FIREWARRIORS

Positioning Limbs
Crisis Battlesuits These principles work
equally well with Tau
Piloted by the bravest warriors of the Fire Caste, Crisis Battlesuit arms and legs.
The target lock
suits provide a Hunter Cadre with fast moving, flexible has been added
firepower, bringing death to the enemy. to the head.

Here the Battlesuit leans forward with

These plastic the right arm extended and rotated to
• Cut the arm below the shoulder

s
girders come create a shooting pose. pad, and experiment with its
from the new position.
building sets.
Green Stuff is used to
fill in the gaps between
the components.

The antennae
mounting blocks
have been removed
from the head.
• Drill a hole for a pin in the lower
arm, then drill a hole in the pad
to match.
When pinning, make sure
s This model is straight out of the the model is balanced or it
box and has been modelled will topple over.
dynamically to show a Battlesuit
taking off. To get this pose, the
model was pinned to its base The girder has been bent as the
through one of its feet. With basing Battlesuit steps onto it, giving the The knee was
cut and rotated
materials added, it’s impossible to model a huge sense of raw power to create the
s

see the join. and weight. crouching pose.

s The weight of this model is on its
left leg. The angle of the head matches • Glue the arm in position.
the position of the leg, adding to the
overall dynamism of the pose.

Converting Tau
Battlesuits
The leg was cut
and rotated to create
the leaping pose.

This Battlesuit is firing at the

enemy, whilst landing on top
Battlesuits are the centrepieces of the Tau of a Space Marine! The arms’ The Battlesuit was
army. The kits are already versatile, but upward angle adds power to pinned to the Space
s

the model. Marine for stability.

with a little conversion work you can add
even more life to your models.

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Broadside Battlesuits
A heavier variant of the XV-8 battlesuit, the XV-88, or
Battlesuit Commanders
The most trusted of the Fire Caste Commanders lead
Broadside battlesuit, provides formidable firepower. the Hunter Cadres in battle, and some carry special
Its twin-linked railguns are capable of destroying issue equipment – systems that have yet to enter
enemy vehicles whilst its secondary weapons systems common use, are difficult to mass produce, or that
are deadly to infantry. are only in the earliest stages of development.

This model carries

experimental weapon
This missile arm has been The legs have been positioned systems, available in the s This conversion based on
cut and repositioned. in a wide, braced pose. s The missile pods are angled across Tau Crisis Battlesuit O’Shovah has an aggressive jumping
the body while the head is looking at

s
Commander box set. pose, with the legs cut and
the warrior’s target. All this gives the
repositioned and pinned to the base.
model a sense of activity.
s

This model stands in a The dawn blade was

classic pose, with plastic cut from the left
missile pods replacing the smart hand and pinned to
missile system mounted on the the right arm.
base of the railguns. Alternate Commander
head and Command and
Control node

The pin runs through the

foot and ankle for strength.

Cyclic ion blaster

A target lock has been added Missile pods taken from

to the back of the left hand. four Battlesuit kits!

The weapon mounts have been

swapped on this model, giving it
s

a squat appearance.

Repositioned Railguns mounted s On a couple of our Battlesuits we’ve

missile pod. on arms instead New shinguard taken from added Fire Warrior shoulder pads to the A shield drone has been used
of the back. plastic Fire Warrior. here as a shield generator.
knees for embellishment and to cover up
the join where we’ve cut into the model.
This is an easy alternative to re-sculpting!
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BATTLESUITS
The models on this page were converted
and painted by the ’Eavy Metal team.

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the illusion of full
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This white
Battlesuit, by Darren
Latham, has a multi-
tracker for a head.
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P la painstakingly painted
his model to look as if
it is entirely mirrored.

As Anya Wettergren’s
model shows, Battlesuits
are powerful in melee as
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well as ranged combat!

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