Re: [NetEpic ML] Re: Tau Titans

From: <Morgan_Keyes_at_...>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:15:45 +0000

You know, I half suspected this would happen, and that the original intent of my post would be lost or muddled by others. Frankly, I care one whit whether anyone on here loves or hates GW and FW. I don't have a position on them one way or another and never said otherwise. People on here bemoaned a lack of Praetorian/Titan-level unit in the Tau. I presented an alternate line of thought beyond "must be a Titan", not because I didn't agree with Tau Knights/Titans, but just to present a different approach. This was followed by "no, no...can't do that cause there are no models for these concepts" (like we have alot of readily available models for alot of NetEpic units). Not that really cared, but for the sake of giving the group information I said that there were models for some out there. Again, I don't care if some think they are expensive and/or they don't like the makers. That's moot.
"Do models for some exist or some for mod'ing?",

"Yes".

"Do you think we can afford those models?"

<shrug> "Don't know, don't care. That's not what I was asked."

Frankly I'm rather disappointed with the apparent knee-jerk that leads the point of the original discussion to be lost. Fine, continue your discussions. I'd hate to detract because a line of thought that gets presented gets misread via logic Cheetah Flips as some GW/FW cheerleading or runs counter "party line".

--
Win the Mind, Win the Day 
Airborne All The Way
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> 
> 
> AS with all things,,, i am not giving GW or FW ANY more of my hard 
> earned money. i see you point Morgan and realize the tounge in 
> cheek but, just like with the Net epic necron/Slann list we have 
> modified the game fluff for our own reasons and in some ways, to 
> spite gw. (though i may be wrong about that last bit). 
> Unicorns can be modeled easy enough or subbed enough i personally 
> use the new wave serpent, looks better as a unicorn than a wave 
> serpent. 
> But in the tau vein, alot of us think that knights and at least in 
> my interest lighter titans would be a neat thing to have and give 
> them a flavor. As for the tau having only Large floaters and 
> fliers/skimmers,, nothing more maddening than having an Ork 
> Doomdiver magna cannon bring it down on one roll. just like mek boy 
> shokk cannnon troops. All you need is one good hit,, and its smacky 
> on the ground... 
> 
> Actually in my current gaming group with T'oma, we use Eldar bfg 
> cruisers to emulate the vampire troop carrier, and since we think 
> that the vampire was named wrongly, we have called it the 
> thunderbird, more fitting to us,,, its our idea's and house rule but 
> it is only a model replacement. 
> 
> Yes, the tau look beautiful but,, they are resin, (light as a 
> feather and brittle) and more pricy than i could ever hope to afford 
> on my salery and lifestyle. 
> 
> My 3$$$ worth 
> Brian, 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In netepic_at_yahoogroups.com, Morgan_Keyes_at_c... wrote: 
> > But they're out there. The contention that such things be put on 
> hiatus since models may or may not exist, even if more in keeping 
> with the feel of the Tau and what is coming out as canon and instead 
> kludge concepts off HG or CAV figs...well I guess in that vein we 
> should place the Imperial Guard on hiatus. I certainly haven't seen 
> a recent Leviathan or Capitol Imperialis and could be hard pressed 
> to find and old model. For that matter, there is no Dropship model 
> either (well...there is the vehicle dropship for the Marines in 
> current Epic: Apocolypse). Or for that matter the Unicorn for the 
> Eldar. Whoops! Better put that brand new Beta book on hold too! 
> > 
> > Forgive if I'm a bit coarse and tongue in cheek. What I get for 
> being an Ole Sergeant. However, some of these Tau models exist, and 
> others could be pending. Heck, they're making an Eldar super-heavy 
> Deathspinner arty unit (Doomweaver) and a super heavy troop carrier 
> (mobile wraithgate) for Stormwind. So it is not beyond reason and 
> certainly not dismiss out of hand the other non-Titan 
> option/position out there. Hell, there is an Epic Orca model out 
> there and most of those designs I mentioned are based on the Orca. 
> I'm sure most out here and talented enough to mod the base design. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Win the Mind, Win the Day 
> > Airborne All The Way 
> > 
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> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In netepic_at_yahoogroups.com, Morgan_Keyes_at_c... wrote: 
> > > > Probably even odds that Forgeworld will put together some 
> minis for 
> > > these designs. So far they've done the Manta, two recon/light- 
> duty 
> > > skimmers (Pirahna and Tetra), drone sentry turrets, and 
> Hammerhead 
> > > variants (twin long-barrelled burst cannons, twin missile pods, 
> twin 
> > > plasma guns, and twin fusion guns). 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ...and gorgeous models they are too. 
> > > To field a NetEpic army of 'em at the levels I play I'd need to 
> > > pay...ah... 
> > > ...plus shipping.... 
> > > 
> > > $6,5000. 
> > > 
> > > Not kidding. 

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