Convert & paint your own Warhammer 40,000 Tau Human Auxiliary! | Duncan Rhodes

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

We really hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial, it was a blast to make and really fun to convert. Let us know below if you have any more awesome ideas for converting Human Auxiliaries, we'd love to read them. If you enjoyed this video then please leave a like, comment or Subscribe to the channel. If you'd like to support what we do, then why not consider becoming an Academy Member (www.duncanrhodes.com). Only £3.99 per month with access to everything and best of all, we haven't had a price increase for 4 years 😉

[@BeepBoop2221]

Could you convert a tau auxiliary vehicle?

[@laarhaaga]

It would actually be awesome to see rules for Gue'vesa units on tabletop. I mean, Brood Brothers are already there for the Genestealer Cults, what's taking T'au loyalists so long? The Greater Good demands!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

It would be cool. Just use Guardsmen rules for now :-)

[@Veqtor]

Indeed

[@222LoneWolf]

I keep thinking that a squad of Gue'vesa would be a good choice for a Kill Team set, and then they could maybe build out from there if they sell well. We just got the big Kroot refresh, though, so I imagine it might be a while before we get more Tau models. Would still be a cool choice, though!

[@KyralRetsam]

​@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I was thinking just proxy them for Breacher or Strike Teams

[@zas240]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I actually use firewarrior rules instead; they have pulse rifles (mine use more of the pulse rifle than the lasgun you used here) and the big shoulder pad could and improved chest armour can narratively justify the upgrade from 5+ to 4+ armour

[@RotnDot]

As a die-hard Guard player, I begrudgingly give this a like.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

😂😂😂

[@laughingsun3516]

Yes Inquisitor, this video right here.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

It was a fun to make for sure :-)

[@alfonzisgreat]

"so if you want to wind your friends up, this video is for you" Duncan called it

[@jacobjohnston3983]

Call them, you can’t un-vessa that gue

[@JR-r41n]

Thanks the God emperor I was writing the same comment

[@XmortoxX1990]

You and your empire are cringe

[@gabrielwalton4097]

Such an elegant way to convert them, not overly complex but gets the five down!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Simple but fun :-)

[@bfderycke]

I was pretty sceptic about the look of the gun, but it turned out nice. Duncan traitor guard next ? You know Khorne wants it ^-^

[@garryame4008]

I love how accessible this guy makes painting. He really makes the process much less intimidating

[@Arukandi]

I think this is actually the best take at the human Tau auxillia i have seen. I didn't think that the new guard elements fit so well with the Tau.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks. They work surprising well together don't they?

[@robertjensen1438]

Did my first nude painting yesterday The neighbors weren't happy, but the front door looks great!

[@panzerkitsune]

"...if you want to wind your friends up..." -You had me at winding up my friends. Lets crack open a couple of boxes and have massive rages at the next tournament. XD

[@josephrigley8974]

You did the eyes on a line infantry model!? Madness. 😂 Gue'vesa are such an interesting concept, love your conversion work.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks a ton! Yes, normally Id only save them for characters but in this case, we figured why not.

[@adedimberline]

If I was an Inquisitor watching this "oooooooooo that's a paddlin'"

[@memeone3043]

Can't believe such a high quality tutorial for such fantastic conversion was posted literally the day before I went looking for Gue'vesa kitbash tutorials

[@evileyeball]

Duncan, You always have such a relaxing voice. a perfect way to melt away any stress in life and a good background for night shift.

[@KyralRetsam]

As a T'au player looking to pick up the Imperial Guard as my second army, I absolutely love this. FOR THE GREATER GOOD!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Awesome

[@afs101]

The greater good

[@joke_d]

Me and my brother discussed some potential Tau auxiliaries GW could do, and we mentioned a Tau upgrade kit for Cadian Infantry could be cool and pretty easy for them do to for Kill Team or something! Right afterwards I just saw you post this video!

[@Fenixx117]

This fatigue and armour paint scheme would also look excellent on Scions and Kasrkin as Inquisitorial Stormtroopers. Thanks Duncan! I'm stealing this.

