example, the Tau could be new inductees into the farsight enclave who must prove themselves before they can wear the farsight enclave colours.

Also it can always been a unique Tau faction who favour heavy usage of crisis suits (and you are just using the farsight enclave rules because they most accurately represent this faction you've created).

**D6Damager**

gossipmeng wrote:
Keep in mind you can always use a codex for just its rules and justify the fluff any way you like. For example, the Tau could be new inductees into the farsight enclave who must prove themselves before they can wear the farsight enclave colours.

This. Although the actual Farsight model should still be the red & grey IMO. He could be out recruiting Septs or orbital cities into the Enclave or something....

**Blacksails**

Paint your models whatever colour you want.

The only thing you should consider when painting is that if you're allying Tau/Tau, you'll need some markings or distinctions to differentiate between your primary and allied detachment, for your opponent's sake.

Otherwise, they could be neon pink with lime green highlights.

Even Farsight himself.

**Desubot**

BoomWolf wrote:

Paint has NOTHING to do with rules or gameplay, its purely for looks, at the very most its used to distinguish between two similar models

Except for that 1" extra move

But yeah you could paint them hot pink for all you care. so long as its wysiwyg it should be fine.

**BoomWolf**

We are tau, not orks.

**vodo40k**

Tau are one of the few "sensible" races in 40k who change their armour colour to match their environment. The crimson farsight enclave armour as well as the vomit brown standard Tau armour are the "dress armours". Its entirely reasonable to have farsight tau in grey armour when fighting in a city for example.
They're your models, paint them how you like.

**Desubot**

BoomWolf wrote:
We are tau, not orks.

I know but it is pretty much the only Rule that has a direct impact on the game that requires a proper paint

**Peregrine**

Desubot wrote:
Except for that 1" extra move

Which doesn't actually require the model to be painted red. A blue trukk with a grot holding a sign saying "dis wunz red" would be perfectly WYSIWYG.

**DarthSpader**

ive never even bothered with painting anything red in my orks, but have used the upgrade. i generally just point out wich of the vehicles have it, as each trukk is diffirent and indicated on the army list. ill say these 5 have it, that one doesn't and so on. no has cared yet, including at tourneys.

as long as you make it clear whats what before a game, those ambigious upgrades, or color schemes... who the frack cares. ive seen green and pink ultramarines led by a purple yellow and orange calgar. orks with blue or red skin, and i myself have even painted up yellow grey knights.

your army... paint/build it the way you want. but for game terms make sure your opponent knows what everything is, either by visual, or army list reference. - it helps avoid confusion. but otherwise who the heck cares if your red paint job truck has red on it, or your grey knights are yellow, or the farsight enclave wears hotpink and neon blue. in game terms...those things simply do not matter.

**Vineheart01**

Technically even red paint job rules for orks doesn't require red. People paint standardly because they can't think of their own colors or happen to prefer the normal ones.
hell my tau are purple and green lol there's no group with those colors.

**AegisGrimm**

I support everyone else's opinion. Your army is so much cooler if you make it truly unique to you with conversions and paintjobs.

Actually, while it's nothing to do with the OP... even though it's one of the go-to colors, I have yet to see a black-armored Tau force. That would look especially cool with glossed armor.

**Archonate**

One thing I don't like about the red paint scheme for enclaves is that they wear it in memory of the blood spilt by Arkanusha's fallen heroes... But Tau don't have red blood. I don't think Orks do either. Humans were not involved in the Arkunasha War, so who's blood are they supposedly remembering?? Oops...

I play Farsight Enclave rules, but I don't play Farsight Enclave. This has given me a greater chance to express uniqueness in my army, as well as paint them however I want.
If I decided to play with Farsight, (which I currently don't), He would be some other eccentric Shas'o with a melee weapon... I could even convert the Dawnblade into something else, or give him a fusion blaster instead and just say he has a modified Fusion Blade, with no ranged capability, but never burns out. (using the dawnblade profile, of course.)

As long as the rules are legal, you can paint and play however you want.

**lliu**

BoomWolf wrote:
We are tau, not orks.

I completely agree. We do not talk like English beggars. Plus, we do not share their ridiculous belief that "Red wunz go fast".

**Desubot**

Why necro a year old thread :/

**Alpharius**

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