Thursday 22 October 2015

Under the Tide

Just a couple of pics of the details on the under side of the Tidewall Rampart:

Tau Tidewall Rampart building assembling underside

Tau Tidewall Rampart building assembling underside

Wednesday 21 October 2015

Rampart WIP

More pics of the Tidewall Rampart: assembly is nearly complete!

Tau Tidewall Rampart building assembling

Tau Tidewall Rampart building assembling

Tau Tidewall Rampart building assembling

It's a sweet kit to build, you can put it together almost in any way you want, it's a no-brainer really

Tau Tidewall Rampart building assembling

In the end you are left with a bunch of spare bits ...

Tau Tidewall Rampart building assembling

... in addition to the one you can use to close one end if the shield lines

Tau Tidewall Rampart building assembling


Incoming Tide....

Hi there guys, I just got my Tau Tidewall Rampart!

This thing is massive O_O

Here are some pics of it :)


The box is.. BIG. Here is it along a box of the new Fire Warriors:

Tau Tidewall Rampart box set

Tau Tidewall Rampart box set (back)

Tau Tidewall Rampart box set (detail)

And it's packed with sprues too!

Tau Tidewall Rampart box set content

This two  sprues make up the 4 drones complements of the Ramparts. From a brief look I think you can make only 2 of each variants

Tau Tidewall Rampart drones sprues

The rules are printed on the back of the assembly instructions

Tau Tidewall Rampart rules

The energy shields! 19cm of blue love!

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues blue shields

And the remaining pieces of the shield lines in two sprues

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues

This kit is made in China so.. nasty mold lines!

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues

The twin linked Railgun! All 15 cm of it O_o

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues railgun

The main "round sections" (you get three of each sprues )

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues

The round central piece is just a little smaller than a Riptide base

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues size

Command consoles for the Drone port

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues drone port

Walls and bases? Who known! They come in three  sprues too

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues

And the last sprue: the turret for the Railgun...

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues gun rig

... which is almost as tall as a Riptide!

Tau Tidewall Rampart sprues size

And now let's assemble this beast!