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Frosthammer wrote:

very nice looking Tau - so how much work is required to make up one of ur skyrays?

The twinlinked drone pulsrifles are not hard to copy as they can be found on the Tau Piranhas from the Recon Pack still available from FW, problem is more with the top hatch as you need an existing turret to copy from.

To answer your question:

Instant Mold is very easy to work with, put how ever much you need to use in very hot (I use just boiled water from a electric water boiler) water for 1-2 minutes, take the Instant Mold up (its a bit hot, but you will not get burned from the Instant Mold, ofcause the water is hot, so I use tweezers) press it against the subject you want to copy, and let it cool down (takes a few minutes), if you fold it it will stick to it self and you will need to cut the Instant Mold open.

Mix Green Stuff and Miliput (I use the standard one) 50/50 and press it down into the form you just made, let it harden for some hours, I usually just let it sit through the night, and you are done.

Just trim the copy you created and glue it on to whatever you want.

Mind that in Denmark this is not illegal, you are alowed to make copies for own use, but legislation might be diffrent where you live, so look out for that.

Author:	Corran_dk [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:53 am ]
Post subject:	ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
Hi all, Kinda new to the site, been lurking a bit the last 2-3 months I have never played the game, but there is a very active group in Copenhagen (Denmark) where I live, so I thought why not start on this game, it looks fun I am starting or have started painting Tau, I got quite a few minis gathered up, I will try not to do any proxies, and what I miss I will try to create my self (mostly Hammerhead and Devilfish stuff) LONG LIVE INSTANTMOLD . So far I have painted up 2 test minis, one Firewarrior base and a Devilfish, in the clasic Orange like Tau theme, I will try to post pictures of them tomorrow. What I have so far is: 1x Ethereal 1x Commander i Crisis Suit 13 baser Gun Drones 21 baser Fire Warriors 3 baser Pathfinders 3 baser XV15 Stealth Armour 9 baser XV8 Crisis Suits 6x XV88 Broadside 10x Devilfish APC (6 made from Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunships) 3x Hammerhead Gunship med railgun 2x Hammerhead Gunship med ion-cannon 17x Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship (Most of those will become Devilfish and Hammerheads, alrady made 6 into Devlifish) 11 baser Kroot 3 baser Krootox 3 baser Kroot Hounds 1x Orca Dropship 2x Tiger Sharks 2x Tiger Shark AX-1-0 2x Barracudas 3x Mantas (FW send me 2 new as the first 2 was misscasts I repaired them a bit I hope they will look ok) 15x Tetras 10x Piranhas Most of the Flyers+Mantas are getting primed today and tomorrow, and on Monday (I hope) I got a friend that will airbush the first color on them.

Author:	Corran_dk [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:05 am ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
Though I might as well throw a few pictures of the finished minis before I go to bed: Pictures are not great, but then again I am not that great a painter but I am satisfied with the result.

Author:	lylekelm [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:08 am ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
They turned out a treat. Like em a lot.

Author:	Oberst Lynild [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:03 pm ]
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Nice stuff, Philip! You should post your homemade turrets... And is there anywhere in the Tau fluff any pictures of architecture or structures? I'm too old to have led a Tau codex in hand, so I'm keen to see official pictures. These loads of good reference on the web though.

Author:	madd0ct0r [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:31 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
looking good. excellent flying fish.

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Author:	Corran_dk [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:51 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
Oberst Lynild wrote: Nice stuff, Philip! You should post your homemade turrets... And is there anywhere in the Tau fluff any pictures of architecture or structures? I'm too old to have led a Tau codex in hand, so I'm keen to see official pictures. These loads of good reference on the web though. Yea... I think its against TacCom's policy for me to post the Turrets here in the state they are in You can see the automated turrets FW created once upon a time here but else I think this guy hit close to the mark. madd0ct0r wrote: looking good. excellent flying fish. Thank you its actually one of the Skyrays that I have converted by casting copys of an original Devilfish top hatch and twinlinked drone pulsrifles in Instandmold and then cast them in Miliput and Green Stuff. Ofcause on the first one I forgot to add the Burstcannon on the front, but it will be added on the rest.

Author:	Frosthammer [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:47 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
very nice looking Tau - so how much work is required to make up one of ur skyrays?

