The first pair of my Gue’vesa pathfinders
Inspired by Pete the war gamers recent video https://youtu.be/RtKvHpW-feQ?si=Y3QsFDYlTxRJuwh5
Really happy with how these guys have came out! First 2/10 that I’ve painted so far. Can’t wait to show you guys my rail gun Guevesa and heavy gunner!
My lore for the sergeant with the prosthetic arm if anyone’s interested:
Sergeant Cole is a 3rd generation Gue’vesa loyal to the tau empire. While travelling to a new world to welcome into the greater good, their fleet was ambushed by space marines from the raptors chapter.
Cole and some of his men armed themselves and went with the other tau to confront them. After a brutal gunfight, the tau isolated the marines to a wing of their ship.
Cole led a group of breachers into the wing and they were slaughtered by the few remaining raptors. Cole’s arm was shot off at the shoulder as he lay dying on the floor. The leader of the raptors approached Cole to personally end him but was suddenly ambushed by Kroot who emerged from the vents.
A large Kroot named Krik was tangled with the space marine in hand to hand combat but the raptor was coming out on top. With Cole’s last bit of strength he dragged himself towards the space marine, pulse carbine firing in his remaining arm and screamed “F*** the corpse emperor”.
The raptor was blindsided for a fraction of a second at the Gue’vesa’s heresy, which gave Krik enough time to slide his knife into the abhumans throat.
Krik was impressed by Cole’s bravery in the face of a space marine and asked if he could consume the Gue’vesa’s lost arm. He accepted and was both honoured and horrified at the offer.
After his arm was replaced he and some fellow zealous humans formed a squad of pathfinders who worked personally with Krik and his kindred, luring any enemies of the tau empire into ambushes.