YOU'RE Wrong About the TAU: Building/Painting/Collecting
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Tau are my third favorite army after Orks and Necrons. I've never really understood how people call them lame while then going back to painting their fifth Space Marine army of Buzz Lightyear rejects.
I have a buddy who literally painted his space marines as Buzz Lightyears.
@@freewilly1193 I NEED TO SEE THAT
Buzz light-year reject says a lot about my painting skills 😂
Yeah I used to think they look a lot like buzz lightyear
People don't like change or new they hate the tau just cause they were the newest line it's un warranted hate honestly
The fact that they "look like they come from a different universe" is part of why I think they're perfect for 40k. having something different and new helps make everything else look good as well. Contrast is good in most things, from both paint jobs to aesthetics in the wider game. I'm really happy you gave some tau a chance, they're great for modeling and a joy to paint.
As for deep diving on factions, I think Alpha Legion would be really fun to figure it all out on. Less corrupted, pretending to be other faction units and so on.
I mean, what if Orks were released now? I feel like people would blow up talking about how ridiculous they are and how it ruins their immersion.
Same feeling with the Guard, whilst everyone else has these insane weapons, magic and lore the Guard are just normal guys. In halo they would be boring but in 40k they are unique.
Also a think people overlook is that they look out of place when put next to an imperium dude, but a firewarrior would look in place inside an Eldar army, and kroot would fit into the ork range pretty easily, meanwhile a space marine could do neither
Every franchise needs the "weird guys" faction.
@@Dracobyte yeah and that title definitely goes to the orks 😅
As someone who’s recently got back into the hobby after a 15 year hiatus, I love and appreciate the videos you put out!
I also had a 15-20 year hiatus and recently came back! I really don’t like what they’ve done with 40k gaming wise. Horus Heresy is a much better gaming system imo.
It's crazy to me that the first Halo game and the Tau range were released within a month of each other. They and the Covenant are so similar
The tau being a covenant style race would be the coolest thing (and is actually in there lore) but instead some guy at forge world was in love with crafting endless kroot variants
@@egnaroelprup mf you cant even buy knarlocs anymore, Id love to actually be able to use knarlocs and knarloc riders in competitive play but nah they got legended
@@egnaroelprup yeah, it bothers me endlessly that we don't see more alien auxiliaries! The empire is full of other races god damnit!
The Tau also use a symbol very similar to the symbol used by the Forerunners in Halo.
@@AWolf-gq2vu Look up the previous bungie game Marathon and Marathon 2, then you'll be in a world of surprise
That tau counter had me roaming my workspace searching for what was beeping. Y'all got me good.
I like the ceremonial wrap trick. Could look really nice on Black Templars or Eldar to add that kinda religous/ritualistic flair to the models.
When I first got into Warhammer 40,000, I was instantly drawn to the Tau, not only because they were the cool mech faction, but also because they were the only faction that felt like they were actually good guys. Humans were a xenos-hating space-empire, the Eldar were ancient jerks that hated younger races, but the Tau? They just wanted to prosper, and actively wanted to befriend their neighbours instead of kill them. It felt like taking a stand as a rare beacon of hope in a galaxy of darkness.
'Course, I later learned that GW had made the Tau just as evil as everyone else, but at least I still have the Farsight Enclave. If anything it just makes for an even greater underdog story.
Yeah, it is interesting how people think the empires"s fight for survival is evil, yet consider Tau"s 19th century colonial attitude coupled with Soviet Union technology and ideology to be good.
Tau imo are one of the most interesting factions in whole 40k simply because of how different they're compared to everything else we have. One thing that really drew me to the Tau was how they fight their wars. With their psychology of treating every terrain as disposable, valuing lifes of your people, rapid strikes of small cadres that can beat much larger force, being very mobile etc.
It's a shame that over editions, GW reduced them to "hurr durr me big mech me shoot".
Yeah they had immense potential of becoming more instead of a after thought from a risky business play
Totally agree.
The Riptide was a mistake and the Stormsurge was just a travesty.
Before that Tau responded to Titans not with "hur dur big mech" but with air support, developing the Tigershark AX-1-0 with superheavy railguns. It really showed their different style of warfare.