Author:	Corran_dk [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:07 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
Frosthammer wrote: very nice looking Tau - so how much work is required to make up one of ur skyrays? The twinlinked drone pulsrifles are not hard to copy as they can be found on the Tau Piranhas from the Recon Pack still available from FW, problem is more with the top hatch as you need an existing turret to copy from. To answer your question: Instant Mold is very easy to work with, put how ever much you need to use in very hot (I use just boiled water from a electric water boiler) water for 1-2 minutes, take the Instant Mold up (its a bit hot, but you will not get burned from the Instant Mold, ofcause the water is hot, so I use tweezers) press it against the subject you want to copy, and let it cool down (takes a few minutes), if you fold it it will stick to it self and you will need to cut the Instant Mold open. Mix Green Stuff and Miliput (I use the standard one) 50/50 and press it down into the form you just made, let it harden for some hours, I usually just let it sit through the night, and you are done. Just trim the copy you created and glue it on to whatever you want. Mind that in Denmark this is not illegal, you are alowed to make copies for own use, but legislation might be diffrent where you live, so look out for that.

Author:	Frosthammer [ Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:31 am ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
Corran_dk wrote: Frosthammer wrote: very nice looking Tau - so how much work is required to make up one of ur skyrays? The twinlinked drone pulsrifles are not hard to copy as they can be found on the Tau Piranhas from the Recon Pack still available from FW, problem is more with the top hatch as you need an existing turret to copy from. To answer your question: Instant Mold is very easy to work with, put how ever much you need to use in very hot (I use just boiled water from a electric water boiler) water for 1-2 minutes, take the Instant Mold up (its a bit hot, but you will not get burned from the Instant Mold, ofcause the water is hot, so I use tweezers) press it against the subject you want to copy, and let it cool down (takes a few minutes), if you fold it it will stick to it self and you will need to cut the Instant Mold open. Mix Green Stuff and Miliput (I use the standard one) 50/50 and press it down into the form you just made, let it harden for some hours, I usually just let it sit through the night, and you are done. Just trim the copy you created and glue it on to whatever you want. Mind that in Denmark this is not illegal, you are alowed to make copies for own use, but legislation might be diffrent where you live, so look out for that. excellent - thanks for that...will have to give it a try and hopefully get great results like u did

Author:	ulric [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:51 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
Good start the fire warriors look a bit bulky to me are they original models? cheers Ulric

Author:	Corran_dk [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:18 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
ulric wrote: Good start the fire warriors look a bit bulky to me are they original models? cheers Ulric Thank you, what I got is about 50/50 Forge World and old no longer available Forumware. The once in the picture is 1 from FW and 4 Forumware, this was because the Forge World minis are very fragile and if I needed to strip them of paint it would most likely break 25% of the minis.

Author:	Corran_dk [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
Soo... I painted some more, next up is Kroot Hounds, then some Devilfish APC's. Fire Warriors 1 Fire Warriors 2 Unfortunately the Manta Burst Cannons break just you look at them... so have to do something about it, a minor setback. I just got some more mini's: 3 Hammerheads with Ion Cannon 9 baser XV15 Stealth Suits (3 on each base) And my latest order from FW with 15 Skyrays and 3 Recon Packs. So my list of what I have is now: 1x Ethereal 1x Commander i Crisis Suit 13 baser Gun Drones 21 baser Fire Warriors 3 baser Pathfinders 12 baser XV15 Stealth Armour 9 baser XV8 Crisis Suits 6x XV88 Broadside 10x Devilfish APC 3x Hammerhead Gunship with railgun 5x Hammerhead Gunship with ion-cannon 10x Tetras 15x Piranhas 17x Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship <-- 10-12 will be made into Hammerheads, just need to finish my turret design 11 baser Kroot 3 baser Krootox 3 baser Kroot Hounds ?x Shield Drones (still don't know how many I have) 3x Manta 1x Orca Dropship 2x Tiger Shark 2x BARRACUDAS 2x Tiger Shark AX-1-0 They can't be used in Epic but I just had to have them: 1x Tigershark AX-2-2 2x Remora Drone Stealth Fighters Hope you like the pictures

Author:	MrGonzo [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:07 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
That is a lot of Tau! ^_^ The finished bases look great!

Author:	Corran_dk [ Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:56 am ]
Post subject:	Re: ToEG 2013 - Corran's Tau
With only 2 years delay on posting and 1 year delay on pictures I hereby present the finished minis! Commander: Crisis Suits: Orca: Firewarriors 1: Firewarriors 2: Devilfish: Hammerhead 1: Hammerhead 2: Recon 1: Recon 2: Recon 3: Barracuda: Manta: Object 1: Object 2: Object 3: Hope you like them

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Author:	Apocolocyntosis [ Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:06 am ]
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that is a very fine looking manta!