Olis Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Just a little show and tell, brothers and sisters - I met a great guy on Saturday (while touring the tables alongside Excessus) with an awesome looking KX139 Ta'unar Supremacy Armour suit. If you're on here, brother, speak up! I forgot your name! The pictures, as usual, don't do the model justice. Anyway, I thought I'd snap a few pictures to give the new Tau section on B&C something to admire. Enjoy! ^_^ Overview Front Left Right Back (Disclaimer: If you're here just looking at the pictures and think I'm the one who made and painted this... I'm not! Read the post!) Mechanicus Tech-Support, elmo and Kelborn 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 I know, brother - I just wish I could remember the gentleman's name. With luck we may see him yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I know, brother - I just wish I could remember the gentleman's name. With luck we may see him yet. I wanna say I saw an entire army on the internet like that...type in maybe Tau XV9 or something. I was looking at some models and saw the army that matches it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Aye, she was an impressive sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Nice, I hope to have my own Tron Tau army one day. Love the color scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNickVC Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Hi there, thanks for posting up the pics. I'm made up to see one of my models on here. It was great chatting to you guys at warhammer world. If it's okay I'd like to post more of my army as I get them painted up? Below's my first attempt to see if I liked the style. It turns out I did and I went straight out and bought the Ta'unar and started it. Next time I'm going to start with the Manta and be done with it. :) http://i.imgur.com/fHPLfNK.jpg simison and Marqol 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 By all means post some more of the army :) Is the base home made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 Hi there, thanks for posting up the pics. I'm made up to see one of my models on here. It was great chatting to you guys at warhammer world. If it's okay I'd like to post more of my army as I get them painted up? Hello, brother! Glad to have you with us! It was good talk all round, I'd say - the model was a stand out over the weekend and I'm glad to have pictures of it. If you'd like to use this thread to post up more pictures, then by all means don't let us stop you. There is also the option to begin your own thread if you so wish - it's up to you. :tu: DrNickVC 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNickVC Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 By all means post some more of the army Is the base home made? Yes it's homemade. I sanded down the base that comes with the model and then sprayed it black to try and get it looking smooth. I then pencilled out the design and painted over it. The thinking behind the design was the circles emanate out with each step it takes, which then link up with each other. I've a whole fluff in my head about the army being controlled by a rogue T'au AI that assimilates everything it comes into contact with and leaves it looking tron. Sort of like a grey goo yin to the tyranids yang. Almost like a T'au, tron, borg mashup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNickVC Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Hi there, thanks for posting up the pics. I'm made up to see one of my models on here. It was great chatting to you guys at warhammer world. If it's okay I'd like to post more of my army as I get them painted up? Hello, brother! Glad to have you with us! It was good talk all round, I'd say - the model was a stand out over the weekend and I'm glad to have pictures of it. If you'd like to use this thread to post up more pictures, then by all means don't let us stop you. There is also the option to begin your own thread if you so wish - it's up to you. Cheers man, I appreciate the kind words. I'm happy to keep posting here, no point cluttering the place up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Cheers man, I appreciate the kind words. I'm happy to keep posting here, no point cluttering the place up. Have at it brother! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Although I have never been a proponent of Tron-T'au you have pulled it off well and the black/ice blue combines well together. A suggestion would be for you to try edge highlighting or dry brushing the black with shadow grey. An example of this method is below on the bike mud guards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNickVC Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) I was thinking of doing the edging but was worried that it might make the model look too busy. There's a simplicity to the current paint scheme that I quite like, but I think I'll try your suggestion on a crisis suit and see how it looks. Edited July 6, 2017 by DrNickVC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNickVC Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Got my commander finished. I decided to mix it up and go with gold for my command troops. I might try and split up the army this way e.g. green for fast attack, etc... http://i.imgur.com/wevJKxd.jpg Mightykin, Focslain, MithrilForge and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 You see, this is the kind of scheme i think Dan Harden had in mind when he started his tron like Tau (no offence and sincere apologies to Dan, whom i think is a great addition to GW) but yours is executed much nicer as elmo suggests some fine edge highlighting would make it POP ,perhaps start small on special characters and see how you go... And thanks to Olis for having such a keen sharp eye for the beauty of 40k . Cheers, Mithril walter h 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulf Vengis Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I love the Tron theme outta unique and very pleasing to the eyes. I'm surprised i hasn't seen it sooner. However nice the Tron theme is that last battlesuit you posted up is beautiful. Absolutely magnificent. Keep up the great work Doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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