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That stealth drone looks massive!

THE DRONE ARMADA!
With the exception of 1 marker drone the entire 1500pt army is all assembled, tomorrow I'll get them sprayed and start painting on the basecoat. And here is the whole army, I've scattered the 3 marker drones about the army for size reference.
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How have I not exalted this yet?! Maybe I was just waiting for a full army shot??

*rectifies with extreme prejudice*

- Salvage

Wow that is amazing, I even believe I can pick most of what they represent as well.

Epic.

so are you planning to still use Firewarriors for the troops or you have something in mind for them too?

Think it would be difficult to make a drone for them thats not just the standard drone sporting a Pulse Rifle/Pulse Blaster instead of 2 Pulse Carbines.

Also, thats a lot of crisis suits lol. Now that i think about it, this could easily just be an FSE with troop crisis suits.

 Vineheart01 wrote:
so are you planning to still use Firewarriors for the troops or you have something in mind for them too?

No it's a Farsight Enclaves army or Tau with Formations. Fire Warriors and other Tau infantry just won't work converted as Drone because at the end of the day they can't move like Drones and have squad leaders, except for the broadside which is more of a weapons platform. The new Drone-Net formation that gives all Drones +1 BS is a godsend as it makes a horde of the smaller drones a great option for the first expansion for this army.

Figured as much.

Ive never ran a firewarrior-free list before, though i have the suits to do so. I should try it at some point but the way i play is a lot of high RoF, i usually have more firewarriors than most people lol
I do own 60 of the buggers after all.....*cough*

That looks super sweet. A really unique army. Can't wait to see it painted.

A SYMBOL, SOME TOKENS AND MARKERLIGHTS!
Felt my army needed a symbol, more of an Icon for a Cadre/Battleforce than a Sept as I'm thinking my army's origins will be Bork'an. What do you think to the symbol anyway, based it on the top of the crisis drones.
With the last two previous armies I've created tokens and objectives using button badges, it's great as they're very durable and cheap to make providing you make some more for friends. (Btw not taking request/orders guys, sry) Here are the design for the objective and Markerlight tokens.
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Yep, that's badass.

Just got here after reading your last post on the rebel grots blog... I thought you said small numbers. That's a lot of drones! They look sweet. (30 is a small body count tho, for sure)

MY ARTICLE ON MY 3 GOLDEN RULES FOR COUNTS AS CONVERSIONS!
2 weeks ago I was asked by Rob Baer from Spikey Bits to write an article on converting count as armies and miniatures. So if I've inspired you to convert your own stuff or you'd like an interesting read and see some of my earilest projects (& failures) click the image below....

MISSILES AWAY!
Well production has begun, the first squadron rolls of the assembly line! The large Tau transfer sheet came in handy especially with the curving text that will be on all my crisis drones, weren't sure about the orange on the sides was worried it was too much. But it seems to have come out okay.
Going to add snow flock to the bases at some point, once the main force is fully painted. Up next are the Plasma Rifles Drones!





These strong contrasting colours are certainly different to the Grot's Reds and Browns.

Oh those are beautiful Proiteus. Striking, vibrant. The shading is kinda cel-shadey and stylized(in a good way), but the weathering adds the right amount of gravity and detail to it.

Agreed, squad looks really superb. Vivid colors + blacklining + weathering is really grand. Excited to see more

- Salvage

LOVE that icy blue

Blacklining bestlining

INTRODUCING GUE'VESA'EL KOR'SHARA!
The Command Drone is cool and all but I felt I really needed an Actual Commander to also field instead. So having got my XV9 suit today I've begun work on converting my Tau Commander: Shas'o Kor'shara Dronedancer!
So what do you think to the array on her back, I felt I need something to portray her controlling the drones around her? Also what colour would you recommend I paint the blades; clean silver or teal energy?
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Could use some more antennas to really hammer home the "coordinating everything" look. Blades seem mostly ceremonial as well, they'd only be able to stab in a short distance before his hand got in the way.

I do really like the missile pods you added, and the control disk on the back looks good from this angle.

Came up with this alternative for the back disc. What do you think?
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Hmmm. Perhaps something oriented more around optics? Also, think you could show what the new battlesuit/commander hips and legs look lik on an XV9 torso? I had a conversion somewhat similar to this for a Farsight counts-as a while back, and I'd like to see some comparisons before I invest in trying it again!




Also, maybe a converted Electronic Warfare Suite off of a Ghostkeel would fit better? it has antennae AND optics, which gives it a good command-and-control wargear vibe.
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/XV95-Ghostkeel-Battlesuit

Looking good. I feel like we dont see nearly enough crisis conversions on dakka

 LeCacty wrote:
Looking good. I feel like we dont see nearly enough crisis conversions on dakka

I agree. For as conversion-friendly as they are fluff-wise, we sadly don't see nearly enough of them on here.

HUMMING POWER!
Currently working on my Plasma Crisis Drones which will be followed by the Fusion Blaster Drones, so my mind is on glow effects at the moment. Because of the colour scheme instead of the traditional blue I've mixed Moot green and Lothern Blue together to get a strong greenish teal colour for my energy weapons. What do you think?

Tried doing standard highlighting techniques and it hasn't work so I'm debating using my Airbrush for the job. By the way do you think I should add a glow effect to the end of the barrel? I'm also unsure how to paint the 3 small studs on the discs at the side?
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Studs in metallics, and yes to glow in the barrels.

MARKERLIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!!!
Taking a quick break from my Plasma Rifle drones that will be completed by the end of the week I had a chance to tinker with some bits that arrived yesterday. In order to make 16-20 Marker Drones for my Drone Net formation I ordered some of the heads from Paulson Games. They maybe too big for crisis suits but I feel they make great Marker Drones.
What do you think?

WEAPONS CHARGED!
Another Crisis Drone Squad rolls off the assembly line. The challenge with this one was the glow effects as the traditional light blue would have blended in too much with the colour scheme, so I instead went for a strong green shade of teal.





Now for the Fusion Blaster squad which should be easier as they don't have nearly as many parts to paint.

Hyperion? Dat you? You need to post some tutorials, seriously.

MINI MARKER DRONE!
Here is the Marker Drone for the commander, I'll be painting the 2nd one up alongside the fusion blaster crisis drone squadron.
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