#firewarrior

[soraka-in-warhammer40k]

Do you have more examples of off-the-rails Tau?

While members of all Castes can be pretty extreme, the Fire Caste has the unique disposition that their elite members are a few very stressful deployments away from becoming "Doom Guy".

[vlepkaaday]

A little buff firewarrior taking a selfie after her training

[felitgechipmunk]

and thats why i stick with an ancient novel based on a soso video game!

T'au have so much potential for kick ass novels which explore the core themes of warhammer 40k and yet here we are, praying with every codex that GW don't wittle away another key part of their identity.

[ryuuka-balaen]

taped up for now bc I ran outta glue

worm !

coming in at a whopping 6.3inches tall, with a human-sized model (firewarrior) for scale

I've been thinking about adding some worm food in the curve of her tail there but I'm not sure what I'd use,,,,

[marlonbrandto]

MAYNOS OCCUPATION FORCE

The death of Aun’Shar spurred the greater Tau fleet into immediate action. Seven separate invasion forces were deployed to different areas on Maynos, with what remains of the May’nar sept sending a desperate spearhead deep into enemy territory, exploring a set of coordinates gained from deep within the vault.

1. Commander Shadowsun has been woken from cryosleep to lead the vanguard, equipped with her new slave arm system designed by the May’nar septs earth caste. Though the May’nar sept has been whipped into a blind rage from the death of an ethereal, Shadowsuns arrival has caused them to hone and focus that rage into making his death count.

2. Shas’Vre Steelsong in his XV104 Riptide battlesuit. While Riptide pilots are normally essential to the Tau war machine, Steelsong was grounded for the early portion of the Maynos conflict due to his battlesuit being retrofitted with Votaan technology acquired by the late Aun’Shar. Now equipped with an experimental Shatterpoint vibration system designed to melt incoming ballistics at a molecular level, he has never been more ready to take the field, and to exact vengeance on his foes.

3. The Hakrak hunting pack makes planetfall in a Tidewall Gunrig. Pivoting from a scouting mission to a full planetary occupation, the fleet has dropped mobile fortifications in key locations. Not yet trusted to be in a proper dropship with firewarriors, the volatile Hakrak tribe strapped themselves to the gunrig before it was dropped. To the indignation of the Earth caste scientists, the Carnivores had consumed the remains of Votaan berserkers that were marked for study, which, to the surprise of the same scientists, had altered the Kroot’s skin to withstand the heat and pressures of planetfall. Thus the hunting pack’s descent had a 0% casualty rate leaving them free to continue their desecration of the dead, causing wild and random evolutions unchecked by a shaper.

4. The full contingent of Fogbreaker squadron has joined the main force. It was originally Fogbreakers Tetra pilots that activated the vault, which caused the planet to shift and spike in energy at a single point. The remaining members of the squadron now feel obligated to see their mission through to the end, swapping their usual harassment tactics for a more direct approach, joining the vanguard led by Shadowsun.

5. The shadowy Aun’Vec oversees the assault from the back line. An ethereal from the Sa’cea sept, Aun’Vec is shunned from the council due to using the remains of fire warriors in his experimental weapon development programs. Although another ethereal has taken charge of this theatre of battle from orbit, Aun’Vec insisted on his own deployment to the surface, under the pretense that someone should monitor Shadowsun for signs of cryosickness. In truth the mysterious ethereal has been poring over seismic scans of the planet, looking for the easiest route to Aun’Shar’s last known location for some yet unknown purpose. In lieu of a honor blade, Aun’Vec is armed with an Eldar Ghostsword he claimed from a Wraithblade in combat. It is rumored that it was after this battle that his experiments took a dark turn, where he would attempt to plant Tau souls into drones as a way of resurrection.

Stay tuned to see them in battle in the final chapter of The Maynos Gambit!

[jack-zen]

Just one more crisis suit to paint, then it's on to the pathfinder and firewarrior proxies!

[witchzoe]

@azulaweek

2nd chapter of the side stories in my FoundFamily!FireWarrior A.U., this time inspired by Azula Week 2023 Day 3 Prompt: Princess Azula

Kiyi asks Azula what it means to be a princess of the Fire Nation. This somehow leads to a discussion about how Kiyi can become the crown princess for the fancier headpiece.

