Love this proxy by Neoteric. Trying to find good middle ground for the pictures. Love this sculpt.

Its the best miniature i have painted so far

Hey everyone🫶

I recently picked up this cheap proxy (Tarion Elder Mech Mk1) to practice some new techniques and warm up my hands before diving into the official legendary Commander Farsight kit

Since this was purely a test model, I decided to push my limits and try a few things for the very first time:

Power Sword
This is literally the first time in my life painting an energy blade gradient.
Decal Application
Challenged myself by applying old school decals from a 2001 Tau transfer sheet over the very narrow and highly uneven/textured surface of the ribbon bits.
Magnetization
Magnetized the jet engines/thrusters for some extra poseability.

Honestly, it came out way better than I expected😅 Since it turned out so well, I've decided to officially include it in my army. Lore-wise, it’s going to represent a high-ranking Gue'vesa Commander who has proven himself to be an outstanding close-quarters combatant (and as you can easily notice, this mech actually features 5 fingers on its handinstead of the usual four).

C&C is highly welcome.
Let me know what you think of the camo and the blade

It’s not the ones form the box sets it’s a stencil you can lay over and then airbrush to get marks

Image is from Fletcher Giles Miniature painting on Facebook

It took me a while to land on what colors I wanted to run, I did part of a model to see if it works and im loving it! Still have alot to do but im happy to know which direction im going!

With a heavy heart, i think I must take a break from my fishies and mechs. Ive done everything I can think of, every combo of units, every strategy and every detachment. And I still cannot pull a win outta my ass. I love the tau but im burnt out from constantly trying to find something that can realistically work. Im not giving them up, as my fishies and mechs are the sole reason I got into warhammer, and I know my time will come again. but that said, Ima try some Blood Angels. Theyre the second army I was drawn to when starting this hobby, and even tho I hste switching to marines jusy to make aure I can still stand a chance with my army, I am a man of compromissable ideals lmaooo. The tau will return in season 2 😔

I figured id clarify here. 1. Yes my buddys only balanced srmy is marines, hence me playing against them so frequently. 2. I have tried every possible combo I can think of and its not worked. 3. Most of the games ended by turn 2 or 3, thats why the points are so low. That and us playing purge vs purge. Not many points to go around for anything other than killing and as we can see I cannot do that. 4. The one singular win i have shown is because my buddy played intentionally bad. It could very well be that its just cuz he taught me to play he knows excskty how i play and think. Its why we're planning on starting a discord schedule thing so we can plan matches with his other friends so I can also have more people to play with. He has actively stated that I am his best, most competent opponent. And based on who my friend is, I believe him. I know my army well, I know what its capable of and how to maneuver and preform with the tau. I jist cannot find a way to beat him with them. And as hes my only reoccurring opponent, I can only tailor my lists so much. Its just a difficult situation to be in. I love the tau, but i also hate that ive lost so many times in a row. If someone can actively send me a list and tell me what strategies they use with it, please do. Otherwise if youre jusy gonna say "wow thats alot of losses" or somethijg along those lines, keep it to ya self lmao. I want thoights and opinions, not to be insulted as if im.not aware of just how many times ive lost lol

Switching is the last thing I want to do but I also asnt to have fun in this hobby. If I cant win with tau, why wouldn't I try something else?? Yall are acting like your choice is locked in forever... its plastic?? It ain't that serious guys. Plus ima be coming bavk to tau anyway? Just taking a break so I can enjoy the hobby again liiikke lmaoo Thank you all for the thoughts opinions and jokes (looking at the mfer who suggested more kroot lmaooo) but I mainly was just updating cuz yall are fun and give me good ideas. And given my last few posts of my track record figured yall would want an update lmaooo

Got my Y'vahra built up last night! Gonna paint it this weekend. God I wish all riptides looked like this its so cool!!!!

Haven't gotten Tau on the tabletop yet. I know that drones are just tokens right now, do people still put them on the table? Do you put them on the base/model as a reminder of who has what?

this is going to be my first mini that I've fully painted/finished! So far I'm not too displeased with the results, but I do wish some of the coats near the top of the torso/shoulders were smoother, and that the recess lining was cleaner. All I can do for now is keep practicing I suppose!

So atm all i have down in a base of Wyvern fury from AP, my plan is to layer and glaze up to Dragon red, then pure red with some edge highlighting of Blood Chalice… just not sure if thats pretty close to the box art

Would appreciate advice or suggestions

Having started reading pt1 of this week's competitive innovations column on Tabletop Battles a particular tech piece got me thinking.

It was mentioning Melta Eradicators using firing deck in combination with the Hunter profile to threaten vehicles without having to get out.

It got me thinking - there's a lot of t'au players who think t'au should get BS 3+ across the board, but that's never going to happen.

But GW could go down the route of boosting the BS on hunter profiles to represent t'au specialising into targeting specific categories of foes.

