Arm Your Tau Battlesuits With Nexus Missile Systems By Forge World
August 12, 2016 by brennon
With the mantra that 'bigger is better' it seems like the Tau of Warhammer 40,000 are getting some weapon upgrades for their Ta'unar Supremacy Armour System. Forge World have now added the Nexus Missile System to the list of weapons at their command...
Here's the blurb on this particular suit...
"Equipped with an ever growing range of catastrophically destructive new and experimental weapons, Tau Supremacy armour is intended to meet a threat that the Tau Empire has not yet prepared for; the defence of worlds within their growing domain from the counter-expansion forces of other races.
Larger than any other current battlesuit, the KX139 Ta’unar Supremacy Armour was designed to eliminate the increasing numbers of enemy heavy assault elements encountered by the Tau empire, from Imperial Knights to the towering alien monstrosities of the Tyranid Hive Fleets."
The big selling point of this particular piece however is the addition of the Nexus Missile System mentioned above.
"Mounted upon the KX139 Ta’unar Supremacy Armour, the Nexus Meteor Missile System provides Tau battlefield commanders with a swift, highly mobile and devastating response to enemy ground assault troops and armoured vehicles.
When fired in combination, its photon flashes and high explosive projectiles can not only tear through infantry ranks or vehicle armour, but any survivors of the attack will be left blinded and disoriented, making them vulnerable to other advancing Tau forces."
A horrifying weapon that sounds like it would rip apart any formation you put it against. I feel the Guardsmen and women who see this coming their way.
What do you think of this towering creation?
"When fired in combination, its photon flashes and high explosive projectiles can not only tear through infantry ranks or vehicle armour, but any survivors of the attack will be left blinded and disoriented..."
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That looks epic. Gotta love some shoulder mounted missiles.
£60 for a big brute like that. That’s quite a deal!
More like £250, £60 is just for the missile system by itself.
Its all premium, all the way .. the models are passed around the royal family for approval before being dropped into a premium plastic zip bag
With all these big cool 40k models they would be awesome in a new Epic 40K system. Just saying…
Even a 15mm 40k system would be nice. Dreams are free lol.
Iirc the new Epic 40k will be ‘Adeptus Titanicus’. It’ll be initially set during the Horus Heresy (and may expand to include xenos and 40k if it’s successful) and it’s going to be 8mm scale.
I loved the original Adeptus Titanicus (and Space Marine), but given they screwed the rules for Quest, and have started releasing stand-alone “mini games” with some stunning figures, I’m not convinced the same thing won’t happen again.
I love Forge World stuff, but it does make an expensive hobby more like a very poor investment – you’re investment will go down, but never up type thing.
That’s a lot of gun.
That is an utterly staggering looking piece!
I’ve always loved the Tau stuff GW / FW produce, especially the big stompy robot like battle suits. Appeals to the MechWarrior in me. But that just knocks it out of the ballpark.