@@kirotheavenger60 tbh the problem with tau isn't the riptide or the storm surge, its that all there toys they've gotten in a while is battelsuits, tau should have a few diffrent options for transports, the stealth Devilfish should be there premium transport made mostly for high value targets, while the bulk of there teams rely on open top skimmer craft, because most of there transporting would be done out of range of enemy guns, so a vehicle capable of moving maximum men, at max speed, at minimum cost would be perfect for the tau, then there's infantry, unless they are in a battlesuit they don't really become anything more then a rifle to fire, tau should be the most mobile army in the game, but also be the most reliant on avoiding the enemy's fire and attacks, instead they get guns that mean the battle is decided by who goes first, and if they don't roll poorly
@@calebbarnhouse496 as someone who will likely never play the game, I much prefer the mechs, but I imagine that gets boring gameplay wise, where you cant design the battle around them
@@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong there is nothing wrong with the mechs the tau have, the problem is all they get us mechs, they are the mech faction, but instead of leaving the army to be about supporting it's mechs they end up just only having mechs, a look at the tau range really shows it off, th ett y have a few infantry that are only really separated by there guns, a couple variants of auxiliary that haven't been touched in a decade, and then there motor pool, which is 2 vehicle frames, one being 3 different vehicles, and the other being a light skimmer, then you have there ugly plastic airplanes, which really dont have much going on, the tau struggle because the only if you neglect baytlrsuits then you have basically no way to have a centerpiece model without spending 300 dollars on a forgeworld plane the tau should have access to viable all auxiliary armies, the knarlack would be an excellent way to have that, either of the airplanes being made plastic woul help as they look good and fit the way the tau fight perfectly or even just a tank that is bug with shield generators rather them shield drones and works as a rock for the army, as is tau are supposed to have 2 different ways they engange the enemy, but in practice all it means is what turn of the game your shooting is effectively, giving tau the abylity to stand and fight would allow them to make use of anything except the heaviest guns they have in maximum numbers and the guys that can escape
I've been painting my Tau based on the Deep Eyes soldiers from Final Fantasy: Spirits Within. I'm really really thrilled with how they are turning out. Armor panels are grey over black fabric/joints, and bright blue for eyes, Sept icon, and rifle glowing bits. Glad to see you falling in love them. They really do feel like the true "good guys" of 40k.
Me painting them after G1 soundwave:"oh, interesting"
I think you really need to appreciate all aspects of the lore to really enjoy the tau. I have always seen the tau as a 'control variable', where you can compare them as every other sc-fi sterotype or even every race, including humans today who are optimistic and ignorant of becoming space faring, to some of the baffling shit like a chaos space marine running at them with two axes screaming
I got stealth suits and fire warriors for Kill Team and I’m honestly loving them. I used a pearlescent colorshift paint on the stealth suits and they look so cool
Wow, that bamboo really makes for a cool silhouette and works well with the anime/Asian theme, especially together with the ceremonial wraps. Way to go, you made the T'au look cool!
Minor correction: Tau armor color is not related to their sept, its based on the environment in which they fight. There are colors for the septs but those are used as accent colors on their helmets, etc to denote rank.
So where does viorla fight? Only in snowy environments? Cause that white armor is out of place everywhere else.
@@Grim67894 the white armor that you see depicted for the Viror'la sept on the box art is their dress/parade colors.
I think the Admech are one of the most interesting armies, it still feels like it should be several seperate armies though as it really doesn't seem to fit well rules or lore wise mixing different cults in the battlefield. . Even seperate cohorts work better together,
It could be justified lore-wise as a joint exploratory fleet force and the tech-priests want to experiment with new tactics
@@branm5459 yeah it feels more like where space marines work alongside imperial guard. . They can work together but don't synergise well. .
They used to be two seperate codexes that they squeezed into one and it still has that feel. .
I would love to seevthe army be more narrative and separatist. .
I loved when you had the Servitor Maniple , Cybernetica cohort, electro priests and motive force fanatics, the Skitarii and their vehicles all as very independent feeling armies. .
when they originally released them in 6th/7th edition that was exactly what they did releasing them as skitarii and mechanicus, but that had it's own feels bad of seeming to be a single army spliot across 2 codexes.
