My Warhammer 40k Custom Tau Army - 17 years in the making...

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @TabletopTime
    @TabletopTime  3 года назад +55

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    • @SWATDRUMMUH
      @SWATDRUMMUH 3 года назад +1

      is it written as "Sa'kura" or "Sak'ra"? i'm just curious

    • @ToofKilla
      @ToofKilla 3 года назад +1

      What's the song and artist at 12:16

  • @TheUranium92V
    @TheUranium92V 3 года назад +435

    It's always fun to see personalized armies. Makes them more unique and gives the creator opportunities to be more creative.

    • @AdoringAdmirer
      @AdoringAdmirer 3 года назад +6

      I will never not create my own armies. Way too much possibility to create wasted by just copying.

    • @DesiresVisual
      @DesiresVisual 3 года назад +4

      Plus you feel like the army is yours as well like your a general or emperor

    • @TomFoolery350
      @TomFoolery350 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, I agree. Each to their own of course but being creative always ends up in better results. It's so much fun to imagine a background story for your team and make them look special.

  • @SeanConneZombie
    @SeanConneZombie 3 года назад +327

    I would love to see a Kroot detachment done up in this sept. They seem like they would really fit with the lore too.

    • @Omniescent
      @Omniescent 3 года назад +50

      Kroot done as straw hat ronin

    • @SeanConneZombie
      @SeanConneZombie 3 года назад +13

      @@Omniescent exactly what I was thinking!!

    • @collegeoffoliage6776
      @collegeoffoliage6776 3 года назад +7

      Hell yeah, kroot are sick!

    • @AzraelThanatos
      @AzraelThanatos 3 года назад +7

      I keep wanting to convert some Kroot to a more fantasy use. There used to be a great tutorial for them using wood elf bits that are basically nonexistent now

    • @gyneve
      @gyneve 3 года назад +1

      @@collegeoffoliage6776 Sick from eatin people..

  • @wulvercreative6511
    @wulvercreative6511 3 года назад +140

    That colour scheme was genuinely lovely! Can't wait to see it expand :D

    • @narratordave7831
      @narratordave7831 3 года назад +3

      Can't wait to expand it! Round out those squads and paint some tanks. Then onto the mecha!

    • @wulvercreative6511
      @wulvercreative6511 3 года назад

      @@narratordave7831 Once the squads are rounded out more would be amazing to see perhaps a mini diorama between them and the Astra Primursa that you can both work on? Whatever comes next though i know you'll both kick arse

  • @treebongos4765
    @treebongos4765 3 года назад +72

    now i want to see a riptide with a huge katana in that scheme, they look sooooooo nice!

  • @TheHarty1
    @TheHarty1 3 года назад +51

    I've just started a tau army and had this EXACT conversion scheme in mind. Thank you for showing of your killteam and what can now be easily achieved, it's been a boost in confidence in what I might be abke to achieve myself

  • @ConjetteArt
    @ConjetteArt 3 года назад +74

    I love how subtle the pink details are!! It's so hard for me to pick a favorite visual design between the two armies-- flowers vs bears lol-- can't wait to draw fanart of the battle report!!

  • @ClarissaMeyer
    @ClarissaMeyer 3 года назад +26

    Those colors turned out great! The hints of green somehow remind me of twigs getting back to life after winter.
    Can't wait for the battle

  • @The_Real_BoB_
    @The_Real_BoB_ 3 года назад +2

    Bro I loved this it fr made me cry

  • @Infamous4215
    @Infamous4215 3 года назад +10

    These look great, I love seeing the creativity in these homebrew vids. And it's good to see some love for the Tau, it makes me want another Tau Fire Warrior game.

  • @Dragonspirit223
    @Dragonspirit223 3 года назад

    I'm getting into Tau currently, and I can't wait to see this grow! I actually really like their Infantry Armor, and I gotta say, I really like the Samaurai look you got. My personal Sept is the Kohr-Ah Sept, which is the Tau's answer to rioting planets and untrained insurgency actions that get out of control (so they'd deal with angry civilians as well as things like Genestealer Cults). They also have a reputation somewhat similar to Krieg, that being if they get called in, its hit the fan and no survivors will be found among combatants.
    Currently they're very anti-hoard, however as they get called to serve against things that aren't unarmored civilians and their cars they've slowly accumulated more and more large Battlesuits to deal with heavier armor, which is actually what one of their dual Commanders specializes in.
    Their first battle was earlier today actually, them against Harlequins/Craftworld and they did perfectly against the Infantry, but definitely needed heavier firepower, so they've commissioned some heavier weaponry to counter things like that in the future.
    Best of luck! I will await your tales of glory eagerly (oh, and the current concept for paint is Purple, Black, and Green, gonna need to look and see how that actually looks on models though (the game I played was on TTS)).

  • @ShallowVA
    @ShallowVA 3 года назад +20

    Been waiting to finally see these guys! They did not disappoint.

  • @fumarc4501
    @fumarc4501 3 года назад +24

    I love your design and scheme. I wish the Tau had more Auxiliary variety. Gue’vesa are at the top of that list.

    • @shadowofhawk55
      @shadowofhawk55 2 года назад

      Especially since he brought up melee. Gue'vesa would reasonably be kept as a melee force since humans are better than Tau (for a variety of reasons) when compared in hand on hand combat.

  • @TheRealTGR
    @TheRealTGR 3 года назад +1

    Bloody beautiful old chap

  • @yellheahtris
    @yellheahtris 3 года назад +14

    Yoo these turned out sick!! I LOVE the flower banners!! Its cool to see such a delicate flower moved to such a badass theme!!

  • @bettsdn
    @bettsdn 3 года назад +6

    Wow! This is fantastic. I play Tau and these are an inspiration. Honestly it's great to see something on this channel not drenched in streaking grime. o.O

  • @SWATDRUMMUH
    @SWATDRUMMUH 3 года назад +8

    Seriously though, you and Jazza NEED to do an army spread sheet like they do in codices for visual identification and variations! I'm just a sucker for how these armies are organized

  • @toakrikitt
    @toakrikitt 3 года назад

    I like the use of pink in a way that makes them seem very serine and calm and not hyperactive. difficult to do with such a loud color
    I love them

  • @stini334
    @stini334 3 года назад

    I like how you told us about your personal journey in the hobby. Getting to know the people making content is always great and can put things into perspective.

  • @marcusdire8057
    @marcusdire8057 3 года назад

    As a Tau player myself I'm "like"ing this video before I even watch. Seeing the amazing work Dave does, the love and thought he puts into every project, I've been eagerly anticipating this video since Space Bears first teased the fight between them. :D

  • @saintsatan3350
    @saintsatan3350 3 года назад

    Gotta say as a Tau player this is the most exciting theme I've seen. Keep up the awesome work!!!!

  • @Nortic111
    @Nortic111 3 года назад +4

    After such a long time in the planning stage I would love to see these guys in action! Well done on completing them.

  • @hordebane5494
    @hordebane5494 3 года назад +1

    It's amazing how close this is to the custom Tau concept I came up with myself! The japanese designs, the swapped out samurai shoulder armor, the black, red, white color scheme, and even wanting to make custom humans in the squad.
    Just goes to show that great minds think alike! :)

  • @youtousim
    @youtousim 3 года назад

    Awesome work! Tau was one of my first armies, and i still have a spot for them in my heart.
    Having painted a lot of white(ish) and black armor i highly recommend using slightly toned highlights. Skin colors with intermediate blues work wonders on black as a final touch, and a bright sand color or blueish ulthuan gray is great to add some visual interest and natural lightning to whites.

  • @AVspectre
    @AVspectre 2 года назад

    These look outstanding! I’ve looked at all the PuppetWar bits but it’s very cool seeing them incorporated like this. Those back banners look awesome!

  • @joshconfer209
    @joshconfer209 3 года назад +2

    Such a creative take on the tau. They amazing and inspire me a bit. Thanks Dave
    I'd love to see vehicles. This scheme would look great.

  • @erikbraun473
    @erikbraun473 2 года назад

    This definitely got me more excited to see videos similar to it and to work on my own kill teams. It's great being able to add such a personalized touch to a force and kill teams are an awesome way to try those ideas out

  • @Fj079
    @Fj079 2 года назад

    for the greater good! Tau are from release till now my favourite species, army what ever.

  • @justanotherloreaddict
    @justanotherloreaddict 3 года назад +4

    The ending was a surprise, but made my day brighter.

  • @berthulf
    @berthulf 3 года назад +2

    Well, Dave, you're doing better than me, because I still haven't purchased or otherwise acquired any Tau of my own, and I was fascinated when the First Codex came out, back in 3E! Yup, back in 2001! 20 frickadellen years ago! Unfortunately for the Tau though, there are so many more projects that have a place of priority in my brain, and honestly, my PoS is big enough already (even if out of my brother, sister-in-almost-law and, in fact, absolutely everyone I know who plays or paints... mine is easily the smallest PoS I know of).

  • @davidbindewald273
    @davidbindewald273 2 года назад

    Great video! Can't wait for the battle report against the space bears.
    Another reason for the Tau carrying swords could be that they play a similar role to the Wakizashi swords carried by the Samurai. A Samurai would mainly use his katana for combat and the Wakizashi remained at his side as a symbol of honour that he always carried with him (never losing his honour). The Sakura could be carrying their swords for sentimental reasons while mainly using their rifles for combat.

  • @iiruniaalice1764
    @iiruniaalice1764 3 года назад

    guilty of seeing your videos till the end. It's worth it. This battle report is years in the making, may the minis stay away from the floor, especially that tau with the sakura tree

  • @Fredericco1
    @Fredericco1 3 года назад +1

    Nice.
    On one side brute warriors from cold winter. On the other, elegant ones bringing spring :D

  • @freddiedaniels2680
    @freddiedaniels2680 3 года назад

    This is... incredible! Great job, I loved seeing your thought process and all the techniques used to make this beautiful army, it's truly inspiring and given me some ideas for my own tau. Keep up the great work!

  • @auradmg
    @auradmg 11 месяцев назад

    I like the idea of a T'au Katana not being an offensive weapon but a defence tool. You could lorecraft them as hardened mini-shields that are wielded to deflect incoming gunfire, playing off the tropes of Samurai deflecting bullets with their swords.

  • @oranalana7992
    @oranalana7992 3 года назад +3

    Murray!!! BIG HUG! Good to see you introduced outside of the storage locker. 😁👍

  • @RisingApe
    @RisingApe 3 года назад +2

    They look really pretty, well done Dave

  • @savageYP
    @savageYP Год назад

    Ohhh my god!!! I cant even those models look so amazing and unique the only word i can think of is just beautiful they are so cool great job man your so talented id love to see more of these hell id love to see them in person and play against them.

  • @z.i.u.s4606
    @z.i.u.s4606 3 года назад +10

    While I personally have a grudge towards the T’au for 8th edition, you have my admiration for all of your hard work and all the time you put into making this

  • @thegunslinger448
    @thegunslinger448 2 года назад

    Love this video, well any video where the Tau are getting some love is awesome, those custom Tau are definitely amazing creations that do feel as tho they belong, I honestly hope we can see more of your tau army looking like this

  • @savagex466-qt1io
    @savagex466-qt1io 3 года назад

    Are you kidding me ? Amazing. Man these are awsome. Thanks for sharing.

  • @brains4845
    @brains4845 3 года назад

    I love the colour scheme and the simple conversions are just great. Would definitely love to see a commander done up like this at some point.

  • @taylorjohnson5148
    @taylorjohnson5148 2 года назад

    These are fantastic

  • @tadpole5716
    @tadpole5716 3 года назад

    I would pay so much money to get a full army of this. I was thinking of painting my T'au pink, but couldn't think of a good way to pull it off. This is amazing!! Well done.

  • @RtxtDriver
    @RtxtDriver 3 года назад

    Great work dude~! I love the tau and it’s always nice to see more tau allied aliens or humans in this case :). Good luck in the game against the marines

  • @sheriffsnowtrooper6516
    @sheriffsnowtrooper6516 3 года назад

    Those look awesome and I admire the amount of projects that Dave has taken on the gundam, the army, the battle report vs the space bears

  • @slashes22
    @slashes22 3 года назад +2

    I can barely wait to see you painting a whole army of Sa'kura Tau, with air support!

  • @sniperlemming
    @sniperlemming 3 года назад

    Your story is so weirdly in line with mine. When i was working my first job (a little over 15 years ago) i picked up some GW tools, paints, basing materials, and a Tau Firewarriors. I Brought it home, opened the box, put it all back in the box and put it in the closet, and it took me until The Starpulse Cadre to decide to go back, and so last year i bought that big box and so this last year i have been (VERY SLOWLY) putting them together, and buying things for a small workshop to do more, faster. Also just invested in an amazon bundle Airbrush kit and also just bought the Elegoo Saturn SLA 3D Printer, and various accessories for that. I'm trying to learn as much as i can as fast as i can so i can start building a table to play on.

  • @loltwest9423
    @loltwest9423 3 года назад

    *Clears throat* WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    In all seriousness, they look amazing and gorgeous. I love them.

  • @XrayWabbits
    @XrayWabbits 3 года назад

    Amazing concept for an army. I love the geometric design of the Tao and anything samurai/cherry blossom is perfect

  • @chadkittleson5447
    @chadkittleson5447 3 года назад

    Big fan of the Tau, so I love to see you expand out. Love the battle suits especially. Great video!

  • @augustuseudociazephyrus7424
    @augustuseudociazephyrus7424 3 года назад

    As a T'au fan who loves mecha and samurai.. this puts a smile on my face. :D

  • @hordebane5494
    @hordebane5494 3 года назад

    I absolutely love the drone heads on the stealth suits. I've always thought they looked a bit clunky. The drone heads make them look way cooler and give the same visual feeling as a straw hat on a samurai. Great choice!

  • @adennkyramud116
    @adennkyramud116 3 года назад

    Really loved Murray's contribution here, 10/10.
    Also, curses! Now I need to do something with my Tau too. I could resist the space bears because I play chaos, but this is too beautiful. Time to finally build up my Tau starter set, lol

  • @nickritchie2154
    @nickritchie2154 3 года назад +4

    Sweet! Really love the stealth suit design.

  • @okayminiatures7573
    @okayminiatures7573 3 года назад +5

    Love what you've done with these guys! I like how the stealth suits look like they have the classic straw hats. I'm probably the only one who associates those with samurai (thanks to Ninjago's Sensei Wu). I also like the mini lantern on the base.
    Keep up the great work!

  • @jessicahawkins669
    @jessicahawkins669 3 года назад +1

    Those Tau look amazing. I still am completely clueless when it comes to Warhammer, but the models look great!
    I would love to see more of this little sect!

    • @شوالمتخصص
      @شوالمتخصص 3 года назад

      watch the adeptus ridiculous they are good at explaining WH40 lore with a bit of memes on the side

  • @wepunchdragons3733
    @wepunchdragons3733 Год назад

    You just made my day. This is what I am doing with my own Tau.

  • @DoctorMagoo111
    @DoctorMagoo111 3 года назад +1

    I absolutely adore the way this sept looks and also your Guevesa (sp?) modeling job. I've always been a lover of the more border Tau, who eschew some of the doctrine for practicality and battle advantages (e.g Farsight).
    For flavor and a future larger army, it might be nice to get some Crisis suits kitted out more for close quarters/melee. Or, as another commenter suggested, Kroot. Maybe in that latter case, do some kitbashing and conversions with some lizardmen and other similarly inclined xenos to really sell the mixed units and open style the sept has needed to adopt due to their line of work.

    • @narratordave7831
      @narratordave7831 3 года назад +1

      I have lots of plans for abhumans and xenos - I in particular want to convert a really noble beastman fire warrior breacher who leads the charge. Some mutant who was shown nothing but love born inside the borders of the Tau empire - Free of hatred and judgement, who knows what a beastman could become?

    • @DoctorMagoo111
      @DoctorMagoo111 3 года назад

      @@narratordave7831 I eagerly await the noble, horned champion of the Greater Good.

  • @theeyeiswatching8036
    @theeyeiswatching8036 3 года назад

    looks amazing!!! inspired me to strip and paint my Tau in the way I've been visualising for a while now. white with a nice orange trim

  • @monolithichashies7477
    @monolithichashies7477 3 года назад

    Dude these are gorgeous!!! As a Tau fan this is awesome and I can't wait to see more!!

  • @jakoblundeborg9881
    @jakoblundeborg9881 3 года назад +1

    Insanely cool! Especially like the stealth suits!!!

  • @velrockartminiatures
    @velrockartminiatures 3 года назад

    My patience would have worn off about half way through the first mini. Great job on these! The Tau armor is awesome!

  • @vengeancegauloise6049
    @vengeancegauloise6049 2 года назад

    Great concept, great execution, and I love how carefully considered the fluff is

  • @SoCPlasma
    @SoCPlasma 3 года назад +1

    Love the sept concept!! I can't wait to see more!!

  • @rikidog2682
    @rikidog2682 3 года назад +1

    It's been great watching these come together! Love the bases!

  • @TT_Veteran
    @TT_Veteran 3 года назад

    SUCH A COOL LOOKING ARMY! Love this so much, I never really considered the options kill team opens up when it comes to creative ideas such as this.

  • @Philbrush
    @Philbrush 3 года назад

    Been looking forward to seeing what you did with this squad…and it does not disappoint. I really like the theme too…great work…now to see which army can dominate!

  • @StarK1d23
    @StarK1d23 2 года назад

    If I were to make my own custom army I would want them to look like this. You did an incredible job with the painting and the samurai theme is cool 👍🏻

  • @kristibunny1620
    @kristibunny1620 3 года назад

    These are aoooo clean and sharp my OCD brain LOVES them!

  • @Grimlock0508
    @Grimlock0508 3 года назад

    That is probs one of my fav killteams ive seen in a long time

  • @mathowe2098
    @mathowe2098 3 года назад

    So neat, the samurai feel really fits with the to tau. Cant wait to see the killteam game between the bears. Definitely looking forward to seeing the rest of the army in the future. Very curious on how the mechs are going to turn out.

  • @earnestbrown6524
    @earnestbrown6524 2 года назад

    The 1st Tau army I even saw after they 1st came out was painted as Macross SDF army. The suits painted as the different character's Veritechs.

  • @vgfodaodemais1723
    @vgfodaodemais1723 3 года назад +1

    Yep, this is sick, jazzas team is going down

  • @Trisaart
    @Trisaart 3 года назад +2

    last time i was this early the moria goblin models looked good

  • @nathanielross7767
    @nathanielross7767 3 года назад +3

    I love this unique interpretation of the tau, my tau force is no were near as cool. Id love to see more.

  • @xxfazepokisniperxdxx
    @xxfazepokisniperxdxx 3 года назад

    Finally I've been so excited for this ever since you mentioned t'au

  • @Murphy5-5
    @Murphy5-5 3 года назад

    Those drones as hats make the units look like wandering traders :D great job, makes me wanna continue my grey knights

  • @brushjockeystudios6562
    @brushjockeystudios6562 3 года назад

    Have always loved the Tau! Great project Dave!

  • @Jay_Maul
    @Jay_Maul 3 года назад

    The lore really made the video fantastic!

  • @C4551DY
    @C4551DY 3 года назад

    I like the idea of having an Ork Tau unit, it'd be fun and also would show how vastly varied and diverse the Tau faction can be

  • @1CaptainFunk1
    @1CaptainFunk1 3 года назад

    I’ve literally started a custom Tau kill team too dude, I went a darker approach making my pathfinder team all sole survivors of harsh conflicts brought together as a single seek and destroy unit. Given them a headhunter vibe as they collect the heads of targets and wear the skulls of the most powerful creatures of the galaxy they kill.

  • @elliotreeves2725
    @elliotreeves2725 3 года назад

    those models look drop dead gorgeous 🤩🤩🤩

  • @Mrpanzonebontempone
    @Mrpanzonebontempone 3 года назад

    Dude, they are fantastic! Love it

  • @te9591
    @te9591 3 года назад

    These look great. The feudal blend into future is so cool.

  • @seanabbott4164
    @seanabbott4164 3 года назад

    Love the Tau! I have been waiting for this since Jazza mentioned that you were making custom Tau chapter.
    That being said I would love to see your take on a custom Space marine chapter as well!

  • @Frosty4427
    @Frosty4427 3 года назад

    Absolutely love the colour-scheme and conversion work. Feeling inspired to make my own Tau kill teame.

  • @GeneralRasp
    @GeneralRasp 3 года назад

    The team looks amazing!! Also stayed to the end of the video, Hi Murray!!

  • @trazyntheinfinitehereforur828
    @trazyntheinfinitehereforur828 3 года назад

    4:25 if you were a samurai you always had two swords even if they weren’t allowed their large sword that’s why there are 3 major decreasing sizes (katana, wakazashi and tanto) also i’d love if there were in the major base like the largest or command area there was a sakura tree which is the main meeting area for the different members

  • @charleyedwards2121
    @charleyedwards2121 3 года назад

    agreed the Xeno are the heart of 40k great video man

  • @coshikerifuda
    @coshikerifuda 2 года назад

    Such an amazing way to build some Tau! Its really a big Inspiration for me right now because i search for an army for kill Team, and I'm totally in Love with your Design! I'm totally Not skilled in all this painting and crafting stuff of the Hobby, i'm really Not a creative Person, but i think i'm gonna try such an Design as Well to be able to battle some Toaster Boys 🐱

  • @mini-paintingpapa
    @mini-paintingpapa 3 года назад

    Gorgeous work! I love Puppetswar! Great conversions and awesome final product! Can’t wait to see them on the table!!!

  • @hallygreenb
    @hallygreenb 3 года назад

    Possibly the most, just, beautiful kill team I've seen. This is going to inspire my Sororitas!

  • @insanemang9983
    @insanemang9983 2 года назад

    You could say the swords are more for show than anything else. Essentially being a branch off of the commander farsight enclave that still sticks to ranged combat.

  • @KederektundUnx
    @KederektundUnx 3 года назад

    I'm not a GW games players, so i don't know if someone had done those samurai tau, but, wow, that's a really nice convertion.

  • @johncloud3823
    @johncloud3823 3 года назад

    I’ve got to say- you guys do amazing jobs on these custom factions! I love the work you guys do, and you are always inspiring me to try new things! I’ve seen a couple new space bears kill teams, can’t wait to see more of the sák’ura sept! Love the Japanese style samurai banners!

  • @Ennomen69
    @Ennomen69 3 года назад +1

    For me the snow is a bit too much but still a very very cool theme and nicely done work! Love it!

  • @justaperson9842
    @justaperson9842 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful colour scheme!
    I would love to see it on some crisis suits or a ghost keel, I think it would really work well on them!

  • @samgadson6572
    @samgadson6572 3 года назад

    Definitely inspired me since im currently working on 2000 points of tau and wanna try kitbashing my last 500 points I gotta assemble

  • @ArtoftheCrowe
    @ArtoftheCrowe 3 года назад +1

    That turned out amazing can't wait to see how that battle turns out.