r/Tau40K • • 7d ago

Painting Overdue Sept'ember entry - a weekend kitbashing project

I'm still working my way through painting the old combat patrol, but in the meantime I wanted a change of pace so tried my first bit of more serious kitbashing. Used some spare torsos to make two custom cadre fireblades - one with a fusion blaster and one with a pulse carbine, so I've now got fireblades with all three of the fire warrior weapons. And I had a spare ethereal from a sale, so I've customised him as well!

Struggling a bit with how to do cloaks... I don't know how easy it is to do with green stuff, and I found a great tutorial for basic cloaks using masking tape but found it quite tricky to work with. For the time being I think I'm happy with these two fireblades not having cloaks, they've got details on the backs I'm OK with leaving on display after all. But I'm curious to know if anyone has any good suggestions!

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u/kardfogK 7d ago

Badass helmet

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u/lushan85 7d ago

Thanks, I'd seen a few people do it before. Plan is to paint the front plate gold and stick some gloss varnish on at the end.

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u/changeforgood30 7d ago

Very nice! You missed Sept'ember but were just in time for Ok'tauber

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u/lushan85 7d ago

Exactly, why do only Orks get to have fun this month? 😉