Thanks for that - it's a damn clever method.

As soon as I saw what you'd done I thought "ooh that's new".

I've not seen a laser used to deliberately shape a component in three axes before - it tends to be a side effect of grayscale etching on wood. I take my hat off to you for your inventiveness.

A really cool idea, executed very well.
Did you also create the other vehicles, if so how?

Have managed to build (all using wood and laser-cutter): Mantas, Orcas, Tiger Sharks, AX-1-0s, Barracudas.

Rest are my own scratch builds, mostly off Eldar bases: Devilfish, Skyrays, Hammerheads, (all from old Eldar support craft) Tetras, Piranhas, (odd Eldar support weapons) Gun Drones, Heavy Drones, Crisis Drones, Broadside Drones, (from plasticard and staples) Crisis Suits, Broadside Suits (off Ork Dreadnought bases).

Wound up producing a full Battlefleet Gothic force instead of just a single spacecraft for orbital support.

Lots of photos in battle reports on Markconz website

Some earlier efforts were in a ToEG 2013 Colonial Tau Blog