Devilfish painting complete - Sort of

So here is the majority of my first devilfish completed. I still have some detail work to do to it, but I am overall very happy with it. It is capturing my main paint scheme which is a white and ice blue combination. I plan on having my units color coded. Alpha Company uses Ice Blue, Bravo Compan uses Enchanted Blue, and Charlie Company will be Midnight Blue. I plan on having 12 Firewarriors and one Devilfish in each color combo at first. I am definitely not the best painter, but it is fun and calming. Can't complain.

Foam Transport

So I thought I would just talk a little bit about storage. I was using a large tupperware bin with all of my models shoved in and moving around. I have been lucky that nothing has broken, but of course it is not the best way to transport models. With my daemon army, I had magnetized the base of each model and the put a sheet of metal at the bottom of one of the cases. Since the case is too small, I am having to look at new alternatives. The first is foam from Battlefoam.




The above is the foam for 2 Devilfish and 8 drones. Below is a 24 man crew carrier.




So my initial thoughts were that it took a long time for them to arrive. 3+ weeks. So I happy to see that the quality was worth the wait. They are both solid on construction. My biggest negative would be that the Firewarriors need to have their weapons at a certain angle for them to fit. Since I received many of my current models from other people, I have more than a few models that will not fit. The vehicle carrier works well, but only if you turn the attached cannon/sensor to the side. Since some of the previous owners to mmy models decided to glue the cannons on straight, they do not fit as well. I will be trying to get a custom foam made for my pirahna and broadsides. I'll report more then. Overall, I like the product, just be careful what you order.

Mechanized List

I have been playing with a mechnized list for Tau for a couple of weeks, and think I know the next list I will test out. Hope to play it this weekend or next week.

Commander
Shas'el - BC, Flamer, MP, SI, HWMT

Troops (3x)
Firewarriors - 7 per unit
Devilfish - BC, SMS, DL, DP, FD, LG, MT, TA

Heavy (3x)
Hammerhead - RG, SMS, DL, DP, FD, LG, MT

Fast (2x)
Piranha (2) - FB, GD, DP, FD

Fast (1x)
Piranha (2) - BC, GD, DP, FD

First post

Let me first introduce myself. My name is Josh and I am a 40k player in Colorado Springs. I have been playing Warhammer Fanatasy for about 3 years and 40k about a year. The Tau are my second army, having played Daemons in both Fantasy and 40k first. But now the Tau are my favorite. I will periodically play my daemons again and will post reports on here as well. I hope you enjoy this blog and that you can gain some insight into the Tau that I have learned and continue to learn each time I play.