[@midnightworf]

Oh this video will be handy, I've been thinking of making Gue'vesa for a couple of months now but didn't know where to start. Thank you so much for making this :D

[@John_on_the_mountain]

I just bought a copy of How To Paint Citadel Miniatures book, and the DVD was still included. 2011. Funny seeing baby Duncan on that DVD 🤣. Legend!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Oh wow! Thats 13 years old now 😅

[@John_on_the_mountain]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA you can definitely tell you were trying to get use to painting while being filmed lo l

[@RaptorShadow]

Thank you for this one Duncan! Gave me the push to do them myself!

[@Mittens_Gaming]

Duncan, Awesome video. Ironically it makes me want to buy a box of the new Cadians for making...Cadians. Really outstanding video, as always, and I walk away with some ideas for some of my own armies! It does make me miss the really old days when White Dwarf would have more conversions and rules for them and such in various articles. Was always some of my favorite things to read, along with the really old battle reports. Have a good one!

[@GeekySkippy]

Loved it. Been wanting to make a human auxiliary squad for my Kroot detachment and now you’ve given me the inspiration. Thanks.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Awesome, glad we could help :-)

[@BoySawWorks]

He really fits. Nice work

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thank you very much!

[@CMDR_BananenKeks]

I love the workflow for the eyes. It avoids the cross eyed problem ♥

[@Commander_Nearsight]

That is so cool. You are a hell of an artist man.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

You are too kind but thank you 🙂

[@Commander_Nearsight]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I’m just getting into the painting hobby and am amazed by the little amounts of detail you put into your work. The tau combined with the astra militarum is such a cool idea.

[@LooneyPoliticsTunes]

I did an Auxillary army years ago was a lot of fun 🤩 had to use them as fire warriors. Nice army not many will have

[@LordEsel88]

I made some Gue'vesa a long time ago using similar techniques. Yours look great!

[@johnkelley9877]

The conversion and painting are excellent! Thanks for sharing this as I had been wanting to know how to make these figures.

[@peterbereczki4147]

Beautifully converted heretics for target practice! :D

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Touche 😂

[@grealalal]

Duncan i just have to say this is amazing. Thank you so much!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Our pleasure.

[@BR4IN1N4J4R]

Alternate thought: for using them on tabletop, a simple way would be to smatter them into Fire Warrior squads. They add a nice variety to your squads, yet definitely fit in. That said, I'm actually planning on this as a project (a Tau force with Human Auxiliaries) because I already have some of the old Cadians, some stuff my girlfriend got me (Roman-inspired Guardsmen) and a squad of Tau Fire Warriors (a Kill Team lovingly named Se'al Team Six). Flavor for the force is they're from a minor fleet sept (world wiped out by a tendril of my buddy's Hive Fleet Hastur) so they don't have the "luxury" of being able to be as picky about who they recruit

[@samael6221]

Those convertion are always really cool. I hope one day you'll relase a step by step to turn regular cadian to Krieger, as I a don't really want to go for the resin kits. espacially how to sculpt that damn trench coat ^^ thanks for the amazing work

[@JohnR1298]

I was dubious at first but on completion it's very good. I was thinking of converting the Tau warriors themselves as humans born and raised under Tau rule so trim and rebuild feet and tweaking of the hands with human heads would be it. I hate too much wastage and considering the price of GW stuff nowadays 😮 A very inspiring video, Thank-you 😊

[@chrissyross]

This is absolutely fantastic. Could you do a similar conversion for Beastmen auxiliaries for Imperial Guard or Traitor guard?

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Mmmmm....not a bad idea

[@davidjack9522]

Im in the process of kit bashing my tau human helpers into a breacher unit. Im using the van sar gang as the base because i think they look more sci fi. Then im combining that with tau kit, some imperial guard heads and tau helmets. So far so good!

[@Matt-md5yt]

you got me to sub, been meaning to check the channel out. glad you did an Auxiliary for the FarSight Enclave

[@sideswipe2615]

Those Farsight shoulder pads were just on special order last week and I passed them up. I did get a Tidewall Gunrig though, so I look forward to building that and doing some zany tabletop things with it.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

That sounds like it will be fun!

