The Tau ships to me when I first saw them looked liked the rebel star ships in Star Wars: A new Hope. You know the one in the beginning when they're being chased by the big imperial star cruiser. I guess it was mostly the paint job that did it at first, but when i started looking at the blockyness of it, thats what it really reminded me of.
Overall I kind of like the Tau ships, I was never a really big fan of Tau, even in 40k (except for the battlesuits
) and the look of vehicles of the 40k Tau and the BFG Tau are completely different sort of set me off a bit. Now I know the land vehicles and star ships were built by different castes, but I expected them to at least have a bit on resemblance. So overall im a bit on the fence with this one.
I like the look of the Imperial fleet the best because they really remind me of the Greek ships way back when with how the bow looks and everything