Tau Auxiliary Deep Reconnaissance Team - Necromunda Spyrer Team

This was my entry into 40K Unit for the Sydney 2003 Games Day. Thought I'd have some fun and enter the good old Spyrers since they are mentioned in the back of the Tau codex. Was also my sneeky way of entering a Necromunda gang into the competition. To suitably Tau up their look I went with a unified colour scheme across the whole team with the usual Tau styling of two colours with tone variations. I decided to make all the gem and camera like parts of the minis look like blinking lights so I used the same red and green thrughout to give the look of LEDs, these where all given a gloss coat after the minis where dullcoated to give them some shine rather than paint them like gems with a reflection and highlight. I also put various Tau style rank markings and the Tau symbol on various parts of the armour.

Posted: 9 Nov 2003

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Rob Jedi
OK here goes for the connection between Spyrers and the Tau. Spyrers are spoilt rich kids who live high up in the noble houses of Hive Primus on Necromunda. In a coming of age ritual they don suits of armour bought from offworld to go hunt in the underhive. Essentially they are human versions of the Predator. Now this is were the Tau come into it. The Tau made the suits. The suits are covered in cameras and other recording equipment that documents the youves journeys and battles in the hive, the Imperium has only just caught on to this and realised that the suits more than likely upload this recon info back to the Tau. It's mentioned on the last page of the Tau codex.
15 Mar 2004 • Vote: 10
BrianFowler713
They're masterpieces, but most of them look like humans. What's their connection with the Tau?
13 Mar 2004
Shoobocks
Dude! Saw these at AUS gamesday, you got to go in the glass cabinet damn you! Top stuff once again rob
30 Nov 2003
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