How much time does it take to paint a Tau Warhammer army?

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

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[@cloudpor4445]

can you help me with the paints you used in the tau vidieo id like to by the exact ones from you

[@TheJakeo147]

Can I hire you to paint a tau army? Or at least pay for 1 figure to see if the color pallet I want is good.

[@marcelbehncke900]

Very cool painting job 😎🎨 I got three days of painting 🎨👌

[@GoobertownHobbies]

That's Quite a Treasure You've Got There! :-) the yellow near the end is boss.

[@hellabacon4761]

Yeah I thought it really brought the whole thing together! Also really liked those highlighting details on the curved parts and the glow effect on the crisis suit eyes.

[@TheGtafreak77]

Gay af

[@zakkholder3472]

Squid your the man! Love it.. I watch your master class often… lol I paint everyday!!! I think that was some of the best advice ever! Thnx!

[@trickydicky642]

Hmm...I think I prefer yours GTH, since it came out first lol.

[@derphurr8814]

"I just had lunch" The room is dark. The true Norrland experience.

[@Revilerify]

Better drink Norrlands guld. Greetings from Finland.

[@ThomasGallinari]

I barely paint a unit in a month, and the dude paints a whole army in a matter of hours... And it even looks freaking good!

[@turtlegaming4427]

I don’t know why ask you space marines

[@tennenyt5311]

I've just started painting and it takes me an hour to paint one squig and not even very well 😅 Can't wait to get some Tau as well!

[@wakcedout]

everyones time is different but pacing yourself is a great way to avoid burn out. im sure even squidmar can reach burn out from these insane painting marathons he does for content. at a few hours here and there painting sessions for me it can take anywhere from a week or more depending on how insane and picky i get with the details. something that has slowly ratcheted up the more i paint. before i use to fly thru units because i could dedicate more time per session and wasnt so picky on the detail. now im being extra careful and taking my time not to make mistake which lengthens that time. but the end result is worth it.

[@RawBerserker]

The one stroke highlights are so satisfying to see applied, holy damn...

[@JCMiniPainting]

Even more satisfying to do them.... until your arm slips and you slop your highlight color all over all your hard work that just dried

[@stepan2054]

Finally some video with Tau

[@wrongdoer5053]

This making me want a Tau army just to paint in this scheeemmmeeee! Love it dude!

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Glad you like it mate

[@KurtKn1sp3l]

Then now is your time with the new battleforce. The Tau box is actually quite good value wise.

[@JavierEscuelIa]

@@KrisTomich Screw the Emperor, all hail the Boney-Boys!

[@KurtKn1sp3l]

@@KrisTomich For the greater good

[@wrongdoer5053]

@@KurtKn1sp3l Yes it is, but those sold out fast!

[@BloodHowl87]

Shout out to you for being such a good painter that you feel confident wearing white while painting! :D

[@roguepaintingminiatures7200]

Haha was thinking the same! Once shook a pot of gold paint. The lid was on I swear. At the time I used the kitchen table as painting table. Trousers, shirt and half the kitchen turned gooold! I swear the lid WAS on! 🤪

[@St-hj1ux]

@@roguepaintingminiatures7200 Clearly you were under the influence of the warp.

[@ffatmausl7404]

First time ever painting and I knocked over my nuln oil and it got all over my table, pants, the floor. Just everywhere! Definitely a learning experience

[@rickdarris6152]

Null oil: the 10mm socket of paints.

[@SwiftRelish]

the mixing of the music is so well done, love how it isnt too quiet or overpowers your voice. too many youtubers mess this up!

[@nathangerardy2669]

Thank you so much for finishing the army even though you missed your goal. These challenge videos that end in failure, when we never get to see the final army finished drive me nuts. Great work!

[@ReachStudioPro]

I seriously don't understand this logic at all. Why would anyone put a dumb deadline on something like this? Especially in a video with this title. Just finish the damn painting and present the time it took. Simple as that.

[@grerook9427]

As a tau player I absolutely love this! Great work, I wish I could paint half as good as you.

[@hubertman007]

Im brand new to warhammer, bought recruit edition recently (waiting for shipping) and im so happy i found you earlier this year, so much great tips and techichues on paiting. Amazing job man

[@Nirvana2023-C1H]

Same

[@PainterIdeas]

Just in time. Will start a TAU army in the coming weeks great inspiration. Thanks for the content.

