Easter shopping: Day 2

I had an opportunity to pick up used Tau army from a club member at a knock down price, so I went for it.

The army has the following figures;

• Etheral
• Crisis Commander
• 6 XV15 Stealth Suits (old style metal ones)
• 4 Crisis Suits with various weapon fits
• 24 Fire Warriors
• 20 Kroot
• Krootox
• 6 Kroot Hounds
• Shaper with pulse carbine
• 18 Gun Drones
• 3 shield drones
• Forge World Transfer sheet (white)
• Forge World vehicle upgrade pack
• Forge World Tau Tank Commander
• Still-boxed Hammerhead tank
• 3 still-boxed Piranha skimmers
• Aun'shi, Etheral special character from previous codex
• The metal parts for Commander Farsight (but no crisis suit to go with them).

This will have to be a project that will sit on the shelf until after I have finished painting the current Warhammer Fantasy army projects. I need to consider an appropriate colour scheme, but I am definitely considering having a go at putting lights inside the figures.

My knowledge of current 40k is almost no existent, so this could be fun...

Easter shopping: Day 1

A week away from my painting base has given me the perfect opportunity to collect some more fresh clean plastic and metal ready to be abused with my paint brush.

It all looks so lovely in it packages that I felt the need to photograph it...

For your delight, fresh from the shoppe shelves, 40 ghouls, 15 chaos nights, 20 Grave guard, 6 bat swarms and a winged vampire.

Week 13: Slaanesh Marauder horsemen

For some reason I find painting cavalry figures far more time consuming than I ever imagine that they will be.
This week I have painted my second box of slaanesh Maruader horsemen.

The general idea is that I will end up with three units of slaanesh cavalry armed with throwing spears and with only light armour. This maintains the fast cavalry ability and enables my mages to move around the battlefield within a unit that will not panic.

The unit colours match the previous marauder figures I have painted. I have deliberately varied the position of the horse figure along the base to give a looser feel to the unit in a way that I hope emphasises their more independent approach.

Easter is now upon me and I plan to take a break from painting as I visit relatives. Have a good one....

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