[Kalten]

Since I had some spare pathfinders, and wanted to convert a pilot for my ejection system, this conversion came to my mind. I dislike a lot the pilot GW has for us, it has too much armor, and the XV-15 backpack!!! man this guy just won't fit inside a crisis hull (not to mention the failsafe detonator, boy, do you eject or do you explode?). So my pilot has less armor (just a pilot suit and the ejection seat, the pathfinders works great here). Well, the head and arms are form the fire warriors sprue (the rifle shortened to resemble a pistol) the backpack engines are the grenade launchers of the pulse carbins, and the rest is greenstuff. Well, what do you think?











P.D: Has anyone noticed something funny about the head? ;D

[Krimxon]

Nice job. I like the use of the pathfinder body. Yea, about the bulky armour on the GW one, I dislike it too! It's too big to fit in a crisis and manage to eject safely...

The head is indeed wierd.... Long braids don't suit Tau.

[Stam]

Nice work, good conversion. like to see it painted so I can give a better judgement.

does the head have a nose? is it female?

[C/-Rt3r]

LoL nive conversion except for the Tau NOSE!!! ;D

[Kalten]

Well, at least Stam noticed that in fact the pilot is a GIRL , and tau girls' faces are like that (see shadowsun). And for the braid, well, tau girls seem to have long hair, so it would make sense that the hair doesn't come to the face.

[Aun_shaun]

Because nothing is more inconvinient than getting hair in your face3 while driving.

[Skyblazer]

Great conversion. I like how the pilot looks like shes sneaking around. Now you've got me thinking though... what happens if the wind blows a Tau's hair into his nasal slit?

[Scizor]

lol,nice.but i dont like the nose.dude,never know realy but,shadowsun may be an exeption with such nose,or not?

otherwise its a mad nice conversion!.im for sure going to do my own pilot too

[Kalten]

Before shadowsun arrival, I may have tried a different head style if I wanted to make female tau. However, shadowsun is the first female character in the tau army, and all the differences in her head points toward the fact that ALL female tau are like her (too many differences to be individual changes). So, tau have sexual dimorphism (said, males and females are externally different, like our species), and since shadowsun is an official character, I must make female heads like hers if I want to stay canon.



P.D: I'm sure she will be looking better when painted.

[khanaris]

I had a similar problem when trying to convert an Earth Caste. When converting faces with green stuff, it can be very difficult to gauge how they will look painted. The nose looks a little odd now, but I am sure it will look fine once the whole face is the same color. The posing looks great!