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BrotherStynier wrote:Kinda like the look of it, but if its a Battle Suit shouldn't the name stick with the current theme of Tau Suits? Crisis, Hazard, (insert name).

I don't see a suit. Unless there is a four-legged giant Tau that I missed in the background

This thing makes my puny Leman Russ commanders s*** bricks. I'd vote for Man O' War.

Awesome model, gentlemen.

Name it after the creator. The Mangozac (Mon-go-soc) Super-Heavy Assault Walker. It will be a cool name and a cooler inside joke.

Seems a bit...Pricey

Any chance of seeing more space marine upgrade kits anytime soon?

Like some more pre-heresy helmet styles (like the cool ultramarine pre=heresy style, or Thousand Sons)?

And some more cool shoulder pad variants? And rhino/land raider accessories?

Kroothawk wrote:

BrotherStynier wrote:Kinda like the look of it, but if its a Battle Suit shouldn't the name stick with the current theme of Tau Suits? Crisis, Hazard, (insert name).

I don't see a suit. Unless there is a four-legged giant Tau that I missed in the background

I still think it should be in keeping with the names of the Battle Suits.

BrotherStynier wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:

BrotherStynier wrote:Kinda like the look of it, but if its a Battle Suit shouldn't the name stick with the current theme of Tau Suits? Crisis, Hazard, (insert name).

I don't see a suit. Unless there is a four-legged giant Tau that I missed in the background

I still think it should be in keeping with the names of the Battle Suits.

"Gentelmen, I give you the Tau VFH-2600 Super-Heavy Holy-F$%!@-Cow-Balls Battlesuit. MWUHUAHAHAHAHAHA"

Shocktopus


Guys, great work.

Hmm, I was thinking about how it looks from above and besides a crab I can only think of a starfish.

So how about STARFISH?

Man-o-war seems to fit it perfectly; it even looks like one, with a central body above a number of limbs.

I'm a fan of Nautilus. It fits best because of the legs, imo. I've been wracking my brain trying to think of something else to call it, but I can't seem to think of anything.

Its great.

While it IS true - Tau have flyers, and not walkers.

Tau do have gun turret emplacements? This could be a 'mobile' version of a defensive walker bot that can entrench itself where needs be to land the heavy rail gun shots into crap.

The only problem with that is that Tau gun emplacements are designed, in themselves to be mobile.

They're roughly equivalent to the Imperium's Tarantula Sentry Guns in that they can be kicked out of the back of air transports and seeded across a combat zone to create an effective "No Man's Land". And much like Tarantulas, they can be recovered by troops on the ground and disassembled/reassembled in new positions.

The SXV-141 Monitor.

I think i am going to get one of these. I love me some large vehicles.

Although the Man-o-war sounds cool as do the Charybis or Scylla

Yep, I can't believe no one thought of the man-o-war. Those things hurt ALOT!! The thing with them is you can recieve an extremely painful sting and not see or know where it is coming from. Sorry, but Man-O-War is the best name.

That thing is incredible.

Honestly I'd be tempted to buy it, and I normally shy away from all things Forgeworld.

for names, I like Man-o-War. For styling... I'd lose the symbols for the different castes. Put a blank circle so people can paint as they wish.

What about Calimari?

Well it should start a new convention if it's neither suit nor flyer nor tank.

Mantis sounds good. You hAve the Manta in the sky and you have Mantis on the ground!

SXV-141 Dinichthys

Best fish ever. Heavily armoured prehistoric fish with massive jaws.

Fossilized skull.

Ebirah.

jake wrote:Shocktopus

No wait, I change my vote to this.

This looks great - nice sculpt!

As for names... Triton? (An. Greek; Messenger of the sea)

Overseer Class Fortifacation defence walker

Also would it be possible to get this kit without the legs so you could make your own turret body/grav tank mount for it

How about "Sea Cucumber"?

Or how about "Muscle"? Or "Plankton"?

Man-o-War +1 - Awesome name

Also, Shocktopus. hehehehe

Man O'War fits nicely.

Dont care what you call it, I just love the thing, might just buy one even though I dont play tau.

Architeuthis? Scientific name for a giant squid.

I originally was thinking Mako, but the shark names are much more common for the air caste.

Of the one's mentioned, I'm liking Mao-o-war or Kraken.

Holy crap. I love it.

What an amazing model. You've done a fantastic job of keeping to the style of the Tau. Cost-wise I think it's entirely justified. It's not just about volume people, you're also paying for talent and skill.

I voted for "Nautilus", though I got a good laugh out of Rock Lobster . Mostly because Nautilus implies history and tradition, rather than simply "fish".