Rise of the Battlesuits: The Beginning

THE SHORT VERSION

Adam Troke asks Jes Goodwin how the Tau’s culture informed their original battlesuits. Ranged hunting and mobility require a different military image from existing armies. Digitigrade anatomy carries through into the suits’ stance and the imagined position of the pilot. Early sketches and the explanation of designation codes show how those practical ideas became a coherent technological family.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 400, pp. 80–83.

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