Man, making your own bits and bobs...that's really neat. :D Y'all are expanding what you can do pretty handily, huh? Would love to see more of y'alls homebrew stuff. Easily my favorite part of the channel. :3
For anyone looking to get into 3D modelling specifically for 3D printing I highly recommend the channel Artisans of Vaul. The problem is that a lot of 3D modelling guides are for videogames which has different requirements than 3D printing. Edit: as Dave says at 14:22 is a key example of the differences between 3D designing for 3D Printing and 3D designing for Videogames. For videogames nearly everything has to be made out of quads since most game engines don't like Ngons and it will cause problems in the rendering stage. For 3D printing however, Ngons aren't a major issue, the file is going to be broken down into triangles anyway when you convert it to STLs. The main thing to look out for when 3D printing is something you don't care about for videogame assets, which is making the object manifold (aka a sealed object with no holes in the mesh), an object MUST be Manifold otherwise it can cause major issues in the printing stage (and I do mean major, it might not just a failed print but it can lead to bits breaking off and piercing the FEP which holds your resin and thus leaks all over the machine...which is hell to repair and you're better off just buying a new printer if the resin got inside the machine). The other problem is intersecting faces, however it's only flickering intersecting faces (ones where you move the camera in blender and they flicker) that are really an issue. The other thing you'll see a lot of Hard Surface 3D modellers do is bevel the fuck out of everything to give it definition...do not bevel everything when 3D printing, the reason 3D asset makers do this is to make it look more 'real'...which you don't need to do because you're object is already going to be real because it's 3D printed instead use bevels where you want to exaggerate this. Also 3D builder is a free piece of 3D modelling software that Microsoft made that can repair a LOT of the issues you find so once you've fixed all the major issues (making the object manifold and flickering intersecting faces), take your STL, put it into 3D Builder and it'll fix the remaining issues.
Thanks for the channel suggestion, went and bookmarked it for future reference. I've wanted to dip my toes into both modding and 3D printing for a while, so it's useful to know the differences in methodology.
I’ve been loving the customized factions you guys have been making. Will Jenn be joining the fun with a custom Order for her Sisters? Or starting a new army for this campaign?
Yesss! Tau parts for the win! Now we just need Jenn's SoBs and Murray's 'nid bits! maybe we can finally get Shrike winged warriors. Awesome video, gang! Was a fun way to spend a Sat evening. Also, congrats on the 250K!
I LOVE THESE !!!!!!! We now need the sisters and tyrinads ones I love how much time and effort you all put into your videos and minis keep up the amazing work
This is great! I got given some old tau minis recently and was thinking of starting a Tau army with them, using a semi Japanese theme myself based off an old game I played. This vid is really pushing me to start doing it
im new to 40k but your channel and this project really got me excited to start my journey. on a side note, katanas have the blade facing upward when sheathed. what you model is more of a tachi. the design is still top notch!
Fun fact I learned while researching for this video - katanas were worn both blade up and blade down, depending on the era and the dress, so both can be accurate
Something i think should be addressed in lore is why they're standing on natural bases. Because they live on an orbital platform of some sort i think their bases are synthesized, kind of like a museum diorama with simulated weather, so the T'au soldiers feel more like they live somewhere other than the desolate void of space.
Really cool designs..cant help but think the shoulderpads should overlap the other way around. Top overlapping lower. So that strikes slide off. Would make more sense. Also, all katanas were worn curve down even with armour. It was loose so it could be twisted when drawn.
Incredible work once again, I love the unique Japanese take on the tau. I suppose the advice I could give is the fire blade has the ethereal caste symbol on his armour; though apart from this everything was perfect.
Those are amazing. The only thing i'd change is turn the katana sheaths upside down, since thats the historic way they were used. Just a nitpick, but those look brutally good anyways.
I‘m sorry to ask so fast, but can you make the shorter swords Held in hand, and I want to create a leader, that has two of them. Also, because I want to make it a kill team with house rules, that will be used with into the dark terrain, I would really like some custom ranged weapons, with maybe some tags from the shoulder pads on them too. Maybe a small rifle, and a shotgun?
Samurai actually wore them both ways, but typically when in armor, the blade was angled the way I have modeled it. I did some research. We are used to seeing them the other way around from old samurai movies, where they were in kimono or Yukata, and the swords were worn the other way around. All to do with the era, fashion and also the ergonomics of drawing a blade in armor vs out.
Another great vid from the team! I think using the same scan tech from the cinematics vid to help with scaling would be a great addition to your workflow. That way you could scale everything up for modelling, and then scale it down before exporting for print. Congratulations on the 250K, very well deserved!
Thank you, Tabletop Time! I'll have to try to print these pieces for my tau soon. I'm actually curious if you have any plans for the other tau units? *COUGH COUGH* GHOSTKEEL *COUGH COUGH* Sorry, I don't know what came over me... I am just excited to try my hand at these.
