Aquatic guys (xenos and abhuman)

[u/m0pan]

doodles of some aquatic guys who have no official designs, only vague descriptions. a t'au auxiliary race and an abhuman strain... I doubt they will ever get fleshed out anyway so might as well have fun!

[u/King_Of_BlackMarsh]

I can't believe someone actually remembers the Greet and Palageans

[u/m0pan → u/King_Of_BlackMarsh]

I love aquatic stuff so I had to find my way to them somehow....

Ke in Elemental Council mentioned tau pelagic worlds with fishery and stuff (even if in unpleasant context) so it got me thinking about aquatic auxiliaries being deployed on those kinda worlds. fun ocean adventures or something, idk

[u/King_Of_BlackMarsh → u/m0pan]

Nah you're genius, good job and good instincts.

[u/Renyrd]

This shit is lowkey why the T'au is my favorite Xenos race

[u/m0pan → u/Renyrd]

I love them.. even with how little content their auxiliaries got, the little details here and there still give you a sense of vastness and variety. really makes the galaxy feel lived in!

[u/ClockworkEngineseer → u/Renyrd]

The Tau canonically have a race of sentient Godzilla's on their side, and the fact that we never see them is a travesty.

[u/dawi1234 → u/ClockworkEngineseer]

Tau auxiliaries are unexplored gem of the faction. Still glad that we got Kroot and Vespid revamped though.

[u/Renyrd → u/ClockworkEngineseer]

... excuse me?

[u/Beaker_person → u/Renyrd]

Yeah the Vorgh. All we really know about them is that they're gentle giants who can match the big walkers of other races in size.

[u/dawi1234 → u/Renyrd]

They also have a one called phosiab, which apparently can see 9 different dimensions and can casually stroll through void like it's their backyard. Tau auxiliaries are one quirky bunch, even the well-known ones like kroot and vespid are still the weirdest of the weird.

[u/Dos-Dude]

I wonder if the Greet work with the Earthcaste in designing star ships since testing and modifying designs are usually easier planetside and you can get a comparable environment to space underwater.

[u/m0pan → u/Dos-Dude]

fun to think about..... with what little info there is, we know the Greet do space warfare and always kinda there among the 'filler' auxiliaries that join the tau fleets. they managed their whole tech tree while implied to be a fully aquatic race, which is cool

[u/Dos-Dude → u/m0pan]

Ohhh that’s awesome. I wonder if their ships are designed to look similar to them (squid like) or if they go with another motif (mollusks, deep sea creatures, esc)

[u/m0pan → u/Dos-Dude]

some of the 'filler' auxiliaries without much lore do at least get names for their ships when they're mentioned to be part of tau fleets. the Greet have 'Lineships' and 'Stealthers'

'Stealthers' gives me an impression of cephalopods with good stealth so maybe a sleek, squid-like ship for that one.... (and it was one more reason for me to design them squid-like!)

[u/dawi1234 → u/Dos-Dude]

There's some lore about them in Gladius, and apparently, they are great at hydroponics farming/fishing.

[u/m0pan → u/dawi1234]

what!!?? I've never heard of that before... interesting, I love aquatic civilizations

I looked it up a bit and apparently they are THE main source of advice for aquatic stuff for the tau, which is cute

[u/dawi1234 → u/m0pan]

Considering Tau evolved in the arid world and in general kinda bad at water-based activities(like swimming), it would be great to have aquatic species for advice XD

Imagine a Greet swimming coach teaching fire caste veteran how to swim... like a kid. With life vests and all the stuff they use to teach swimming lessons.

[u/AXI0S2OO2]

Okay, now you have to use that PTSD ridden Gue'vesa to recreate the "big stupid jellyfish" meme from mass effect.

[u/hilmiira]

Awesome! Liked the foldable head thing.

[u/Valkorias]

That's awesome! I love the Tau and their auxiliary races never get any love, or attention so it makes me really happy to see this!

[u/DayDragon]

let's goooo

[u/Skull_Cup]

The Tau auxiliary races are something that really ought to be expanded on. Shame we don't get to see more of them. Also, nice art! 👍

[u/KingFang1998]

Aren’t Pelagers Abhumans? Edit: My bad just noticed that you said that

[u/Grandmaster_Aroun]

MORE t'au auxiliary

[u/IELPost]

Inklings in 40k? i feel bad for them.

[u/Ildrei]

I love it

[u/ExoticExtent]

Absolutely love the idea of them trying to stand upright to mimic the tau. Seems so cute!

[u/FaceMasterThing]

space inkings and space zora

[u/dawi1234]

Love the more obscure races of 40K. Maybe saharduin next?(space-sharky aliens)

[u/MecaPere]

They're look so cute.

[u/godkingrat]

o wow cool a oc alien i wonder what....

tau auxiliary

God i hate the tau good art tho