Forgeworld Blog 71 - New Tau Suit

[Erik Setzer]

This is what happens when you start taking your design cues from Orks...

[Houghten]

Three whatever the hell they are (Rail weapons would be my guess),

They look like they belong to the airbursting frag projector family to me.

[Kirsten]

from the way they move up I would have thought more of an artillery type attack than direct rail gun attack, we shall see. can't wait to read the rules.

[Mr Mystery]

Could be AA Railguns, or angled to properly stick three on the chin of Titans

[Erik Setzer]

Could be guns that switch purposes, i.e. direct-fire railguns normally that can switch to firing at targets in the sky when necessary.

If so, that's going to be one scary sucker, because it looks like it's covering anti-infantry, anti-tank, *and* anti-aircraft (including the bigger, sturdier aircraft), all in one package.

[Subexarch]

Because if you can't smoke everything on the battlefield, you're doing it wrong!

[Mr.Gold]

be prepared for moans when this is either super over-costed or under priced or both.

also: "ahh, remember the days when wraithnights were good?..."

[DiceFestGames]

Still thinking the big guns look like they are part of the Pulse Submunition Family ... maybe barrage or flak weapons based of that tech?

[Archon]

I don´t like it. It look like too much guns on one place and that makes it redicules. Fluffwise, Tau should not have titans and this is scout-titan scale or at least knight scale. Not the right way for me.

[Lord Mayhem]

Could be guns that switch purposes, i.e. direct-fire railguns normally that can switch to firing at targets in the sky when necessary.

If so, that's going to be one scary sucker, because it looks like it's covering anti-infantry, anti-tank, *and* anti-aircraft (including the bigger, sturdier aircraft), all in one package.

Makes me think of the German 88mm from WWII. Used as both heavy Anti-Aircraft, Anti Tank, and on at least one occasion Artillery. Nice bit of engineering