I love the concept... It's just... I don't know, the colorscheme doesn't really sell it 🤔 that's just my opinion and i don't mean to offend. It's a AWESOME work anyways
Models are great, bits are nice and paint jobs great... I was totally with you until you started putting 'rising sun' motifs to your work. The Rising Sun, to many, represents Japan's imperialist expansionism during ww2 and hobby wise, is up there with 'almost swastikas' being put on imperial guard.
Stop making Tau cool! If you guys keep making all this cool stuff for the Tau I'm going to end up buying a 3D printer and making a bunch of these for myself! Lol
I love these! I JUST bought my Sisters army because of Jen, and i look forward to paint more armies, i am definitely getting me some Taus to try this one day!
big tip for future bits creation. there are many bits creators the have cheap or free bits for models. to create your own you can use them as base for reference. i also created my own soulderpads for tau and I started by importing a free shoulderpad from someone else. that way I will know they are the right scale and helps invision how they will look.
Just a thought - maybe for the wish tags - you should print them separately and have them to be able to attach like purity seals. In some of the arm positions it almost feels like they are defying gravity.
I think it would be better to have the flags be sakuras rather than the rising sun. Feels like im looking at the eastern version of when certain painters paint certain symbols symbols on their death korp or space marines if you know what I mean
Pretty sure the issue where the swords get in the way of the ahoulder pad would be fixed if the swords were held the traditional way, being upside down with the blade facing the armpit
Its hard to say what hasn't already been mentioned - but man these are just so cool! Im determined on setting up my printer in between work when I get back, and these along with scrap will be the firsts on it! Really nice job on the sculpts, Dave! Its really cool seeing how far your 3D skills have come!
Spectacular design! Way to go, Dave. And Murray and Jen the painting job is just stunning. The expanded lore that came out of the prayer tags is just gorgeous.
Love the bits will def be getting them . Tyranid style carapace armour similar to the one one of the Marines wear in 10th would be a be a useful custom bit
Yes mate! We need more of everyone’s custom homebrew 40k armies on the channel! Love it!
That Cadre Fireblade is STUNNING, especially the lighting effect on the katana blade!😊
i read that as "lightning" dear lord XD
Man, making your own bits and bobs...that's really neat. :D Y'all are expanding what you can do pretty handily, huh? Would love to see more of y'alls homebrew stuff. Easily my favorite part of the channel. :3
We love to constantly learn! Keeps it fresh
For anyone looking to get into 3D modelling specifically for 3D printing I highly recommend the channel Artisans of Vaul.
The problem is that a lot of 3D modelling guides are for videogames which has different requirements than 3D printing.
Edit: as Dave says at 14:22 is a key example of the differences between 3D designing for 3D Printing and 3D designing for Videogames. For videogames nearly everything has to be made out of quads since most game engines don't like Ngons and it will cause problems in the rendering stage. For 3D printing however, Ngons aren't a major issue, the file is going to be broken down into triangles anyway when you convert it to STLs.
The main thing to look out for when 3D printing is something you don't care about for videogame assets, which is making the object manifold (aka a sealed object with no holes in the mesh), an object MUST be Manifold otherwise it can cause major issues in the printing stage (and I do mean major, it might not just a failed print but it can lead to bits breaking off and piercing the FEP which holds your resin and thus leaks all over the machine...which is hell to repair and you're better off just buying a new printer if the resin got inside the machine).
The other problem is intersecting faces, however it's only flickering intersecting faces (ones where you move the camera in blender and they flicker) that are really an issue.
The other thing you'll see a lot of Hard Surface 3D modellers do is bevel the fuck out of everything to give it definition...do not bevel everything when 3D printing, the reason 3D asset makers do this is to make it look more 'real'...which you don't need to do because you're object is already going to be real because it's 3D printed instead use bevels where you want to exaggerate this.
Also 3D builder is a free piece of 3D modelling software that Microsoft made that can repair a LOT of the issues you find so once you've fixed all the major issues (making the object manifold and flickering intersecting faces), take your STL, put it into 3D Builder and it'll fix the remaining issues.
Thanks for the channel suggestion, went and bookmarked it for future reference. I've wanted to dip my toes into both modding and 3D printing for a while, so it's useful to know the differences in methodology.
I’ve been loving the customized factions you guys have been making. Will Jenn be joining the fun with a custom Order for her Sisters? Or starting a new army for this campaign?
Yesss! Tau parts for the win!
Now we just need Jenn's SoBs and Murray's 'nid bits! maybe we can finally get Shrike winged warriors.
Awesome video, gang! Was a fun way to spend a Sat evening.
Also, congrats on the 250K!
I'm a vanilla T'au collector, and I might need to make a unit of these. Very striking. Well done all around.
