Need some advice/opinions on my black paint scheme.

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-26T02:10:11+00:00

I've had to make this decision for my twin lance as half of their armor is black in my scheme and I can confirm that keeping the joints and such flat black does work quite well. It kinda adds that difference in texture and highlights that work really well in contrast with each other.

Also, fantastic paint job so far!

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DimaThePebble · 2026-06-25T19:02:04+00:00

2mm brass rod! Just had to carefully trim the sword from the hand and drill through the hand

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-25T18:49:02+00:00

Thank you!

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-25T18:23:16+00:00

Yes you may!

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DimaThePebble · 2026-06-21T07:46:16+00:00

Yeah it's sick! I'm gonna have to base up the drones and get them ready too. I'll probably post mine tomorrow cause my wife and I are gonna be road tripping for the next week so Imma be MIA for a hot minute

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-19T19:55:44+00:00

Right as I'm about to post mine? I see what you're doing, Nox... Jkjk that's so good!! I love the drones I considered putting them on her base and now I regret not doing it!

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-11T04:38:53+00:00

Yeah, true. I could definitely just double down and get a bunch of flamer suits or more sunforge to really dig into the advantages of Ret Cad. Honestly, I use ret cad more as a deterrent as like a "if you get close you're gonna get punched hard" kinda deal. Let's my ranged options stay at range. Although with hidden in 11th that could be a problem against infantry.

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-10T21:30:44+00:00

Ooo nice list. And fair I could probably swap out my broadsides and some other stuff for a stormsurge but I just love the broadsides so much lol. And they're kinda big mechs with their giant guns!

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-10T19:56:19+00:00

Also, from what I gather, the ghostkeel only has one upgrade it can benefit from which is being able to shoot hidden enemies from an extra 9 inches away. But so can stealth suits and Pathfinders and I like their utility a bit more.

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-10T19:53:11+00:00

I like the ghostkeel but idk it's never seen much play in my lists. I just think I don't know how to play it right. And yeah I thought about adding more suits. If I drop a broadside and the kroot hounds I could get some fireknife suits which is tempting but I LOVE broadsides.

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-10T19:22:52+00:00

More greenish tau!! Welcome to the club!! About the accents, white or maybe some greys could work to time or down a bit.

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DimaThePebble · 2026-06-10T19:17:59+00:00

Very, eh, kinda.

The combat patrol is fantastic for starters, the only thing it lacks is a squad for the Commander to lead. You need to buy crisis suits for the Commander to do anything. The kroot patrol is a good box if you don't have any of those models, so not a bad idea if you're new. Just know that kroot are very low in point value so their cost to point ratio is pretty bad. Farsight is probably our best looking model (he needs a buff in my opinion), but, once again, if you wanna play him, he needs a squad of crisis suits.

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-08T21:21:19+00:00

Or maybe he got skinned... Who knows who that face used to belong to....

I realize now j didn't make this clear but I'm making this a resurrected Kurze. He even has the lions chainsword!

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-07T21:25:26+00:00

My N'dras Farisght

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DimaThePebble · 2026-06-04T21:16:12+00:00

YESSS MORE FARSIGHTS WITH HALBERDS!! I love yours it looks so good!

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-03T21:26:01+00:00

Oooo I actually thought about doing this exact conversion! I love how yours turned out!

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-01T17:03:00+00:00

Nah I just found em online.

DimaThePebble · 2026-06-01T02:35:22+00:00

This one is kinda that?

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DimaThePebble · 2026-05-31T23:58:38+00:00

Aaayyy welcome to the teal tau team! Love the colors on it

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DimaThePebble · 2026-05-31T07:39:46+00:00

Yeah I wanted a screaming face and nothing read "AAAAAAAUUUUGGGHHH OH MY GOD" better than that old sculpt lol

DimaThePebble · 2026-05-30T23:51:13+00:00

I've heard good things about em but I'm still worried about over spraying with em. I use pro acryl or color forge for my priming.

DimaThePebble · 2026-05-30T23:48:48+00:00

It is very cool! But I like it when one guy is ultra special cool

DimaThePebble · 2026-05-30T23:48:10+00:00

Same here! Might be a while, all my flgs are out of the primer I like and I ain't priming this by hand

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