The Life Semi-Aquatic - A T'au Project

[Guiltysparc]

Thanks!

[Mithrilforge]

Great to see you kicking into gear and getting it all built !! 
 

when I was building my devilfish the other week I noticed from the sprue marks that the kit is 23 years old 

I was blown away by that fact… I think I’m stuck in this rut of thinking that the year 2000 wasn’t that long ago  

 

the plastic from my devilfish was that old style GW plastic (lots of mold lines too !with flashing as well )

It’s still a nice looking model though ! 
Look forward to seeing your breachers painted .

 

Cheers, M 

 

 

[Guiltysparc]

I'll grab a tube of that putty, looks really useful.

 

I finished putting together the drones and also the Fireblade.  I didn't like the head with the ponytail, so I used one of the heads from the pathfinder kill team sprue that comes in the combat patrol box.

 

I love that he encourages his dudes to shoot more by brandishing a knife...that's still sheathed...lol

 

[Mithrilforge]

Nice head swap  

I seriously want to get the Killteam pathfinder box, it has so many cool extra's in it, I was planning on making a Darkstrider conversion from some of the parts of that box 

I guess the raised knife says" hey! we're all bonded so get out there and shoot stuff for me, so I don't have to take this sweet blade out of its sheath ".

 

Cheers, M 

[Guiltysparc]

Now with stealth suits and all the drones!  Just the ghostkeel left to assemble and then it'll be back to the paint bench.

 

[Mithrilforge]

Looking good!,  

how are you arming the Ghostkeel ?. Also when you put it together make sure the legs and feet are flat (I had a wee bit of trouble getting them flat on my one ) .

 

Cheers, M 

 

[Guiltysparc]

Going with the ion raker and burst cannons for the loadout, but for modleing I might do fusion blasters because they look cooler than the gatling guns,  and I'll do whichever main gun bit I like better, which I think is the raker, but not sure...

[Guiltysparc]

Thoughts on red vs white for this stripe?  Going to do it on the left shoulder across the whole army and the one other stripe, horizontally across right arm on the suits.

 

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

Both look good. I'd say red on the shoulder myself. It would make a nice bit of eye catching detail. 

[Mithrilforge]

I would say Red as well, it was the first one to pop into focus for me when I glanced at the image !.

 

Cheers,M 

[Guiltysparc]

The white feels more harmonious and the red feels more bold, which totally makes sense I guess.  I feel like the red would look better with the tan accents, but it definitely makes me more nervous to try at large lol

[Mithrilforge]

The Red looks great , bold is right 

maybe perhaps see how you feel what units need what … use both colours but on different units … red on warriors and white on crisis maybe ?!?.. 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Yeah, they both look good - so whichever you don't use, you should keep in mind for some other unit in the future, as it would be a great way to differentiate squads.

[Firedrake Cordova]

For me, I'd go with the red - it's a nice "brownish" red, so it shares the "semi camo" look with the rest of the suit, whereas the white is a little more jarring (to my eyes).

[Guiltysparc]

I'm leaning towards the red, but decided to do some priming while I put off the decision lol

 

[Pearson73]

I think the red looks much better, the white gets lost against the main colour. Whilst standing out as distinct, the red isn't glaring or boldly contrasting.

[Mithrilforge]

Not sure if i asked before but  -

Q : Are you going to enter any of this stuff into the Call to Arms event starting in 11 days !! ... 

 

Cheers, Mithril

[Wolf Lord Duregar]

I would add my vote for the red! Looks, just right..

[Guiltysparc]

8 hours ago, MithrilForge said:

Not sure if i asked before but  -

Q : Are you going to enter any of this stuff into the Call to Arms event starting in 11 days !! ... 

 

Cheers, Mithril

 

oh you know, i didn't pledge.  I wasn't sure what the rules were, like can i start painting the things before the start date?

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Here are the Call to Arms rules.

 

You can't pledge models that you have already started (other than the basecoat) but you pledge models, not units, so if you have painted half a unit its fine to pledge the other half.

 

As well, things don't open until the 15th, so you can't vow anything until then.

[Guiltysparc]

Alright, I've decided on the red.  The red i used was mephiston red with a healthy dab of rhinox hide in it.  Does anyone know of a good, brownish red like that out there?  Getting consistency of the color mixing it army wide sounds difficult...

[Dr_Ruminahui]

One thing I do when I need a mixed colour on a bunch of models is to mix up a bunch in spare paint pot that used to have some other paint in it.  That way I only need to mix it once and have a consistent colour over the life of the paint in the pot.

[Mithrilforge]

you could've just used Khorne red as the base maybe  although i like to mix doombull brown into my reds sometimes just to change it that wee bit to be different!! 

Honestly I'd just get an empty pot or a old Shade pot (bigger) and make a single colour mix for the whole army...  I did it for a shade of Blue colour That I use on some bases and Killteam terrain walls.

 

 

Cheers, M 

[Guiltysparc]

That's a good idea.  What do you guys use to get paint from one pot to another? I wouldn't think a brush, but then again...maybe?

 

 

On 6/4/2024 at 11:50 AM, Dr_Ruminahui said:

Here are the Call to Arms rules.

 

You can't pledge models that you have already started (other than the basecoat) but you pledge models, not units, so if you have painted half a unit its fine to pledge the other half.

 

As well, things don't open until the 15th, so you can't vow anything until then.

 

So these models that I've already built and sprayed with the base coat, I could pledge them but I can't start painting them until the 15th, is that right?

Edited June 6, 2024 by Guiltysparc

[Dr_Ruminahui]

4 hours ago, Guiltysparc said:

That's a good idea.  What do you guys use to get paint from one pot to another? I wouldn't think a brush, but then again...maybe?

 

So these models that I've already built and sprayed with the base coat, I could pledge them but I can't start painting them until the 15th, is that right?

 

That is correct - and you'll need to take and post a picture of them in their current state (so, base coated) with your vow.

 

As for getting the paint into the mixing pot, I just pour it from the original container.  Then I pour the appropriate amount of the other colour, mix them, then add and mix as necessary to get the final colour.  Fortunately, my final colour (the armour colour for my chaos marines) is pretty simple - roughly 50/50 of two colours - and forgiving - when I say roughly, I mean very roughly - so this "guesstimate" level of paint mixing accuracy works for me.