So I figure it's about time I posted up some pics of my cadre to date, or as my nephew calls them, my "Stormtrooper Tau".
I have never professed to be a GD-quality painter, everything is done tabletop standard.


So far I have 2.5 squads of Firewarriors painted as shown below:





And a squad of Fireknives:




I have just finished the conversion work on my 'O, he will next on the painting table once I have finished my last squad of FW's




The shield idea I shamelessly stole from another thread around here somewhere



And my Hammerhead



C&C welcome (otherwise, why would I post )


In the pipeline, I still have a pair of Deathrains, 2 Pirahna waiting to be painted.

I also have a rather drastic and severe conversion planned for my stealth team. In fact it's so drastic, I am going to do a "proof of concept" model on the Nob from AOBR just to prove to myself that it looks as good in reality as it does in my brain before I go chopping up $50 worth of Stealth Suits.

Stay tuned

Hello Heriticus,

As far as I can see I like it. Your Fire Warriors look like wasps (I do not know why ... it was the first thing that comes to my mind as I saw them)
But maybe you should add more troop markings on the helmets of the Fire Warriors and to your battle suits. Maybe on the leg armour and the upper body. Blood red is a very good contrast colour to your colour scheme.


Ahhh ... Va’deers Hunter Cadre ... I see

Keep it up ... I am looking forward to see more pics

My thread perhaps? (which was taken from another thread)
ANYWAY! I really like your crouching XV8, the colour scheme is nice too. I know I'm not one to ask for it but, do you have higher quality pictures? I think they will look EVEN better with good quality!
I recommend that you paint the arm before you attach the shield though, atleast the backside of the shield. But thats just a tiny little detail you probably won't even notice unless you look for it, which is the reason I just HAVE to paint it.

I don't really understand why Shavaun think they look like wasps though.

Yeah, the whole shield arm assembly was just blu-tacked together for the photo, it is all seperate pieces at this stage, mainly so I don't slop paint all over the shield

As for picture quality, I am trying to rustle up a better camera from somewhere, so we will see how things go.

Your camera is focusing on the sheet in the background.

I would love to see more though....in focus

Hey nice job. You are useing the first scheme i ever tried you pulled it off nicely.

I would like to see better focused shots though it would do your boys justice.

Have updated thread with pretty new photos. Now you can see every flaw

Also added my hammerhead, which was painted about 2 years ago.

Never really liked the look of the Tau flamer, so while assembling my Deathrain team today, I decided it needed "beefing up" up a bit.

The result is below and I think it looks a lot meaner than the old one:

This looks very sweat The only small thing I noticed is the whole weapon seems mis-alligned. The front barrel seems to curve slightly up compared to the back end of the weapon.

Yeah. I see it too. Other than that wicked mod!

More pics, finished today:

My Shas'O





and the first of two Deathrains+flamer

I must admit this is a nice looking army, hte colurs you choose are very difficult, mainly the whote colour. There are some things like molding lines wich are quite ugly, you should make them disappear before printing the minis, anyway, keep up the good working!

So christmas has been and gone. With it came a new camera, which means new piccies! Yay!

First up: Plastic Pathfinders



Gundrone squad:



Devilfish: Standard on the left, Pathfinder 'fish on the right (with the aerials)



Twin Hammerheads:



and finally, a Pirahna.



"BOGEY!! 2 o'clock High!"




All I need to complete the 1850 point list I am using for the first two tournys this year is one more fish and one more Pirahna. Then I can start on some of the really fun Kitbashing and conversion work like Remoras and Drone-controlled Sentry Turrets

Excellent work! It's always nice to see an army come together. Looking forward to more!

Thanks. I don't mind admitting finishing off this army have been an exercise in motivation as I have ended up painting all the vehicles last, which means once I have finished, I do not want to see another 'Fish body for a while

Ha, I know what you mean. For my Nids I had to paint a ton of Gaunts and even after only painting 20 I never wanted to see another Gaunt again!

But you've done some really good work here, my friend. I really like how smooth the white is and I like the conversions you've done on your models. It can be tough to stay motivated when it comes to painting an army, but your's is looking really inspiring so keep it up!

Excellent work, Hereticus. I too have had to fight with the dreaded "white armour" syndrome with my Marines; you've done a very fine job indeed. The army deserves its place in the Galleries Forum.

E.

Re: Plastic pathfinders. I will eventually need 16 finders, metal is too expensive.
What did you use for the top of their carbines? Cut off rifle barrels?

The marker lights on thier carbines are just FW aerials

FW aerials? hmmm... Now I know how make me some good 'finders. I like your paint scheme, and the conversion work. Might I suggest gemming the eyes? It is something I have gotten the hang of recently and it is really a nice touch. I have yet to update all my drones and suits since I learned it and my old suits look so much worse now just because of that one eye.

Could I borrow some of that motivation? I have 9 more kroot and 2 hounds that have been sitting around for far too long. And I still haven't finished them yet. Plus I have a Pirahna and a Railhead to finish on top of that. So much for getting them done before winter break ends. Keep up the good work!