Hi All!!!

thought i would post what i have been painting while i am over here in Belgium.

It is a Tau army and basically its got a bit of everything, as you can see in the pictures. i am planning to use it in the tournaments for next year once i get a couple of games under my belt.

i used dragon forge's lost empires bases with the miniNatur tuft grasses and weeds (good recommendation Nigel!!).

there are a few conversions with the battle suits as in their normal pose they looked to awkward.

let me know what you think.

i am planning to paint a night lords army with a The Purge plague marines contingent next.

Group shot of battlesuits



stealth suits - some are in full stealth mode (same colour as stonework on base) and others are transitioning. hopefully these look okay



battlesuits 1 - plasma and ML



battlesuits 2 - plasma and ML

hammerheads x 2




xv9 suits

battlesuits 3 - twin linked ML and flamer



commander and body guard - haven't worked out which one is the commander yet haha. probably the one without the helmet. these are the shadowsun models converted with plasma and ML



broadsides

devilfish and pathfinders with some urban camo scheme



Firewarriors (still working on second squad)




Kroot Squad (green)


Kroot Squad (brown) and kroot hounds

piranhas x 3 with meltas





may need to do better pictures but oh well hahaha

They are looking good, i have been painting up some Tau as well, but they are not at this stage yet, mostly just base colours and some of the lines etc. Have you done magnets for the weapons or are they fixed?

Hi Mate,

Yeah nice job Look forward to seeing them at the club.

Regards

Awesome work mate.

It makes this fantasy player, want to paint some 40k models (well almost )

Fabulous work, Jarrod! Really nice colour scheme and paintjob.

Tau codex coming out soon (it's on the interweb, so it must be true!) so you'll be ahead of the curve

Cya,
Andrew.

How are you getting all of this past Carly?

You can't use the excuse "I have had it for ages" at the moment


they do look good by the way


have you found some where to game while you are over there?

They look great. I really loved the stealth suits. Awesome work.

Fantastic work, you have been busy! I love the combination of colours, that orange offsets the dark blue grey nicely. I am also a fan of the clean line highlights, especially noticeable on the crisis suits. Did you find the forgweorld suits easy to assemble?

Steve

Excellento! And rumours of a Tau codex early next year. Just in time for you to totally redo your army!

nah they are all fixed on the battlesuit, as i think plasma and missle are the most optimum for crisis suits.

however, in saying that the rumour mills are saying that tau will be released next year in Q1 so i reckon all that will change!!! so i will have to get more haha oh well

Carly cant argue as it is keeping me occupied hahaha remember i still have access to a certain few stores over here.........but with the Tau i had them for a year and a bit, thought i should paint them up!!

there is a GW here but it seems as though they are not big on the tournament scene and it is mostly begginers. i will take the army in and see if there is anyone around.

also there are no gaming clubs here either.........so it is very limited and GW dont really push for it either

hahahaha yeah......just have to convince the wife to let me buy more models!!

thanks steve!!!

yeah the forgeworld suits were easy to assemble but with the XV9 suits the weapons arms broke on me three times when i was handling them. the arm joints are real weak, so thats the only down side to them.

i am contemplating in getting another suit from FW for another HQ choice but i think i will wait till next year to see what is happening with the revamp.

thanks for all the feedback guys!!
they were fun to paint, looking forward to bringing them to the club.

Really love the colour scheme!

Awesome paint job, great bases too!

I tried doing the same thing last year when I spent the whole year in Germany. Didn't happen.

Looks awesome! The colours work great (oh colour theory, how I love thee), and the painting is crisp and...Tau-ish. Haha.

Top job mate

This is what i have been painting up. ill do some better shots when they are done.

Looks great Jared! You're getting a lot done of your army, which is great to see!

Cya,
Andrew.

haha looks as though someone has hijacked the thread.

Andrew, those are Simon's tau........he has hijacked the thread for the greater good....haha

looks good simon!!!

Heh - didn't see that Simon had posted. Sorry Simon - comments still apply - nice work!

Cya,
Andrew.