tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70759462240141284272024-02-20T09:05:18.240-06:00Drones on Parade!<i>"I hate drones!"</i> - Dan G.Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-55470357354752635552017-10-07T15:57:00.003-05:002017-10-07T15:57:49.156-05:00Can Tau get a cold?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxALuJ4V7SuhER8k8kZR5juARWbh1-ACVdn1HLWeAri266kfwcwUjeyXSulJBja2bkU0AFa1KUnbopN-BYTsE2-H05wwWSlN0f_u0IFC9BC1hGAZaEK_DwwbvL1io4s_1V9EQwWpwKbX0/s1600/IMG_0944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxALuJ4V7SuhER8k8kZR5juARWbh1-ACVdn1HLWeAri266kfwcwUjeyXSulJBja2bkU0AFa1KUnbopN-BYTsE2-H05wwWSlN0f_u0IFC9BC1hGAZaEK_DwwbvL1io4s_1V9EQwWpwKbX0/s320/IMG_0944.jpg" width="240" /></a>Rough afternoon for the Tau. First 8th edition game against a new 8th edition codex. Honest amount of str 5 and higher strength shots helps quite a bit. Low toughness though keeps you from living very long. Star of the show was the hammerhead, who introduced two different hellbrutes to rail guns to the face. Our dear Fire Cadre stood his ground for as long as he could.<br />
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Good game overall.<br />
<br />Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-31957879141481115572017-02-02T13:18:00.000-06:002017-02-02T13:25:30.540-06:00Fire Warrior February part DeuxSo first I'll admit to the fact the last time I posted was two years ago on this exact same topic. I own up to it, its lazy.<br />
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In that time I've played quite a bit with my unpainted Tau and endured the taunts of my very talented friends with their multiple well painted armies. Luckily my laziness is greater than my vanity so their taunts fall upon deaf unpainted ears.<br />
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The whole point of this post is not to point out the flaws in my painting schedule, but to announce I'm going to try it again! That's right Fire Warrior February is back. I will be taking time tonight to clear my painting table of anything not a Tau Fire Warrior, though one or two small brain break models may remain. The goal is to get the new second squad of Breachers built and primed so that I can concentrate on those two teams first. Once those are done I'll move on to the other Fire Warrior teams. I should point out I'm currently sitting on 3 x 12 man Striker teams, and 2 x 10 man Breacher teams. When you add in the path finders it makes for allot of Tau grunts.<br />
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I might try putting them all on the board one night to see how that goes.<br />
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The big advantage that I have over 2014 is that I know have a playable marine army that can be used while I'm painting the Tau..no its not painted either. <br />
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If you would like to follow my progress as I go you will find a link to the <a href="https://trello.com/b/6M2JSVgl/warhammer-40k-tau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tau Project Board</a> on the top right hand of this board. I'll try to update the steps and processes as they go there, as well as update here with photos.<br />
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So there you have it, Fire Warrior February. Hope fully I won't have to move into Makeup March again, and stay totally away from Apology April.Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-32256704802004377902014-04-23T11:00:00.001-05:002014-04-23T11:00:43.945-05:00So sadSo we started with Firewarrior Febuary!! My grand plan to get all my Firewarriors built and painted. That went into makeup march, where I tried to actually finish the Firewarrior project.<br />
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That leaves us with apology April! Yep, it didn't get done, its probably not going to get done before summer. I now have to shift gears back over to the Salamanders to get them ready for the big game in June. We are headed down to Texas Games Con for the Narrative event and the Salamanders will be there in full force.<br />
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I did get 36 Firewarriors built and primed so that's a plus.Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-82124366334710371432014-03-06T11:42:00.003-06:002014-03-06T11:42:50.895-06:00Quick UpdateSo the grand Firewarrior Feburary project failed. I got all 36 primed but only 12 got their body suits painted. I have a long way to go to get the models complete.<br />
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So we are declaring makeup March to get the firewarriors set.Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-3659380246925936502014-02-15T14:57:00.000-06:002014-02-15T14:57:04.744-06:00Firewarrior February UpdateA quick mid month update.<br />
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36 firewarriors primed and base coated ready to go. I've cleaned off the painting table and have my fireblade for refrence, and to finish him up.<br />
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I've already completed more in this step than the last Tau army I owned.<br />
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The plan is simple assembly line to get them knocked out, move from one side of the table to the other as a step is completed till their all done.<br />
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<br />Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-92124504432162411942014-02-03T10:07:00.002-06:002014-02-03T10:07:40.163-06:00Fire Warrior February!Fire Warrior February! In an effort to stop using marines as stand-in fire warriors I've decided to devote the month of February to getting my infantry built and painted. So far I've got 24 troopers built, and another box to go. I may pick up a 4th box before the end of the month but right now my true goal is the original 36 troopers. As a side bonus i got the last 6 stealth suits built last night. They were in the old Tau battle force along with a box i've had since Dec 2012. They probably won't get painted this month but they are built and ready to use.<br />
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<br />Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-11988041313992717572013-12-07T17:40:00.001-06:002013-12-07T17:40:33.238-06:00Snow Day = Work DaySo we've been trapped in the house since Thrusday evening due to ice. When its wintery weather in Dallas, we just hunker down and pray.<br />