[@mp-modelplastic]

Great vídeo. I love The convertion of the soldier . Excelent work in the effects of high lights . The result is awsome, looks TOP. Greetings from Portugal 🙋

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Greeting 👋

[@sternencolonel7328]

I build some years ago, usind the old Cadian trooper bodies, thy mixed well with the Tau parts without much modifications

[@Redoctober1995-m6h]

Stationforge made a kit for this, they're labeled as the Tarion Clone Infantry if you have difficulty with kitbashing.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing

[@computersocsci]

How do you always have such perfect fine points on your brushes!? None of my brushes have ever had that fine of a point on them, ever. I keep paint out of the ferrule (metal bit), try to do that roll trick after loading them with paint, and I clean them with Masters after every use.

[@itsardy]

Thats exactly what i want to do with a part of my Killteam and my future Tau-Army

[@ernestorodriguez3637]

Ther aren’t enough videos like this on KZbin!

[@joshuajupp9037]

Thank you Duncan. "If you want to wind your friends up"😂 that's the reason to play 40k with sillyness.

[@alphaleigpyne]

The T'au Human Auxilliay went well in the kitbash stages. Having assemble a lot of the Cadian Shock Troops for the past decade, their torso and legs are not solid like they were in previous sprues. I had that experience with the Kasrkin kits. You could use their legs for the T'au torso? Good tutorial.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thank you

[@DaThingOnTheDoorstep]

I did some Tau-aligned human conversions way back when. The thought process behind it was: I didn't like Kroot, but I thought thematically, a hunter cadre specializing in urban combat would need breachers (this was way before Breacher Fire Warriors) so I opted for human auxiliaries. Anyway, only got one of them painted before I heard the call of the Chaos Gods to spread the Word. I still use bits from that Cadian kit to this day though!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Its a flexible kit...

[@b100draven]

Anyone else getting a Battle Star vibe during the intro? totally love it.

[@christiansmith3905]

I've never heard of the certain washes for color groups, I would love to see an expanded list for what colors a wash covers and what colors it doesn't.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Its not the actual colours per say but more the look. Black for a clean finish, brown for a more grimy finish as a small rule of thumb.

[@christiansmith3905]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA Thanks for the tip, I never thought of it like that

[@508thHeavyPanzerBattalion]

I play guard and tau and when I learned about the human warriors I laughed hard, idk why I found it so funny but I just didn’t know about it

[@umbraelegios4130]

At one time there was rules for human Tau auxiliaries published in a Whire Dwarf. They were just stated as Fire Warriors. There was also how to convert. Human lower torso, Tau chest, arms and Human head.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Nice.

[@matthewclements3476]

Brother, get the flamer. The *heavy* flamer.

[@zgmfx-09a]

I'm using scions for mine but thanks for the inspiration for the "pulse rifle"

[@michaelitskov]

Hell yeah the best warhammer faction is here in the name of the Greater Good

[@ONIMOT100]

Guardsmen defecting to the greater good are some real heroes o7

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

That or last 3 minutes or less in battle i guess

[@ralfsstuff]

That's amazing and looks simple enough but getting all of the paints and washes plus proper brush care still feels like quite a large investment...

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

It can be initially, but paint does last a pretty long time and brushes too, if you take care of them. Think of paints and brushes as part of your collection, plus you can leave the highlighting stages out and always come back to them later.

[@lilpain1997]

That's honestly the worst part. That said once you have your paints you can paint so many different things. You might think you have to buy more but you can just mix and having a wet palette makes that so much easier

[@Keram-io8hv]

Guys, question, how should I paint skaven fur? Flesh contrast, some brown on clanrats but what about rat ogors and other larger bois? Also nice job, for the greater good

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Tutorials coming soon...

[@Keram-io8hv]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA Bless you

[@j.bat.8235]

Oh boy Tactica Imperialis will *love* this video

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

As long as they don't see it...

[@TheMaltesefalcon204]

Fishing for a second Ducan like, but D-Man (get it... D Cannon... Yeah you get it), what would you suggest for a Tau Aux Leman Russ conversion?

