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CHAOS TAU! Kitbashing & Painting Warhammer’s FORBIDDEN Army

Midwinter Minis

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Let’s twist the narrative slightly, and imagine what some Chaos-aligned Tau might look like!

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20 Comments

@MidwinterMinis Creator 3 years ago Pinned

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@mausolus8466 3 years ago

My tip for the Skitarii - non-Chaotic Hereteks. Those who turned back on the Imperium and its teachings, yet did manage not to succumb to call of Chaos. Using forbidden mix of AdMechs' and Xenos' technology, with gritty look of outlaws.

@tabletoptrilobite9816 3 years ago

Guy calling the Ethereal a Farseer caused d6 mortal wounds

@apathy_in_ut 3 years ago

I think a napoleonic war admech army could be a fun.

@Le_Hog 3 years ago

Guys palette is more paint than palette.

@dragonsmith9502 3 years ago

I personally think a necron-worshipping Xenos-cult Mechanicum color scheme like that one found in the Mechanicus game would be super cool! black robes and deep metal accented with glowing green sounds awesome!

@manzokushisan 3 years ago (edited)

The gw corpse heads are from the old zombie boxes. As for the mechanicum make them chaos as well to see who have the true will of the Gods.

@joshfrance898 3 years ago

The cloaks of the admech would fit well with a WW1 trenchcoat look.

@GamePlayer553 3 years ago

Midwinter Minis is the ultimate champion of the "I did it cuz I thought it would be cool" style of painting and kitbashing and I love seeing it. Always prefer it when people have fun and do up minis the way they want as opposed to the strict "There Can Be No Fun In My Grimdark Army Man Game" method some go with. As a T'au player looking to make Orky followers of the T'au'va, I approve!

@EisenKreutzer 3 years ago

Since you went with Chaos themed Tau, how about Necron themed Admech? Green glows and grey metal bits to represent an Admech army thats delved a bit too deeply into ancient Necron tombs.

@CalfOnTheRun 3 years ago

Farsight's sword isn't actually chaos, its just an ancient xenos sword made by an alien race older than the imperium, out of a material called a 'chronophagic alloy'. The alien race were also themselves very anti chaos, considering they developed many runes to help contain and deny the warp. (Hence all those khorne daemons trapped under Arthas Moloc). Although the dawn blade itself does take the lifespan cutshort of its victims, it in itself isn't necessarily evil.

@Malganis85 3 years ago

If you want a recommendation for the AdMech, I say go with some variation of the Styges VIII Forgeworld scheme! The Styges VIII Mechanicum are rife with Xenarites who adapt and venerate xenos technologies, so could make for some fun kitbashes as well.

That said, their black and red scheme might not contrast very well with these grim and gritty Chaos Tau.