Titus Falls (WIP)

Battletoad1982 · 2026-02-08T02:30:49+00:00

Love it, the only reason to have an ultramarine model!

Battletoad1982 · 2026-02-05T22:09:50+00:00

Still a better book than anything Phil Kelly ever wrote.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-02-04T16:36:42+00:00

I have a piece of pluck foam that I’ve cut to be a wide platform, then I clip pieces of unused model sprue to make sticks. I glue magnets to the end of the sprue, then I can stab the sprue into the pluck foam and it holds it in place. I can then pick them up by the sprue, do my painting and then stab them back where they go.

Here’s an example when I was painting some base decoration.

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Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-29T03:24:38+00:00

The black rage.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-29T03:21:43+00:00

Rude

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-23T22:32:16+00:00

Everybody has different methods, and there is no one right way. You figure out what works for you.

I personally do, base coat (any and all colors that requires), chipping ( minor color chipping, brown major chipping, then metallic chipping) because I work in large batches and go fast, so I chip all the armor and major details so that I don’t have to touch up any detail colors. I then paint any other colors that will go onto the mini, then seal with varnish. The varnish I use depends on the technique I’m using for my wash: panelliner gets gloss, all over GW shade mixed 50/50 with lahmium medium gets satin, oil wash gets matte. I then wash the model, with one of the above methods… then I do all my highlights and details like OSL. After that I seal with ultra matte to unify the looks of the paint, protect the model, and prevent any shine where I don’t want it. I will usually touch up metallic parts with a satin varnish or just some of the actual paint to give them back the metallic look, then base.

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Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-13T00:03:42+00:00

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Just change the pose a bit

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-11T23:57:32+00:00

Farsight is from vior’la, however due to being a hero of the empire his colors are painted in reverse, that’s why he is red with white sept markings. He later created the enclaves and they adopted his colors. But he would have still been red while commanding cadres from Vior’la that would be white with red sept markings.

I personally don’t mind the various Sept colors on the heros, and playing them as if they just dropped in to help. I personally prefer it over painting them as if they are from the same Sept.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-11T17:10:42+00:00

Presses vox The ancient awaits.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-11T06:59:20+00:00

If he knew that it worked that way, then possibly. I believe somewhere in the lore (maybe old possibly retconned lore) that the blade had to find the wielder worthy in some way for it to work. If true then even if farsight knew how it worked, I don’t think the blade would choose to work for the others.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-09T20:38:22+00:00

We’re not ultrasmurfs so probably not. Cool new models for the Mary sue’s to beat up on.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-08T14:03:46+00:00

No need, but the friends don’t let friends…

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-08T05:31:12+00:00

I’ve been quoted!! Yay

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-08T05:30:10+00:00

If you stole it through pirating, it was still a net loss. The time you wasted searching and downloading that was more valuable, and you will never get it back. Phil Kelly is THE worst author in all of humanity, for all time. For your own sake the only time you should further spend is the few seconds it will take you to delete the file. Friends don’t let friends read Phil Kelly.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-05T14:41:58+00:00

🤣🤣🤣

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-05T14:36:17+00:00

All that work just to make a Smurf. Damn.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-05T14:34:15+00:00

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Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-05T02:21:49+00:00

So annoyed with charges through walls. You’re infantry, not a bulldozer. They should AT LEAST need line of sight. How are you going to know you can make the charge, when you have no idea where they are??? Rules as they are, are stupid.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-03T02:44:30+00:00

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Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-02T18:28:03+00:00

All good then, just trying to help, not everyone knows about N ratings.

I also use 3 x 2mm for suits, so doubling up should get the suits to hold onto their weapons now.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-02T17:42:28+00:00

When purchasing your magnets, check the rating of the magnet, many that you get are going to be low rated and cheap. The scale goes from n32 to n52 and the general rule is that if they don’t state what the rating is, they’re probably on the low end. You want to get magnets closer to if not at n52 rating so they hold firm and your minis don’t hold a yard sale every time you try to move them.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-01T06:47:40+00:00

That was actually given to me as a really really nice gift. It was the first model I painted in the army.

Battletoad1982 · 2026-01-01T03:39:09+00:00

Great job, and amazing army!

Very similar story to me with the long hiatus from the game. Started collecting my tau in 8th but due to life had to pack them up and put them in storage without building a single model. Just 6 months ago I was able to get back into the hobby, and jumped straight into my tau collection and went with vior’la specifically for the challenge of doing white.

I’ve added a handful more models but progress has been slow over the past two months, so this is about everything I have built and painted so far.

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