I particularly like the idea of a high tech force supported by robot drones that tries to minimize casualties and operate at a distance from the enemy. Years ago I remember a set of 40K rules for robots where you designed “computer programs” that governed the actions of the models during a game. I’d come up with a combination of forward observers and emplaced missile fire-bases that sounds remarkably like the Tau markerlight and guided missile combination. So here we go for a project for ToEG 2013.
Any self respecting Tau force will need a decent number of gun drones, an iconic model if ever there was one. So I set about building some with plastic card, a couple of staples and an old leather hole punch that was once my grandfathers. And here are the results.
Having started off on the home built DIY drones it seemed a “minor” step to attempt the whole army with spare models I had lying around, mostly surplus Eldar I accumulated with Ebay and Trademe purchases. So the Fire Warriors are Eldar infantry with their pointy helmets trimmed back.
Obviously I needed to produce some shield drones and they have evolved to a mass production system as well. The next iconic Tau unit struck me as a Crisis suit so that got built up from some plastic Ork Dreadnaughts that had accumulated in the spares pile. The rest is plastic card and brass rod.
Next up came a swarm of other Drone options.
Markerlight Drones along with their Pathfinder buddies.
Heavy Gun Drones some with dual burst cannons and others with a markerlight instead of the second cannon.
Sniper Drones. I still need to build up a Drone controller for these sneaky beasts.
Inspired by the gorgeous 40K Drone Army at URL Address
and to an extent at Some blue Crisis Drones
I thought there needed to be some properly heavy drone support. These could proxy up as Crisis Suits and Broadsides, or perhaps as Hammerheads with fusion guns or rail guns. Actually my preference would be to come up with some slightly less powerful stats of their own to use for them.
There has been another round of construction and painting but that will have to await the next photo session. Hopefully I will be able to get the picture size under better control next time as well.