@@555tork I remember when space marines were an elites choice for an Imperial Guard army, inquisitors, grey Knights and such were also just choices to add to your imperial army, the codex and army in general was just getting insanely bloated.
I think it works better with less choices sometimes, its probably easier to balance and easier for new players. .
I used to love early codexes that were 90 % lore and storys, painting and modeling guides, loads of great pictures and only about 10 pages of rules 😅,
I 100% think Primaris should be a seperate codex to the firstborn as their books are just an absolute pain and 75% off the stuff never sees the battlefield anyway. .
With the Admech though just having Formations back would be great. . Something to push people towards building an army with a theme again like the servitor maniple and cynernetica cohort. .
Nowadays every army just feels like 3 units of whatever the most overpowered thing at the moment is, then another 3 units of the next most overpowered and so on. .
I just feel like the narrative and role play element that was so important to the creators of 40k has become eroded with every edition . .
Ik I thought they were cool as hell when I first got interested but I soon figured out they are bad, expensive, and hard to paint lol so maybe I'll build an ad mech army when I've got fuck off money lol
in regards to the timer, I think if it was on screen the whole time, it might not have been so jarring. I think I was getting a bit of an anxiety spike from trying to anticipate it. it was like weather torture :D
Such quality work and passion put into this video. We got it all... Opinions, tutorials, bases, interview... Perfection.
I moved to another country and with a big change in my situation I decided to do a big change in my warhammer army so went from AoS back to WH40K and I’m going for Tau! Great video :> it’s nice to see insight and painting!
Great video. I appreciate all the time you put into this for us. May I make a suggestion, and it may just be me, but the noise that came up every time you said “Tau” was distracting. Please don’t take this as anything but my opinion. Again, thanks for the video. I’m just starting my Tau army.
Tau counter hit 82. Took me a while to realize what was going on with tat little blip.
Also, thanks for the explanation of the pinstriping (or dropfill) technique for the panel lining. I discovered that somewhere along the way, but didn't know about waiting for the water to dry for a bit first. Looks like that makes the difference between a clean and sloppy line and I will try it on my next Tau build for sure!
First time painting T'au?
Didn't you paint a Greater Good Sniper who 'misplaced' her armour at some point?
You can't hide your history.... Us long-time subscribers, we know the dark secrets...
ha ha.
Do you have a link?
@@nevanleong5954 sauce on bobs :'D
Where Is the link?😁
That range is so cool. I wish GW still did sexy/feminine.
I LOVE the wrap on the Tau’s rifles. It adds so much more character to their little tiny models.
This video was crammed full of stuff, thanks Jay! Nice recognition of them having mecha anime themes, just like how Eldar have earlier sci-fi anime themes.
I like the foliage for the basing. I’ve always liked the tau, I like the mech suit. Do some more Tau. They got some cool stuff
You should definitely get a set of crisis suits, they are super fun to pose and are really customizable. Plus its the best warhammer model to magnetize. It has sooooooo many loadout options. Its my favorite model in the franchise. Thats what got me into warhammer at age 12 when i saw my friends tau army, and that got me back into it this year. I would loooove to see a video of you building and painting them😇
12:39 in 7th edition where with the farsight supplement you could take crisis suits as troops, every army list I made started with 18 crisis suits usually with dual missile pods or plasma rifles. If I was facing down a lot of tanks I’d take dual or triple fusion blasters.
You know what survives 18 fusion gun shots? Not even primarchs. I fought against Horus heresy lists with my 7th edition “Four Finger Mont’ka” army and killed the hell out of anything I faced. I was totally unimpressed with primarchs just because I typically could kill them and any attending guard as easily as anything else.
I know you're mainly a 40k channel, but to see you paint some of the necromunda gangs would be awsome! They feel so much more diverse than the 40k models and would be interesting to see what you do with them
Jay... that was a great video! The last part of the wrap... very nice, for me that was the pop! The brown fabric was also really well done. GREAT JOB 👍 👌 as for the Tau, I have liked what I have heard about how they have worked with humans... not always kill kill kill. They have built some strong relationships with others.
I was a Gundam model builder before I entered Warhammer and when the Tau were introduced when I was starting high school I knew they were my army amazing video friend! Keep up the great work 🤗🤗🤗🤗
You are really good at painting the minis, and I will be using your videos for reference. Thanks!
