for the greater good - olberon goes tau

[olberon]

intro
As some of you might know i sold my old space wolves army for a decent price and a really good commission. The person who bought my my army has well over 20k (!) of unpainted space wolves which he wants to have painted in the same colors as my army and guess who paints them. Yup........ me!!!!

The goal
My personal goal for this year will be a high quality Tau farsight enclave of at least 2000 points. Starting off with a small force of 750 points i plan on expanding the army bit by bit painting just a few models at a time and not whole units, thus allowing for a high quality for even the lowest drone.

The theme
skimming through the supplement of the farsight enclave and liking the fluff the plan was made to start a farsight enclave. the whole renegade thing is really appealing to me, also the red with greys is a thing i really love.

The list
The start list will be 750 points and keeping it economic i planned on buying as few boxes as possible but having a halfway decent army. till now i just bought 4 boxes and 1 blister!


HQ
* Ethereal

Elites
* XV104 Riptide - Ion accelerator, Twin-linked smart missile system, 2x Shielded Missile Drone

Troops
* Fire Warrior Team (6x) - pulse rifle, Photon grenades
* Fire Warrior Team (6x) - pulse rifle, Photon grenades
* XV8 Crisis Team (3x) - 6x fusion blasters, 1x target lock, 1x early warning override, 2x shield drone

Fast Attack
* Pathfinder Team (5x) - 4x Pulse carbine with Markerlight, 1x rail rifle
* Pathfinder Team (5x) - 4x Pulse carbine with Markerlight, 1x rail rifle

The bases
always a problem with me. cant really decide which to use so after a few test bases i went for the industrial look. and if i paint them in a light color it will look pretty nice..... i hope

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5717.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5717.jpg.html)

this is the result of an hours work. 6 bases for my first Fire Warrior team. Just a few more to go

The test model
i went for a drone as test model. since i only need 4 in my current list a had a few to spare. But me being me i directly went for a small conversion and build my own shield drones. Tutorial will follow soon.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/100_5735.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/100_5735.jpg.html)
Basecoated

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/100_5737.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/100_5737.jpg.html)
Done

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/100_5740.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/100_5740.jpg.html)
Done

Well thats it for now. Be sure to post a comment give C&C or any tips!!!

[ElectricPaladin]

Well done! Good to see you finally giving Xenos a try, after your parade of power armor armies. Good job so far, and good luck going forward!

[olberon]

thanks electric :P hope you keep liking when the force comes together

[BlessMyBeard]

Nice work, very smooth and neat! Looking forward to seeing more.

[olberon]

Been rather busy finishing my Storm Eagle commission for the past couple of days so no painting on my personal army. Yesterday i decided to take a break form the commission and start a test mini for this army. so here is my first fire warrior, he still is a work in progress since i still need to highlight the black and do his arms

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5770.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5770.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5768.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5768.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5771.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5771.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5769.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5769.jpg.html)

[olberon]

Also i couldnt sleep last night so i finished my drones for the riptide. i dont like the models -they look like flying shoeboxes to me!- but since i didnt take the time to look at a few conversions ill leave them for now as they came.


http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5755.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5755.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5754.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5754.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5753.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5753.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5751.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5751.jpg.html)

[olberon]

And i updated my own shield drones to have a more detailled shield generator
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5746.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5746.jpg.html)

[olberon]

finally got around finishing off my first two fire warriors. nothing much to say ... so just some pics
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5790.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5790.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5791.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5791.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5792.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5792.jpg.html)

[olberon]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5793.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5793.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5794.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5794.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5795.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5795.jpg.html)

As you can see a pretty basic warrior not much happening to these guys, altough im planning on getting a bit more action in the group. Loving my bases since my wife decided to build some for me :P

[olberon]

After a few weeks of not painting due to a minor RSI in my paint wrist i finally got around doing some stuff the past week.

starting off with my first firewarrior team which is finished now!

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5827.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5827.jpg.html)
[Groupshot]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5828.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5828.jpg.html)
[Groupshot]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5829.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5829.jpg.html)
[duo shot]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5830.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5830.jpg.html)
[Duo Shot]

More next post ----->>>

[olberon]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5831.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5831.jpg.html)
[Duo Shot]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5832.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5832.jpg.html)
[detail shot of the sept marking]

As you might have noticed i decided to change the bases, these are a bit moree work but look 100% better
the bases of this unit still need some finishing touches. but thats a bridge ill cross when the first 750pts are done


Started working on my XV-8 suits and really wanted to bulk out the chest some more so i came up with this snazzy conversion
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_5834.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_5834.jpg.html)

[olberon]

After trying out some color schemes i finally decided on a new scheme for my farsight army.
Went for a urban/nightworld theme. Also decided to go for a fair bit of weathering on the armor.

Also went for some minor conversions:
- chest was bulked out a bit
- weapons are mounted beneath the arms
- exrta sensor thingy on the arms

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_6133.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_6133.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_6134.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_6134.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_6136.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_6136.jpg.html)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/farsight/100_6135.jpg (http://s1093.photobucket.com/user/pestilencepapa/media/farsight/100_6135.jpg.html)

[olberon]

+++ important update +++
this thread will be abandoned since ill be starting all over again. all the models that are painted are being stripped as we speak and although ill be missing a few weeks worth of painting now i think i can do much better then the stuff i recently painted.

Be sure to watch my new thread on the forum.

[chicop76]

You gave me an ideal to use a compass to do circular patterns. Wonder how well it would work with a paint brush instead of a pencil.