Back to Painting

I finally got back to painting last night and decided to start finishing up the crisis suit.  I was trying to think of different ways to add distinction to the jetpacks on the crisis suit.  While running ideas through my head, two major points came to mind:

1.) I was imagining this force as using experimental digital camouflage, since such a camo scheme is not typical Tau design.

2.) The weapons and jetpacks for the Crisis suits are made as removable and interchangeable.

That's when it hit me... 

Five for Fighting

I’m now up to five Fire Warriors. 

If you are wondering why it’s taking me so long to get through these guys, it is because it takes me a few hours to do each of them.  That may seem crazy, but I like to take my time with such things.  Patience IS a virtue you know!

As you can see, the new guy is walking through the mud past a broken wall.

I think it might be time to add some guys with pulse carbines.  What say you?

The Fourth Horseman

I finished the fourth Fire Warrior.  Here he is:

He found a slab to perch on, apparently.

The Three Amigos

So, I went ahead and added the antennas to the helmets and have the three Fire Warriors I have completed thus far ready for combat.Take a look!

As you can also tell, I updated the bases on the first two to match the third.

Like always, comments and questions are welcome!

Three's Company...

Well, I mentioned that I put a Fire Warrior on that first base I made. Well, here's the first baseman (Ha! A baseball joke! ...And I don't even like baseball. :\ ).

A dynamic fellow indeed.  He's weighted on his back foot, looking up the top's of the surrounding buildings... or what's left of them.  His gun may be in a non-active position, but that left hand is definitely reaching to meet it or at the very least is ready to support it if the need to return fire arises.

If you're wondering where the antenna normally on the right-hand side of his helmet is... well, its not on yet as I need to add it.  I want to get everything else finished on each fire warrior before I pull the antenna off the sprue, as they are easily lost otherwise.

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This guy is going to hold a special significance for me.  Why?  Well, he is the first 40K model that is entirely my own.  I bought the box, cut him from the sprue, carved the materials for his base, glued him together, and painted it all.  It's original me. 

I am forever grateful to my friend for sending me his Tau models to get me started (and I have many more of them yet to paint).  Those models hold a different meaning for me.  One that exemplifies friendship and comradery.

But, this model is the first in something unique. The first of my personal creations.  When it is all said and done, I can say this is where I stood on my own and started the journey.

Devilfish: Part Deux

I've finished painting one of the engine nacelles and I'm halfway through the first gun drone.  If your wondering why I'm doing those before I've finished the main body, I get distracted quickly.  : P  I half to freshen things up to keep my attention, especially with a very demanding project like handpainting this camouflage.  It also helps to give a good idea what the final project will look like, thus giving a visual destination of sorts.

Here are some pics:

I propped the engine up with bubble wrap as I will not actually glue it on until I have finished painting the side of the main body.  Fortunately, it gives a good idea of where the model is headed.  I have to say, after seeing most of that side of the devilfish painted, I am much happier with it.  It has definitely given me more focus.

First Recruit in a New Army

So, I told the peeps I was going to do urban camo for my Fire Warriors... digital looking camo even.  Unlike your average Tau urban camo floating around, I will be using only grey-scale.  No blues thrown in the mix.

Some were encouraging, seeing it as a cool idea.  Others were quick to give a laugh, saying how nye impossible that task would become.

Whatever your position on the idea may be, I've painted one full Fire Warrior.  I've finally gotten a replacement camera (Yea!!!), so I'll upload images soon and relay my comments on the process. 

For now, here is a teaser image, from a crappy cell phone camera, of an UNFINISHED paint job on the Fire Warrior for my Urban Cadre.