Wow. Some Absolutely amazing sculpts and painting. Well done. This is making me want to build some Sakura Tau
I LOVE THESE !!!!!!! We now need the sisters and tyrinads ones I love how much time and effort you all put into your videos and minis keep up the amazing work
This is great! I got given some old tau minis recently and was thinking of starting a Tau army with them, using a semi Japanese theme myself based off an old game I played. This vid is really pushing me to start doing it
Those are great!
Well, now you've gone and done it. You've gone and made me want to start a tau army. Absolutely awesome. ❤🔥🔥🔥
Am literally midway through my own tau force heavily helped by auxiliary forces thanks to seeing these videos. Incredible work
I love the Sakura Tau. So great to see another episode for them, and they look fantastic.
im new to 40k but your channel and this project really got me excited to start my journey.
on a side note, katanas have the blade facing upward when sheathed. what you model is more of a tachi. the design is still top notch!
Fun fact I learned while researching for this video - katanas were worn both blade up and blade down, depending on the era and the dress, so both can be accurate
I always appreciate Murray’s energy & enthusiasm
Including the flower on the faceplates is such a cool idea.
And a round of applause for the first organic sculpted piece, Dave!
This may be heresy and against 40k Lore but I want to kitbash Tau Space Marines with all the armor too, oh god this is a pipe dream I wanna see!
These are great! Are you aware of Netsuke, they could be another nice little detail item with plenty of theme and character.
Something i think should be addressed in lore is why they're standing on natural bases. Because they live on an orbital platform of some sort i think their bases are synthesized, kind of like a museum diorama with simulated weather, so the T'au soldiers feel more like they live somewhere other than the desolate void of space.
Already got my first print going with these bits!!!
.. that means a lot. Let us know how you go. This is a first anyone's ever printed my work thankyou so much!
I too have an aversion to painting like the box art. DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO GW, YOU’RE NOT MY REAL DAD!
Really cool designs..cant help but think the shoulderpads should overlap the other way around. Top overlapping lower. So that strikes slide off. Would make more sense. Also, all katanas were worn curve down even with armour. It was loose so it could be twisted when drawn.
So freaking cool! Not a Tau fan but these are great
I’m so glad I can make my own Sakura tau! I was afraid people would get mad for taking their idea 😅
Incredible work once again, I love the unique Japanese take on the tau. I suppose the advice I could give is the fire blade has the ethereal caste symbol on his armour; though apart from this everything was perfect.
Do I fix this or make cool lore.... Are these farsight enclave offshoots...hmmmm
Those are amazing. The only thing i'd change is turn the katana sheaths upside down, since thats the historic way they were used. Just a nitpick, but those look brutally good anyways.
Sweet more Tau been made
holy mold lines batman
Well damn. Looks like I’m spending the weekend stripping tau minis again
Honestly, it would be dope if they had heavier armor (basically exo suits that look like samurai armor)
Traditionaly the katanas should be facing up otherwise the blade will become dull but you can leave it as it is
Could you possibly 3D model some tyranid armor pieces for space marines that we could buy from your website?
The only lore-related problem is an ethereal-caste emblem on a Carde Fireblade breastplate. Still, every detail is stunning! +
What if i wanted to do something like this but i dont have a 3d printer? but these parts are amazing.
I‘m sorry to ask so fast, but can you make the shorter swords Held in hand, and I want to create a leader, that has two of them. Also, because I want to make it a kill team with house rules, that will be used with into the dark terrain, I would really like some custom ranged weapons, with maybe some tags from the shoulder pads on them too. Maybe a small rifle, and a shotgun?
Tbh i'd like to see some fire warriors from other species like the human members (i cant remember the actual name)
Now I'm imaging some poor tau so weighed down with his dead mates tags, he can barely move
Very cool! I printed and painted come Samurai Tau on my channel last year as well! Love the paint scheme here!
LETS GOOOOOOOOO TAUUUUUUUUUUUU FOR THE GREATER GOOD
The bits look amazing shame they are stls I don't have a 3d printer 😢
Random thought here, but a naginata would be neat to see.
I would have liked it more if the blade edge would be facing upwards when held, like Samurai used to wear them. But overall this looks amazing !!
Samurai actually wore them both ways, but typically when in armor, the blade was angled the way I have modeled it. I did some research. We are used to seeing them the other way around from old samurai movies, where they were in kimono or Yukata, and the swords were worn the other way around. All to do with the era, fashion and also the ergonomics of drawing a blade in armor vs out.
Another great vid from the team! I think using the same scan tech from the cinematics vid to help with scaling would be a great addition to your workflow. That way you could scale everything up for modelling, and then scale it down before exporting for print. Congratulations on the 250K, very well deserved!
Looks superb! Great job. These would fit right into my kickstarter of Cyber Samurai!
I love tau and I really love what you did with them.