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Mmmm....that's an interesting and fun challenge, I'll have to think about that...🤔

[@TheMaltesefalcon204]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA this better not be a crime to ask a wise man a question

[@metalloverben]

anyone else getting The All Guardsman Party flashbacks from this? I love it

[@ilmari1452]

I haven't been in the hobby for eons but maybe I could build a tau/gue'vesa army some day. That would satisfy two long-term discontents of mine about 40k. I could have some humans getting less of a raw deal than most, and also rile up the weird fashie kids who take the Imperium seriously. ;)

[@terminator572]

I've been thinking about converting IG troops to be Tau auxiliaries but using Imperial Japanese bits, I wonder how they would look like.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Give it a go.

[@silverczaja]

i got the spacemarine half from Legacy of the Wolf laying around for some time now think the Incursors would convert quite nice to be T'au auxiliary, give them some Crysis Suit weapons and shoulder pads make some space marine players angry :D

[@WhatsUpGazpacho]

I'm mostly convinced. I'm not saying it's not a great paint job. I certainly can't paint that well. But looking at the 360, I think that the rail rifle gun barrel needs to be centred. It's right on the left of the lasgun because its a thinner weapon. It's hard when the weapons are different proportions. Hell at least your gue'vesa has 5 fingers on each hand lol

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

Hi love your videos KitbashCarnage hear at the age of 31 iv recently got back into the warhammer/kitbashing community agen after taking 15year brake to pay bills and so on . I have taken the leap head on and started a youtube channel along with Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. It's hard with my dyslexia and not being as young as the others as this algorithm thing is somthing to get used to along with editing and so on but my love and the flame for my lost passion has been reignited more then ever and dont plan on stopping soon . Along with having lots of content plans and already in the pipeline and also a Revamp to all social media with new header picture and profile picture from a digital contractor I sorced I hope to just gain more traction to the community iv came back to . Regards KitbashCarnage

[@Canadianduck2430]

You should do mortarion for the horus heresy there as so little video tutorials for his model

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Today is your lucky day! We have done quite a few Primarchs including Mortarion over at the Academy (www.duncanrhodes.com)

[@mozzinileonardo6290]

I was thinking that instead of giving a guevesa a lasgun you gave him a gun and a chainsword you can send them in melee like the kroots

[@johnjoseph2010]

Humans, Kroot and Vespid, aren't the only auxiliaries in the Tau Empire. Many great conversions ideas with Warhammer models like Gors Skaven and even Lizardmen.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Yup, it's so open to interpretation. I bet there are so many fantastic conversions out there

[@johnjoseph2010]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA hope some inspire you good sir. Great Gue'Vesa build making me think of redoing mine.

[@sinisterpuddle6655]

While this is a great conversion, just using the spare weapons and shoulder pads from the fire warrior kit does wonders to sell the look and is fairly points efficient

[@Coyote1911]

I was thinking of just green stuff the hooves into boots, ignore the four fingers, and just stick a human head on top. I feel like this would be way quicker.

[@dave4deputyZX]

So awesome

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks :-)

[@legiox217]

Sir Duncan, do you know where I could find single pots of your wave 2 paints in the USA? Or an ETA? I have the full range, but one of them is running low from wave 2.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

The team at Trans Atlantis Games (www.transatlantisgames.com/) are working with Asmodee North America to get them there as soon as they can. We are awaiting an update from Asmodee NA (trust us, we are pushing.)

[@legiox217]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA That’s great to hear. I think I can last a little while longer then and skip the 20 pound shipping cost from across the pond. I was painting terrain and “wasted” a good bit of battle axe brass (great paint) … I should’ve burned through the old citadel equivalent I had but I’ve got plenty of yours left to at least get cracking on some khorne zerkers

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

@@legiox217 if you contact us via our website, we will see what we can do about that Battle Axe Brass ;-)

[@legiox217]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA Sent you an email earlier ! Thanks again.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , DRPA . 🐺Loupis Canis .

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Our pleasure! 🐺🐺🐺🐺

[@SpetsnazStevens]

It's a simple conversion and looks great. I only wish you did something a bit more unique with the head, and used more of a rail rifle or pulse rifle than just "upgraded lasgun". It just looks really weird to me rather than something I'd see in the Empire personally.