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Since the Riptide had such a awesome explosive end during the apoc game I felt he earned some attention on the work table<br />
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Lining and block colors are done just have to touch up the white, seal it then get some decals before it's final full coat.<br />
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Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-24696096531195124452013-12-02T11:02:00.001-06:002013-12-02T11:02:30.503-06:00Quick UpdateJust a quick update today. Got to play in a fun Apoc game on Black Friday, and it was indeed Black for team Tau. It was two on two, Team Tau vs Team Necron/Nid. I brought along the subjugated human reserves in the form of two super heavy tanks and a vendetta. The Super heavy tanks did well when they came back on the board the second time. Problem was between the necron pylon and a random battle field effect orbital bombardment we lost both super heavies before we even got to take our turn.<br />
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Was still fun though to play with allot of the units that don't get to see the light of day. My pathfinders won VIP mainly becuase at the end of turn four I had two of them still alive hiding in a building while the rest of our forces were wiped off the table.<br />
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DPak brought the Air Caste in force, with a Stand in TigerShark, three Barracudas and between 4-6 Ramora drones. Was very cool to see them all fly on the board.<br />
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Highlight of my game was the Riptide killing the necron pylon. He ran up and punched it to pieces, and you could almost hear him say "uh oh" as it catastrophically exploded on him. <br />
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All in all it was a fun day and a good day for team Tau.<br />
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We were way ahead on points at the mid point of the game, and even though we got tabled, at the end of turn 4 we only lost by one point.<br />
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Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-77382276055856723322013-08-12T10:01:00.000-05:002013-08-12T10:08:01.919-05:00Tall updateIts really a small update, but he's not that small.<br />
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All of his base colors and block colors are done. I need to move on to the black lining and clean up work. Both of his arms are being painted seperatly to make it easier to get in with the black lining, and they are ready to be attached. The guns are probably the last thing to be finished but are coming along great.<br />
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<br />Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-61538849361229806492013-06-11T16:37:00.000-05:002013-06-11T16:37:32.868-05:00The Massacre Had a fun game on Sunday against a great Nid player. He's been playing nids for a long long time and was looking forward to playing against the new Tau codex. Below is his narrative of our game, and honestly he makes my little blue guys sound much more heroic than the way they died screaming and soiling themselves.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Massacre of Pat's Tau By David Caldwell</span></b></div>
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Tau, in their new found technology, have once again taken to the stars
in search of new planets to bring into the fold, for the Greater Good. What they found was far from what they wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Tau had been monitoring a small planet and had noticed several small scouting parties arrive to the planet. After
weeks and even months in some cases, communications ceased and many of
the life forms of the recently arrived races could not be found. Only a Dark Eldar party left the planet at high speeds. The Tau had evaluated
the situation and found the planet to be a nice place to colonize but
because of the recent activities a fleet had called in, if needed they
would take it by force. A Battle force was assembled and sent to the planet, they had recently found a ancient Relic and wanted to check it out. An outpost
was created and awaited for the arrival of the rest of the fleet, a small force was sent out to scout the area near the Relic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Tau commander with his bodyguard surveyed the area and looked over his force. The
fire warriors set up just behind a ridge, Broadsides taking up the
right flank on a hill along with the Stealth group, Left flank had
Pathfinders supported by a Hammerhead searching the area and other
forces were on standby awaiting command. So far all was peaceful and quite, maybe too quite, but because he was new to the planet the commander didn’t think it an issue. Other than some unknown blips the area was still. The Tau Commander gave the word and the Stealth force and Pathfinders moved forward, searching for anything out of the ordinary. Soon garbled transmissions started
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answer came from the Hammerhead Commander Longshot “Stealers, we have
Stealers on the Left Flank, Pathfinders have engaged the enemy!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Broadside
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all communication with Stealth unit have been lost.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Tau Commander checked all scanners, “Command, we have engage a hostile force, Stealth Unit is down. Send in reinforcements, now.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Commander, this is Command we have air support on its way. We don’t have anything heavy on the ground yet but a new Riptide is being launched from cruiser to your location.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“To all Fire Caste, enemy incoming, shoot everything on sight, reinforcements are on their way. Keep this zone clear.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Broadsides
on the left flank let fly Rail guns and missiles directly over the
ridge and walked the barrage away from them, blips disappeared as
Termagants were blasted by High Yield warheads. The
pathfinders fired into the Stealers, dropping several of their number
but they could not be stopped as two BroodLords and the left over
