Tau Army Update: Pics and Video

Well look at this, more blog and vlog updates! I've got a couple of bits towards my Tau in the week, another crisis suit to turn into a commander and also another squad of Firewarriors. Upon my return, I found that I had enough parts to make another 13 firewarriors from loose sprues after a second hand purchase... oh well! Can't get enough! 

Heres the broadside, such an awesome model!

Better view of the gun, love this model! 

Heres my new crisis suit commander, air fragmention projector and fusion blaster, weapons of choice from now methinks!

Heres almost all of what I have so far, minus the riptide, another 12 or so firewarriors and a devilfish. Oh and some kroot if I really want em ha. Must have about 40 or so but just unsure I wanna use them... shall see!

Heres my Fireblade Cadre, Leo' Audo. Yep, TNMT theme!

Ah objective markers! I have to say, we built these for our campaign weekend and they were an absolute joy. I'm gonna do some more when I get more bits for the Tau and my Marines. Also pictured is the Limited Edition Ethereal from a past box set, ooh tempting to try paint him but not good enough!

And heres my new Vlog showing the army off a bit more. Note the new intro!

For the Newer Greater Good (pics)

And so the Greater Good return. Flyers, new kits, and the model thats getting everyone talking... . the Riptide.

I've grouped together all the pics I've found so far, and I'll share my thoughts on them.

So the two flyer variants. Not sure really how I feel about these, they carry the aesthetics of the piranha while the curvyness remids me a little of the spitfire and other such aeroplanes of that era. Rumours have it that the bomber drops plasma bombs on the enemy while the other takes on enemy flyers. Interesting, but not a must buy so far. 

Pathfinders however, ARE a must. A new kit has ten in a box, with some drones including a larger one. This means that the maximum of eight in the previous codex has been changed, and fingers crossed, you no longer have to take a devilfish for them. I shall be saving for these!

The broadside looks good, and if rumours are true then it can be upgraded with skyfire, which makes them a much more attractive prospect.  It'll be nice to see which other options they have too. The crisis suits themselves don't look too different, but now come in a box of three. I'm pretty sure this works out cheaper than before. Can you believe this? Its only a saving of £1.50 but its a saving!

A new Commander Farsight model, this has a great look to it and he looks a little larger than the normal crisis suit. 

Ah the Riptide. This huge beast looks, quite honestly, amazing. Gameplay wise it sounds exciting, and I just love how big this thing is, it towers over everything in the on picture! £50 isn't cheap, but hopefully it'll be a nice enough model to warrant this price. I really want to see how it looks next to a GK Dreadknight. 

Needless to say this is my other essential purchase. My aim is to get the pathfinders, riptide and codex on release. This should make my force around the 1500pt mark and mean I can get some good games underway. Onwards to release date for the Greater Good!

The Tau Are Coming.....

Thats right, Tau are coming to this very blog, as allies to my Evandalists, and as a force in their own right. My birthday was a couple of weeks ago, and having a wee bit of money and a couple of Games Workshop vouchers, what better way to spend than something fresh!

 So the colour scheme I've gone for is Loren green with a nice good wash of Agthrax Earthshade. Tau rarely use metals, so I've gone for grey on the weapons and tech, and so far I'm really happy with the contrast between the colours. I'm currently debating whether to paint the details in a colour or a similar grey, but one idea was as the colour scheme reminded me of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to perhaps paint different units akin to the Turtles themselves. So Blue for the leaders and elites, Orange for troops, red for fast attack, and purple for heavy support. Its definately tempting me but we shall see!

 

Stealth suits look awesome, these havea bti more of a ways to go before they're finished than the Crisis suits but I'll get there slowly. I think I'll do the eyes red, as I like the way green and red works together, and was how my Mordheim Raiders Blood Bowl team were painted, so its a wee nod to those.

The jet pack of the stealth suit. The closer you go the more tidying up you can see I've got to do... Yikes!

And lastly my Firewarriors. I love these guys, strength 5 basic weapons are goooood! They've done me well so far, taking down two terminators in overwatch fire, and taking down another 4 in one rapid fire shooting phase. Combat they do die easily but the shootyness outweighs this!

So thats the basis of my army, I've also got another 7 fire warriors for this squad and a Hammerhead. Earlier today though I had a random knock at the door, and it was Andrew from our club. He'd been clearing some of his old mini's out and came across some Tau. So now I've got another bunch of Firewarriors, Kroot, Krootox, Vespid, and a sniper team for the princely sum of £45. Score! I'm well on my way to a nice sized force, upto about 2000 points is my intended target. Broadsides and pathfinders next please!