Crisis commander WIP and other Tau stuff.

[Brom]

Hey there, whats up?

This is one of my first times posting on these forums, and im looking for some friendly advice from you guys as i know some of you got mad skillz.

Seriously tho, alot of you guys have inspired me in my modelling and painting, and i was hoping you could give me some input on this crisis commander.

He is a product of some xacto hack n\' slash with a forgeworld crisis kit thrown into the mix. The thing i really need some help with is to fill the empty space on top of his jetpack. I was maby thinking of giving him a sort of Samuraii banner. But im not sold on that idea yet. If i where to do a banner i would most likely make it from plasticard tubing and thinn plasticard melted to shape.

pics:

Sorry for the bad quality pics, just cant afford a better cam atm.

 

[LucasLAD]

I think the over- extended running posture adds to the \"Anime\" feel of the Tau. The green stuff is good, over all it looks great.

As for the Samurai poles w/banners. Don\'t try to use plasticard tubing it\'s too brittle and you wont get a good look. Instead use a bit of SOLID 1/16 brass rod and bend it about 1/3 the way down. This\'ll give you a nice looking banner pole and it\'ll be way sturdier.

 

[Brom]

Thanks for the tip Lucas. I will try to build the banner and see how it looks.

PS: Glad you liked the pose, i did alot of different poses before i settled on this one.

 

[Jericho]

Over-exaggerated poses give a much higher sense of speed for Tau Battlesuits, as you\'ve discovered. Looks pretty good. I like the massive single engine look, the bitz make it spiffier than most attempts at modifying the backpack.

 

[freakinacage]

like it. the banner could look great butit would have to be well done (ie flowing correctly) to enhace the feel of the mini\'s movement. have a go and see what it looks like

 

[Brom]

Allright, i have tried to produce a good looking banner for the suit.

The struts are plasticard tubing with brass rods inside. The cloth is 0,4mm plasticard. I tried to heat it with a heat gun and position it so that it flows in the natural direction. Think it looks ok. Man, i wish i was good with green stuff, its so fiddly.

What do you guys think, yay or nay?

 

[sg2009]

personally i prefer it without the banner but thats just my personal opinion

sam

 

[freakinacage]

show us one from the side, thats an important view

 

[Brom]

From the side as requested. I had major problems getting contrasts in the white banner when taking a pic of it. Thats why the pics are kinda bad.

 

[uberdark]

i am not feeling the flag either. just not tau enough. have you considered taking a tau gun drone and cutting them in half and mounting them on top in different positions? or possibly part of a jump pack from a space marine?

just an idea.

 

[Brom]

Ok, the flag came out bad. I felt it didnt fit with the dynamics of the model and was just making im taller and more clumsy. It got chopped.

I made an icon on his pack shaped like the Volcom logo.(Volcom is a company that makes cool skate surf and snowboard clothing)

I made another air intake under the tip of the logo. I also threw in some wires made from plastic tubing bendt to shape.

The logo came out nice, so im keeping that. Im just not 100% sure on the wires. What do you guy think? Yay or nay?

Damn white plastic, very hard to get a good photo of the logo im afraid. Need a cam with better contrast control.

Bonus pic of a kroot!

 

[monkeyman7x]

the crisis commander is looking really cool. The volcom logo is very infitting with tau background and the wires do look nice,,,although,,as you\'ve probably realised already, a lot of tau gadgetry hides all wires, so i dont know how well it fits with the model. If it were me, i\'d keep them on purely because they look really cool ;p

chris

 

[Brom]

Ok here is what seems to be the finished mini. Made him a base out of plasticard, tubing and H-beam rubble. Im very happy about how the pose turned out. The base also enhance the pose a bit.

heres some pics, please tell me what you think. (White plasticard and cam bla bla bla)

 

[Monkfish44]

i really like this. got quite a japanese/anime feel to it. cant wait to see it finished!