stealers torn into them. The ground erupted in a burst of rock and dirt as two Trygons and a Mawloc appeared. The Mawloc coming up directly under the broadside unit destroyed couple of the drones and injuring all the Tau in the process. The air shook as all three roared their defiance and challenges to the sky. A seed pod slammed home
directly in front of the Firewarriors and the ever dreaded Doom floated out. FireWarriors and Broadsides took the full brunt of the mind attack and many fell to the powerful psyker. As
the last Pathfinder fell to the Broadlords a new and odd looking group
of Stealers moved out of the foliage and into the battle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Glad you could join us, Air Ca...” The air exploded as the Air Caste fighter detonated in mid air, drowning out the last spoken words from the Commander.</span></div>
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to disengage soo…..”, An explosion could be heard in the distance, which
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Tau Commander was taking it all in, he was surrounded with no way out, “To all Tau, shoot and kill the Doom creature.” The Tau all took aim and let loose with everything they had, only stopping to reload. In
the distance their heard the cry of the Doom but as the smoke and dust
cleared, they saw that the creature was still up and moving. A
sonic boom hit the area and all looked to see as the RipTide came down,
weapons free the Riptide took the fight to the enemy and put everything
into the Tervigon. Unscathed the Tervigon roared it’s challenge and the Termagants in the area turned direction, straight into the RipTide.</span></div>
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<br />Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-39584523025695444562013-04-30T22:03:00.001-05:002013-04-30T22:06:22.075-05:00Dark StriderSo got my failcast Dark Strider. He's actually the best of the resin minis I've had. The Lord Commissar I got at the same time looks like he shot himself in the foot. <br />
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According to several gaming news blogs, and the GW site there has been a rush on Tau. I know that yes I'm coming back to them after an extended time away, but wow. I do actually blame part of this on the new Allies rule. Lots of folks want to throw down Tau as allies for their marines.<br />
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For European customers:<br /><br />Due to exceptional demand for Tau Empire miniatures, any orders that contain the following products <strong>will not be fulfilled until Monday 8th April</strong> at the earliest: <br /><br />Tau Empire One-Click Launch Collection<br />Tau Battlesuit Collection<br />Farsight Enclave<br />Tau Recon Team<br />Shadowsun Firestrike Hunter Cadre<br />XV104 Riptide Battlesuit <br />XV88 Broadside Battlesuit <br />Cadre Fireblade<br />Commander Farsight <br />XV8 Battlesuit Commander<br />Darkstrider<br />Longstrike <br /><br />Note
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together. <strong>Orders that were placed before 4pm on Tuesday 2nd April are not affected</strong>. <br /><br />For those of you who urgently desire to join the cause for the Greater Good, <strong>head to your local Hobby Centre</strong> this Saturday - they will have limited numbers of these Tau Empire miniatures in stock. Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-62107582687548069122013-04-02T22:30:00.000-05:002013-04-02T22:30:01.474-05:00Coming Together.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm really enjoying this color pattern. I've still got to do allot of line work on all the units but I think it will be worth it.<br />
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I've got my new Badger Snow White airbrush paint coming to try. This model is painted with the newish Testors Aztec White airbrush paint. I really give the paint allot of props for how easy it is to work with, but I'm not a fan of the shine. <br />
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So here is my commander with the arms blue tacked on. After I get the black lining done I'll glue the arms on for good. Also his little shield buddy is looking good as well.<br />
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Vallejo surface primer, then airbrushed on Vallejo AirColor White, the body glove is a P3 color I don't remember the specific name for at the moment.<br />
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Putting definition on the armor's panel lines will be the most difficult task with out some sort of wash dulling the white. I may go ahead and use a wash on the rifle. I never noticed till I really looked at the City Fight cover art but their lenses were blue. I really like how it makes the lens pop though I need to clean up the inside of that panel. <br />
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I've been looking at a mostly white force for awhile, and have done a couple of test paints. I've decided to lock in on the rarely seen <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1240140_60040199017_CODCovermain_873x627.jpg">city fight white and maroon tau force.</a> Honestly the cover art is the only place its shown. Both Tau forces in the book are green or blue, none the white cover art.<br />
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More to come soon!Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7075946224014128427.post-4180252813711672092013-03-06T17:31:00.001-06:002013-03-06T17:31:27.802-06:00Slowly getting back into it<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I've been slowly trying to work through all the other painting projects to make room for the upcoming Tau. We all have heard the rumors that they are just around the corner and I'm dieing to get back into one of my favorite armies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ya I played Tau when you could buy an entire starting army for 200 bucks. That was an actual army with a codex in the box and the limited edition <span class="Apple-style-span">Ethereal.</span></span></span><br />
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Right now I'm still waffling on a color scheme, and with the hopes of new models I'm hesitant to buy much from the current range. I'll probably spend the time before the new codex just building troops.Mad Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146372952285285955noreply@blogger.com0