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This was something I had in the back of my head for a while and after seeing the awesome work of such members like 7yler and others on the subject,it has inspired me to give it a shot.
As the title implies this will be about gundam/tau conversions and the like. Please don't take this too seriously, this was all meant in good fun Critiques and comments always welcomed, hope you enjoy.

We'll start off with a little" back story" .

In western fringes of the Tau Empire lay a remote Gue'vesa colony the locals called "Side 7". In it, was a secret facility where Tau scientists of the earth caste were developing new technologies and weapons. One of these was a new prototype battlesuit with the serial number "RXV-78". It had an advanced sensory array, extra armor using an experimental alloy, and a new type of jet pack that outperformed the standard one in every test. It was to be paraded (hence the extravagant color scheme) before given to a worthy tau commander to pilot. Unfortunately the facility came under attack by a squad of space marines from a recent renegade chapter. Although the renegades were originally sent to do recon upon hearing reports of the secret facility from spies within the colony, when signs pointed to the reports being true the renegades disobeyed orders and attacked hoping to plunder xenos technology before it could be moved elsewhere. A lone tau apprentice who was also the son of one of the tau scientists quickly got into the prototype, and although having no prior knowledge on the suits controls was quickly able to learn and defeat two of the renegade space marines and forcing the others to retreat.

Interessing project! i think the hands are really to big

and have way to many fingers.

interesting idea, be nice if it turns out I think just about every tau player out there with a converting bug up his/her you know what has attempted a "Dam" version
(consiously or subconsiously) at one point or another.

good luck.

FantasyBob wrote:Interessing project! i think the hands are really to big

Thanks! By Jove your right you're right about the hands! Im going to try to find a smaller pair..

Santobell wrote:and have way to many fingers.

interesting idea, be nice if it turns out I think just about every tau player out there with a converting bug up his/her you know what has attempted a "Dam" version
(consiously or subconsiously) at one point or another.

good luck.

Wait, tau have less- *counts fingers* ah crud. I'll make a note of that for any more conversions , where is my head today. Thanks!

Progress! Now for the painting .

Great job so far! I'm really looking forward to how this is going to look.

Looking nice so far, definitely the cone thrusters.

7yler wrote:Great job so far! I'm really looking forward to how this is going to look.

Thanks, I hope to not disappoint .

n0t_u wrote:Looking nice so far, definitely the cone thrusters.

Cone thrusters it is! Thanks.

I really think you need to lengthen the legs a bit. He almost looks like a midget gundam.

Cool stuff so far.

Small update, started painting on the head, Ill have that up in a bit

This is a cool conversion... he looks kind of chibi haha.

balsak_da_mighty wrote:I really think you need to lengthen the legs a bit. He almost looks like a midget gundam.

Cool stuff so far.

Tnx
Lol midget gundam , it does look abit awkward, Ill think of something to try to lengthen them..

It reminds me of the SD or gashpon type gundam toys.

Were you using 1/144 scale model for head and hands? Your battlesuit is a good start but I was gonna ask if you tried 1/200 scale. BTW I love your concept sketch.

In general, it's a good work, but it have a really massive body!

djphranq wrote:This is a cool conversion... he looks kind of chibi haha.

Haha thanks

thehod wrote:It reminds me of the SD or gashpon type gundam toys.

Were you using 1/144 scale model for head and hands? Your battlesuit is a good start but I was gonna ask if you tried 1/200 scale. BTW I love your concept sketch.

Love the SD types. Yep using 1/44th scale, haven't tried 1/200 yet ( i didnt know they made them smaller then 1/144 lol). Very happy you enjoy the sketch,

FantasyBob wrote:In general, it's a good work, but it have a really massive body!

Thanks!

Added a base coat, light plasma rifle in play (still needs work), and shield attachment. The mian body wont be that light blue when its finished and Im still working on finding the right pieces in the extras bin to lengthen the legs abit.

Cool idea, but I think I should point out that if you changed the guns for swords you would basically have a Samurai Pizza Cat

....no. Just...no.

Awesome.

Lunar Eclipse wrote:Cool idea, but I think I should point out that if you changed the guns for swords you would basically have a Samurai Pizza Cat

Thnx. I ve seen the characters, youre definitely right on that but i havent seen the show. How is it?

Kepora wrote:....no. Just...no.

Its too late for me now comrade! Flee! Flee while you can!

I think the reason the legs look so wrong from the body is the feet, gundams have more of a 'shoe' like foot, rather then the bird like tau feet, at the moment the legs look a little silly compared to the body.

The top half looks great though, gotta add a sword in there somewhere and rockets, rockets everywhere

Iandroid wrote:Awesome.

Thanks

MikZor wrote:I think the reason the legs look so wrong from the body is the feet, gundams have more of a 'shoe' like foot, rather then the bird like tau feet, at the moment the legs look a little silly compared to the body.

The top half looks great though, gotta add a sword in there somewhere and rockets, rockets everywhere

Yes! Rockets! maybe some sort of prototype bazooka attachment hehehe . Right now Im looiking to find pieces to make the legs longer , as for the shoes I wanna keep them because in order to find a balance between the Tau and Gundam suits (though the colors , head, and hands are going more for the gundam side). If i made the shoes bigger some how or a split toed gundam shoe, you think that would be better?

Gunhead wrote:

Lunar Eclipse wrote:Cool idea, but I think I should point out that if you changed the guns for swords you would basically have a Samurai Pizza Cat

Thnx. I ve seen the characters, youre definitely right on that but i havent seen the show. How is it?

Samurai Pizza Cats was an awesome anime lol

Found a solution to the leg length problemo. Just waiting now for the clay to harden so I can sand them down to size, the odd looking crescents will be its ankle guards once they too are solid and sanded down.

Looks good!

Gunhead wrote:Dont throw your extral modeling clay away! Make a workbench buddy! He was originally supposed to be a Mr Saturn but my giant meat claws wouldnt allow it.

Hehe Mine used to get rolled into balls. But then i decided i could not put random spheres on most models lol. so i used to shape them into rocks. But sometimes i flatten them in to paving slabs.