Tau Bottlenose, GD inspired

Greydeath,

Until I got an email about this site about a month ago, I don't remember having heard of you outside of eBay. Some months ago, probably doing a search for "Tau bitz", I stumbled upon one of your manatee auctions. From that auction, I drew inspiration to build this:

(you can left-click for bigger pic)






Thank you.

And now a bit about the model:

A personal carrier for a Tau Commander, armed with a twin-linked short barrel rail rifle and two gun drones. (the sensor spike on the "tail" is broken at the moment and should stand at more of an angle) I wanted to have the back open up, but the amount of plasticard and putty I would have had to remove from the inner workings to make interior details possible would have comprimised the structural integrity.

A quick tip about painting alien lettering: If you're looking at decals, always remember that they are backwards when still on the sheet. (I painted my letters backwards and didn't realize it until I was going through the codex to see if what I had written actually meant anything )

Dude!
Thats so awesome.
I am really digging it.

Wow what a way to take something you saw and then make something so much better.
Its soo cool.

Very nicely built and painted.
Its very cool.

And thats to bad about the lettering.. darn.
But most people would not have even known..

Anyways very cool.

And YOU said you dont paint?
Wow then whats this a once in a lifetime thing?

I am the same I never paint and then some conversion will hit me and I will want to paint it.

So cool.

Thanks for sharing it.
Very nice.
And well done.

holy mother, bro that is awesome

I couldn't put my finger on what this looks like until now. Its the hovership from the Matrix!

That really is cool Typhoid. Nice and Sleek.

Lt.

wow....that is one of the best tau thingies iv seen so far!

i have to say that the colour scheme is fabulous, and the idea is superb

if it isnt to much trouble to make another one could you do a walk through, because i BADLY what to know how to make one of these! BADLY! pleeeeeeeeeeeease

Umm, I think you'll find they aren't...




It looks great - I love the intake at the top, and the paint job is excellent.

Umm, I think you'll find they aren't...

Somehow, looking at the Tau decal sheet for reference while painting, my letters ended up backwards from the codex (I think that's where I eventually found them). Being someone who never uses decals, I figured it was because they're all printed backwards, guess I was mistaken.

Sorry, reading my post again, it seems a little harshly put, which wasn't my intention at all.

No worries - I never use them either (made a mess of 'em too many times).

Oh, I didn't take it as being harsh at all, no worries. I just realized I can't find my codex to compare the two.

Thats a great conversion! I love the paint job too! Jon

Looks like this. It'sa C&C Harpy from Tiberium sun cough computer nerd moment over

To make room for newer projects, I'm selling this piece. I've just posted it to eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160824475124

Here are a few current pics: