#TenBlades

Tau Pathfinder model from the front. His gun is lowered, while he holds a knife in his left hand. He is mid sprint, knife outstretched, as if he was about to attack someone. He does now wear a helmet, so we can see that his left eye is bionic and green. His armor is red, beginning from a dark red on the bottom to a lighter one on top. He walks over small stones in a sea of grass.

Side view of the same model. From this PoV it's visible that his left leg is severed below the knee, replaced by a simple prothestic in the colour of his armour. His jumpsuit is grey.

Back view. The control panel on the back of his armor is connected to his shoulder pad by a simple strip of cloth on which T'au alphabet signs are written. It's just simply the Tau version of 'Aun'.

A sword kit from the game Ghost of Tsushima. It's the kot 'Bishamon's Fortune'. Its scabbard is a dark red, turning to a lighter red. The cloth around it is grey, with a small motif of lighter grey. All in all, it's the same colour as the armor and the jumpsuit of the T'au Pathfinder.

Finished the 4th of my #tenBlades, the Blooded.
Some ideas:
- Orks ate his leg, he survived.
- Not wearing his helmet, he learned that from SMs.
- His Twi'ter bio is "Aun'va is KING! Pathfinder, Father, husband in that order."
Obnoxious guy.
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Picture of a T'au model. It's a pathfinder, in mid-run, with his rifle lowered and a blade stretched out. You can see that he has a protesthic foot instead of the normal T'au hoove. Hoof? You know, his xenos clomper.

Close up of his shoulder pad. It has a slight transition from dark to a lighter red. The sept symbol is black, with light red lines in the inner.

Mixing my routine up and switching for a miniature or two from #TheOldWorld to #Warhammer40k. Decided to do one of my #TenBlades... not sure if I really get the dark-red to light-red transition I planned to do.
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T'au pathfinder for a Kill Team. The T'au's armour is painted in a light blue, transitioning to a darker one. On his helmet, there are branches painted, with silvery blossoms. His jump suit is painted in a turquoise colour. He is standing on a stepping stone on water, the grassy shoreline right in front of him. He is shown from the right, his heavy weapon, an ion rifle, in focus. The weapon is painted in light btownish colours, with almost yellow accents.

T'au pathfinder for a Kill Team. The T'au's armour is painted in a light blue, transitioning to a darker one. On his helmet, there are branches painted, with silvery blossoms. His jump suit is painted in a turquoise colour. He is standing on a stepping stone on water, the grassy shoreline right in front of him. He is shown from the other side, his pauldron bears the same branches as his helmet.

T'au pathfinder for a Kill Team. The T'au's armour is painted in a light blue, transitioning to a darker one. On his helmet, there are branches painted, with silvery blossoms. His jump suit is painted in a turquoise colour. He is standing on a stepping stone on water, the grassy shoreline right in front of him. Shown from behind. His jump suit is better visible, along with the back of his armour, where the transition from light to dark is more obvious.

A sword kit style from the game Ghost of Tsushima, called Spider's Kiss. It's grip and sword block is brownish, the main part is blue, going from light to dark. Branches and silvery blossoms are painted on it. A turquoise cloth strap is attached to it. All in all, these are the same colours the T'au is painted in.

After an almost month long painting hiatus, finished the third #TenBlades, a weapons expert.
Happy with the free hand branches, the transition from light to dark blue, and finally got a half-decent water effect. Hope the next T'au doesn't take a month.
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The first of my #TenBlades!
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A chimera of an image: it's the gray-and-white painting of the Shinbakufu from Assassins Creed: Shadows. BUT! I edited a bunch of T'au heads on their bodies to show my ideas of my team of specialist. It's just a bunch of T'au heads from different images. Accidentally, after two decades of hobby, I might have created my greatest artistic contribution to Warhammer with this. o.q

Why do I paint my T'au #TenBlades in different colours? Because I really dig the idea of "widely different team of specialist" that @ubisoft.com does in their games. So when I played #R6 and #ACshadows, I wanted to do my own, combined with Ghost of Tsushimas colours.
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A photo showing a T'au pathfinder. His armor is a dark black, with lighter grey stripes. The sept symbol on his shoulder, taken from a Fire Warrior, is a light grey with a yellow dot on top. He is outfitted with the trappings of a drone controller, carrying the console on his back. His jumpsuit is a bright yellow, with zick-zack dotted lines crosses upon his pants. He is shown from the front, moving towards the cam.

A photo showing a T'au pathfinder. His armor is a dark black, with lighter grey stripes. The sept symbol on his shoulder, taken from a Fire Warrior, is a light grey with a yellow dot on top. He is outfitted with the trappings of a drone controller, carrying the console on his back. His jumpsuit is a bright yellow, with zick-zack dotted lines crosses upon his pants. He is shown from the side, showing more of his pants and the console on his back. He is standing on to flagstones, surrounded by green grass.

A photo showing a T'au pathfinder. His armor is a dark black, with lighter grey stripes. The sept symbol on his shoulder, taken from a Fire Warrior, is a light grey with a yellow dot on top. He is outfitted with the trappings of a drone controller, carrying the console on his back. His jumpsuit is a bright yellow, with zick-zack dotted lines crosses upon his pants. He is shown from the other side. He is leaning forward as if in motion, with his carbine on display.

A screenshot of a sword kit style from the video game Ghost of Tsushima. It's the "Hunting Bear" style: the scabbard is striped with black and grey. A bright yellow tape of fabric is strung around the scabbard, with black dotted lines zick-zacking over it. The colours of the sword scabbard and the fabric match the armour and the jumpsuit of the T'au Pathfinder!

Finished the second of my #TenBlades T'au Pathfinders, the drone controller!
Doing every member of my #killteam as a different sword style from Ghost of Tsushima. Halfway happy with this, but the stripes are somewhat quirky. Next one won't have stripes!
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