Looking for T'au Vespids? Here's my proxy recipe !

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**Haechi**

Hey guys !

Vespids are super strong right now and GW models are ugly. This is my recipe for proxies. It's not cheap, but it looks awesome !

Fire Warrior bodies, Breachers guns and shoulder pads, Pathfinder helmets, Scourge backpack, Reivers grav wings. Tadaaaaaa !

**MechaEmperor7000**

Usually this kind of thing should go into Painting and Modelling (and possibly even showcase).

That said, these look awesome. I might take it to build some XV15 Stealthsuits.

**godardc**

They are well painted, very crisp, and a the conversion is not bad either
Solid work !

**John Prins**

Thanks for posting this - they look great!

There really needs to be more discussion about proxies for Vespid, because GW's Vespid look terrible. They certainly don't look very insectoid and they definitely don't look like they're capable of biological flight.

Alternatives I've considered:

- Drone surfing fire warriors
- Old metal stealth team with crystal tipped weapons
- Nurgle plague drones, cleaned up a bit (hey, they're bugs!)
- Jet packed fire warriors, making the jets out of drone undercarriage and the pulse carbine photon grenade launchers
- fire warriors with the Red Dog Miniatures jetpacks. This is problematic for GW tournaments

None of these ideas have really done it for me, though, so I'm still considering. Does anyone have other ideas?

**TiberiusHecktor**

these look super cool

**Oppl**

These are really excellent, and look so much better. I'd still prefer aliens but until GW update those models it'll have to be proxies - and yours are the best I've seen!

**Haechi**

Thanks guys. I was really looking for a way to field them since the index release.

Oppl wrote:
These are really excellent, and look so much better. I'd still prefer aliens but until GW update those models it'll have to be proxies - and yours are the best I've seen!

I totally understand and I'm the opposite haha. I don't like having weird aliens in my clean, factory produced T'au army haha.

**Oppl**

Haechi wrote:
Thanks guys. I was really looking for a way to field them since the index release.

Oppl wrote:
These are really excellent, and look so much better. I'd still prefer aliens but until GW update those models it'll have to be proxies - and yours are the best I've seen!

I totally understand and I'm the opposite haha. I don't like having weird aliens in my clean, factory produced T'au army haha.

Now that's pricked my interest... got any Tau 'Kroot' proxies?

**petrov27**

yeah I dig them the most - very well done

**Oppl**

One thing i forgot to add, while focusing on the conversion, those are some lovely painted models. Really great scheme. Almost like a Tau Raven Guard unit.

**Elbows**

While they're cool and work well I suppose, I definitely prefer actual alien mercenaries --- but I agree the Vespid are heinous. So put me in the "neither" camp at the moment. However it's cool you did the conversions and they seem to represent them fine, so I doubt anyone would have an issue playing against them.

**Haechi**

Oppl wrote:

Now that's pricked my interest... got any Tau 'Kroot' proxies?

I've thought about it, especially for Kroot Hounds, but nothing came out yet haha.

It's not as much as hating alien helpers, it's hate those old models GW has. I've heard a rumor saying there will be new alien mercenaries coming for T'au soonish, and I'm excited to see what it is =]

**Bobug**

Ive wanted to do this for so long! It looks brilliant, nice work!

**sockwithaticket**

Cool kitbash/conversion and solid paint job.

**John Prins**

Here's an old 5th edition attempt at vespid proxying. I was never happy with it, but it only took a gun drone underchassis, a fire warrior and some miscellaneous pulse carbine bits.

**Haechi**

It's not bad at all!

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Haechi, what's a scourge? (what you listed as the backpack's origin.)

**licclerich**

The shoulder pad on the gun looks crap but the rest looks excellent...have you done a whole unit...would love to see a painted one

**Valkyrie**

CREEEEEEEEED wrote:
Haechi, what's a scourge? (what you listed as the backpack's origin.)

Dark Eldar jump units.

Awesome work, fantastic concept executed brilliantly

**ZergSmasher**

Unlike most I actually like the official Vespid models (although I wish they were in plastic and more than 3 poses), but these conversions are very well done! The paintwork is pretty awesome as well!

**kestral**

Looks great - better than mine! The braid is particularly excellent - super dynamic! I did this one before I knew what Vespids were actually going to look like: