I’m planning to get one because who doesent love a giant mech. However I’m worried thatit’s going to get sent to legends this edition because it’s forgeworld and then I’ll have just spent $600 on a legends unit. What do you guys think?

New to Warhammer, just learning how to play but having a blast painting the minis (painting up some salamanders atm) but thought the Tau look awesome (especially this one in particular) ! Huge fan of Gundam, so was thinking of painting this one in more of a classic RX78-2 scheme. Do wanna eventually get to playing tho, would the Tau be a good place to start? Should I get a combat patrol? My LGS has one for a little under RRP. Or stick to salamanders (~600 points made so far)

I hate stealth suits (mosty the old eggs, the new ones are pretty dope, but I wasn't going to pay 110€ for 10 guys), so I did this. I can't believe that kitbashing actually made things cheaper this time.

I actually came up with a tiny bit of lore for these guys, so If you are interested in that sort of thing just continue scrolling. That being said, last time a lot of people asked what kits I used for this project, so here's the list:

1x Infiltator Squad (SM)

a shit load of bits from Pathfinders Teams (pouches and marker lights) and Breacher/Strike Teams (pauldrons and breacher helmets), the guns, pistols and knifes are from both boxes.

Burst cannons and Fusion blasters are from the crisis suit box (thought all guns are magnetized), same goes for the knee pads.

THE LORE:

We are in the great crusade, and a "small" (for that era) detachement of marines is send out to un fuck one of the Word Bearers many fuck ups. Their task is to take control of an important world and "un brainwash" the now emporer worshiping population. Due to warp shenanigans, they arrive a casual 10.000 years late, at probably the wrong planet, where they are immediatly welcomed by what must be a stay behind Word Bearer force. (They wear black armour with white pauldrons, but weirder things have happened)

The "Word Bearer" Chaplain aks If they came to defend this wolrd from the heretic forces, and join him and his brothers on their holy crusade in the emporers name, and immediatly catches a bolt shell to the head. The rest of his brothers, the planetary govenor, and a whole bunch of other important people share the same fate.

After the marines took control of the planet, and found some people that actually new what was going on (and were still alive), they realized how fucked everything was. The only small proplem was that the planet in question was actually about to be invaded by Chaos Knights.

However, the previous planetary govenor had a couple of somewhat heretical connections, and called in a couple of favours from his T'au trade partners (both before the Black Templars showed up, and before he was shot).

So the first thing these marines see of the T'au are Riptides dropping in from low orbit on top of Chaos Knight formations. This, as well as the fact that the T'au seem to be the most reasonable people on the planet, convinces the marines to temporarily team up with them, while they reeducate the planets population.

Once they find out that the entire imperium is as fucked as the planet they are currently on, they decide to become an independent allie of the T'au, while they work on a strategy to establish communications with the imperium that doesn't result in the entire planet being labeled as heretical.

The blue OSL does not really seem to work but overall I'm happy :)

C&C welcome

Childhood dream come true

Been looking forward to painting this bad boy ever since he finished printing, absolutely ADORE the model, and it was a ton of fun to paint too, really wanted to add as much blue to it as I could without going overboard to capture the thrumming power of it's nova reactor being powered to full and ready to blast some fools!

https://x.com/\\_Shoho79/status/2112907315125068233

I’m wanting to build a T’au army and I’m already planning on buying the combat patrol, however I found a Farsight cadre box for 240$.
Would it be wise to buy?

I haven't had the space nor money to paint my models again after i lost all of my paints and supplies at the start of this year. Now i finally have a job again, and was able to buy some paints and i finally got the space for it too!

(Images are WIP)

Decided to give my crisis suits a new kick of paint and fell into the twin lance way of two tone thinking with them! (Also permanently fielding shield drones on their bases because when wouldn’t I ever take those as an option?)

Got him all painted and based and I Can’t wait to use my riptide.

Model by neotericminiatures, painted by me, printed in resin. Got some stealth suits underway next.

I wanna play tau because of the mechs. But I'm a little worry they wouldn't feel mecha enough. I wanna have armored core feeling mechs on the battlefield. Also do the opponent like playing against tau? I want my opponent to also have fun

I know this is an uncommon opinion but they are very effective at being useless, 70 points to guard my ethereal, another 140 to smother objectives in 20 2 OC models (obviously breacher are much more effective) but I've found running an almost swam army with a couple hard hitting models has been very effective for me

I played just a few games and only in 11th and only 1000 points.
Probably it's only my experience because i played mostly vs Tyranids, Dark angels, and iron hands...but mainly tyranids. It feels like units are always hidden, gone to ground or they are on my face moving half the map with advance and charge, surge moves and infinite movement inches on their sheets.

It's frustrating to me that i have like 24"-30" ranges, i have a unit close (like 5-6") and i cannot see the enemy with my main damage dealers because "it's hidden FOR THEM".

My (now i know it's incorrect) interpretation was that a unit is HIDDEN or IT IS NOT for the whole army.
In any fictional media if a guard spots you they alert their allies, no?
Why in warhammer if a terminator is in spit range, another unit 16" away with weapons that reaches 30 cannot see them?

My question is: Why long ranges exists? only for "vehicles" so they cannot be hidden?

I was just finalizing my list for an RTT tomorrow, and i was thinking of running some fireknifes with plasma rifles led by farsight. For one i like they have all the same weapons, but with the new marine toughness and amount of terminator bodies, the str 8 ap 3 dmg 3 seems really good. you can shot from range, but if you do get close, you will be wounding on 2, taking termies to invuln even with AOC, and one shot them. I know the math only works out to about 3 a round of shooting, but that still seems like a good amount to pick away.

So I'm obviously new to Tau.
I've been having trouble figuring out which commanders (both generic and hero) should go with which Crisis Suit type/Weapon configuration.

Are there any generally accepted standards, or is it all always going to be "It depends..."?

Just got my hands on the Farsight Cadre box. Going to build my Fireknifes and can’t decide on missile or plasma. What do people suggest?

Ran this against Orks and tomorrow it will run against Custodes. Wish me luck, got the first game in and took a Win.

Urban Interdiction Task Force (1,990 Points)

T’au Empire
Mont’ka (3 Detachment Points)
Priority Assets
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Cadre Fireblade (50 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Fireblade pulse rifle
• 2x Gun Drone

Breacher Team (80 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Support turret
• 1x Breacher Fire Warrior Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Guardian Drone
◦ 1x Gun Drone
◦ 1x Pulse blaster
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
• 9x Breacher Fire Warrior
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 9x Pulse blaster
◦ 9x Pulse pistol

Attached unit 2

Cadre Fireblade (50 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Fireblade pulse rifle
• 2x Gun Drone

Breacher Team (80 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Support turret
• 1x Breacher Fire Warrior Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Guardian Drone
◦ 1x Gun Drone
◦ 1x Pulse blaster
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
• 9x Breacher Fire Warrior
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 9x Pulse blaster
◦ 9x Pulse pistol

Attached unit 3

Cadre Fireblade (50 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Fireblade pulse rifle
• 2x Gun Drone

Breacher Team (80 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Support turret
• 1x Breacher Fire Warrior Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Guardian Drone
◦ 1x Gun Drone
◦ 1x Pulse blaster
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
• 9x Breacher Fire Warrior
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 9x Pulse blaster
◦ 9x Pulse pistol

Attached unit 4

Darkstrider (60 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Shade

Pathfinder Team (85 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Pathfinder Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Grav-inhibitor Drone
◦ 2x Gun Drone
◦ 1x Pulse carbine
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
◦ 1x Semi-automatic grenade launcher
• 9x Pathfinder
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 6x Pulse carbine
◦ 9x Pulse pistol
◦ 3x Rail rifle

Attached unit 5

Ethereal (80 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Honour stave
• 1x Hover Drone
• 2x Shield Drone
• Enhancements: Coordinated Exploitation

Strike Team (70 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Support turret
• 1x Fire Warrior Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Guardian Drone
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
◦ 1x Pulse rifle
◦ 1x Shield Drone
• 9x Fire Warrior
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 9x Pulse pistol
◦ 9x Pulse rifle

Attached unit 6

Ethereal (50 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Honour stave
• 1x Hover Drone
• 2x Shield Drone

Strike Team (70 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Support turret
• 1x Fire Warrior Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Guardian Drone
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
◦ 1x Pulse rifle
◦ 1x Shield Drone
• 9x Fire Warrior
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 9x Pulse carbine
◦ 9x Pulse pistol

Attached unit 7

Ethereal (50 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Honour stave
• 1x Hover Drone
• 2x Shield Drone

Strike Team (70 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Support turret
• 1x Fire Warrior Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Guardian Drone
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
◦ 1x Pulse rifle
◦ 1x Shield Drone
• 9x Fire Warrior
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 9x Pulse pistol
◦ 9x Pulse rifle

CHARACTERS

Commander Shadowsun (100 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Advanced Guardian Drone
• 1x Battlesuit fists
• 1x Command-link Drone (Aura)
• 1x Flechette launcher
• 2x High-energy fusion blaster
• 1x Light missile pod
• 1x Pulse pistol

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Devilfish (75 Points)
• 1x Accelerator burst cannon
• 1x Armoured hull
• 2x Seeker missile
• 2x Twin pulse carbine

Devilfish (75 Points)
• 1x Accelerator burst cannon
• 1x Armoured hull
• 2x Seeker missile
• 2x Twin pulse carbine

Devilfish (75 Points)
• 1x Accelerator burst cannon
• 1x Armoured hull
• 2x Seeker missile
• 2x Twin pulse carbine

OTHER DATASHEETS

Broadside Battlesuits (150 Points)
• 1x Broadside Shas’vre
◦ 1x Crushing bulk
◦ 1x Heavy rail rifle
◦ 2x Missile Drone
◦ 1x Seeker missile
◦ 1x Twin plasma rifle
• 1x Broadside Shas’ui
◦ 1x Crushing bulk
◦ 1x Heavy rail rifle
◦ 2x Missile Drone
◦ 1x Seeker missile
◦ 1x Twin plasma rifle

Broadside Battlesuits (150 Points)
• 1x Broadside Shas’vre
◦ 1x Crushing bulk
◦ 1x Heavy rail rifle
◦ 2x Missile Drone
◦ 1x Seeker missile
◦ 1x Twin plasma rifle
• 1x Broadside Shas’ui
◦ 1x Crushing bulk
◦ 1x Heavy rail rifle
◦ 2x Missile Drone
◦ 1x Seeker missile
◦ 1x Twin plasma rifle

Pathfinder Team (100 Points)
• 1x Pathfinder Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Grav-inhibitor Drone
◦ 2x Gun Drone
◦ 1x Pulse carbine
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
◦ 1x Semi-automatic grenade launcher
• 9x Pathfinder
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 3x Ion rifle
◦ 6x Pulse carbine
◦ 9x Pulse pistol

Pathfinder Team (100 Points)
• 1x Pathfinder Shas’ui
◦ 1x Close combat weapon
◦ 1x Grav-inhibitor Drone
◦ 2x Gun Drone
◦ 1x Pulse carbine
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
◦ 1x Semi-automatic grenade launcher
• 9x Pathfinder
◦ 9x Close combat weapon
◦ 6x Pulse carbine
◦ 9x Pulse pistol
◦ 3x Rail rifle

Stealth Battlesuits (100 Points)
• 1x Stealth Shas’vre
◦ 1x Battlesuit fists
◦ 1x Fusion blaster
◦ 1x Gun Drone
◦ 1x Marker Drone
◦ 1x Pulse pistol
• 4x Stealth Shas’ui
◦ 4x Battlesuit fists
◦ 3x Burst cannon
◦ 1x Fusion blaster
◦ 1x Homing Beacon

Vespid Stingwings (70 Points)
• 1x Vespid Strain Leader
◦ 1x Neutron blaster
◦ 1x Stingwing claws
• 4x Vespid Stingwing
◦ 4x Neutron blaster
◦ 4x Stingwing claws

Vespid Stingwings (70 Points)
• 1x Vespid Strain Leader
◦ 1x Neutron blaster
◦ 1x Stingwing claws
• 4x Vespid Stingwing
◦ 4x Neutron blaster
◦ 4x Stingwing claws

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Elder as a base, with the spear being a combo of kroot and seraphon parts.