Armed with a plasma rifle, missile pod and shield generator this suit can either hunt tanks or MEQs at range, while sticking around for a bit.

This model is half of my submission for ToEMP #7 which earns me:

• Large model: 2 pts
• Icons/Marks: 1 pnt
• Beating deadline: 2pnts
• Meating Deadline: 2pnts
• Total: 7 points!

I am also finishing up the second entry for Challenge #7 and here is the sneak peak:

Related posts:

1. Something New: Tau – ToEMP #6
2. Company Command Squad Painted ToEMP Challenge Met
3. Missile Launcher Squad – ToEMP #4 Done

Although I enjoyed painting this model, the battle suite models (I built another to escort the Shas’O) it is poorly designed and had a bunch of voids that needed filling. Even discarding the minor conversion work, I still needed to use a great deal of green stuff to smooth out the armor.

The armament was chosen more out of looks and “coolness” than perhaps competitiveness. I like the idea of the ion blaster, although (and maybe perhaps because) it is unpredictable and using the droid as the shield generator just looks cool.

Although  I was hoping to finish my bane wolves (which really are as good as they sound!) for this challenge but I haven’t got that far.  The next challenge is for fast attack and elites so I’m hoping to finish both my bane wolves and this fellow’s body guard.

Painting Points for this round:

• Large Model: 2 points
• Hard Challenge: 15 points
• Meeting Deadline: 2 points
• Total: 19 points

Related posts:

1. Tau Battle Suit – ToEMP #7a Done
2. Missile Launcher Squad – ToEMP #4 Done
3. Scout Sentinels Finished – ToEMP Challenge 3 Meet