Finished Tau Battlesuits

So I managed to finish the Battlesuits I was working on. It actually turned out alright!

Guardcon 40k doubles Tau

So I have started painting my 1000 points of Tau battlesuits for the Guardcon 40k doubles being held on the 13th/14th September.

All the Crisis suits are heavily converted as the original model is ugly as fuck.

I started with a black undercoat and followed up with airbrushed offwhite as seen in the 1st pic.

The 2nd pic shows the models after washing them black.

The stealth suits are going to be a dark grey with a small amount of a bright colour (maybe red) to tie them in with the rest of the army.

More after the next couple of stages.

A jump to the left

The progress continues.  Continues to be drip fed onto the blog as well!  Legs, tail plug and smoke stacks on!

I really like the soot effect I have on the top of the stacks.  It is not as shiny in person as the picture makes you believe.  It really is quite sooty and powdery.

Does anyone else smell bbq?

Moar Maulerfiend progress

Hot on the heels of the Aspiring Champion, the Maulerfiend torso nears completion.
It does look a tad bumble bee-ish, but when sitting on its legs it looks more like danger lines.  Honest.
Oh look, a lolly.

Buzz buzz.

Completed Havoc's Champion

Finished the model and took advantage of natural light + light box to get some pictures of Jeff.

Jeff's best foot going forward.

Rusted Necron heads make good boot toe jam.

Mmm Combi-melta is like a wheat bag on my bad back.

Dear zooming in, I hate you.  Signed visible mistake #762.

Hah! And you thought the next picture would be of a complete Maulerfiend

Well you are wrong!  I have been doing work slowly on this guy.  You know the old, hmm left over gold from that section, so I may as well start his backpack etc.

I thought I should put in a concerted effort and finish him completely.

Pretty happy with the results.  However his axe arm has moved back unbeknownst to me as the glue has set.  I think it is still okay looking <_<.

Troll with axe.

Yet more body parts

A few more pieces of the Hound of Anubis finished.  I must say I am really looking forward to the end of this bad boy.  I love the model.

Tongue the balls...of my feet!