[catgirl-pawbs]

HOOOOAAAAUUGGH SHE BIG

Questoris Knight Paladin fully printed!! Firewarrior and Pepsi for scale.

my mission for tomorrow is to get two layers of fill primer on her to eliminate what little layer lines there are, then it's time to get the paints out!

also tomorrow I'll be starting on the second of my armigers, a helverin this time, but that's less important when there's MASSIVE KNIGHT to look at

[bionicle-necron]

I can't decide what minis to work on next 😫

I have:

Hand of the Archon Killteam

Tau Pathfinders and Firewarriors for Killteam

Exaction Squad Killteam

Mork Borg Minis

A METRIC TON OF BATTLETECH MECHS

orrrrr the rest of my necron army

[tacdlunaria91]

Valhalla The Valkyries Fire I can't believe I almost forgot to post again today haha! Meet Protagonist 1 of 2 Valhalla Önníka. This character has gone through some outfits and weapons changes since I created her back in high school, and now her look is finalized. She actually looks like she lives in a Norse inspired world. I'm really happy at how Valhalla came out, and with the first book done, hopefully you won't be waiting much longer to read her story. It'll be full of magic, adventure, growing friendships, and danger around every corner. Eek! I'm so excited. Anyway, let me know what you think of her character design, there's a reason for all that red. . . . . #conceptartist #characterconcept #procreate #animestyle #oc #originalcharacter #valhalla #norsemythology #animeartist #artistofig #artgram #procreateartist #wips #doodles #sketch #mythology #nabook #fantasy #epicfantasy #nafantasy #digitalartist #latinamericanartist #vtvf #firewarrior #ajtorres https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhkX6SuB8k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[soraka-in-warhammer40k]

I can't wait to whip this out on the next tournament in June. (The Firewarriors are placeholders for some Vespid Stingwing proxies I still need to get printed.)

Imagine thinking you'll have a serious battle and your enemy just piles 180 OC worth of battleline troops on the table...

[vlepkaaday]

Hey it’s the time for some buff firewarrior lady!

This time her unit found some relics the mechanicus guys left behind

[ryuuka-balaen]

fell asleep way too early and therefore woke up at a silly hour so did as i normally do when can't sleep, which is painting

so heres todays midnight models; Jerry @skitariiposting if he defected and joined my tau sept to play with their fun toys, and a firewarrior friend for him :)

[marlonbrandto]

THE MAYNOS GAMBIT | 6

D’tano’s coughs jolt him awake. Blinking away the dancing lights in his eyes, he feels the three fingered hand of a fellow Tau help him into a seat. Taking a breath, and steadying himself against the rocking caused by nearby explosions, he looks around the devilfish he had hastily boarded before the earthquake. The hold of the vehicle was packed with black armored fire warriors, the one who helped him gives D’tano a firm nod before returning to the others gathered around a bonding knife. He had entered Death Company’s devilfish, and the full significance of the situation he was in was beginning to sink in. He needed Death Company to find Aun’Shar, but there was only one way to take command of such a unit, joining them in their fatal Ta’liserra.

Protecting this ethereal has already killed me 3 times over this week, what’s one more death?

D’tano rises to his feet and pushes to the center of the throng, grabbing the ritual blade from the Shas’ui. The leader says nothing, solemnly watching the Fireblade test his palm on the tip.

“Tau’va or death!” he shouts as he presses his palm through the blade. D’tano grunts as another hand impacts with his, hitting it further down. One by one each member stacks their hand upon the bloody stack, saying the same words. The devilfish lights turn green, and D’tano pulls the blade free. Raising it high as he moves to the opening hatch.

“Find the Ethereal Aun’Shar, our life for his!”

The cadre lets out a single HAH as the hatch slams open, and rushes out into the raging battlefield.

1. The May’nar sept remnants clash with the reinforced Grey Knights once again, Commander Novastorm leads the charge in a Ghostkeel, engaging the closest dreadknight.

2. his bodyguards decimated in the initial clash, the leader of the Grey Knights, Kaldor Drago, takes to the field. Sending psychic blasts into a pair of crisis suits, he rushes them with his legendary Titansword.

3. Fireblade D’tano leads Death Company out of their transport. the fearless breacher team unloads their pulse blasters into the grey knights, who conjure a barrier of warp energy, absorbing the assault.

