Hi all,

Due to great responses from my previous post, I figured you all like to see more. There's nothing too special here, though my tabletop alias appears in photo - Old Shatter Hands.



Old Shatter Hands is an old Fire Warrior that just doesn't quit.


I actually hand painted the tau symbol. I can't seem to get transfers to stick on the rounded surface.


The rest of the gang




You'll notice that my tau have brown mottled skin. Blue-grey for me just didn't seem to fit a alien race from an arid hot environment.

Next episode the silent hunters - Kroot and Pathfinders

Awesome!!!

great stuff ... I admire your hand painted tau symbol ... i really want to put one at the same spot on my crisis suit but just haven't had the balls to do it haha ... maybe this will inspire me

only comment I have is try taking your pictures in daylight ... or get a daylight bulb for your light source ... they cost like $4-6 at Home Depot here in California and they're one of those energy saving bulbs so you'll make that investment back in energy bill savings

Great stuff - again. I really like your tanks, great looking units. By the way, why are the baserims on the stealths green, as the rest of your army seems to have brown rims?

Cheers

again looking hot

The stealth suits have green bases with grass and the rest of the army has brown. Why you ask. Because I painted my stealth team way before I started doing a full army. They were just a bunch of minis I bought to try out tau so their bases don't actually fit with the rest of the army. I am currently working a the new plastic stealth suits that will be based as the rest of the army and have an appropriately cool color scheme to match. Thanks again for all you comments, it keeps me going when I sometimes get "painter's block"
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@O'shatta hens
I ask because I like to know. Now I know.

Cheers

This is fantastic work! Your tanks in particular look very cool. Did you use the stippling technique to do the camo? If you did, is it basically like drybrushing as far as the amount of paint that goes on the brush prior to application?

Very nice work, the cammo and chosen colours work so well. I like the subtle alterations to your XV8, right up my alley.

Watch for mold lines on a couple of things, but really, thats just me being pedantic.

Really like this subdued scheme and the application of it. great stuff

~ Tael.

Why's he called 'shatterhands'? and how did you create those BS fingers?

The fingers look like SM power fist fingers...but I could be mistaken

Hey, I'm back with some sorely needed updates to my army pics. These are some photos that have been sitting
in a folder on my desktop for some time...I've painted way more since, but haven't taken pictures. I'm working toward
getting may army painted for the Games Day Tournament.












I'm especially pleased with my kroot and take them to every game. My crisis suits are my star players but the fire warriors end up doing all the work, like taking objectives or table quarters, and taking the brunt of enemy assaults while the elite battlesuit teams jump away to waste more foes.

I hope soon to get a group shot of the whole lot as well as the new things I've painted (piranhas, one more devilfish, and two new deathrains)

An approaching tournament is a great way to motivate to finish painting an army. I've set deadlines for myself, making sure each day I do something to reach the goal of completing the army.

My next project is completing a Blood Angels army. Maybe I'll post pics of that too!

I'm curious, the brown camo striping, is it airbrushed or stippled on with a paintbrush?

There are so many things I love about your army, Where do I start?:

1. 'Old Shatter Hand's' ......hands
2. Your tanks! They remind me of world war II German Tiger tanks.
3. The skin of your Tau, wish I had thought of it!!
4. Broadside's subtle conversions. Sawn off railguns and the use of blast cannons for leg struts.
5. Finally, I really like your Kroot! I have been thinking of something similar for my own. I wanted to stay away from green kroot and go with a more natural look, which you have done.


Rus'el

Wow, thanks for the compliments.

As for the kroot flesh, I mixed valejo 'dark sand' with valejo's version of codex grey at about 50-50 and got a great fleshy grey color.
Although I got tired of mixing and on the last few I used valejo's 'stone grey' for a base color. I also washed them with brown ink, watered down heavily and mixed with a small drop of dishwashing liquid.

I gave a few of them spots on their heads and shoulders. My tau had spots as well, so I stopped doing it.
Tau originated from a dry arid climate and blue skin just didn't fit into that. I went for a more reddish brown color that ended up looking like some aliens from 'babylon 5' or 'star trek' which was awesome. It also gave the impression of desert dwellers.

for the camo on the tanks, I used a brush. Haven't got an air brush, but I really want one. Maybe the new GW spray gun will fit the bill.

Again thanks and happy hunting!

Excellent cadre with tons of cool little things to look at! Awesome paint schemes, and techniques. I love the shortened cannons on the second BS. Thanks for posting these.

I like your XV15 Stealth Suites a lot. The white helmets really give contrast to the mainly black armor. Makes me want to redo my XV15s at home!

Overall, nicely painted Tau miniatures! Hope to see more from you.

Wow. Those look Awesome.

Is the green on the Shas'Ui Pathfinder a little stronger, or is it just me?

Very clean and very nice. Painting skills like that are enviable.