... Here goes nothing.

Hi ATT

I made a bold decision to do something more than just lurk around. My actual army painting project is most unfinished but I thought that folks here might be interest to see some tau sketches.
Comments & crits are welcome, I'm an avid reader regardless.

So here are some fire warriors.



And members of other castes as well...





with alien auxiliaries even!







(These are supposed to be nicassars, levitating powerful psyker tardigrade - polar bears for the win! )

Cheers!

Hey, you finally posted your drawings! I almost forgot about you. I think the one with the human is my favourite but they're all really great. I don't know where you got the idea of Nicassars being bears, that's a cool idea but they're usually assumed to be tentacly squid things (not that I know where that assumption came from either). Anyway, great! Are there more to come? It's nice to see someone starting an art thread again.

Not true space bears are a popular image for the Nicassar. Jervis Johnson described them as space bears and the image has stuck with the internet ever since.

I really like them, especially the heads. One thing though is the firewarriors shoulderpad look a bit small, this is the galaxy of pauldrons after all. Also, the kroot being the same height as the tau next to it looked odd, what with kroot being as tall/taller than SM...

Wow! Really impressive and evocative drawings, Tiuku. I’d love to see more of your work, if you get around to drawing more.

I am bookmarking this post for inspiration when I get around to modelling me some Fio and Kor figures .

@im2randomghgh: With regards to the tallness of the Tau next to the kroot, could it be that she is a Kor in fatigues? Her tall and extremely slender frame would indicate this to me – can you shed some light on this, Tiuku?

Tau'va!

Gosh, thank you for all the comments!



Sorry about the delay, it didn't take more than ... little over a year?

Those nicassars are based on a picture found in Warhammer 40k Wiki article over here.



You're right, shoulderpads are little on the small side. That or fire warriors' heads are a bit too big. Have to keep practicing.
The lanky tau with kroot is indeed supposed to be a Kor thus being about at the same height as the kroot.



Woah, now I feel really flattered.

I guess I can post right away some sketches of prehistorical tau:

A hunter from the plains



A river valleys farmer



A travelling merchant



And a mountain dweller



Cheers!

Oh cool, I just don't know anything about the nicassar other than what the fans draw . I'm sorry that I sounded a bit demanding of pictures before, I don't mean to put on any pressure. The new pictures are excellent too, and you've given them different shapes of feet. Is this based on background fluff?

The warhammer wiki drawing is fan made. Really, in a lot of ways, it is not a reputable site.

And I am sorry, I didn't realize he was an kor, I thought he was just a lanky firewarrior

Also one fluff note, for the prehistoric kor, they used to have membranes that let them glide like flying squirrels.

Really good to some some Tau art about the forums, nicely rendered with solid concepts. I particularly like the native Tau.

Look forward to more. Do you regularly use digital painting?

- Tael.

wow, awesome drawings wish there was a like button :p Keep them coming.

It would seem we have an artist amongst us great drawings Tiuku. We have a lot of people around here who can do amazing things with paint on models, but surprisingly few who translate that same artistry onto paper.

Its great seeing the Tau in another medium. In a universe as focused on war as 40k, its also great to see our little blue friends just "going about their buisness". Fixing a conduit, holding hands with a human, chatting with space bears, its all very refreshing

They're flat ones, like living bearskin rugs, I think according to Jervis.

These are pretty great pictures, especially the pre-historic ones. Can't put my finger on why, but the style seems to capture the (realworld) eastern feel of the Tau without being that outrageously obvious.

Thanks yet again for comments, you made my weekend!



Nah, you haven't sound demanding IMO, no worries. The different feet shapes doesn't really base background fluff but rather background inconsistencies. In book Xenology a dissected tau ethereal was shown to have toed feet and I got the idea from that.



I thought that the drawing wasn't from any official source but the idea of tardigrade - polar bears was too awwdorable to pass. And I should try to draw a proper gliding prehistoric Kor one day. And the Kor with the kroot is actually female.




Many thanks for kind words. I actually paint/draw more digitally than any traditionally way these days. I just don't have much tau themed digital stuff done (yet anyway).






Wow, thanks. Some other 40k hobbyists who I know have said similiar comments, sounds like it's worthwhile to uphold this "speciality" of mine.

Here's some oldies (supposed to be ethereals) which I scanned during weekend:

I've just had a browse through the whole photo album and I have to say that I really like your artwork style

I particularly like the female Tau with umbrella, the mother and child reading and the Imperial Guard and Tau holding hands- Quite a change and from the usual 'there is only war', and a refreshing take on the world of 40K.

Do you use any medium other than watercolour (please correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like watercolour)?
Some graphic pen over the top to define the details might work well, but that's just my opinion.

Keep up the good work!

Thank you for the kind comments and feedback. Those works in Photobucket album are either done digitally or with markers. But you are right that my coloured works tend to be little blurry.

Hi!

So it's again weekend which means time to scribble new pics and scan old ones.

I wanted originally illustrate differencens between castes in height and build and such. Then again I have drawn too much humans/other humanoids just standing around doing nothing so I tried to make something more alive.
So there's Por'ui journalist, Shas'ui battlesuit warrior and Fio'ui chief mechanics responsible for maintaining that suit.



And an oldie depicting a Por at lunch break.



Cheers!

Ah, have I mentioned how much I love your work yet?

Some races do just fine with the whole "there is only war" thing. Ive never wondered how space marines spend their lunch breaks for example, they are born, bred and corn fed to do what we see on the table top. The tau on the other hand are deeper than that. I atleast, have the distinct impression that the Empire goes beyond what we see with our fire caste. I love the fact that you are representing that .

You sir, have a fan

Well, umm, thanks. *blushes profoundly*

I have always thought regardless of the rigid caste system and aggressive expansionism the Tau Empire is actually one of few places in 40k universe where residents can lead a quite normal life (in current western standards that is). And when it comes to 40k the normal life becomes somewhat ironically refreshing.

Solid work again, really getting my drawing bug gnawing at my scribble pad.

The group 'photo' reminds me of my facebook rip off cartoon a few months back.

Look forward to your next musings

- Tael.

Oh my Aun – even more inspiring drawings!

Must… Resist… Urge… To… Break… Out… Greenstuff… And… Sculpting… Tools…

(However, there’s a Piranha on my desk, which is currently craving my modelling/painting attention instead…)

But seriously, Tiuku, these drawings are ace. I especially like the in-caste variation in dress which you’ve managed to create.

And the amount of small details (on clothing, the tattoos, spots on faces, scars etc.) you’ve managed to cram into the "group photo" is fantastic. Have been spending several enjoyable minutes now looking for them on the drawing . Annoying that this will never be properly visible on a 28 mm scale model…

Tau’va!