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Oh, I thought they were twin-linked, nvm.

youbedead wrote:there are certain similarity's, but crab just doesn't sound menacing

Speak for yourself. I'd be pretty terrified if my opponent had crabs

How about the 'Megalodon' SXV-141 Super-heavy Assault Walker or the 'Horseshoe' SXV-141 Super-heavy Assault Walker.

I thought 'Megalodon' because it was the biggest and most Bad Ass shark in prehistoric times and I thought 'Horseshoe' would be fitting because they are heavily armoured similar to the SAW. Also, Horseshoe doesn't sound as weird as callin it King Crab or Spider Crab...

well that's my two cents

Why not just the SXV-141 Crab? Is crab not awesome sounding enough?

Nick, that thing is epic congrats! How about riptide, undertow, tsunami, tidallus or mermidon?

I know the pictures are pretty low grade, but its what I have at the moment until I get some really nice ones done.

Keep in mind, the rules are just one persons ideas, you guys should do what you think is fair with them, I am sure I will look into some better ones when I have a chance.

I thought Megaladon too.. but it seems.. long?

Sounds dinosaurish or wooly mammoth-y on it's own, what about the white shark family name? Carcharias sp?

I still think mermidon would be a pretty cool name...

I liked the idea of calling it the Behemoth most of those suggested, but then I checked on the origins of the word and it was a land based animal, its watery counterpart being the Leviathan. So I would suggest Leviathan would be a better name for it!

Chapterhouse wrote:I know the pictures are pretty low grade, but its what I have at the moment until I get some really nice ones done.

Keep in mind, the rules are just one persons ideas, you guys should do what you think is fair with them, I am sure I will look into some better ones when I have a chance.

I thought Megaladon too.. but it seems.. long?

I also started to think it was too long after I posted it.

How about 'Narwhal'. For some reason the turret on the top made the name spring to mind...

Well, look up all the types of crab. Pick the most badass one. The King Crab? Spider Crab? Ghost Crab?

Of course, if you're going for a latinate name, "Cancer" would work. But that's not really a good brand identity for the English-speaking world...

Perhaps something based upon an octopus. The Japanese name for octopus is Tako. Might that work?

Charlie.

Charlie the Magic Unicorn.

Savnock wrote:Perhaps something based upon an octopus. The Japanese name for octopus is Tako. Might that work?

Actually that sounds pretty cool.

mmmm. Tako class heavy burrito.

tako sounds pretty cool though

Very cool, though very pricey.

It is for the tau pwnage player.

To bad i'm not =/

Tau titan walker.

Very cool, though very pricey.

It is for the tau pwnage player.

To bad i'm not =/

Tau titan walker.

Hermit class? It could go steal other super heavies and use them as shells!

Ugh, whatever you do please don't call it the "Megalodon"...every single fan-made Tau superheavy gets named that, and I'm sick of it at this point.

I really liked "Myrmidon", why not call it that? Okay so it doesn't quite fit with the "big fish" naming scheme, but I don't see why everything HAS to. "Broadside" and "Crisis" battlesuits don't have fish names, "Valkyrie" isn't a mythological animal name like "Chimera" or "Manticore", either...it's okay to be different!

Call it Krakinos or the Fiddler (Crab).

In the context of the product and the game it is supposed to sneak itself into the other names are not unique and reek of hivefleet and lack of thought. Certainly they are not 'Tau' like names.

Also, contextually, 'Tau' as a GW brand is fairly solid (being a specific race within the world of 40K).

besides all this can the legs be repositioned? The pose as is looks very static making it look like a fixed defence platform.

Crab.

Then commission the sculptor to make a support drone unit for it. Call them Light Intercept Combat Engines.

Squid maybe?

EDIT: Forgot to mention how FREAKIN AWESOME THIS LOOKS!

Yes, genius! It must be done!

I am sure the legs could be sawn up and repositioned, however it would be nice to cast them in several pieces and enable users to avoid the necessity.

Name it... MEGATRON

This awesome piece of kit was sculpted up my mangozac, an Australian fellow who has been working on this thing for a bit over 2 years(jan 08 he started a blog on the project).

Im glad to see Chapterhouse picking it up though- the savings on just the shipping of that much resin will save people a good chunk of cash.

Savnock wrote:Perhaps something based upon an octopus. The Japanese name for octopus is Tako. Might that work?

Yeah I'm going to vote against that. First because tako is a vile abomination on a mission to ruin my dinner, and second because of you're going to use a Japanese name you may as well just put it in a sailor skirt and call it the SUGOI OTAKU MECHA SUUPAA!

JOHIRA wrote:

Savnock wrote:Perhaps something based upon an octopus. The Japanese name for octopus is Tako. Might that work?

Yeah I'm going to vote against that. First because tako is a vile abomination on a mission to ruin my dinner, and second because of you're going to use a Japanese name you may as well just put it in a sailor skirt and call it the SUGOI OTAKU MECHA SUUPAA!

anime was not the only thing to come out of japan

thats a very big generliseation(sp) thats like saying G.I joe should drive a Burger-van

Sidstyler wrote:I really liked "Myrmidon", why not call it that? Okay so it doesn't quite fit with the "big fish" naming scheme, but I don't see why everything HAS to. "Broadside" and "Crisis" battlesuits don't have fish names, "Valkyrie" isn't a mythological animal name like "Chimera" or "Manticore", either...it's okay to be different!

Valkyrie isn't an animal no, but it is mythological. Same goes for the Medusa and Colossus. But then there's always the Leman Russ and Sentinel which are neither animals nor mythological.

About the Super Heavy; weren't the Tau opposed to Walkers and non-Skimmers in the fluff, as they weren't sophisticated enough?
As for the name, I wouldn't go for a 'Nid Hive Fleet name as well. How about Nautilus (a squid with external shell)?

Man'o'War?

I actually really like "Narwhal" for a name, as was already suggested.

Looks sweet. Gonna make alot of tau players very happy.

King Crab.

BrookM wrote:King Crab.

anything with "king" or something that has a grand prefix is good as it give them an excuse to do little ones

imagine that supprted by little one with rail rifles, it would be so cute like it had little babys

I support the king crab idea