I'm very excited to see what you can do with a Crisis suit! They have a lot of potential for great bases.
I'm right there with you building a Tau army for the same reason: aesthetics and lore. Thanks for the great VID as usual !
I love the water tip for the thin armour lines, will be good for necrons too,
Thanks
WHAT! That pin washing trick with gloss varnish and water came out of nowhere. Ich watched hundreds of painting videos on YT and never saw this technique, will definitely try this, thanks!
Dude these look awesome very well done!
A kill team I would love to make for the tau would be some stealth suits halfway through cloaking themselves, i'm guessing this could be done by recasting a few bits of the mini with a clear material, and making a glow effect on the edges of the opaque plastic that meets the clear pieces
Love these videos!! Would love to see a brief outro of some kind, even if that is just a little music with your channel art and links. Atm the endings feel a little jarring! Also helps when i'm trying to binge your channel hehe
The tau counter gag seems kinda redundant. One could apply the exact same gag to any other faction in the game when talking about them in a video specifically about said faction.
Yeah a little bit drawn out
Especially the little noise that accompanies it. Very annoying
Eh I think its funny because the Tau are for the greater good. But if you gotta say it so much... is it really all that good.. its like brain washing. A word with a good or present sound.
I think that was his point. As he hinted to a darker realization to the Tau.
I enjoyed it a lot!!
@@WickedTheReaper Same thing with "for the emperor"
I started with tau when I got into warhammer the first time- a lot easier to buy a few battlesuits on a budget and have lots of points. This time around I haven’t bought any tau yet, and I’m not sure why
Same! I think it’s because the models look unchanged from third or fourth edition and all the newer models like sisters of battle and primaris look so much more grimdark
Loved that first codex. Been playing SW & Tau for 22 or so years; probably closer to 24ish for the Space Wolves.
Airbrush came Monday, picked up the last tidbits from the flgs this morning, start spraying today.
I never really took much notice of the tau. But they have some nice models in their range, kroot I think probably the best.
The wrap looks great, modpodge might work better than Elmers perhaps though. The flying stand replacement too looks great.
I’ve never had much luck with pin wash but I’ve found a pretty good product that does just the trick! Tamiya panel line accent color! Pretty much the same process as you gloss the model , then use the handy applicator brush and “pin wash”. It’s not perfect so a little clean up is necessary with some spirits . White is always a hard color to pin wash!
I don't mind too much what faction you look into next but I would like to see you going through the process of homebrewing your own custom subfaction. Create your own chapter/warband/craftworld/sept/whatever, its lore, colour schemes, insignia and heraldry It's a large galaxy, it doesn't all have to be Ultramarines, Black Legion and Saim Hann!
the patreon and merch plug segways are getting so damn smooth, big ups
I started 40K *checks notes* four months ago by collecting Tyranids, now I'm already working on my second army with Death Guard, but if I'm ever insane enough to start a third army I'd definitely go for T'au.
The nice thing is that I just love building model kits so I don't have any guilt if I end up not using a particular model much
"Hide behind the grimdark" Imma steal that lol
i am new to paiting and just got the basics down. Prime, Base, wash, drybrush. I recentlty added layering on my orks muscles and will dabble in edge highlighting on my Bad Moon Mega Nobz armour. They look good on a table, but man do I need more practice when inspecting them closely. Not painting over any lines or smth, but they look kinda "dirty" with the layering. That's "Grimdark" now 😂
great video Jay, it was a fun watch!
My first contact with Tau (and Warhammer) cames from Dark Crusade. I feel in love with their XV88-Broadsides shoulder Canons and Commander Sha's O'Kais. Love this guys to this day!
Tau Classic! & the 'old republic' codex, brilliant. Shadow grey highlighted with spacewolf grey was the old skin recipe, but your blue really pops. & the bases, are well, Epic! Wrap on the pulse rifles is super sweet. Go, Jay, go! "For the Greater Good" - N'dras Sept (grumpy & secretive) Hunter Cadre 'Ard Impact (kamikazee, dude!). Can't wait to see u paint some battle suits.
