[Deadnight]

So i finally broke the seal, and pulled out my tau for a bit of a repolishing. honestly, i'd been gaming with them solid for 3 years without any serious thought towards battlefield repairs and quite a few bits needed a bit of work. And with broken bits around, sometimes i just wrecked them completely (on purpose) so i could just redo them and do them some bit of justice. these would include a whole bunch of my fire warriors and my 6 forgeworld crisis suits.

So, im posting up pics of my conversions and that thus far for your reviewing pleasure. please ignore the paint jobs on some of them. whilst all bar 2 suits have been reconverted successfully, a lot of the new things have just had the chaos black undercoat. other models need to be re-drybrushed and finishing touches added. so ignore painting please!!

anyways. here is Beardy, my etherial. converted from a farseer model, a bit of greenstuff and an upside down farseer staff-head.



here is my commander. SHas'el mont'ka'vre. scene is inspired by the last stand of the 2 delta force commandos in blackhawk down. this one especially needs a paint job!!



first regular suit. this one started out as something else altogether before i tore it apart. i cut up another crisis suit and used it as a wreck, cotton wool as smoke, the chest piece is removed as the pilot escaped, and he is happily hiding behind the wreck as the new guy strides onto the scene. im particularly proud of this one.





this guy is just a regular flying suit. added bits from an old land raider onto his arms.



this guy is inspired by the suit you will see on the codex cover. he is deepstrike Bob.


and old stealthsuit. nothing fancy, but i like the colour scheme.

[ShadowCrawler]

Those are looking pretty good, I'm curious to see the new paintjobs . I really like the farseer model you used for that etherial, I think you should try and get rid of some of the eldary bits on him tho. Like the gems and wraithbone, they look out of place. Other than that, nice models and basing, I like the firewarrior/crisis suit combo base, its nice.

Goodluck painting mate!

-RS

[Deadnight]

next up are some of my fire warriors. originally, i just wanted more of them, so, as i had a few spare heads, arms and that, plus 20 odd cadian torsos from an IG box, i put them together. i liked the new "beefier" fire warriors new look so much i went off and converted 2 squads of them. they're made using the IG upper arm, and toso (sans imperial eagle). I've used IG extras such as pouches and ammo bags in places as well.

this one illustrates very well how the parts mix. i like the new look.


rambotau. this guy was just for fun. but he looks good.


regular fire warriors:

[Deadnight]

Most of my love has been lavished on my kroot however. its just so much fun with these guys!

[ShadowCrawler]

Haha I responded before you could even pump out your second post :P.

Like I said before, they look good, I dont' really like the mixed bits FW's, but I'm a purest.
Those kroot are looking great, I really like the gut eating one ;D

The FW with his gun arm outreached looks like he's fishing from that back angle

-RS

[Warsmith Tyranus]

Looks good, my biggest gripe is with Rambo Tau. Tau are slight in stature is it doesn't seem like this model reflects it. Also, watch your mold lines.

[limpchickeninabizkit]

I've got a name for the firewarrior holding the head.... TOBY!

As in Shakespeare... "Toby or not Toby, that is the question"?

[shas,o,kain]

these are great. i really like the biel-tau feel ;D

[Invision]

Loving rambotau and those kroot!

[Typhon]

Aww man those konversions are kick a**! Awsome! your painting could use some work but none the less, those guys are cool! nice job