[@Verza488]

Same man I'm also gonna have a tau army :D

[@shruggingatlasminiatures]

As a slow painter, always inspiring to see army painting / speed challenges! Even more so when the end result looks awesome!!!!

[@Jangusphatt]

I’m brand new to the hobbie and I have just started with a tau start collect box, so this is great inspiration for me! Awesome paint job!

[@paulletexier_kalshyr]

I started painting my T'au listening to AGST after your video. Thanks for the motiviation Emil !

[@b-beale1931]

Love to see stuff like this where you paint a start collecting box. Have you considered collabing with Guy from Midwinter minis on his strt collecting Bat-rep series?

[@StarryNightSky587]

my personal answer: it takes me "FOREVER" if you start edge highlighting every single little gun and fire-warrior armor plate... but if you start on 1 you have to do the rest, thats the rule of "ocd" :D

[@asgardianodin6480]

Not related to Tau but I just got delivered my Squidmar Paint Brushes and am SUPER excited to put them to work!

[@onetoomany2520]

Finally an army I actually play 😂

[@SHOEB289]

Yea its exciting for me to as well, i am also a Tau player

[@songohan1075]

that's great for me is not :P I play imperial guard

[@omnissiah7859]

F to you bro, T'au got shafted in 9th Ed

[@onetoomany2520]

@@omnissiah7859 it sucks but I just enjoy painting them so it doesn't effect me to much. Especially since lockdown lol

[@trashman1910]

I play necrons but I have mad respect for tau players

[@marcwittkowski5146]

I envy the confidence and proficiency with which you paint. There is no hesitation in your brushstrokes and the results are always beautiful.

[@fozziefoxx]

I love how every time I watch one of your videos, I learn something new :)

[@leonardoguidi7003]

Wow, fantastic! I was waiting for this since the live. I love the turquise and the nmm style, now I must try to make it on my minis (but they are white and blue, it will be hard).

[@telekmetyk]

A trick I use is to do the air brush base in lacquer paint. If you make mistakes doing the brush layers in acrylic you can clean up with out worrying about affecting the base coat.

[@jules9094]

I enjoyed this video right up until the edge highlighting...then I was rocking myself to sleep crying in the corner. You made it look so easy 😫. Great job!

[@b1w0c]

11:32 that whole suit highlight was so effortless what?! SHARE YOUR MAGIC

[@solodragun]

I love Tau, and i love these colors. Dude you always make it look so easy and so clean. Very nice work.

[@Therockypony]

Love the color theme, it's refreshing!

[@ChainLink101]

To be honest when you said you were going with a different color scheme I was a little worried but they look fantastic

[@michaelalbericci8998]

Tau look good in any colour scheme

[@tom9171]

@@michaelalbericci8998 that sounds like a challenge

[@Whitewingdevil]

That's a great looking Tau army, and the video has inspired me to paint up a start collecting box myself, or rather, actually paint one of the ones I bought and built years ago but never got around to because they weren't Daemons.

[@aazron87]

Absolutely loved your colour scheme and your absolute enthusiasm painting this army.

[@luigiboi357]

Tau player here, this video made me crytears of joy, everything looks awesome!!!!!

[@cdoda9216]

I was searching for Tau videos yesterday but I couldn't find any THANK YOU!

[@AlexAnteroLammikko]

So basically, if I paint 5 minutes a day, I will have finished painting the entire Tau army by the time they become competitively viable again?

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Great video man.😎 Mad skills (and hats off) for wearing white all the way though and not getting covered in paint! 👌SKILLZ

[@mangofandango2845]

This took me back, tau were my first minis ever.

[@chris.s6768]

The speed in which you edge highlighted that battlesuit was crazy! I know they are tao and lots of straight cuts and edges but you crazy man!! Really nice finish and makes me want to up my highlight game when you can get simple but sweet results like that in that time

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Harks well the video was sped up at that part

[@chris.s6768]

Yh lol but you went over them in one go and controlled and then onto another highlight colour, I always find myself leaving too thick a line or spending longer to get good coverage

[@kosachilles2504]

Love watching these start collecting painting boxes!

[@theshiftybloke4672]

Ooooh, my favourite colour scheme

[@jackjohnston8048]

This is almost the exact paint scheme I want for my models. I love the color. Definitely saving this for a painting guide.

[@wakingupat2pm349]

requesting more of these type of videos - awesome work dude🙏

[@godfreyrob4999]

Awesome great paint job. love the Tau just started them this year.