The picture of the Firewarrior on the pile of skulls is from an older fps game called…Firewarrior and it is heavily believed he is the third Legendary Student of Commander Puretide (other than Shadowsun and Farsight)
In the novel Crisis of Faith by Phil Kelly, it more or less (from Farsight and Shadowsuns impressions of him) that he’s kind of the Doomslayer, which is sort of what happens to that character Firewarrior in the game. You fight guardsmen, space marines and eventually daemons/get slightly affected by Khorne and he sees almost all tau besides himself die.
He’s also the only puretide disciple we don’t have a model or rules for, but since all commanders/characters are individuals and can’t join units in 8th+ you can’t really do unique rules for him since his specialty was “way of the monat” or just soloing stuff (which again all commanders just do by dint of the rules)
That wrap idea looks good!
I think my mind got blown by the shade-water trick you did. If i can make a suggestion, you do so many of these amazing time savers in your videos, but you do so many videos it's hard to find the trick i saw. Do a collection video of your tips at the end of each quarter or year that people can get in on, plus it shows off your skills.
While im realy late to this vid, i picked up my first tau a few days ago, a broadside and i have to say, its probably the funnest time iv had painting in a while, admitedly i havnt been apart of the hobby for verry long, since just after this vid came out i believe.
Using water during pin washing was really smart. It's far easier than coating with a gloss varnish, like many others do
While I don't have a problem with the Drones regular flying stands, your idea here was just genius, just as was your wraps. I might have to use them sometime in the future.
I loved them since the very first time I saw them. I see them quite aesthetic despite people telling me they just look like boxes (said players were Marine/IG players).
Lots of ideas here. Thanks.
On the flying stand, if you get pins with a tiny head, you can flip it around and the head will ankor to the base, and if you fill the hole with black miliput it will hold on to the pin.
Love this, so Drukhari next, I bet there are a lot of people who haven’t dived into the lore due to the darker nature/ being Xenos.
I personally would love to see something like this but for dark elder. They’ve been getting some long deserved love lately and it’s great
I found waiting to attach the arms and weapons until they were painted made it so much easier to get the chest shading done.
This is my favorite TAU video on all of TH-cam.
I`m only recently Getting back into Warhammer 40k and originally I was into the Space Marines like I feel any newcomer is. Recently though after watching NUMEROUS Videos of people playing the game, I`m Leaning into going with the T`au. Just their Aesthetic, playstyle and variety really catches my eye, and after watching this video I am Absolutely sold on them. I`m Currently waiting on getting paid but after that happens I`ll be Starting my T`au Army with the "T`au Combat Patrol". Watching this Video has made me Very Excited to get back into the Warhammer 40k Universe and start my new chapter of modeling.
I’ve loved Tau since I first saw them in the 6th edition codex. Just getting into 40K and bought some space marines and then discovered these blue beauties.
Love those bases, man. I really have to get some bits from epic basing. I too love my base design. It's actually one of my very most favourite parts of mini painting.
I am also looking forward to getting my airbrush and running contrast through it. Question though, do you thin the contrast with contrast medium when airbrushing it? I am not sure on that front. Or do you not have to thin contrast in an air brush?
I tend to mostly thin it a bit when painting with a brush, as I like to desaturate the colour in a lot of cases. It's rare I run undiluted contrast paint at all, but I've only just started using them for my Death Guard army. Nazdreg Yellow/Militarum green mix for the base armour colour is absolutely gorgeous.
I spent years trying to get the right scheme for my DG army (as Nurgle is my favourite, I really wanted to get the exact right look) I discovered this guy called "juan" who is great with contrast paints, and I learned my DG armour scheme from him. This is actually what got me into painting with contrasts more. I now see them as an invaluable piece of kit, and they're the best thing to create washes and glazes from IMO.
They might be expensive, but for how versatile they are, I honestly think they're worth buying. They also make the best black for rimming bases (LoL, "Rimming") If you want a sliky smooth, black base rim, then contrast black is the best paint for it.
I bought the same basing bits they are awesome. Need they to be washed first because they are made of resin.
"Tau rule, Orks drool" 😀😁😂😂😂
I've scorned the Tau from the very beginning, but your video and excellent paint job, has stirred me somehow.... I'm off to check out their stuff in Grimdark Future ☺
That pinning trick is amazing!
