So knighthood might be the way to go for these too then?

Only problem, as I see it, is the size available minis, most suitable proxies will be far smaller than their Imperial counterparts. But that might not be a showstopper?

Other than that, survivability seems to be key.

As for the nova reactor, This might be difficuklt to implement on this scale. In WH40K these guys are single monsterous creatures, here they will come in a detachment of 3 or 4 knights/Walkers. If we where to follow fluff and add som nova reactor effects, then those effects should problably have to apply for all stands in a detachment. So that you don't have one stand firing its secondary twice, another going AWOL gunning his jetpac for adidtional 30cm cuising into the sunset and the third shielding up? It would lead to excessive bookkeeping, or so i think...

Weapons wise, one could certainly do 2 setups, but would we then have 2 different battlefield roles? Is it perhaps not better to identify any holes in the current lits and tailor the Riptide to meet those requirements thus leaving us with one setup?

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I was contemplating how to make the nova reactor work. How about giving the Riptide Knights detachment a pool of extra dice that they can spend on rerolling failed saves or missed shots, or to add to CAF or add some cm to their move. You may not reroll any rerolls or spend more than2 extra dice on caf or movement. The pool should probably not be to big. Perhaps 6 dice for a detachment of 3 knights.

Well, just an idea...

Nice!

Whatcha think about this mini as a proxi for the knight?

https://www.ironwindmetals.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=116&pid=116#top_display_media

Cheers
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I love the DZC figs (and those size comparisons really help) but I don't like those walkers for Tau. They have the Tau curvy-ness to them but they are all hunched over. To my eye they look more like tanks with legs than battlesuits. To be honest, they most remind me of warhounds and imperial knights rather than Tau.

To me, one of the distinguishing things about Tau suits is that they are upright and humanoid, they have definite torso, arms and legs, as well as the smooth lines.

BTW, my figuring has the Riptide standing around 1"-1.5", does that seem right to anyone?

If I remember correctly, all the heavy gear models come with a selection of weapons, and they might fit some of the smaller 40k Tau weapons.

As an aside, I have always liked the heavy gear models and always thought about picking up the game.