But I still wait for someone to make greenskin converties, fighting for the Gorka Good..
I Love your custom Tau! Keep it up!!
Samurai Tau VS White Scars
Day 5 of asking for murray mondays
Like see this tau army get fleshed out
Nicely done. Great team work in getting this done.
Love to see more of this Tau sept
Thank you, Tabletop Time! I'll have to try to print these pieces for my tau soon. I'm actually curious if you have any plans for the other tau units? *COUGH COUGH* GHOSTKEEL *COUGH COUGH* Sorry, I don't know what came over me... I am just excited to try my hand at these.
Love it, they and the Space Bears are so cool.
I love the concept... It's just... I don't know, the colorscheme doesn't really sell it 🤔 that's just my opinion and i don't mean to offend. It's a AWESOME work anyways
AABBOOOOWWWW, They are looking C.R.I.S.P. 😫
Models are great, bits are nice and paint jobs great... I was totally with you until you started putting 'rising sun' motifs to your work. The Rising Sun, to many, represents
Japan's imperialist expansionism during ww2 and hobby wise, is up there with 'almost swastikas' being put on imperial guard.
Sorry..i dont like fantasy / sci with historical overtones...thew Tau would have no concept of Samurai...lovely models and painting though.
This is so cool!!!!!! I bought some fire warriors the other day and im glad i didn't put them together yet :3
Stop making Tau cool! If you guys keep making all this cool stuff for the Tau I'm going to end up buying a 3D printer and making a bunch of these for myself! Lol
we are gonna see a battle report were the Sakura fight the Space bears right,RIGHT? :) love this army ...keep going!
I love these! I JUST bought my Sisters army because of Jen, and i look forward to paint more armies, i am definitely getting me some Taus to try this one day!
I'm really stingy with buying 3d STLs, but these are so nice that I had to pull the trigger on them so I can customize some of my prints.
Great stuff! Just be careful with a rising sun banner. It's perceived kinda similarly to a nazi flag in Asia
Thanks for sharing this fantastic episode, the Sakura is freaking cool dude! very much enjoyed it!
Onimusha in a steampunked style battle report TAUSHIMA
So glad I just do Kill Team. Can't imagine customizing entire 40k army.
big tip for future bits creation.
there are many bits creators the have cheap or free bits for models. to create your own you can use them as base for reference.
i also created my own soulderpads for tau and I started by importing a free shoulderpad from someone else. that way I will know they are the right scale and helps invision how they will look.
Just a thought - maybe for the wish tags - you should print them separately and have them to be able to attach like purity seals.
In some of the arm positions it almost feels like they are defying gravity.
I think it would be better to have the flags be sakuras rather than the rising sun. Feels like im looking at the eastern version of when certain painters paint certain symbols symbols on their death korp or space marines if you know what I mean
They look awesome! Makes me wonder how much skill is required to make a custom Xenos army and everything lol
Pretty sure the issue where the swords get in the way of the ahoulder pad would be fixed if the swords were held the traditional way, being upside down with the blade facing the armpit
Nah i'm ok for Ngon if it is for 3D print some animation or game (if it is not break the shading or double vertices i'm ok)
Is the size of the 3d printed files for these parts already fitting for the tau, or do I have to do any scaling ?
Bro... ive been working on my tau samurai themed army for a while >.
It is so nice but the katana should be hanging upside down but it's really cool
You guys should sell and ship printed bits for those of us who don't have printers but love these bits.
"Would you be ok if I cut his hand off..." - Dave 2023
I don't have a 3d printer, is there a way I can order these parts at all? Thanks, love it
try to make a sakura tau in heroforge it is posible because i did it but it might not look the best
Great video!
Dave, great sculpting...
Does murry ever blink while looking at the camera lol
You may or may not have accidentally made a tachi instead of a katana, lol.
could you possibly tell me the colours used, i love the scheme
Dammit, these sakura T'au make me want to start back into T'au haha
Wait how did you change your thumbnail?
Can I like this 100x? Bravo!
congrats on the quarter of a million subs!
Its hard to say what hasn't already been mentioned - but man these are just so cool! Im determined on setting up my printer in between work when I get back, and these along with scrap will be the firsts on it!
Really nice job on the sculpts, Dave! Its really cool seeing how far your 3D skills have come!
Spectacular design! Way to go, Dave. And Murray and Jen the painting job is just stunning.
The expanded lore that came out of the prayer tags is just gorgeous.
Love the bits will def be getting them . Tyranid style carapace armour similar to the one one of the Marines wear in 10th would be a be a useful custom bit
Love the PiperMakes miniature
I love this army can't wait to see more
We need to see space bears vs the sekura scept
Pink made them look weak and cute 😂
I want to see some samurai spacemariens
All of you are so talented, damn!
This is all so unbelievably cool!
It's a pauldron. Or a sode.
Welcome back, Sakura Tau!