[@JayAndNightASMR]

I really like the idea of the series showing people a rough estimate of how long to paint a basic army

[@adamdoughty813]

Awesome video. It sounds silly but I’d never considered being so selective over my highlight placement (only selecting the face and a prominent upper limb) in order to draw attention and speed up the painting process. I’ll be trying this one.

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Glad it was helpful!

[@noahholt5442]

Wow I have never seen turquoise t’au before. I’m really digging it. Love the work like always squidmar keep it uo

[@Snacklord_Dennis]

Can I like this video more than once? So epic dude!

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Take your moms account and like 😊

[@gazimoff]

Woah, that’s quick! I’m amazed at how much an airbrush speeds up those first few steps. And a great result too!

[@SJGvP]

I'm sure it helps a lot. My hand-painted Tau are still in a shameful state after years. I have since learned that clever use of colored spray paint can give you a similar result to generic highlighting with an airbrush.

[@KabinMiniatures]

Awesome work as always! Thought you were going for a Swedish theme at first when you mentioned the yellows. But I love the end result with the whites and blues. I guess you went for an inverted Finnish theme instead!

[@monkeybusiness673]

That scheme is magnificent! Great job!

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Great video. Fantastic colour scheme. Keep up the good work.

[@JohnxInfinity]

Took my Tau army and divided into three even groups for Kill Team. Allowed me to try a few different paint schemes. But now i start over to do this scheme!

[@jamesclarke5331]

Narlee colours!!, I've been looking for inspiration to repaint my tau. I love how you said you need to make the bases simple, then start talking about wet blending. I just slap some rocks on paint them grey, wash and dry brush them 🤣

[@davehowell3209]

They color scheme look great!

[@danielcrum2551]

2nd video in the same amount of days?? You’re wild! Keep up the great painting!

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Was an intense week haha

[@danielcrum2551]

@@SquidmarMiniatures I bet :)

[@mightymax1337]

Awesome colour scheme, i love it :) 15:05 did you forget to paint the sigil on the battlesuit guy? :D

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Yeah I noticed in editing haha

[@JhonnyChitarra]

I don't know man, but painting grey knights surely take a lot. Beautiful minis bit full of details. You almost converted me to the greater good.

[@brushtithe]

I'm unhealthily addicted to time challenge videos

[@arnekrug939]

I challenge you to try how many time challenge videos you can watch without sleeping.

[@heyhenkie1567]

Such a good job, I have watched it two times :D.

[@Laxhax123]

After the seven and a half hours I’d say they are easily table ready. And that’s just insane

[@devonwilson8306]

At 8m15 when he said they were far from finished I just sat there going, "those already look better than any model I've ever painted, how are they not done?"

[@dylangray7371]

Love the tau sooooo much! Keep up your amazing work!

[@theezekarion164]

U Making That Bread 4 REAL! Audible is ur sponsor 👏CONGRATULATIONS 👏 U Deserve it

[@bryal7811]

Really like the color scheme, great Thousand Sons army!

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Lool

[@elliotwiart2225]

So happy a high level painter do some T'au, thank you so much!

[@MrTombombodil]

One thing this made me realize is I overcomplicate my layers and paint schemes way more than is necessary. The results I get are pretty excellent, but they're not that much more detailed than this unless you're really looking close and it would take me like 10 times as long to do.

[@MrPug-dt4sd]

4:32 I thought that was playing in realtime and he was just going super fast.

[@wakcedout]

this title is such a loaded question lol. in fact anytime someone looking to get into this hobby asks that question i always answer with a simple "how detailed do you want to get and how much time are you willing to put into it." because how long it takes depends on your talent level and how good you want the end results to look. i dont think there is really one true answer for everyone but instead each person has their own unique answer and some will line up but with varying degrees in end results.

[@MetaL556]

I am a very slow painter - spending one hour at a time working on a mini, and my Start Collecting: Thousand Sons box is still only one almost complete Rubric Marine, one halfway done Ahriman, and the rest of the Rubrics is only assembled and primed(didn't even touch the Tzaangors yet...). I'm obsessed with meticulous precision and have trouble considering a mini "finished" because I'll notice a tiny bit of paint out of bounds somewhere, or a slightly too thick highlight, etc.

[@Toivo1066]

I am really glad to see a painting video once again. This is my heroin.

[@wookieeemperor5500]

Love the colours!

