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 Savageconvoy wrote:
Honestly I don't want to be in a position where Tau are on top again just to have everyone bemoaning every little issue. Like how suddenly in 6th the pulse rifle is automatically too good and the JSJ thing is overpowered, despite being terrible in the old codex and relatively unchanged.

Believe me, I'm expecting a storm of epic proportions when the Tau codex is released. It'll make Eldar look like a mild breeze.

Perhaps I can create a generator that runs off of internet rage, sell it off by the megawatt-hour, and buy Tau with the profit!

 Wilson wrote:

 Vector Strike wrote:

 TheNewBlood wrote:
So far, we have confirmed that Tau are getting a new FW superheavy unit. There might be an Imperial Armour to go with it, there might not.

Dude, the own FW sculptors said that there will be an IA14 with Tau. That's not just rumour.

Did he mention what tau would be fighting? ( ad mech??)

Sorry , don't mean to derail.

Ogryns in Sentinels, directed by Ad mech with kastelan Mk II robots. Late in the war, tyranids begin to develop power armor after all the marines they've digested.

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Then


And finally

 Verviedi wrote:
Perhaps I can create a generator that runs off of internet rage, sell it off by the megawatt-hour, and buy Tau with the profit!

This Spring's Eldar-Codex-Release Poop Storm of 2015 shall not be surpassed ... not until the next Eldar codex drops.

 Brothererekose wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Perhaps I can create a generator that runs off of internet rage, sell it off by the megawatt-hour, and buy Tau with the profit!

This Spring's Eldar-Codex-Release Poop Storm of 2015 shall not be surpassed ... not until the next Eldar codex drops.

If only we had that during the Matt Ward era

Haven't seen this one posted anywhere here yet, so... Freaking Huge Tau KX-139 FW kit, £300:



http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/09/tau-kx-139-titan-suit-its-enormous.html

£300? At least that means we won't be seeing that many of them absolutely tearing up the battlefield. Shame though, personally I love the model.

That is the proce of a game console.....oh well, imma gonna save up for one.

Err... a big lad isn't he?

Cool picture.
And it is impressive indeed, bigger then i thought.

But still do not like the design. the big guns should be on the arms, not on the shoulders IMO.

 Talys wrote:
Haven't seen this one posted anywhere here yet, so... Freaking Huge Tau KX-139 FW kit, £300:



http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/09/tau-kx-139-titan-suit-its-enormous.html

It looks awesome. By far the highest quality and most modern design of any in the picture. It's also highly poseable, which is really a dream come true. It's debatable whether good designs and functional looking mechs actually look out of place in the 40K universe, considering the comical looking Dreadnoughts etc that would just flip over if they ever tried to walk, but nevertheless this new Tau model is awesome. To me, it completes the Tau range so that they too have a mega model available for collectors or those who like larger games.

YOu mean the Manta wasnt a mega model for collectors/those who like larger games?

 Therion wrote:

 Talys wrote:
Haven't seen this one posted anywhere here yet, so... Freaking Huge Tau KX-139 FW kit, £300:



http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/09/tau-kx-139-titan-suit-its-enormous.html

It looks awesome. By far the highest quality and most modern design of any in the picture. It's also highly poseable, which is really a dream come true. It's debatable whether good designs and functional looking mechs actually look out of place in the 40K universe, considering the comical looking Dreadnoughts etc that would just flip over if they ever tried to walk, but nevertheless this new Tau model is awesome. To me, it completes the Tau range so that they too have a mega model available for collectors or those who like larger games.

Dawn of War for PC does actually give you good idea of how the Dreadnoughts walk around.

As for the Tau- they already had 2 mega sized models for 40K. The Orca drop ship (now OOP from the look of things) and the Manta. As well as a load of smaller flyers.

chaos0xomega wrote:
YOu mean the Manta wasnt a mega model for collectors/those who like larger games?

Nah man, the Manta was a themed Tau army storage solution .

 Albertorius wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
YOu mean the Manta wasnt a mega model for collectors/those who like larger games?

Nah man, the Manta was a themed Tau army storage solution .

Right on the money. Flyers, especially super heavy ones, are impractical to the point of ridiculous on standard tabletops. Even more so than Titans and artillery.

I know a number of Tau players who felt they don't have a real super heavy vehicle, like Imperium, Chaos, Eldar, Orks and Nids do. Now they do.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Err... a big lad isn't he?

Yes, in fact his actual model number is TX-4U.

 Orock wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Err... a big lad isn't he?

Yes, in fact his actual model number is TX-4U.

They shoulda named him 5XL-4U

Nah. TX is the abbreviation for Texas and since everything is bigger in Texas...

 Ghaz wrote:
Nah. TX is the abbreviation for Texas and since everything is bigger in Texas...

LOL. Exalted

I think it's super close to being amazing, but misses the mark by a little. It's chest sticks out a bit too much IMO, and it's head needs to be bigger.

Why does the head "Need to be bigger"? If you know anything about Tau battle suits you know that the head contain nothing more then a set of cameras and sensors letting the pilots that are compleately in the chest see whats going on, And the Tau do nothing that isent nececary. Does bigger head increase the capabilities of the suit? No? then it wont get a bigger head.

