Cadre of Mesme Ukos Refresh
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About the Project
My Tau have been languishing partly done for going on 20 years. The release of the new Farsight model made me want to finally get the army finished. They are organised by 20 years ago rules, but I'm sticking with it and they will hopefully finally be feeling loved again.
Related Game: Warhammer 40,000
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Science Fiction
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2026
This Project is Active
Tanks, in the shadows or just waiting to shine?
Undercoated and ready to go, the tanks have been patiently waiting alongside as I painted my way through other items. Receiving a coat here and a coat there in between the smaller fry.
While they take awhile to paint they look lovely once done, so I’ll keep on keeping on 🙂
End of Spring Clean Challenge round up:
So, here we are at the end of the Spring Clean Challenge and it’s been so much fun!
I have decided that I’m going to continue on with the Tau and keep updated this blog for fun 🙂 as it has helped me to keep my motivation.
Here is my round up of where I’ve got to at the challenge deadline.
Far smaller Unpainted pile!!Crisis suits in crisis??
Battlesuit progress at the end of the line….
My battlesuits are shaping up nicely. Still work to be done but I am pleased that I managed to get as far as I have.
Battlesuit makeovers begin
Adding vomit brown & red goreThe Forgeworld Squad
From bare resin these guys needed a good wash and a coat of enamel Matt black
Primed and ready for their makeovers! Bring on the Broadsides
Starting point.
All finished!
The originals were updated to add some touches of yellow for heavy artillery
I also touched up all the smudges and refreshed some of the red that was a little dull in places
My forge works suit had to be primed and painted. 
All done & back in the cabinetOoops! Nearly forgot to show off the Stealth Suits
It seems I showed you all the stealth suits going into the cabinet but completely forgot to add their update entry. Most of the team were painted years ago, but I had three suits, a drone & a marker still black.
I checked & dusted the painted guys, I must say I love the Shadowsun model with these guys.
The three black ones were treated to their paint jobs. A base layer of vomit brown. Various panels picked out in the red gore & blood red. Weaponry has silver in the mix. My favourite part of the stealth suits is my camo pattern of all the veins. In my head the pattern is actually a fancy tech display that fuzzes and makes the Tau invisible. I’m thinking electromagnetic meets green screen type tech.
I also updated all the drones to have the veins on the lids.
Shadowsun gets added purple as she’s a commander.
