Nice to see another 40K player around here :B

just getting into it. it's an assload of work >:x

You think Tau is bad? Try starting a Tyranid army. Now -that's- a lot of work. ;P

not nearly D:
the Tau are full of hard to paint places that I constantly lament, and choices. OH THE CHOICES D:

I spent a full hour trying to figure out what the different weapons options were for my battlesuit, then anoher hour deciding to put the plasma cannon and the melta cannon on the shoulders

I hate choosing @.@

Ahh, you sound a lot like me then. xD

I daren't paint my army incase I feel I did something wrong or don't like it.

Choices suck Dx

g'aaw *hug*
I'm gonna take a pic of one and tug it into photoshop to play with paintjobs, I think

Modeling is deffinately alot mor fun than painting, I'm currently planning a nurgle army that Iw ant to put together... I got bored of all my imperial armies.

aw
and depends x3 I'm intimidated by painting, but I enjoy it

I enjoy painting... but painting alot of stuff can become a drag... I just got through 25 marines, 6 vets 5 terminators, a captain, a dreadnought and a techmarine... I don't want to paint anything else for a while lol

XD
I need some spray primer

I use Army painter or Games workshop brand stuff

I'm gonna use GW brand. I'm just broke right now

Yeah I know how that goes! I really want to get started on my chaos marines army but I'm flat broke!

For the greater Good, ... and Hawaiian Punch!

x3

O NOES! TEMPLAR TYRANIDS KAOS SPUSS MUREENZ!!@!!!....

You will fail without your barbarians being meat shields

x3 not if I shoot everything to death before it gets to me! (but I do have some kroots)

Tau. So lame.

psh. they're the only progressive race!

If by 'progressive' you mean COMMIES! >:[

x3

DA ORKS IZ PROGRESSIVE! ALWAYS ADDIN' MORE DAKKA!

You must give them all clown makeup.

Nice to see another 40k player, I play Eldar (10,000 pts.) Dark Eldar (2000 pts.) Space Marine (1000) and Necrons (20,000 pts.) Yeah I'm a real 40k veteran. Playing the game since 1995. I once played my entire Necron army collections against 8 opponents with their Imperial army combined. It was of course an Apocalypse battle. It took us 20 days to finish it. I sadly lost (Because Necrons have seriously become underpowered with the 5th edition.) but it was sure heck fun.

Intresting conversion you made there, have you already came up with ideas for colour scheme? And what is your army list? I might can give you a few pointers on what is best to use and what best to leave on the shelves. ^^

HOW COULD YOU PLAY FOR THAT LONG D:>?

and nope :D I have no idea. I'm thinking of using a car theme.

Oh we played during summer break from 8 to to 16:00. We used special markers to show what had happened in each part of the turn. ^^; And yes we saw it as a challenge to actually finish it. ^^; There were even times when we were not all present but it was my turn anyway so the others simple watched and took the saves for those who weren't present then. ^^;

jeez D:

another silly space commie

Tau X3 funny how recently another friend go started with tau recently to haha

These tiny men with their tiny dreams and tiny families. How many of their tiny lives will be cast under the tiny wheels of war?! THE TINY HUMANITY!

Nice, do like the hamerhead.
Hard? They should be easy to paint, undercoat and dry brush over the top, then highlight edges.
Then again, I am necrons so it is very easy for me to do that xD

Devilfish x3 actually. the hammerhead has a massive gun on it and 2 miniguns under the drones

ahh

Hooray, a fellow T'au player!

Say, what's the scheme gonna be? I can give you loads of tips if you wanna.

Oh. and concerning that XV8 you built, I never would have thought of attaching the multitracker/target lock thingy on the arm rather than on the back. It's so obvious, I completely missed that possibility. Seems cool!

*giggles* well I had to cut the mounting thngey off, actually, and then glue the flat of it to the shoulder. I just really wanted the weapons on the back XD

It's still aesthetically well-done.

I trust you know how to paint lenses, do you? Even without the tricky blending technique?

I would love to chat with you concerning this. Maybe I might end up learning from you, too!

x3 in theory

and thanks :3

Ah. Well, if all else fails, you can still get the job done with three colour variations and the good old faithful 'ardcoat (The gloss varnish)

heheh~

Fellow Shas, allow a humble Fio to make a few suggestions:
Do not glue weapons on. Buy magnets off the interwebz so you can ,agnetize your suit's weapons. That way, no matter the choice, it's not permanent, and you can customize.

Pulse carabines are good for Pathfinders. Pulse rifles are good for Fire Warriors. Simple as that.

Go to advancedtautactica.com. It's THE absolute Tau site. Links are provided to buy the aforementionned magnets, and there's loads of articles to cover any possible aspect of Tau.

nah, I'd prefer to experiment to find my proper way of playing
and meh, I like glueing
magnets leave openings for losing parts :x

and I'm giving them carbines so they don't get murdered if someone gets to them x3
half with carbines, half with rifles

I'm sorry, but if people get to them, they're already dead. Unles it's a squad of guardsmen. With pulse rifles, you can outshoot other basic army weapons (gotta love than 6" longer range) and rapidfire two shots at under 12".

With Carabines, you get to move and shoot once at 18 inches. Then the enemy gets to move within 12 inches, rapidfire you to death, and/or assault you in that same turn.
Pinning is utterly useless against 9/10ths of the other armies (exception being Imperial Guard). Even a whole squad with carabines cannot guarantee to pin Space Marines (or their equivalents, which are by far the most numerous ennemies).
The only use I made of my carabine-toting Fire Warriors was to convert them to Pathfinders. Best decision I ever made (right after magnetizing)


Anyhow, good luck, and for the Greater Good! Kovash Tau'va, Min!

x3 we'll see how it all works out *pats* but I think I have a rather sound strategy!

Oh?

the half rifle half carbine guys :P

But they're only half effective at range and 1/4 less effective up close!

well they're glued :O!
I'm gonna try it either way x3
andthey're better melee fighters :P which means less "ur fucked" when I go into melee

They're not better, actually. Even if you have the photon grenade LAUNCHER, you still have to pay 1 point for the actual photon GRENADES! Kinda stupid if you ask me, but what the heck.

That being said, it would be fun having them running around and wrecking enemy tanks with EM grenades!

the launcher does nothing :O
but actually, you're right. they're just better at ASSAULTING than the other guys.

I'd rather not having them being assaulted in the first place

x3 it happens.
photon grenades help a bit.

only if you get assaulted, not if you assault. Which is bloody ridiculous.

that it is. but they're at least a little nice. taking away those charge attacks

They're still dead if they're assaulted though.

Thanks for tha tlink, though, I will check it out. Might experiment with magnets, too. but not for my base army. they're just gonna be how they are. (because I need them done and painted by this june >3>)

Ah, now you're joining 40K as well? I'll have to see how you make your Tau army. I actually have one as well, currently based around Commander Farsight. Can't have too many Crisis Battle-suits.

that is a cool looking gunship master min

Some very neat looking Tau, I like all the extra bits you added to your Devilfish.

Danke :3 I usually configure it with Missile Pods now <3

They're a good load out, although a little heavier on points.

yeah, but I'm light on figs, so it works out x3.

Fair enough. I have a good friend who I play ally games with here who can field up to 3000 points of tau X3
I'm used to seeing many Tau.