thewarriorhunter Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) Hello Fraters! I normally hang out in the Raven Guard area but have recently taken on a commission for some Tau. I've never painted Tau before and only played against them once but the models are cool and will be something different to paint. I wanted to start a little PLOG in this area because I'll probably have some questions as I go along with building. I'm going to be magnetizing options but I know I won't need everything. Total project will be 9 Stealth Suits, 9 Crisis Suits, and a Ghostkeel along with their drones. Tonight I got the Stealth Suits build up and magnets done for each squad to be able to swap out to a fusion blaster. Edited June 9, 2020 by thewarriorhunter Grotsmasha, Dosjetka, elmo and 5 others 8 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 well done, nifty magnetizing look forward to seeing some paint on these stealth's, what's the scheme going to be?.. Cheers, Mithril Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5511749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) Scheme is going to be black/purple with yellow and blue spot colors: I'm going to have to flex my AB skills with this so I'm excited to get painting and work on m control and ability to shade specific areas. First question: The stealth suits only need three models magnetized, right? Reading their data sheet it says 1 can replace the Burst Cannon with a Fusion Blaster. Is there a reason to magnetize any of the other Burst Cannons? Edited April 24, 2020 by thewarriorhunter elmo, MithrilForge, brother_b and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5511862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focslain Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 First question: The stealth suits only need three models magnetized, right? Reading their data sheet it says 1 can replace the Burst Cannon with a Fusion Blaster. Is there a reason to magnetize any of the other Burst Cannons? You can have one fusion blaster per 3 stealth suits. Since the customer gave you three squads of three I'd say no at first. But... They might wanted to swap the blaster from the sgt to a line suit. or Guess it depends on the support system on said suits and where they want the weapon. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5511952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 I made each unit unique, and each model in each unit is unique so I think any could be the Sgt based on his preference. He's new to Tau as well and learning their rules. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5511979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) Ghostkeel is done and magnetized. Basing is simple (gravel/sand) and after that it's on to priming. Stealth suits are also completely magnetized but I don't have a snazzy video of them. 3mm x 1mm magnets were used on the shoulders and 5mm x 1mm for the right arm. The 5 x 1's are hard to create holes for because my pin vice won't go that large so I finally broke down and used my dremel on a model. I went slow both in RPMs and carving and it worked out very well. Edited April 26, 2020 by thewarriorhunter MithrilForge 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5512605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Nice, i really should think about Magnets too such a cool suit that Ghosty cheers, Mithril thewarriorhunter 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5513358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) Magnets are really cool. I've learned some tricks over that make using them a lot easier. This weekend I made a jig to hold the magnetized bits to make it easier to prime them. My last project took forever to prime/seal because I had to do the weapons one at a time. This should make that a little faster. It's double sided (one side all North polarity, the other all South) so I can attach all of one kind to a single side and get a good spray. Hoping to test it out this week once the wind dies down. Edited April 30, 2020 by thewarriorhunter The Yncarne, brother_b and MithrilForge 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5514227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 That's really sweet! Great idea for sure. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5514584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share Posted June 5, 2020 Been a while as I've been mostly building and trying to figure out this who new WFH thing. I was able to base coat the Ghostkheel and Stealth suits last night, along with all of their weapons. Now that that's done I can move on to applying the gradients of purples and yellows and see some real progress. Crisis suits are all built and magnetized but I still need to prime them. MithrilForge 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5535906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 I was able to prime all of the Crisis suits and weapons last night. So many weapons. But I'm hoping to get those base coated and then I can move on to actually adding color. I was studying the riptide photos I've got and I think overall this will be a fairly straightforward paint job. I had to leave the arms off the suits so I can get the vents sprayed with blue, I'm glad I caught that before I attached them because it would have been tough to get the color in there otherwise. MithrilForge and Focslain 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5538183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focslain Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 That is a lot of air-bursters, interesting build idea. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5538347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 It's what the client wants. The air bursts and missile pods are magnetized to go on the shoulders. The ion blasters are magnetized to go on the arms. Then there's a bunch of gun drones, two guardian drones, and the two special ones for the Ghostkheel. I don't play Tau so I have no idea what any of these do, but knowing him they're probably not fun to be on the receiving end of! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5538379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focslain Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Understood, it's an exercise in guessing your client's tactics based on the model choices. Nothing against it, it's just interesting to me. Had to look up the air buster stats to refresh. I think I know what he is going for. They can hit units out of LOS, so make good for those units hiding in the magic box/buildings. Magic box referring to the ITC terrain that is a four-sided ruin and therefor blocks all LOS. It's basically a more mobile version of the smart missile system on the large tau units. MithrilForge 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5538440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 That makes sense, I know he likes playing ITC. I keep up generally with tournament coverage but don't know if I'll ever participate. I did four armigers for him previously and I know they were for his knight army for competing with. Focslain 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5538468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Nice to see so much undercoated T'au goodies... but also a daunting pic as well good luck with the painting. Cheers, Mithril thewarriorhunter 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5538797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Triszin Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I commend you and your army of magnets! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363437-for-the-greater-good-of-thewarriorhunter/#findComment-5539236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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