Fire Warrior February part Deux

So 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.

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.

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.

I might try putting them all on the board one night to see how that goes.

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.

If you would like to follow my progress as I go you will find a link to the Tau Project Board 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.

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.

So sad

So 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.

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.

I did get 36 Firewarriors built and primed so that's a plus.

Quick Update

So 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.

So we are declaring makeup March to get the firewarriors set.

Fire 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.

Look to the skys

So I managed to pick up a shark kit pretty cheap and got it built this week.  Its not a bad kit, its growing on me.  I fielded it yesterday but it only got one round of fire before it was tesla'd out of the sky but the necrons...stupid necrons.

I also managed to retrieve my batch of drones that were misdropped from GW.  Only two weeks late.

In Command

I think I'm pretty well set for commanders.  I've got one of each flavor, except for the new pathfinder commander who's still on back order. 

The crisis suit commander is mostly done, just a bit of touch up and some basing.  Still have to finish the Ethereal and of course start on the fireblade.

Le Sigh

Ya know what I hate about the new Tau Codex?   Band Wagoners!!

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.

Here is the blurb from the GW Pre Orders website.

Warhammer 40,000 Pre-orders

For European customers:

Due to exceptional demand for Tau Empire miniatures, any orders that contain the following products will not be fulfilled until Monday 8th April at the earliest:

Tau Empire One-Click Launch Collection
Tau Battlesuit Collection
Farsight Enclave
Tau Recon Team
Shadowsun Firestrike Hunter Cadre
XV104 Riptide Battlesuit
XV88 Broadside Battlesuit
Cadre Fireblade
Commander Farsight
XV8 Battlesuit Commander
Darkstrider
Longstrike

Note that if your order contains other products, they will be delayed until these Tau Empire miniatures are back in stock and your items can be sent together. Orders that were placed before 4pm on Tuesday 2nd April are not affected.

For those of you who urgently desire to join the cause for the Greater Good, head to your local Hobby Centre this Saturday - they will have limited numbers of these Tau Empire miniatures in stock.

Coming Together.

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.

 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. 

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.

Giddy like a little girl!

ya so can't wait!!

Slowly getting back into it

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.

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 Ethereal.
 
St Nick the Ethereal and his 8 tiny drones were really good to me at Christmas.  Now I just have to make a plan to start working my way through all of this.

 

 

Not Dead Yet

I have been quite for a while as I've been working on other gaming projects.  With the hope of a new codex on the horizon next year things will start moving here again.

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.

Incoming Transmission

Sorry haven't posted in awhile, been trying to get the Salamanders out of the way so i can take my time on the Tau.  I did actually play a game on Saturday fielding a Tau force, so keep an eye out for an upcoming battle report!

Ohh Shiny!

So after a very very long afternoon with my previous airbrush it was time for an upgrade.  Today my new baby came in the mail.  I am now the proud owner of a Badger 155 Anthem double action airbrush!  She's all shiny and new.  Now if I just had time to fire her up.

COLOR!

Awhile back I decided to restart my Tau army.  I wasn't happy with their construction or the colors I was going with.  So while surfing the GW site one day I came across an article with these amazing White and Red Tau units.  I knew that's what I wanted to do.  Here are two of the first color tests, a crisis suite and of course a drone.  the drone still needs a coat or two more of the red, and the suit of course needs allot more work.  I think this will make them a clean and distinct army on the table, and be a challenge to paint as well.

Welcome

Welcome to Drones on Parade.  This like it's sister site is my little place on the web to share my trials and tribulations of building and fielding a Games Workshop 40k Army.  In this case my Tau!  The Tau caught my fancy when they first came out, so much I sold off the Black Templar army in a box that I received a week before to buy the Tau Army in a box!  I've decided for various reasons to start over on my army from scratch, selling off the older gear and buying new.