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So then what of Commander Farsight, how would that come into play with Tau breeding standards?

What do you mean exactly?

He is/was a high ranking officer, at least before he went rogue(where he's top dog)

I would think he would be a desirable mating asset but as we know almost nothing about this we really can't say for certain.



Farsight Enclave Tau might have recreational sex, they arn't getting brainwashed by the Etherials.

Kroothawk wrote:

It truly is an odd world we live in, I would hate to think what a few members of the gaming community would use this image for...
That is all, gentlemen.

DAWARBOSS wrote:It truly is an odd world we live in, I would hate to think what a few members of the gaming community would use this image for...

Conversions?

That's some nice models

Boss Baeldakka wrote:So then what of Commander Farsight, how would that come into play with Tau breeding standards?

Crack theory: the big dislike between Farsight and Shadowsun is in fact your typical "forced-together couple" hatred. Back in the good ol' days when Farsight was loyal and all that stuff, the Etherals forged the "Shadowsight" project, where they wanted to bring the two commanders together. While the project started promising, it ultimately turned into a disaster (you can imagine).

Kroothawk wrote:

DAWARBOSS wrote:It truly is an odd world we live in, I would hate to think what a few members of the gaming community would use this image for...

Conversions?

I lol'd

Warrior Squirrel wrote:My dear fellow boob lovers. Tau do not have breasts. In the Xenology book there is a picture of a bare breasted female Tau ethereal. No boobs at all. Here is a link to the book. You will have to scroll down.

Edit. And I forgot the link...

Here it is
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30152137/Xenology

That seems to be more like it's just Artistic License, or they have not been drawn due to problems that could occur. Tau do not have feet like that, they have hooves. Nor do Tau have a Diamond thing on their forehead (Females have a Y shape)

Everyone who says that the Tau females must look the same because a Space Marine couldn't tell the difference, remember that is from the view pointce of said Space Marine - and they view all Aliens badly, so would not pick up (Or care to) the actual differences. We know they do not look exactly the same because of ShadowSun.

Kroothawk wrote:1.) Kroot females look the same as males. But they smell differently
2.) Inter-species breeding doesn't exist by definition of the word species. You can hump a tree, but there will be no offspring.

#2 doesn't preclude inter-species dating... but I suppose the Tree wouldn't take you up on a dinner and movie date. :-)

That seems to be more like it's just Artistic License, or they have not been drawn due to problems that could occur. Tau do not have feet like that, they have hooves. Nor do Tau have a Diamond thing on their forehead (Females have a Y shape)

Clearly you didn't read the book. Or the codex.

All Ethereals have a crystal groing out of their head. It's the organ that allows them to control other Tau and other pheremone driven creatures.

The "Y" has only been seen on Shadow Sun. And hooves have only been seen on Aun'Va and perhaps the Space Pope guards?

For all we know, the females of the Tau don't have hooves. And they most certainly do not have boobs.

Xenology = Black Library = Artistic License. Just like Matt Ward's Lasermarines.

Personally, I would deem it quite established that Tau have hooves - the idea that females would be so drastically different in physiology that their bodies are of a completely different shape is rather weird.

It's a matter of personal interpretation, tho. No canon means no rules, so knock yourselves out.

The aun use to have crystals in there heads, but they changed it in the second codex.

the idea that females would be so drastically different in physiology that their bodies are of a completely different shape is rather weird

Like humans?

Human females are not so drastically different that we look like different species, although massive sexual dimorphisim(I think I used that correctly) isn't unheard of.

It is most commen in insects and some species of fish(Hey, Tau could now be called fish people ) where the sexs will be so radically different. I believe there is a type of deep sea angler fish where the females are big creatures with mouths the size of their bodies(Think a Squig with fins) and the males are barely 5% of the female's body weight. The male will physically attach himself to a females body, where he assumes a parasitic existance actually drawing nurishment directly from her body, and only exists for breeding purposes. He basically becomes her own personal set of testicals(and mutiple males will often attach to one female)

*nods* I've heard of massive size disparities (see also: spiders), but developing a completely different set of limbs and the respective gait to go with it seems a bit strange, from an evolution PoV. Unless you assume that feet or hooves are a necessary part of their sexual reproduction or some other activity whose nature is based solely on gender.

maybe the females have toes so they can climb trees to avoid predators and the males have to run away really fast

Tau do not have feet like that, they have hooves

Those are hooves. Much like a Rhino or Tapier...Tapair? Those little pig like things! You know what I'm talking about.

Lynata wrote:Xenology = Black Library = Artistic License. Just like C.S. Goto's Lasermarines.

Fixed that for ya


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Grey Templar wrote:maybe the females have toes so they can climb trees to avoid predators and the males have to run away really fast

We still didn't see Tau with Human legs outside of that book.

Brother Coa wrote:Fixed that for ya

Oh wow, wasn't that a Freudian mistake to make.

So if the Tau lets say did have hooves for whatever reason, would they look like the hooves a Draenei has in World of Warcraft or something a little bit different (I'm not saying it has to be that certain style,just giving an example). Heres a picture

Well, the miniatures certainly do a good job of suggesting that particular kind of hoof.

DeffDred wrote:Clearly you didn't read the book. Or the codex.
All Ethereals have a crystal groing out of their head. It's the organ that allows them to control other Tau and other pheremone driven creatures.
The "Y" has only been seen on Shadow Sun. And hooves have only been seen on Aun'Va and perhaps the Space Pope guards?
For all we know, the females of the Tau don't have hooves. And they most certainly do not have boobs.

Clearly you haven't read the Codex either. Nor looked at Tau miniatures. Not everything what a mad inquisitor speculates, is law.

If you ask a lifetime US NRA member, why their Canadian neighbors are much less violent, he will probably also say that premier Harper is emitting a pheromone, because every decent man with a free will wants to kill everyone around him, it's just natural

Well atleast we have concluded that Tau females do not have breasts.

Warrior Squirrel wrote:Well atleast we have concluded that Tau females do not have breasts.

No we didn't.
Ever saw a Tau female outside armor?

Tau are humanoid and similar to humans. Therefore, by conclusion, they have boobs. However, until GW actually comes out with Tau artwork featuring Tau females out of armor/different caste (maybe in the next codex), we wont be bale to actually know for sure.

I have doubts that GW will show us a picture of a nude Tau.

Page 20 in the link I gave you.

That is a dead and cut open Tau, not really nude...
And also wrong, since Tau don't have Human legs...

Coa there is a pic of the Tau before the dissection. Jeez, read what I write you, you hamster!

Warrior Squirrel wrote:Jeez, read what I write you, you hamster!

ROFL

... Hamster