Wednesday, July 17, 2013

More Tau WIP


A little bit more work done on the Riptide. I have now painted the bulk of the torso, including the darkened interior, red panels, and comfy seat. It's quite tough to try and get a good shot inside that thing! Also, for some reason the blue is showing up as a lot lighter than it actually is, so I'll have to play with that for the final shots.




Additionally I've completed a Shadowsun in the same color scheme, but with the added bonus of Active cloaking occurring. Shadowsun and the three drones are all in some stage of adapting to their surroundings.


The whole approach to this was inspired directly by Cagn on Le Blog De Kouzes. You can see his great Remora Drone below, and obviously my "transition" line and glow is a direct (if inexperienced) attempt to mimic the effect.


I hope you (and the client) like it!

Cheers
Dave

17 comments:

  1. Well, I think you've managed to capture the transition lines nicely.

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  2. Thanks Paul, much appreciated!

    Cheers
    Dave

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  3. Super cool! Love the active camo. Just stunning.

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  4. Stunning.

    I think the camo. effects are great./

    Tony

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  5. These tau are absolutely stunning! If you would like to have your work featured on our website www.ttcombat.com then please dont hesitate to contact me with pictures of your work at info@ttcombat.com
    we would love to promote your work on our wargaming site :)

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  6. Really nice looking Dave! Love the transition.

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  7. Freaking awesome, and Cagn nailed it. I'll try a much crappier version of this with my Infinity models.

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  8. The active cloaking looks rad, Dave - as does the pose of the Riptide. Looking forward to catching up on the weekend!

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  9. Great looking stuff. The Riptide is progressing really nicely. The interior detail looks great.

    Shadowsun looks nice too, really nice cloaking!

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  10. Nice work! ;-)

    And just to correct, it's Karun and not Cagn who painted the Remora!

    Cheers,

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    1. Thanks mate, I'll get that changed ; )

      Cheers
      Dave

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  11. Very nice looking. May I ask what colors you use to line the recesses on the white of the riptide?

    Cheers mate.

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    1. Sorry for the delay. The darkest colour on the white/bone is VMC Beige Brown. Hope that helps.

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  12. Hello, I just discovered your blog and I'm not disappointed.
    I like the work you made to your riptide, the color scheme is very nice but making inside the Riptidde is very interesting.
    Very good work and good continuation

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  13. Dave, I must confess that I really neeeeeed to copy your idea, and your implementation looks great, I did mine a while ago but I stoped short, and never applied to the rest of the squad.

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  14. Hello !

    thank you for your tribute Mr. Dave Taylor but, this remora is the work of Karun, an another Kouze ;-)
    As we say in french : "Il faut rendre à César ce qui appartient à César !"

    Cagn-

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