Monday, March 30, 2020

From TomM: T'au SEED Destiny: UMF/SSO-3 ASH

Well, I had hoped to present this post as my newest Kill Team force, ready to go to battle in Kill Team at the local club.

But once again, something new isn't embrased by the local player base (you should have seen the discussion about Beta Bolters back when those where published...) so well, this is just my newest entry in the slow building force of T'au, based on the SEED Destiny anime.


The Stealth suits are in my opinion nice little sculpts, and honestly, for Kill Team they have a great skillset.  The -1 to hit and the high armour makes them pretty resistant, the multishot burst cannons can wrack an opponent to high heaven, and the fly rule of the suits makes them mobile as heck.  Sure, you are heavily outnumbered, but then again you have the cheap markerlight drones to fill out the force, take hits for your suit, AND add markerlights on the enemy...


The Inspiration:

Seen in episode 13 of the anime, when the Freedom makes his glorious return to the franchise, the ASH suits are new high tech infiltration suits created by ZAFT.  Hence the SSO in their designation, being part of the Special Ops wing of the organisation.


While the anime version is well armed as well, with beam claws and missile pods, I choose to copy their colour scheme.  The burst cannons nicely represent the fast firing pods, while the fusion blaster is a good representation of the beam weapons.

So that's the fourth unit of my force now completed, maybe it's time to build more of the actual "mainstay" suits for the force, the Crisis suits, next...

14 comments:

  1. Great looking stealth team. If any 40K faction suits the 'anime' treatment, it's T'au.

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  2. Who doesnt' like a man in a suit? Or T'au as it happens? Good show!

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  3. Nice models, nice paint job, Tom!

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  4. Good looking Tau mini dreads!
    Best Iain

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  5. Great work Tom. The Tau battlesuits certainly lend themselves to an anime-style look...

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  6. Nice, the tau have always had an aesthetic that suits the look you’re going for

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  7. The green and yellow really looks ace, Tom. We find that Tau are absolute beasts in Kill Team.

    Anime/Robotech/Macross. Never really understood it. Literally, I have absolutely no idea what is going on when I watch it. There seems to be a lot of big-eyed teenagers with amazing coloured hair shooting zillions of missiles and lasers, but nothing really happens. I remember Greg telling me that much of the intrigue can be distilled around important things like, 'My girlfriend's hair is more purple than your girlfriend's hair!'

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    1. You have obviously watched the wrong series/ movies! I guarantee you that you will love and understand the Appleseed movies! The name sounds silly but they are great, There are also some truly excellent Fantasy series out there, but I will confess its's an acquired taste.

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  8. Anime Space Commies ahead! Very nice work Tom, I do like the Tau!

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  9. Great Tau, you make them look so much harder and tougher!

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