The Basis of an Army and Delusions of Grandeur

Well, well, well.  What do you know.  I might actually have a playable army in the coming weeks.  Go figure.  All it took was...

...not letting myself get carried away with my goals for the future.

That's Not A Knife...

Well, the other Fire Warrior from my friend's collection that still remained intact with all of its gear was screaming at me to be painted.  So, to take a break from the painstaking monotony that is the digi-camo on the 'fish, I obliged.

The Fire Warrior in question was obviously what my friend had intended as the leader of the Fire Warrior team - what with his Bonding Knife and all.  So I thought it would be neat to bring his experience to the table (pun definitely intended).  He definitely fits the part, braving battle without a helmet!!!

The thing I really wanted to do with a team leader was make it distinct from the rest of its kin.  Fortunately, my friend already beat me to the punch.  He had built this guy with the helmet-less visage of a Tau warrior, which, to be honest, is nothing spectacular in an of itself... I mean... it is an option provided straight out of the box.  But, what was unique was that he had taken a helmet and placed it underneath the warrior's backpack as if it was hanging there ready to be grabbed and slid on his head.  I love this little added detail my amigo placed. and wanted to add to the figure's uniqueness.

I added to the models distinction by adding colored areas to its armor to give the illusion of pulling rank.  This guy is a leader and everyone should see it, right?  Since this army'sdistinctive color is yellow, I added yellow to the shield on the left shoulder, and on the visor on the helmet.

I also went ahead and based this guy and his unit buddy I painted back a year ago.

To base them, I used Fine Cinders ballast from Woodland Scenics for the dark, bare ground and Course Gray ballast for the rocks/rubble.  I am definitely going to expand on the basing techniques, but these guys were already o bases and I didn't want to remove them.  I bought a box of fire warriors recently, and I'll have some more detailed bases with what looks like city rubble... afterall, this is an urban Tau cadre.

Well, that's it for now.  Questions? Comments?  Leave them below!!!

Devilfish, Part Tertius, -a, -um

AS you can see from the previous post, I did some work on the 'fish this past weekend.  I've almost entirely finished one side of the transport.

Here are some details:

 I finished the work on theingine nacelles and even added the operational wear and weathering.

An overview of the body and one of the drones.

Now you can see the details and weathering up-close and personal.

So, what do you guys think?  Leave comments. More updates to come!!!!

DECIDING ON AN ARMY

After researching the 40K universe, I have decided to go with a Tau force.  I like the look and feel of their army, as well as the high tech gadgetry they have (Helloooooo!!!  I’m an engineer!!!).  I alos like the fact that they aren’t a horde army willing to sacrifice countless grunts just to overwhelm an enemy.  They are an army that has a duty for each specific unit and desire to keep them alive… for, if one link is broken, the chain will fall apart.  They are tactical and precise.  An unforgiving army for beginners, yes, but one that definitely pushes one to learn the rules to better ones play skill.

Also factoring in is the fact that everyone and their brother seems to play either one of the Space Marine chapters or Orks.  Tyranids were my second choice, but are a little too horde-ish for my tastes at the moment.  I will probably make them my second army after I get through my Tau army, but that might be a loooooong while.

So, without further adieu…

FOR THE GREATER GOOD!!!