Riptide WIP

Click to enlarge Here's the Riptide! Not nearly done yet, but (mostly) assembled. The weapon/upgrade hardpoints on the wrists and tops of the jet packs are magnetized, as is the main gun. Click to enlarge And if you look very closely at the little smoke stack to the...

Tau Cadre Fireblade complete!

Finished up this guy tonight.  First of the new models, but not the last for sure. I only have a Farsight for now, but I'll be getting more as soon as the restocks come in to my FLGS. This is a GREAT model. I love the dynamic pose, love the complex armor and...

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Tau, Gundam style

Say 'ello to my big friend.Like so many others in our little hobby, I love killer mecha. Which is one of the reasons the Tau and their anime inspired battlesuits appealed to me. I got my hands on a XV104 Riptide on Saturday. And it is a really nice kit. Easy to build...

Riptide Base

I'm building and painting a Tau Riptide Battlesuit for a friend of mine, because it's a totally awesome looking model.  Here's the base: Click to enlarge I glued the plastic in place, then built up the base with cork from a pin-board sheet.  After that, I mixed fine...