Tau Artillery Drone

[Vet Sgt]

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af50/gartheng/New%20Tau%20Pictures/GEDC2892_zpswazb1kve.jpg

I wanted a really heavy Tau Infantry support weapon, so I designed an Artillery Drone. The concept is to mount a full sized rail gun onto the smallest carriage that could carry it. Basically it’s an anti-tank gun that can move under its own power and can provide serious close support for the infantry.

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af50/gartheng/drone2_zpsrudh2rxh.png

The entire model was made from scratch, starting with a design I made and then printed on a 3-D printer. The printed model was used to make a mold and was then cast in resin. If you are interested, I have a few of them for sale at http://18charlie.com/

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af50/gartheng/New%20Tau%20Pictures/GEDC2916%202_zpsldds3n1s.jpg



http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af50/gartheng/New%20Tau%20Pictures/GEDC3089_zpsizjjsngd.jpg

[CoffeeGrunt]

Interesting idea, almost looks like an alternate mount to make some sort of tank destroyer. Maybe it's just my heretical Gue'vesa way of thinking, though. :P

[Vet Sgt]

almost looks like an alternate mount to make some sort of tank destroyer. :P

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af50/gartheng/New%20Tau%20Pictures/GEDC2879_zpsjvffc9e7.png

It is a little small to be an actual vehicle. It only consists of a weapon, a power source, and the drone to carry it. The weapon however is almost exactly the same size as the GW version, so I did do a simple conversion with it.

[CoffeeGrunt]

I mean, like an assault gun. A fixed-forward tank destroyer that could be mounted on, say, a Chimera chassis. :)

[Vet Sgt]

be mounted on, say, a Chimera chassis. :)
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af50/gartheng/New%20Tau%20Pictures/GEDC2492_zpshgk9qa0v.jpg
If you dropped the drone chassis, and just used the base and railgun it would actually be very easy to mount on a Chimera.


http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af50/gartheng/New%20Tau%20Pictures/GEDC2516%203_zpszkdkm8pl.jpg

Because it’s much smaller than a vehicle it would have to be used as an unarmored tank destroyer I think. It would be a lot of fun however to say that is has a stealth field and run them in squadrons like sniper drones!

http://18charlie.com/

[CoffeeGrunt]

Might grab some if I start playing 40K again. Knock-together some houserules for it. :)