Merellin wrote:
Why does the head "Need to be bigger"? If you know anything about Tau battle suits you know that the head contain nothing more then a set of cameras and sensors letting the pilots that are compleately in the chest see whats going on, And the Tau do nothing that isent nececary. Does bigger head increase the capabilities of the suit? No? then it wont get a bigger head.

Nope, old fluff about how the Tau don't make stupid edifices like the IOM don't work anymore, as evidenced by the shift "giant walkers are dumb, let's just shoot them from orbit" to "LOOK AT MA ION CANNON HANDS PEW PEW PEW!"

A smaller head not only looks better (your mileage may vary) but emphasises the bulk and size of the body. The head makes the suit look even bigger than it is in scale, and adds an impression of fine detail. Your eyes can't be sure of the scale.

Babies have large heads and small bodies. Bodybuilders have large bodies smaller heads by comparison. The Warhound in the picture is an example of the opposite design, where the head is about half the size of the torso.

maceria wrote:

Merellin wrote:
Why does the head "Need to be bigger"? If you know anything about Tau battle suits you know that the head contain nothing more then a set of cameras and sensors letting the pilots that are compleately in the chest see whats going on, And the Tau do nothing that isent nececary. Does bigger head increase the capabilities of the suit? No? then it wont get a bigger head.

Nope, old fluff about how the Tau don't make stupid edifices like the IOM don't work anymore, as evidenced by the shift "giant walkers are dumb, let's just shoot them from orbit" to "LOOK AT MA ION CANNON HANDS PEW PEW PEW!"

Or the Tau have come to realize that in a galaxy where everyone else has massive robots and monsters, and air superiority is far from guaranteed, maybe the races that have been fighting for tens of thousands or millions of years have a point when it comes to giant walkers.

Merellin wrote:
Why does the head "Need to be bigger"? If you know anything about Tau battle suits you know that the head contain nothing more then a set of cameras and sensors letting the pilots that are compleately in the chest see whats going on, And the Tau do nothing that isent nececary. Does bigger head increase the capabilities of the suit? No? then it wont get a bigger head.

Because it looks stupid, that's why. If we were going for maximum efficiency, it wouldn't even have head, but it's there for looks. I just think the size of the head relative to the rest of the model is stupidly small.

I always thought the large heads on units like the Warhound were partly psychological - many predators have large heads with big jaws and so helps with the intimidation factor.

This also fits in with the limited personality engrams that the Warhound has?

oh and rule of cool of course - that wins.

I like Ork stuff where they just weld loads guns together - I had hoped that the Tau would show their cleanness of design and efficiency and hence appear the opposite. Then again I am not a fan of the over the top anime designs it obviously modelled on.

If it was a Archer, Marauder or Warhammer lookalike then hell yeah.............

There's nothing efficient about a bipedal walker war machine with chicken ankles a ridiculously high centre of gravity anyway. This is also a game with scaled-down tanks that are too tall still, rifles fatter than your hip and swords taller than a man. Any practicality-based assessments are kinda moot.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:

Merellin wrote:
Why does the head "Need to be bigger"? If you know anything about Tau battle suits you know that the head contain nothing more then a set of cameras and sensors letting the pilots that are compleately in the chest see whats going on, And the Tau do nothing that isent nececary. Does bigger head increase the capabilities of the suit? No? then it wont get a bigger head.

Because it looks stupid, that's why. If we were going for maximum efficiency, it wouldn't even have head, but it's there for looks. I just think the size of the head relative to the rest of the model is stupidly small.

The head is required so the Tau pilot doesn't get "simulator sickness". Battlesuits are linked directly to their nervous system and becomes their body, which is why they are more agile than Imperium walkers. If the cameras were located on the chest, it would make the pilot feel like their head is in their chest, as well as restrict instinctual/trained head movement, and the disconnect between what they are experiencing and what the brain expects will cause them to become sick, since the only logical explination for the brain is the pilot is poisoned and needs to vomit.

You can get the same effect from a poorly made Oculus Rift game. Have a bucket nearby.

I rather like that Tau super-duper-heavy.

Pretty!

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

maceria wrote:

Merellin wrote:
Why does the head "Need to be bigger"? If you know anything about Tau battle suits you know that the head contain nothing more then a set of cameras and sensors letting the pilots that are compleately in the chest see whats going on, And the Tau do nothing that isent nececary. Does bigger head increase the capabilities of the suit? No? then it wont get a bigger head.

Nope, old fluff about how the Tau don't make stupid edifices like the IOM don't work anymore, as evidenced by the shift "giant walkers are dumb, let's just shoot them from orbit" to "LOOK AT MA ION CANNON HANDS PEW PEW PEW!"

Or the Tau have come to realize that in a galaxy where everyone else has massive robots and monsters, and air superiority is far from guaranteed, maybe the races that have been fighting for tens of thousands or millions of years have a point when it comes to giant walkers.

If you don't have air superiority than your giant walker is dead anyway since it's going to just get bombed back to the stone age by the other guy's air/space assets.

There is no in-universe situation where a giant bi-pedal robot would be more ideal than a mobile flyer/skimmer. Like Centurions, the only reason this unit exists is because it looks cool.

There's nothing wrong with that... but let's call a spade a spade.