FIREWARRIORS

Warriors of the
Fire Warriors are the Tau
Empire’s front line troops,
expanding its frontiers with each
battle they fight. Whether fielded Advanced Assembly

Fire Caste
as solid walls of infantry, or
mounted in Devilfish transports A few conversions in each Fire Warrior
as air cavalry, no Tau army can squad can help personalise your army.
do without its Fire Warriors.
Cutting and bending limbs to create running (1) and (4) or
crawling poses (2).

1 Using Green Stuff to fill gaps created by posing (6), or to

remodel hands (4), (5) and (6).

Mixing parts from kits, such as (3), which incorporates

pieces from the Tau Tank Accessory sprue.

Adding extra detail, (6) for example, has a pin for an aerial.

Basic Assembly 2 3 4 5 6
When assembling your models, consider the angle at which the
warrior’s weapon is held and which way his head is looking.

The weapon held up high, with the head posed at an angle

looking along the gun, so the firer is aiming (1) and (3). i Fil ii
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whilst he observes an enemy’s movements (2) and (5). off the the arm to create a flat surface.

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Varying the angle of the cut changes
Held to the side, while the warrior is walking (6), or held in one hand which direction it will point. Pin the joint
whilst the other prepares a grenade or activates a scanning device (4). for strength, then fill in the gap with
Green Stuff. Leave it to dry for 20
minutes, then press lines into it with a
sculpting tool to mimic the cloth of the
undersuit. His hand (ii) has also been
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The model at the bottom has had his

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wrist (iii) and knee joint (iv) similarly

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wrist
repositioned. He is carrying his helmet,
which was made by removing the neck
2 3 4 5 6 with a modelling knife from a Tau
helmeted head.

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The T’au Sept For more on layering
Details
T’au is an arid, desert world, the favoured climate of the
Painting Tau Skin
and extreme
Tau race. The colour scheme is quite easy to paint using highlighting, check
the Layering and Extreme Highlighting techniques, the out pages 38 and 40
Highl Highl Highl
latter being applied to the armour, over a black of How to Paint Base
co
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t 1
igh
t 2
igh
t 3
undercoat. Tau equipment is very hi-tech and clean, so Citadel Miniatures.

take your time and try to be neat with your lines.

£12

Stage One Stage Two

Shadow Grey (the eyes 1:3 mix Bleached Bone/ 2:3 mix Bleached Bone/ 1:1 mix Bleached Bone/
Eyepiece Tau Symbol Armour lining Eyepiece are left black). Shadow Grey Shadow Grey Shadow Grey
Scab Red Skull White Tin Bitz highlight
Armour Gun Stabiliser Blood Red
Undersuit
Vomit Brown Tin Bitz highlight (Layer) Tau Symbol
Bleached Bone Chaos Black
Undersuit Black highlight Scorched Brown
Scorched Brown (Layer)
Codex Grey/
Chaos Black
Black highlight
(Extreme)
Gun Stabiliser
highlight (Layer)
Shining Gold
Sept Markings
Codex Grey/
Chaos Black The Tau utilise a great many Squad Leader Variants
markings and insignia, many
of which determine such
The circular device at the end of the Lining requires a steady hand. Either things as the wearer’s rank
pulse rifle is the gun stabiliser. apply the paint as a thin line, or and unit. These are derived

Squad Leader

Squad Leader

water it down before painting it into
recessed detail like this and wiping
off the excess.
Squad Leader
from the ancient warpaint
worn by the Fire caste in
the earliest history of the
race. Although the exact
form these markings take

Stage Three Stage Four

Squad Numbers
can be varied according to
your own tastes, their
colour is tied to the sept
Armour Sept Eyepiece from which the wearer
highlight (Layer) Markings highlight (dot)
Bronzed Flesh Skull White Skull White
originates.
The Tau use a wide

Squad 1

Squad 2

Squad 3
Undersuit Undersuit
Gun Stabiliser variety of stripes and circles
highlight (Layer) highlight
Bleached Bone/ highlight (Layer) Bleached Bone (layer) Armour to indicate rank, role etc.
Scorched Brown Burnished Gold Scorched Brown Highlight Although you don’t need to
(Extreme ‘translate’ them exactly, they
Black highlight Highlight) Example Sept Colours
Codex Grey come in handy as a simple
Bleached Bone
Bronzed Flesh
squad numbering system.
Simply count a single stripe All models in an army will
as team one, two stripes as usually have the same colour

Ke’lshan Sept

D’yanoi Sept
team two and so on. Team

The highlighting on the armour is a mix Lenses on models look great when
of Layering and Extreme Highlighting. painted like this – just paint a crescent
The final highlight should only be of a lighter colour to the underside of
applied to the very edge of the armour. the basecoat, opposite this, apply a dot
of Skull White paint.
Au’taal Sept
sept markings, and the squad
leaders wear the same markings are applied to drones
identity stripes, but these fill and transport vehicles
larger areas of their armour. associated with the unit.

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Sniper Drone Team Many of the principles discussed in
relation to the Fire Warriors apply here.
Red Bas
Deep eco
at

Deep red basecoat mix

4 parts Scab Red
2 parts Chaos Black
3 parts Scorched Brown

Commander Shadowsun.
p Red Highl
Dee igh
ts

Deep red highlight mix

4 parts Scab Red
2 parts Chaos Black
3 parts Scorched Brown
1 part Bleached bone
Black highlight Black highlight 2
(Layer) (Extreme Highlight)
Codex Grey Fortress Grey
This Sniper Drone and Spotter have been painted by Neil Hodgson
in the same colours as the ‘Eavy Metal Stealth teams, as both are
equipped with stealth generators.

Stealth Team T’au Sept Fire Warriors.

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Cadians are ambushed by Tau of the Sa’cea sept.

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