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Rise of the Riptides: Ion Storm Pattern Tau Army

By Rob Baer | March 6th, 2018 | Categories: Tau, Videos, Warhammer 40k

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Don’t miss this throwback spotlight on an amazing Tau army painted and converted by Top Miniatures that won the painting competition at the ETCs a few years back!

Join us for a look back a few years to an incredible Tau army that’s poised to take tabletops by storm again in 8th Edition! Top Miniatures is a commission painting company out of Eastern Europe and their work will drop your jaw!

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Not enough amazing things can be said about this army, as it looks absolutely incredible! Some time, effort and love definitely went into these models from top to bottom.

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Everything in the army has been magnetized for the ability to swap out weapons with ease (above) and check out these converted “Kroot” models below:

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Some extreme detail went into the conversions as all the troops are based off the Witch Elf, er Daughters of Khaine models.

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Even the Piranha is also converted with some alternate heads and painted with extreme detail to match the rest of the army. Of course, the Drones detach but the bottoms of the drones have also been magnetized so that all the guns can be swapped out pew, pew!

Hit play on the video below to see the entire army in living color!

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About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X

About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.

Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.