[BFG] Javier's Shipyard: Tau Merchant Class Proxy

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Well, I'm expanding my son's Tau fleet  for an incoming caampaign at home. As it is almost impossible to get Tau Merchants, started to work on a proxy... after looking in several starship modeler's page. I've decide to start with a promising Ground Zero vessel. I always though that Tau vessels looks "modular", so I add some of freighter modules to the basic hull.

After gluing the side modules, with the help of some old pieces from a 1:35 truck, I've made the railgun batteries.

 

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For ion cannos, I've add an elevation to the weapons hull deck.

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And now, the bridge and turres. Initially I though to construct the bridge with plasticard, but still some spares of the 1:35 truck made my life easier....

[mlkr]

Cool stuff


/Mlkr

[Alchemy]

Thank you

Some extra deck and hull elements...

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Now undercoat in black....

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Ready.... for "The Great Good" 

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And forming squadron with a non-proxy Hero Class

[Lord Borak]

Those are a really cool! The matching colour scheme helps but they match up perfectly with the GW Tau model.

Now I'm going to google ground zero stuff

[mlkr]

That is a very nice proxy. Fits the feel of the original models. Nice work

[Ragsta]

Great conversion, and I like your use of 1:35 gubbins too. Well done

[Malika]

Very original! Cool stuff!

[Jehan-Reznor]

Nice Conversion, love it now do it again!

[Captain-Matthais]

Well thank you very much for some ideas for tau proxies.
They have been a thorn in my side no end and now I have a few ideas running around my brain, I just need to catch them and draw them out haha 

[Thinking Stone]

Very nice! I agree with the others, the feel of the ship is very much in keeping with the first Tau fleet design!