I wanted to do a test model today for a Tau color scheme. I was looking through the new Tau Codex and there's this green colored Broadside battlesuit on page 89 that looks a lot like an old transformer called Sixshot I used to own.
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I really like the colors but how its painted still eludes me. But he did really remind me of Sixshot. Not sure why though. Maybe its the green.
Anyways I tried to paint up a test model on a whim, but discovered I never really built or primed any of the Tau Firewarriors.
I used an Eldar Dire Avenger I had lying around as the test subject hehehe!
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Anyways I tried to paint up a test model on a whim, but discovered I never really built or primed any of the Tau Firewarriors.
I used an Eldar Dire Avenger I had lying around as the test subject hehehe!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4NVihoJOzt98i9f5njtgW4PB0Xr3LIr9ePGIfAvsRF96oRjDdcRNi11-9sba-Zavew7Y90oYcYQGSciMMcfvYzHB9IibGlYJco6ft6aYJ-kiwKjknqPPrSvRj6We4X8Q2xNV4HwqdRE/s640/sixshotwip01.jpg)
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I used the new Citadel paint called Sybarite Green on a base of Regal Blue. I painted him in about 10 minutes. He looks to be the only one of his kind. Not sure I'll do a whole army in that color scheme.
I definitely had some giggles when I finished painting him though.
Cheers!
I definitely had some giggles when I finished painting him though.
Cheers!
Looks like a good color mix. I still own a Sixshot Figure, bought me backin the early 90's in college when I went to a toy show and he was priced cheap.
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