I think that a lot of the naming conventions (back in the day) for tau units (devil fish, sky ray, manta) were imperial appellations to the unit partly because GeeDub was making stuff up and partly because their brainstorming is great but can fall short (the 18 legions mirror one another and they run out of ideas for good looking color schemes)
Though it’s since been retconned that the tau themselves call their vehicles what they are.
I always figured it was like how in halo humans called Sanghelli “Elites”.
One of the cool things is the tau phrase for a crisis suit is the “mantle of heroes” and that’s just awesome.
Their military (and really societal structure) is sort of run by NCOs, with the shas’ui being sort of like a corporal, and having similar ranks in each (non playable) caste like por’ui for watercaste or aun’ui for ethereal caste.
They get the opportunity for promotion roughly every 4 years, where they undergo a trial specific to the Sept (home system) and caste to demonstrate their skills.
Since again, we mostly know about the fire caste (since all the models except the fliers and the ethereals are firecaste) they have the trial by fire. This can be any number of things, such as being sent on an engagement and coming back, to hunting a dangerous apex predator on one of their home worlds with older weapons (in my sept, they subdue basically giant archaeopteryxs alive and take a feather from them as a mark of their skill as hunters and as a link back to their castes past)
The next rank is ‘vre which is like a Sargent. They are typically the team leaders for battlesuit teams.
After that is the ‘el which is like a lieutenant, and in fire caste is a junior commander. There is another option that a veteran tau could go where they become a Shas’nel which is what a cadre fire blade is, which could be seen as sort of a Sargent Major.
Typically after 2 years as a shas’ui they earn the right to take on the heroes mantle (battle suits). Depending on the character of the pilot, will depend on where they send them.
Farsight for example was made to pilot broadsides first because he was seen as too impetuous and thirsty for combat. Can’t really do that in a broadside. But other pilots might be sent to crisis suits, or if they are a bit more free thinking then to stealth teams, though typically the free thinkers are sent to pathfinders who consequently are closer to the enemy positions and are often used as bait in kauyon tactics, similarly with stealth suit teams which while sneaky fuckers don’t have the weapon options of full battle suits so things can go bad for them (and often do)
Whether that’s because they are free thinkers in a society that strives for compliance, you be the judge.
im new to warhammer, what are you using to keep the mini stuck to the wood? regular double sided tape? I tried poster tack and it ruined the circle base's bottom
Those are some great bases!
Chaos daemons of Tzeench!! Your skill and love for models of old would make for some great content!! Poppin colors, AoS and 40k compatible, sorcery!! What’s not to love?
I love a lot about the Tau, been waiting a while to get my boys of the table and to actually win a game. (Thought barely anyone wants to play them now 😂)
But loving my current project to convert them all to ad mech aesthetics and it’s renewed my love for them. Although I doubt they will be finished by the end of 9th.
is it really that hard to win with a tau army???
@@MrFurro-uu7je it was 9 months ago
It's a pastiche of Plato's Republic 40k-ified, what's not to love? They are a great contrast to the rest of the setting and evoke some interesting questions. You gotta love how the paternalist space feudalists are somehow the best faction in this universe.
Do you think you could do a Tau vehicle or mech suit in the future? Like the Tau hammer head or a stealth unit.
These look great!!!
I am a beginner Warhammer fan, and I have been studying a lot of lore and stuff, and I would’ve chosen the orks because i really liked how they were the only race to have fun. But then I discovered the tau, and my love for the orks moved over
This is a good video for basing tips
I had a lot of difficulty pin-shading my tau but I didn't know about the water first trick - I have to try this!
having to go back over my airbrushed white was painful :/
This was a great video!
Ahh man you nailed that old Tau colour scheme. Wasnt the biggest fan of the new white ones. The nostalgia of that codex too, was my first 15 years ago. Good times.
I've always liked the Tau, they may not be my favorite, but I love to play as them in Kill team.
Dude the "Tau rule, Orks drool" is probably the most Tau thing ever. Total hear some tiny high pitch voice yelling that as they run away from battle.lol
Very informative
❤finally someone not spitting on my favorite faction. I loooooooove the wraps. I hope you dont mind if i steal the idea for my army!😎
I love Gundam.
