Howdy. I've been thinking of a conversion idea for Vespid Stealth or Crisis suits. Inspired for a couple of reasons:
if
this is my tau army color scheme, I would like to have a stealth suit looking thing wholly in scarlet. i don't think a regular stealth suit should be done up in that color scheme though as it would be too bright for a stealth suit IMO.
I really like the
invid (look at the smaller two on our right...the scarlet one and the blue one with the shoulder mounted weapons) and have always wanted to do a 40k type thing that has that sort of feel.
I like converting things.
I like the element of the Tau that it is an ever expanding empire and as such has many auxiliaries. I don't think it is too far fetched to have particularly heroic Vespid awarded specially modified crisis suits.
here is a quick crappy sketch of the concept:
couple notes and thoughts:
-redesigned face plate thing to accommodate for more eyes and slightly more alien feel. will work on more concepts.
-extended groin area thing to accommodate for vestigial stinger
-large antennae things off the sides of the 'head.' Though the vespids' real antennae would probably be inside the suit, these would function as extensions of the real antennae. ( i think it is integral to making the things look vespidy)
-wings allowed breathing room? I don't think the vespid would appreciate folding up their wings and encasing them inside the suit. However, I don't think that the wings would be able to do much in lifting a heavy suit. therefore I was thinking of just letting the hang out a bit and perhaps aide a bit in aerial maneuvering.
-or, perhaps a much larger, reinforced wing design is in order.
-slightly more curvey and organic-invidy design (not particular illustrated in the sketch) perhaps more curvey shoulder pads.
-new hands and feet that are clawy and vespidy.
-counts as stealth suits. would need to get some weapons in there somehow. Was thinking of shoulder mounted weaponry. in which case it would look more like the blue heavy invid thing.
-or they could count as crisis suits and go in the elite slot in a force org.
-if they turn out cool, could open up a can of worms as I could try to modify larger crisis suits to accommodate the vespid.
thoughts? Can it, should it, be done?
later WG