"Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Tau Empire?"
Inquisitor Yosef M'Karthus.
A while ago, I made a government operative for my force of 1950s-style Tau. I decided to make him a couple of friends. One was based on a plastic Russian Bolt Action soldier in a greatcoat, with Tau arms and head, and a hat sculpted from Green Stuff. I also did a bit of cutting of his foot, to make it more hoof-like.
The other was more fiddly, and involved the lower body of a Tau vehicle pilot, the upper half of a random plastic zombie (I've no idea who makes these) and Tau arms. The body was quite spindly, so a bit of Green Stuff was required to bulk it out. I used a head with a particularly tired, miserable expression, as suits his rather battered appearance.
Here they are with their boss, doing something entirely legal and above-board. As ever, my camera is refusing to take a decent photo, so you'll just have to imagine that they look much better than they do.
I could see a little squad of these guys infiltrating human society in order to promote the Greater Good. Nobody would ever notice.
Hahaha, you are my idol, this whole project is so fun and cool. Loving these!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much! I'm really enjoying the Tau project. The 1950s look is quite a challenge with GW stuff but I like it when it works. If only my camera wouldn't make them look so washed out, though - I spent ages on their faces!
ReplyDeleteThese are great! Awesome concept and a very great execution. Love the paint jobs too. I could see these ending up in a million different games!
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