i wish i knew how to paint like that =/

trust me it's easy! you just have to take your time, be neat, and keep your paints thin.

I've been working on this army for over 2 months now.... the Riptide at the back took 2 weeks alone!

well i have a lizardman army i gave up on cause i couldnt get this style down
also.. i did something wrong cause the paint is chipping off all by its self >.>

did you undercoat/prime the models first?

*nods* i did half black prime and other white prime
i wanted some colors to look different


on my metal models the paint job and the prime is coming off
some one told me i should have washed them first?
i thought with cheap metal it would have rusted it over time

nah, the metal models don't rust. Metal models are known to chip so it's always best to varnish them once you're finished painting them. the paint will come off simply by handling the model, dirt and grease on your hands pick up on the surface of the paint, it's that simple. spray varnish helps prevent that although it can change the over all finish of the model.

Washing them does help, as they have the residue of the release agent from the molds still on them. It's worse with some resin models as they weep with the chemicals they are made up from and occasionally absorbed the release agent into their make up. This makes most standard primers dry out and flake (trust me I learned this from painting my Warhound Titan) I found that in that particular case a good car undercoat/primer with silicone works best as they don't dry out and generally have more give in them without drying out.

Sadly though, metal models chipping is a fact of life, it drives up up the wall but we live with it as best we can.

wish some one would have told me BEFORE i painted them >.>
oh whells *sigh*
could repaint, haha

thank you very much for the info!

God that brings back memories~ I use to have a kick as Necron army....ahhhh those were the days

used to have??? have you not seen their rules in 6th Ed??? they're a top teir army! Dig them out again or failing that... restart them

I shall never give up on the domain of the imperium! The emperor protects, death to all xeno scum! x3 *snickers* xD

Yup... I've got a Space Wolf army, Dark Angels army, Raven Guard army, Grey Knight army, and my own Ghostwolves army to stand for the Imperium, as well as my Warhound Titan

but that I have my Tau, Eldar, Dark Elday and 2 Chaos Marine armies for the opposition too

So very very awesome =) I'm looking forward to getting a stable job again, and the construction will begin again! =D I really want to get into the new Tau codex, it sounds like a lot of fun. I'm also, admittedly, looking into the Eldar too ;)

honestly it's a had choice between the codex now, the new Tau codex is superb and offers so many new options and ways of playing the game, the Eldar book is quite scary too, with the new units and horrifling wargear. Honestly if I was asked to choose between them now, I'd be hard pressed to decide.

Hehe, we'll see. My choice really depends on the looks and stuff. I've always wanted Eldar anyway, because I think they're kinda cool looking. I went with Tau because I preferred mech-ish stuff and I loved their "Long cannons." That and my friend at the time already played Eldar, so I thought it would be fun to be something different. Hehehe, honestly... I don't really play the game much any more, I just love to paint the stuff =D I'm the player type that "Dies looking awesome," cause I suck at the game. I keep trying to get other more "game stat" oriented people to use my armies so they might at least win once in a while =)

well if you were in my area I'd give you a game against one of my other armies... I have plenty to choose from.

Nicely done mate. Im currently painting my new space wolf army. Scratch building some dreadnought drop pods. ITs going well, cant wait to see the rest of your army.

Thanks! Have a dig through my scraps and you'll see some of my Space Wolf stuff too

Its an awesome army. Its gona do some damage against anyone's army right

I certainly hope so

it's not been designed to win games, It's just a nice army for small sized games that fits in the elements I want

Somehow I doubt that it'll fit in a small case if you add tanks and aircraft :)

Anyway, looking good!

Actually it will fit in the small GW case. Everything here except the Riptide and Broadside and their drones fit in a single layer. The plan is 2 Devilfish and a hammerhead with the Riptide on the bottom layer, 2 broadsides and fire warriors will take up the rest of the space, with a razorshark, as they are very flat

Huh... okay. I guess that could work. Never actually seen one of the flyers in the proverbial flesh, so I don't know how flat they are. But if that works, very cool :)

the Razorshark/Sunshark is actually pretty small compaired to the Devilfish/Hammerhead hull. I'd say it's less than half the height of it and maybe just a fraction wider with it's wing span but I recon it'll fit in a standard foam tray in a section 2 high by 4 across with no deep cuts into the foam, just the frame removal.

That is overall one of the most gorgeous Tau armies I've seen- Really dig your not being afraid of trying a different colorscheme than the G-dub standard! Not to resume work on my resurrection of the 'ole bananaheads'!

Yeah, like the GW version of the Tau, but I think it's been over done now so I wanted a variation for my desert Tau

did you try to paint it white, blue and silver? if so and you didn't like it I suggest trying the following colour schemes:

Scheme 1 - Red Dawn:
Robes - red
Armour plates bronze/gold
trinkets, belts etc - blue
weapons metal - chainmail

Scheme 2 - monastic
Robes - bone
Armour plates - dark green
Trinkets, belts, etc - bronze/leather
weapons metal - chainmail

Scheme 3 - Royal Guard
robes - purple
Armour - silver
trinkets, belts, etc - dark red
Weapons metal - silver with a blue/purple sheen

Scheme 4 - Fire Watch
Robes - orange/yellow
armour plates - dark metal/black
trinkets, dark red
weapons metal - dark metal with sharp silver edges.

if you want help drop me a note and I'll go into things in more detail.

worst pain ever...

well you only get better with practice, wish I could show you some of the techniques I use, because they really speed up painting and look really neat.

Might impressive Tau force ya got there! =D I am impressed!

just sorting out a beter quality image to showcase everything

that looks like it might do some damage :3

oh, just maybe

yup, I did a slight resculpt of a daemonettes head. I always felt that Pathfinders were a little more wild than the main groups of fire warriors. so she was a perfect example of that idea.

Great, clean style! It's always so difficult to achieve with bright colors.

it was great fun to work on. the paint scheme was great fun to work on and using a grey primer really helped. I need to finish the other 1250 points though.

The extras are:

x2 Devilfish transports
x1 Razorshark fighter
x1 Hammerhead Gunship
x1 Broadside Battlesuit - Full missile load out
x12 Firewarriors (1 squad)
x3 Crisis Battlesuits with 6 gundrones (1 squad)
x3 Stealth Battlesuits (addition to current squad)
x4 Gundrones (addition to current squad)