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Now, avoiding spamming, I'll pick up from this quote:
I don't think we have any/enough justification for Demiurg in the Tau list |
As you see, I and a few others here think we do. So, the case we propose is pretty much this:
1- We accept that it's not out of necessity for the main list. I'm happy to work on this under the guise of a Mercenary off-shoot article. The problem with that is that there is solid implications that the Tau and Demiurg have a rather special, if not 'unique' relationship, which hints to me that if any place is likely to be finding themselves with proper bona-fide Demiurg equipment strutting its stuff then it'd be the Tau. That is the impression given by Armada and the CPF Article of Ray Bells.
2- Demiurg are fairly advanced technically, so we *can* go with this being a fairly advanced piece of kit. It would need, however, to be something the Tau Empire forces simply don't have access to elsewhere. From that, I propose the Demiurg present the Tau's best shot at mainly land-based Titans and equivalents.[ie not Support Craft]
3- It is not going to be a straight 'Reaver/Warlord/Gargant/Stompa' with Tau markings. It's to be a Demiurg creation, and it's to look and act accordingly.
4- A 'Demiurg' Feel I propose is relatively slow, relatively tough, and immensely powerful[ie Sub-Eldar in Power, but above wider access Imperial and Ork stuff of this magnitude]
5- It's a further addition to the 'non-pure' side of the Tau, so it shouldn't detract from the 'pure' contributions of the Tau. This is mainly so that 'Pure' Tau forces are viable, if lacking in some respects [ie No Titans, No Insects, No Humans, No Savages]. [This is a core focus of all Tau Lists. The 40k list looses almost any 'cheap access' without Kroot, and looses a fair bit of now added and rapid response AP with the loss of Vespids, in BFG they cannot go toe to toe with Battleships and Battlecruisers without the Demiurg, and are obscenely poor at manouvering with good firepower without the Orcas[Demiurg Tech involved] or the Nicassar]
6- Something a bit like War of the Worlds would be very desirable, if we can make it look good.
Now, looking back a bit: I already was quite aware of how dangerous it is to bandy about the 'racist' point, but I don't think it's unjustified as it was deliberately and clearly in a different context from the racism involved in the real world. Pure Tau lists should be viable, but given the precedent from other games and the background itself [the premiss for this entire list] is that the Tau should be at a distinct[though not needing to be a severe] disadvantage if they use none of their Auxilliaries. As a joking aside: Drones aren't Tau 
For my intentions of modelling the concept...
I have a plan
[Queue War of the Worlds Musical!]
My thinking is rather basic, but I'll go with it anyway:
Take the side 'wing' thing from a Bastion Class Commerce Vessel, apply Greenstuff [ideally skillfully]. This'd, hopefully, allow me or the modeller to model nice 'Stompy Ambulators'[or something equally good looking or more so], a few added details, and a nice bit of weapons and such.
This'd make it a very 'Tall' Design overall, so I'd probably end up adding a few more bits to 'bulk it out'.
Any suggestions?
Xisor
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