[@frankcosyns2348]

I was expecting you to put a tau helmet antenna on the cadian helmet.

[@nickdavis5420]

Very cool 😎

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks

[@mollywasagoodgirl]

So with bits and all what would I need to actually purchase to make this?

[@nomadicNerf]

Dang… now I have to make a Gue’vesa Killteam

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Ohhh, thats a great idea!

[@CDMJDMHHC]

nothing like winding for friends on the tabletop battlefield

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Amen 😂😂😂

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Yeees! Kitbashing

[@NebelVanDushmer]

If you really want to wind up more of your friends, use chaos cultist parts as well

[@Pandemonius88]

Awesome! Clean conversion. Just don’t like the weapon conversion, I feel like they’d just use pulse rifles

[@elgrifolorian]

For the greater good,💯

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Amen to that!

[@TheAnc1entOne3509]

Where can I find rules for the Quevesa? I really think these guys are really cool, but I can hardly find official rules. Does anyone know?

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Just use the Imperial Guard rules...maybe White Dwarf will publish some rules in the future...

[@TheAnc1entOne3509]

@DuncanRhodesDRPA you can use imperial guard rules together with a tau army!? Is that allowed? If so that makes things alot easier. Sorry I'm new to the hobby

[@ilmari1452]

How many editions of 40k have there been now? IIRC there were gue'vesa rules in a Chapter Approved article back in the 3rd or 4th ed days. Had a friend who kitbashed a whole platoon of them out of fire warriors and catachans (plastic cadians didn't yet exist I think).

[@TheAnc1entOne3509]

@@ilmari1452 nearly 10 and still none

[@flascinder]

Me ha encantado.

[@danhowe1]

These would be perfect for opr

[@themainman2827]

23 minutes of heresy!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Pure heresy!

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Fun fact: humans under the Tau empire have been known to paint their faces blue to help put Tau at ease and fit in.

[@geoffreyhebel2438]

Honestly keeping the fatigues an Astra militarum color would have looked better or even a camo including the black and green of fatigues. Make them stand out as unique and not just another taught unit

[@medugal]

I’d love to see Duncan tackle an avatar of Tau’va, the Tau Chaos goddess!

[@GlitchDoctor]

Tau'va seems more like an _order_ goddess, honestly.

[@medugal]

@@GlitchDoctor Yeah, I realized when I was going to bed that I’d misspoken- it is a WARP goddess

[@Sgt-lott10]

"Guard players hate these troops" We do, but I don't think hate is fitting, perhaps abhor Though I still watch kitbashes of them for 3 reasons 1: to support the creator 2: inspiration on new ways to combine kits 3: when I get more money, dead bodies for basing

[@nosbigdamus9665]

Is that shoulder not to big. Everything else is great

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

You'd be surprised how big they are on Tau. It's a design choice as it faces the enemy and provides cover I guess (I hope😅

[@superlaser6000]

Tau Codex should have had an "Allied Auxiliaries" datasheet. "Species from a wide array of worlds have joined the Greater Good, each brining a unique specialty to the field of battle" 70 Points for 10. Baseline stat of guardsmen, that can take 2 drones. BUT they can swap their species type and get +1S and take pistols and close combat weapons or swap do a different species that has +1T but their move stat falls from 6" to 4"

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

It’d be great if there were rules for these in 10th edition.

[@ingo145]

I know the backpack is glued as intended, but with the "handle" upsidedown looks always wrong. The Firewarrior backpacks should be glued the other way 😄

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Rog asked me that while filming lol 😂

[@slanahesh]

You know models like this with an all over colour primer is the ideal time to bust out a cheap airbrush. It would be a real time saver over brushing that colour over all your models.

[@karrick526]

I'm sorry but how did you not know that Duncan? Lol

[@SwopetheDope]

HERESY!

[@zlvoyevoda]

This is a really cool project. Do you think adding the antenna to the side of the helmet would be a good look?

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Yes, that'll give it a cool sci-fi look, percect for Tau

[@P_Bd]

Gue'vesa cavalry?

[@TheAlterspark]

If only Tau rules were better. If you can't punch with giant robots then what' the point?