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 jspyd3rx wrote:
http://latabernadelaurana.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/rumores-fotos-tau-en-alta-calidad.html

Holy nut balls, those pics are awesome. And what the hell has that flyer got attached to the tail? The second one... looks like an array of Railguns.

 jspyd3rx wrote:
http://latabernadelaurana.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/rumores-fotos-tau-en-alta-calidad.html

good to see better pics of stuff and the two new commander guys.

Edit - I'm actually loving the new broadside, the whole look should be shifted across to other suits, I like it that much.

Whoa. Look at the tail weapon under slung on the bomber!

That flier keeps getting better looking every time I see it.

I'm digging the special characters. The Shadowsun-inspired armor on the tank commander guy is a nice touch.

 Earthbeard wrote:

 jspyd3rx wrote:
http://latabernadelaurana.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/rumores-fotos-tau-en-alta-calidad.html

good to see better pics of stuff and the two new commander guys.

and the pics from that link:

 kronk wrote:
That flier keeps getting better looking every time I see it.

Indeed, although I'm still not sold on the I-beams between the wings.

The Broadside actually looks a bit awkward, I think.

Damn!
The Broadside looks even better than I thought.

The quad gun on the flyer is tempting, although I wonder if it is a fighter if it is appropriately placed on the hull. If it is meant for straffing runs, then fine, I guess.

The Tau tank commander seems to be wearing XV-22 armour? That seems... like a waste of resources.

Capes. Everyone with capes. I was hoping to keep Tau as allies, but capes? I assume (maybe incorrectly) that this would be the fireblade cadre? Or one of them?

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 kronk wrote:
That flier keeps getting better looking every time I see it.

Indeed, although I'm still not sold on the I-beams between the wings.

Cut them off then! Should be a simple mod.

This stuff all looks SWEEEEET. That Broadside is beautiful.

Are the railguns the bomber or the fighter?

In any case... It might actually be possible that GW are developing an anti flyer army...

 jspyd3rx wrote:
http://latabernadelaurana.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/rumores-fotos-tau-en-alta-calidad.html

That commander looks pretty cool, the flyer looks just as ridiculous with the tail weapon mounted on the bottom as on the top. Who thought that.. gun or the missile pods were a good idea there?

Also the age old question has been answered...

Tau go barefoot in battle.

it, there is so much that I want to pre-order. But with out seeing the rules I don't know exactly how much to get of what. The big thing that I want to know about is the Cadre Fireblade, to me that just seems like the Necro Royal Court. Which I like that idea, I just don't know how many to get right off the bat. Oh well.....

 pretre wrote:

 Earthbeard wrote:

 jspyd3rx wrote:
http://latabernadelaurana.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/rumores-fotos-tau-en-alta-calidad.html

good to see better pics of stuff and the two new commander guys.

and the pics from that link:

Haha. Wow. This guy looks kind of bad. It's like a Tau pretending to be a Space Marine!

Is that a rail rifle or a pulse rifle?

I think I've realized what my biggest beef with the Tau has always been.

That hideous, hideous ochre color scheme.

I like this one. Tank commander, visually looks distinct from the normal "tank commander" included with the Devilfish.

I really like this guy. Darkstrider is fantastic.

Oh my. Tailguns.

Interesting placement.

I really do like the new Broadsides. They keep a bit of the visual aesthetic that the Forge World XV-89 suits had, where there was no "hand" but rather the guns attached directly to the arm.

Shame they did not update the standard Crisis Suits accordingly.

Puscifer wrote:
Also the age old question has been answered...

Tau go barefoot in battle.

Like blue Hobbits!

 pities2004 wrote:

Puscifer wrote:
Also the age old question has been answered...

Tau go barefoot in battle.

Like blue Hobbits!

I fell out of my chair laughing at that. Awesome, now I want to kit bash some Tau and Hobbit models to make a new detachment to my army.....

Here the names:

Cadre Fireblade (Upgrade for Fire Warrior units, Plastic)


Commander Long Knife (tank commander, Finecast) Edit: Name is Longstrike.


Dark Strider (Pathfinder character,, Finecast)


Also, there will be a limited edition Codex Tau.
And Hammerhead/Skyray get an official combined box, 6€ more expensive of course: 45 €
The new Battleforce will be released 4th May.

New plastic character? Interesting. A couple RMs said no more multi-part plastics.

WOW!

The with the side angle pics, the new flyer looks much better than I imagine. The side rails connecting the rear wings to the front wings still looks goofy. I'll snap it off and make it look like a true flyer.

The special character with the cape has weird looking chest armor. The other two however are well sculpted.

The tank commander's armor reminds me of Garrus from Mass Effect! I'll probably purchase and convert as such.

Getting excited now. The trailer is so simple, and so good.

 SabrX wrote:
The special character with the cape has weird looking chest armor.

I'm hoping this is weird angle syndrome.

 pretre wrote:
New plastic character? Interesting. A couple RMs said no more multi-part plastics.

We just got the Nurgle Herald this month, so wasn't that rumour out the window anyway?

Oh, was Nurgle Herald multipart plastic? Neat, thanks LBF.
edit: Whoops, I had already marked it false based on the herald. My brain is going.

 Compel wrote:
Are the railguns the bomber or the fighter?

In any case... It might actually be possible that GW are developing an anti flyer army...

Those aren't railguns on the flyer...those look like ion weapons...look closely at the muzzle.

The side view pic of the Broadside looks like the feet have a rear claw that may give some extra support to the weak-as-crap ankle joints (let's hope anyway).

I don't know much about tau... Just that ion cannon = short stubby thing no one uses and rail gun/cannon = big gun of death. You could have told me it was a banana launcher and I would have believed you.

 pities2004 wrote:

Puscifer wrote:
Also the age old question has been answered...

Tau go barefoot in battle.

Like blue Hobbits!

I think I just pee'd a little.

I must admit that I was wrong about the flyer as I was about some of the Daemon stuff. The pics in WD are horrendous. These pics make the flyers look amazing,

I like the Fireblade a lot and I might just get one to paint up regardless of how good they are.

Not too impressed with the Pathfinder character though.

The Broadside is exactly how I thought it would look - awesome.

The Tank Commander is (as was said early) Garrus Vakarian. He will also be painted as such.

Roll on the 6th for the release, but roll on the 30th for WD. I've not wanted an issue of WD as badly as the next issue.

My brain asplode. My wallet soon to follow.

Any idea on the price of this finecast character, considering it will probably be just a torso with no weapons?

Also,