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To be honest, I'm not sure if I'll ever actually field one of these things as plasma rifles just seem to be better. However I was fiddling about with some random off-cuts and made up something that I thought looked quite neat, so here is an early beta test model of the cyclic ion blaster

Ahhh, you can never have enough guns that are almost as big as yourself. Thats the Tau motto.

Whats the point in powered armour if it doesn't help you lift really heavy things

Interesting take on the gun, I like it. What's the round thing on his shoulder?

The round thing is a alternate version of a missile pod. I don't think the normal missile pod covers the way the weapon works very well so I whomped up some of my own

More pics in the gallery.