Ailaros wrote:
Tau may look somewhat like samurai, but don't be fooled - the real samurai army is eldar.

 Magc8Ball wrote:

 Ailaros wrote:
Tau may look somewhat like samurai, but don't be fooled - the real samurai army is eldar.

Curse you for stealing my thunder!

As a "Samurai-themed Eldar" player I did want to suggest some ideas, though. One of the easiest things that you can do to add the desired flavor to the army are the back-banners (sashimono). They're the main way that I tied my Eldar into the RPG/CCG setting that they're based on, and they couldn't be easier to make. There are a few ways of going about it:

1. Simply find sashimono bits. There are some out there, including on the Dire Avengers and Bike Autarch sprues, one of the Hordes armies, or even just Feudal Japanese models, of which there are a few. I started with metal sashimono from the Clan War game, but these are going to be VERY hard to find these days:



2. Sculpt them. This isn't an ideal solution, as unless you are quite handy at sculpting robes/cloth with Green Stuff, it probably just isn't worth the time. I used this technique, sort of, on my Farseer: the banner is actually plasticard, but I used GS to sculpt some rather half-assed folding into the flag.



3. Make them from masking tape. This is quite simply the easiest and fastest method that I've found. For smaller models (Fire Warriors, Gue'vasa), I bent a paper clip into the proper shape and folded two pieces of tape over before trimming it down (see the Aspect Warriors below). For larger models (battlesuits, allied Wraithlords or Jetbikes), a bit more work is required.

First, get some plastic rod and, after running it VERY briefly through a flame at the desired bending point, bend it at a 90-degree angle. Then repeat the folding-over of the tape; this might require more than two pieces to get the desired coverage. Then, using a nice, sharp knife, cut out squares of the flag to give it the look of a larger banner.



Best of luck!