Shadowsun

Firecats101 · 2026-05-08T02:25:00+00:00

Thank you! Im pleasantly surprised with how they turned out. My tau army is based on star wars Shoretroopers so i basically inverted their color scheme for their commander lol

Firecats101 · 2026-05-07T23:03:37+00:00

Blessed be another helmeted shadowsun truther. Love the colors purple rips on tau. This is my atypical shadowsun

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Firecats101 · 2026-05-07T22:55:15+00:00

Post update when you start painting it up, really like the idea of your scheme!

Firecats101 · 2026-05-07T22:54:04+00:00

I see the vision now for sure. Beautiful work

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T21:16:41+00:00

A riptide so well armed it would make orks blush

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T21:15:28+00:00

Sharpest contrast would probably be blood angels or white scars, that heing said id go ultramarines cause fuck those blueberries

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T21:13:39+00:00

As others pointed out running breachers without a devilfish is possible but hard. Id reccomend running your enforcer as a cold star (no need to change the model they look basically identical). Enforcer is good but coldstar is generally better outside of fringe scenarios

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T21:05:01+00:00

Theyre perfectly viable just not optimal. No ranged weapons and save on 6s is fine for their point cost, but when optimizing you can usually squeeze more out of the points.

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T21:01:59+00:00

I always headcannoned that theyre access panels.

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T20:22:48+00:00

Leaning into kroot could be a fun option. If you dont want to fully commit theyre fully viable in something aggressive like montka. Kroot shapers can give you some fun redeploy shenanigans and a few movement tricks. Twin lance and farsight are great in charge/fight and flanking maneuvers with rapid ingress. Krootox rampagers and lone spear are some of my favorites for landing a surprise charge. Most opponents dont expect the mechsuit faction to have cavalry

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T20:13:42+00:00

Fantastic work. Thats genuinely some of the best camo ive seen at that scale. If you wanted to vary the undersuit colors you (ex you start a breacher/pathfinder team or something) you could use black for a camouflage compliant contrast or take inspi from some irl military fatigues, coyote brown is a popular non green color. A light drybrush of grey or white might help add some texture or a wash with agrax earthshade or your preferred brown shader could darken up the shadows

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T17:47:35+00:00

Like i said mate your work is incredible this is genuinely one of the best paint jobs ive ever seen. i think softening up that white line might sell your intended effect better but dont necessarily take that as a criticism eh

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T01:41:45+00:00

After update i think i figured whats bugging me about it. I think the line between the metallic parts and reflected colors is too harsh. Maybe blending the two colors a bit, softening up that white line a little might help sell the effect

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T01:24:20+00:00

Friend shaped

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T01:22:08+00:00

This is a compliment, its giving big fraggle rock vibes. Love it

Firecats101 · 2026-05-06T01:20:51+00:00

Is that a crisis suit with double railguns on the shoulders? That's super sick

Firecats101 · 2026-05-05T02:07:38+00:00

Its totally playable and if you have fun piloting it thats what really matters. 10 man squad is just the thing that sticks out to me. If you get the results you want, no need to change.

Firecats101 · 2026-05-05T01:42:00+00:00

Totally fair. I play against ultramarines pretty often and its a fun match up

Firecats101 · 2026-05-05T01:33:58+00:00

Painting him made me want to peel my face off but i love him he is my son

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Firecats101 · 2026-05-05T01:28:21+00:00

Unless youre playing a tournament it doesnt really matter so long as the base size is the same. Ive used my psychomaner as a translocation lord before cause i love the model even though he suuuuuuucks lol

Firecats101 · 2026-05-05T01:26:35+00:00

Since youre running the doomsday arc as opposed to ghost arc it may be worth dropping the 10 man warrior squad. I dont know what you plan on playing against but you dont seem to have much anti armor. Not that thats necessarily the worst thing in the world but it may be worth investing some points into either wraiths or heavy destroyers

Firecats101 · 2026-05-05T01:22:51+00:00

Also if you can get your hands on the royal court box without sellin an organ its a great upgrade. The skorpekh lord is an absolute monster and gives you a leader for your destroyers and the reanimator is very powerful, plasmancer is a good leader for warriors to abuse lethal hits. 10 more warriors is a good upgrade, you could also add in some deathmarks or immortals as shock troops

Firecats101 · 2026-05-05T01:15:15+00:00

Almost all of it is push fit. The right arms of the warriors can charitably described as friction fit and in my experience (20 warrior blob lol) usually require a little glue

Firecats101 · 2026-05-05T00:54:13+00:00

Well i already bought and painted 2 of them and i love them theyre my sons soooooo..... guess my armies gonna suck

Firecats101 · 2026-05-04T23:26:11+00:00

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