4. The scattered Tau forces attempt to rally in the chaos. Firewarriors gather around Aun’Shar as a crisis suit fired suppressive fire at the advancing Kaldor Drago. The ethereal grabs a fire warriors comm suite to send out a transmission to nearby forces. “All units, the statue is what they’re guarding here! Someone scan it, it may be the key to the Calamity Equation!”

5. D’tano receives the transmission too late, as he stands alone among the melted corpses of death company. The nearby dreadknight slices cleanly through the devilfish with its nemesis greatsword, considers the lone tau for a moment, then vanishes in a ripple of warp energy. D’tano draws his ritual blade, still dripping with the blood of Death Company, and shouts a battle cry as he tackles the nearest soldier.

6. Two tetras hurtle towards the statue, the copilots beam a high powered marker light at the monument and begin a scan. “This is Fogbreaker, the statue is part of of a larger mechanism spanning the rest of the planet. According to the readings a control panel at the base is connected to energy signatures spanning the surface and interior of the planet!”

Aun’Shar wastes no time, “activate it!”

7. The tetra pilot jumps out of his vehicle as the air starts to shimmer nearby and a dreadknight rips through reality. The ancient war machine fires warp energy into the tetras, melting them into transfigured heaps. A railgun slug from the nearby hammer head pierces the stainless metal, causing the dreadknight to rush the gunship. The disembarked tetra pilot reaches the a panel at the base of the statue, and without thinking, slams his hand down on it. The ground begins to vibrate.

8. Drago and Aun’Shar exchange blows as dust kicks up and chokes the air around them.

“Impetuous child!” Kaldor spits as he swipes his sword horizontally, the roar of the warp following in its wake “do you even understand the gravity of your actions?”

Aun’Shar ducks under the rippling blade, “I don’t need to” he thrusts his spear towards the knights abdomen “but I know it’s waking something that scares even you” the tip of his spear makes a skkkkkrrrrt as it scrapes across the surface of Kaldors shield instead of finding its mark.

“To covet the Calamity Equation is to invite heresy!” Kaldors blade narrowly misses Aun’Shar’s leg “to use its power is to question the Emperors will!” With a shove from Kaldor’s shield, the ethereal is sent scrambling into the gravel.

“Sounds useful!” Aun’Shar shouts as he glances up and sees the flash of a blue search light

Authors note: I recommend listening to To the Stars by Max Richter while reading the following section

A recovery drone!

Kaldor’s eyes begin to glow as he charges warp energies

Pranng!

He stumbles back from the impact of a pulse blast. Aun’Shar whips around to see D’tano crawling forward, pulse pistol glowing hot in his hand. Aun’Shar leaps to his feet,

“My friend! You’ve survived!”

D’tano reloads his pulse pistol and takes aim, “Together, ethereal. Together we dove in to hell and together we will fight our way back.” The ethereal manages a wry smile:

Only the drone will prioritize my survival over yours…

Aun’Shar considered his opponent, then his dying comrade who would sacrifice all for him. There was what the greater good demanded, then there was what his friend needed.

Dropping his spear he turns towards Drago “not this time, my friend” dashing towards the towering foe.

Thnk!

Drago’s sword finds purchase deep in the ethereal’s chest as he’s lifted off the ground, impaled on a blade crackling with energy. Aun’Shar smiles as he begins to cough up blood

Live D’tano! Live in my place!

“NOOOOO” screams D’tano, firing his pulse pistol as the recovery drone picks him off the ground, dragging him into the air.

D’tano can do nothing but watch the ethereal begins to fall limp, as a chaotic swirl of energy swallows both combatants, which then shrinks into nothing, leaving naught but a few scorch marks in the gravel. In mere moments, it’s as if the ethereal Aun’Shar of May’nar sept never existed.

TO BE CONCLUDED

Authors note: sorry this is such a long read, I really was getting invested in the narrative. I didn’t want Aun’Shar to die, but it’s how the dice were rolled and fit the narrative pretty well!

How do you treat your characters that have died in your narrative? I want to keep using the ethereal model but I want to canonize this story somehow.

[witchzoe]

New chapter in my FoundFamily!FireWarrior A.U., in which romantic developments happen, and Azula gets into fights.

[witchzoe]

I commissioned the top one for my FoundFamily!FireWarrior A.U! Marvel at its glory!

Avatar comms <3