[@finkmonkeyful]

Well done. Love the colors.

[@thegreatskinkpriest8104]

Lol considering I bought my Tau start collecting box almost a year ago and have still only painted the Crisis suits... if day quite a while

[@Davef2912]

Hey, nice video! Great colour scheme! Can you link the music tracks you used? I really like the track around 4:00 and the one that starts around 5:10. Thanks!

[@MrMagicchrisi]

This video was absolutely impressive and inspiring! Such a great result in this short amount of time - insane! And i love the bases, although some have quite a lot of grass 😅👍👍

[@chaoticpainting1507]

As always, super awesome paint job Emil. It would have taken me a lot longer but alas, I am not as skilled as you are... yet 😏 learning as much as I can thanks to you and others like you putting out quality content. Thanks for the video!

[@G.M.G.P.]

I can very much appreciate the idea of listening to audio books while painting. Have you ever looked into The Wheel Of Time series? One day I want to do a 40k kit bash of all the "Main Characters" of the series.

[@studiofoureightnine]

Ahh, you've got the new Citadel Butt....I mean Painting handle.

[@hijinkstodeath1722]

Those came out clean!

[@TheDbend]

Vallejo Blue Green is my favorite paint ever I think, I make excuses to use it all the time. I'm doing my sisters army in it, and I used it to paint a Gunpla as well.

[@DashOr]

Don´t know what it is but it really fascinates me to see how quick and yet beautifully models can be painted. I think i need as much time for sth people would consider tts. I know its about personal improvement but those time challenges (just like goobertowns or miniacs) are somewhat magical to me.

[@galenholloway4083]

Well done once again, thanks for the inspiration!

[@jessehammil3897]

Great color scheme!

[@balkenkreuz2063]

Jaw dropping gorgeous. Tau was my first 40K army, and for many years my only army. I still have them in glorious plastic grey. Not because I am too lazy to paint or because I suck at it. Rather, I have no idea how I want to paint them to this date. I mean, I want them to look like the super high tech civilization they are, but it's not as easy to paint as a space marine (like my Black Templars; black, white, red... and you're good to go.)

[@fabtarnished5141]

Sure it is! They are very practical, so they are never in crazy color schemes. All you need is two colors, one for the pants and another for the armor. Then detail! Simple and striking.

[@lukaslawrence8863]

YESSSS FINALLY A GOOD PRONUNCIATION OF VELLEJO

[@KensanOni]

What amuses me is that was the color scheme I did for ,my Tau years ago. Not as well, mind you, but the same scheme. :D

[@czykiczykislimszajdi]

It's actually 4th book of that series and it's Spider's Moon. I am glad someone listen to it

[@teoiny1]

Great result!

[@ProPotato]

Sooo glad you didn't go with the over used white! =D Your take on blue looks amazing

[@SJGvP]

That's a very nice color scheme. Also nice to see a faction that's maybe a bit less popular and definitely very different from the usual GW style.

[@MonsieurPopu]

Thank you, great content as always.

[@vokotetic]

This is the exact same colour scheme of my Tau army back in 4th edition when my Warhammer addiction appeared. I feel like turquoise and Tau are a perfect match.

[@milkboy903]

can you make a tutorial for why airbrush ink to the mini from underneath, it would be interesting to learn, thanks

[@morlextoys4223]

Super colorscheme! Thx Emil.

[@vesstig]

I have an Ork army Ive been meaning to paint up but its seems a bit daunting, love the video for the inspiration

[@punkhippe]

CANT START A PROPA WAAAAAGGGGHHHHH WITOUT SOM PAINT GROT, GIT TA WORK!

[@Steele68HS]

Used to play Tau in Epic Armageddon, had a blast. Maybe trying them in 40k aswell? Would give it a try!

[@matthius519]

very nice just feel like its needs a recess shade on the suits

[@Xatxitor]

Looks almost like my army. Mine is just greener and not that much detail. Your highlights are so amazing

[@TwistedDice]

Always awesome videos buddy

[@SmileyTom666]

Tau, on here?! Where am I, and what alternate reality have i stepped into? 🤣 Awesome as always!

[@magicmanscott40k]

I don't have an airbrush and holy crap. I didn't realize how much time it saves you. It takes me forever to base coat and you got a lot done in a short time.

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

it really is a time saver!

[@jacob-sh8ec]

Finally a squidmar video about tau :DD