Broadside repairs. A number of the weapons have snapped off and gone missing. Stamp casting is my current option. I am using InstaMorph. Little clear beads you toss in hot water. They turn into a workable semi hot plastic. The water will burn the shit out of you, but the plastic is only hot to the touch.

Original parts

InstaMorph

Green stuff stamped

Dude in need of a refit

         11 days to wheels up. One Leader dude, some drones, Two detachments of suits finished and One detachment of fire warriors.

          I think I have my list? Or rotating Orcas filled with Kroot. I have to think about this one. activation superiority is a must.

Tau Third Phase Expansion (6.8 Approved)

3000 pts

Fire Warrior Cadre 325
12 Fire Warriors
Fire Warrior Cadre 225
6 Fire Warriors, 3 Devilfish
Crisis Battlesuit Cadre 275
4x XV8 Crisis Battlesuit Shas’el
2 Gun Drone units
Armour Support Group 300
4 Hammerhead Gunships (Ion- or Fusionhead)
2 extra Hammerhead Gunships (Rail- or Fusionhead)
Broadside Group 300
6 XV88 Broadsides
Stealth Group 250
6 XV15 Stealth Units
2 Gun Drone units
Recon Skimmer Group 175
6x Tetra
Recon Skimmer Group 175
6x Tetra
Recon Skimmer Group 175
6x Tetra
Pathfinder Group 200
4 Pathfinders, 2 Devilfish

Orca Dropship 150 Barracuda Squadron 150
2 Barracuda Fighters
Barracuda Squadron 150
2 Barracuda Fighters
Barracuda Squadron 150
2 Barracuda Fighters 


Yearly goal 700 paint.

23 more painted, 626 more to go.

           The edging color for the base is Foundry’s 75A. The idea is to use the blue edge to draw the eye to the minis. Same concept used when matting a print. The idea was stolen from a Space Wolf army .

         The suits were flocked with the sand from Fire Red Canyon. GW’s troll slayer is the orange and the white is Foundry 67C. These boys need the weapons picked out and the rubble painted to match the rocks.

         Then for some reason I went back to my GW pot of shit colored texture. Because I needed to add more day of work.

         The original basing material contained dark gray or black rumble. These were pick out with my peppermint patty paint mix.

The on going repairs

The Boardsides are next.

With only 11 days to wheels up. I need to get my ass into high gear.

Due to repainting and basing the whole army, I will count it as newly painted. I normally do not count repairs or rebasing toward the year end total.