Tau Galaxy army

[benhur78]

Hi guys,
First allow to introduce myself. I'm, as you can see, a non-German speaker WH40K, WHFB, Malifaux player from Tübingen.

I'm preparing a new TAU army with a galaxy color scheme. The first models (6 battlesuits that I put them for sale here (http://www.gw-fanworld.net/showthre...is-Kampfanzug-und-Commander-Pro-Painted/page1) are matching the scheme but without the galaxy part.
Now I have finished a hammerhead. The rest (2 more Hammerhead, 2 devilfish, 1 piranha and 6 XV25) are on the way.
What I'm not completely sure yet is if I will sell all these models as was my original idea or keep them (I guess it depends on how much I like the codex).

Well anyway, what do you think of the model? I still have to make some weathering but is not gonna change much.

 

[Eddar]

Wow, dude!!
What a paintjob, this looks absolutely incredible?
How do you paint all the stars, an the paint-transition?
Awesome Tau-tank.

cheers!

 

[benhur78]

Thx Eddar,
Most the mini (including stars and color bending) has been done by airbrush.

 

[Photon]

wonderful 😉 good painting skills

 

[seb-80]

You have incredible painting skills! I have seen your other pictures on cmon and I like them very much!

But I don't like this hammerhead very much. It is a good work but in my opinion the picture of the universe/ stars is not in line with my imagination of an attacking Tau army! Do you know what I mean? I think it's a tank for winning battles and not a showcar!

It's important that you like it. There's no accounting for taste! 😉 As I said, your skills are awesome! I am looking for more pictures...

 

[FrederTM]

That´s what Tau are made for. Nice.

 

[Ordo_Malleus]

In Tübingen redet man kein deutsch ? 😉

 

[benhur78]

@Ordo_Malleus: well there are a few. Most of my friends of the tuebeltop club for instance 🙂

 

[Askarlon]

:woot: Awesome Paint Job. I wish I had painting skills like this...

 

[P A U L]

how did u made these thin lines at this stars??:wub::wub:
incredible

MiG Paul

 

[benhur78]

@PAUL, cut 2 lines (or more) in a piece of plastic (like the one of the blisters, I use a X-Ray sheet) then airbrush white across it and done. Depending the distance, pressure and amount of paint is how big and bright the stars looks.

 

[schnuffelmaus]

Nice, nice.. excellent job! I like it.. 🙂

 

[LordXarxorx]

Very impressive paintjob. There are quite a few tau vehicles with similar paintjobs around the net, but it's the first time i see it at the scale of a hammerhead.


greetings

 

[Nagaaaaa]

I like it 😀 Looks nearly to neat to actually play with... Don´t wanna imagine that it gets scratched.

 

[LostLegion]

Really nice Airbrush work. The stars are looking really cool, including the fantastic black.
What I don't like as much as the other stuff is the yellow and the blue. I think you could make it a bit more darker... 😉

 

[benhur78]

@LostLegion, thx dude, actually the ocre and blue are much darker than in the picture. I'm quite a bad photographer 🙁
Cannot find the right set up with my camera

 

[Calidus]

Nice looking model! How come you are in Tübingen? Is it a student exchange? Or are you just a native Baden-Würtemberger who speaks better english than german? 😀 Just a little joke.

How long did you ned to prepare this model?

 

[benhur78]

@Calidus thx buddy, I'm working at the max-planck isntitute. Making a Post-doc there.
I'm not sure about the time, may be something like 12 hrs of work...
I'll monitor the time I expend on the next models that sound like a good idea

 

[Calidus]

No thanks, it's not necessary. I was just interested because i'm doing my first steps with my airbrush since one year. I painted several models, but i still didn't find out the trick to do sharp edges as it is pretty complicated to work with masking band on 3-dimensional models. Second problem, i always have the impression of wasting VERY much time with cleaning instead painting... don't know my failure, to be honest.

 

[schnuffelmaus]

Hmm.. more Photo's ??