I'm starting out with the Recruit Edition of 40k just to get some models to paint, but if I do continue I'm probably gonna do Tau or Ultramarines
"gluing a grain of rice to a skittle" love it.
I see you have the Infinity 2 in 1 as well. How are you finding this air brush? I was thinking about picking this one up, but the Cult of Paint one. I might just get the Evo instead though, as it's quite a bit cheaper. I'm a sucker for cool tech though, and the Infinity definitely look like it fits into that category.
BTW, what varnish do you use in your airbrush? do you know if the Citadel stuff in the pots will be fine to use, as I have both of those. I just bought a rattlecan of munitorum varnish last month as well. Likely I'll not use that much if I'm getting an air brush. I guess I can sell it on as not used it yet.
I got the Infinity I highly recommend it. The adjustment on the back to only be able to pull needle back so far is so handy. The coating that they use on the infinity is great to keep it clean also. The evo doesn’t have these. It’s more expensive but I think it is genuinely worth they extra money!
@@ryanlydiard2098
Thanks. I honestly have been thinking about owning both of them, as I'd like to keep the infinity in as best condition as possible.
This means if I do end up taking on commissions, I can use the Evo for the bulk of the work.
I think I'd feel better having a dedicated "workhorse" brush.
I'd definitely consider doing commissions once I am used to using an airbrush though, as will be able to get through them very fast.
@@D00M3R_MAVS o i get that tbf. as for your varnish try vallejo theres is great and you can use it straight out the bottle in a airbrush with the .4 needle
Idk, when you described the backstory I thought “wow, these guys are way more dystopian than I thought”😂
Also, I find the social commentary of humanity to be dead on accurate.
Tau actually got me into Wh40k when i was like 13. I saw there 7th edition codex at a comic store and the mech suit cover blew my mind.
I didn't use an accent colour with my Tau as I wanted them to look urban camouflaged. . I went with bright light lenses and an osĺ to make them Stand out. . I figured they could switch the lights off when they are hiding 🤣.
Wrap's a perfect idea for some chaos-y tau.
The Zen garden bases were a great touch
These are beautiful
My friends and I had a dice roll back in 2000 to decide what army to play. I got tau and was confused at first (knowing very little but basic about 40k) but while I hated always playing range I loved the crisis suit and broadside design (building and playing) and feel in love with the group. Today I think they have just got cooler and feel unique spice to this hellscape of a universe #taupride
I have always loved the tau since they don't have all that noise that 40k models have. Not an obnoxious amount of supper small details that the other races have. Easy for me to get into the hobby.
The Galactic Empire patches you have on your apron earned you a Sub
For me I felt like doing a pathfinder list but painting them the color schemes of RvB characters. Idk why i associate tau minis to spartains over space maries. But when i get around to getting a box of pathfinders that is what I plan on doing lol
I would really like to start a Tau army, but the Auxiliary minis are mostly quite dated. Do you know of any nice, 3rd party Vespids? I know you posted some nice Kroot hounds a while back, and I will be checking those out.
I was going to start an army this month, but I need an air brush more than another army, so think I will invest in this first. It also gives the minis chance to come back in stock, as all the good suits are decimated on Element Games currently.
PS: I really thought we'd see new Vespid and Kroot minis with the new book. Was highly disappointed when it didn't happen. I think I may even end up doing Eldar instead, just because they have shiny, new minis coming out. I always try and start armies with newer kits, as they have a lot more longevity.
I did hear that Tyranids are quite possibly getting a partial range refresh next month though, so likely will hold out to see if this happens. I've always wanted a Nid army as well.
I guess I have room for two Xenos factions though. I have Black templar and Death Guard currently (but definitely doing Nurgle daemons again when the new book comes out) and have been wanting to add a Xenos faction for a while now. Craftworld Eldar and Tyranids would be a nice addition to my collection I think.
"the t'au are pretty cool"
You totally nailled it
Hey Jay I was wondering if you will ever do a video on how you did the conversions for your centurions (if you already did a video, apologies I didn’t know)
Obviously, the next armies you should do a deep dive on next are the Titan Legions. That should be a nice, quick, project.