Tau Firewarrior

[weasel.acuh5o]

to be honest, I have no idea what a tau is supposed to look up close (or rather what you want him to look like), so I can't comment on that. the model's shaping up nicely though, and if you manage to get everything up to the quality you got on the face then we're in for a great one. looking forward to more of this, it's a nice change to see a 40k model that's not another tank or a space marine. :P

[Masakari]

Great stuff! As a big fan of Tau, i'm loving this!

Only minor crit is that the lower leg seems too short, thus making the whole leg seem shorter.

[benclark]

final tweaks, standing at 9700 unoptimised but I'm pretty sure i can get it down under 9000 when I merge some sections. Ready to start the high res armour tomorow

[W1LLDAB3AST]

Wow, looks great! He would look cool with this gun:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...T/render-3.jpg

[retardedmonkey]

Nice Ben, I like all the accessories at his side, I think you should give him a cape and make him shoot spider webs out of his arm. To be unique, and mix things up a bit.

The sizes of the shoulder armor look real good, I love the larger on one side and smaller on the other. Only thing I see that I can really crit on right now is the sword at his side. It seems kind of wimpy, I would make that sucker longer for sure.

Oh and his feet look good even though you dislike them

Great work spanky, please keep goin...

[glynnsmith]

Originally Posted by retardedmonkey

Nice Ben, I like all the accessories at his side, I think you should give him a cape and make him shoot spider webs out of his arm. To be unique, and mix things up a bit.

Laser cannons from the crotch. Do it! DOOOO IIIIIIIT!!!!

Man, I haven't been getting new post reminders for this. I've missed quite a bit

Just wanted to ask how come you haven't set up smoothing groups whilst you've been working?

It's looking really cool so far, mate. I love soldier units with loads of equipment. They just look so solid

Keep on dude. Hopefully, I'll be watching

[CIgano]

Originally Posted by W1LLDAB3AST

Wow, looks great! He would look cool with this gun:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...T/render-3.jpg

kekeke will, nice to see you here.

However this fellow would definately not fit in with emdg's concept, in the 40K universe they use plasma rifles.

[Briamond]

that's shaping up really well!
Looks like he's carrying a lot on him will that effect his posture you think?
High res head looks pretty sweet.

[chris89]

hey alchy, don't you think the bottom legs look a bit flat from the side in comparison with the front?

[benclark]

W1LLDAB3AST - thanks for the suggestion, but I'm going with the Tau sniper rifle for this guy

Mike - thanks the sword thing is meant to be a ritual dagger these guy carry but I might end up making it a fully fledged sword

Glynn - I dont setup smoothing groups because the faceted view makes it easier to see my mesh spacing. I'll make a seperate version with crotch cannons just for you

Chris - Thanks! I hadnt noticed that on the leg. That part is going into Zbrush so I'll fix it up in there.

thanks for the comments guys. Heres a bit of work on the high res body armour, still very wip, the squigly parts will be fixed up when I smooth again, just keeping it low just now for quick saving...