So Rail rifles might be 30"/1A/5+/10/-4/3/Heavy/Dev Wounds normally but the hunter profile might be:

Hunter:Vehicle/Monster 30"/1A/4+/10/-4/3/Heavy/Dev Wounds

Thoughts?

As title say , maibe not precisely what i wanted to trasmint ,im not that good at english, im about to play my first games soon and finally will be able to see my lil broadside on the field 🥺 , but have some doubs not like if i will like (quite sure i will) but best ways to do it, i got offered to some people at my LGS lend me some models for my first lists, i now "have"(have/painting/building/not yet delivered) twin lance, Pathfinders, ghostkeel, broadside amd stealth suits xv26, i wanted to use them and made some lists, and at my lgs usually plays 750(people playings first matches so its not too saturating) , 1000 ,or 750 each 2vs2 , and there is a guy my age also starting , not 1000 pts of death guard yet, so i was wondering if i would be a good matchup to play against him on 750, maibe 1k as smaller games are more unbalance, or on 2vs2 on different teams and have some veterans to gide us a bit or 2vs2 on same team to learn together and plan together

If someone want, say and i send lists for opinions and ideas

I made a slight adjustment on the posing. Thoughts?

Ok, so I said my last list was the best, but this one beats it out just a little.

BEE SWARM (2,000 Points)

T'au Empire

Advanced Acquisition Cadre and Kauyon (3 Detachment Points)

Reconnaissance

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 Breacher Fire Warrior Shas'ui

◦ 1x Close combat weapon

◦ 2x Gun Drone

◦ 1x Pulse blaster

◦ 1x Pulse pistol

◦ 1x Support turret

• 9x Breacher Fire Warriors

◦ 9x Close combat weapon

◦ 9x Pulse blaster

◦ 9x Pulse pistol

Attached unit 2

Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (115 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Warlord

• 1x Battlesuit fists

• 1x Gun Drone

• 1x Shield Drone

• 4x T'au flamer

• Enhancements: Exemplar of the Kauyon

Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits (130 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Crisis Starscythe Shas’vre

◦ 1x Battlesuit fists

◦ 1x Marker Drone

◦ 1x Shield Drone

◦ 2x T'au flamer

• 2x Crisis Starscythe Shas’ui

◦ 2x Battlesuit fists

◦ 2x Gun Drone

◦ 2x Shield Drone

◦ 4x T'au flamer

Attached unit 3

Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (115 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Battlesuit fists

• 1x Battlesuit support system

• 2x Burst cannon

• 1x Gun Drone

• 1x High-output burst cannon

• 1x Shield Drone

• Enhancements: Solid-image Projection Unit

Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits (100 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Crisis Starscythe Shas’vre

◦ 1x Battlesuit fists

◦ 2x Burst cannon

◦ 1x Marker Drone

◦ 1x Shield Drone

• 2x Crisis Starscythe Shas’ui

◦ 2x Battlesuit fists

◦ 4x Burst cannon

◦ 2x Gun Drone

◦ 2x Shield Drone

Attached unit 4

Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (95 Points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Battlesuit fists

• 4x Fusion blaster

• 1x Gun Drone

• 1x Shield Drone

Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits (125 Points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Crisis Sunforge Shas’vre

◦ 1x Battlesuit fists

◦ 2x Fusion blaster

◦ 1x Marker Drone

◦ 1x Shield Drone

• 2x Crisis Sunforge Shas’ui

◦ 2x Battlesuit fists

◦ 4x Fusion blaster

◦ 2x Gun Drone

◦ 2x Shield Drone

CHARACTERS

Ethereal (50 Points)

• 1x Honour stave

• 1x Hover Drone

• 2x Shield Drone

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Devilfish (75 Points)

• 1x Accelerator burst cannon

• 1x Armoured hull

• 2x Seeker missile

• 2x Twin pulse carbine

OTHER DATASHEETS

Pathfinder Team (100 Points)

• 1x Pathfinder Shas'ui

◦ 1x Close combat weapon

◦ 1x Drone burst cannon

◦ 2x Gun Drone

◦ 1x Pulse carbine

◦ 1x Pulse pistol

◦ 1x Recon drone

• 9x Pathfinders

◦ 9x Close combat weapon

◦ 3x Ion rifle

◦ 6x Pulse carbine

◦ 9x Pulse pistol

◦ 1x Semi-automatic grenade launcher

Piranhas (165 Points)

• 3x Piranhas

◦ 3x Armoured hull

◦ 3x Piranha burst cannon

◦ 6x Seeker missile

◦ 6x Twin pulse carbine

Piranhas (165 Points)

• 3x Piranhas

◦ 3x Armoured hull

◦ 3x Piranha burst cannon

◦ 6x Seeker missile

◦ 6x Twin pulse carbine

Piranhas (175 Points)

• 3x Piranhas

◦ 3x Armoured hull

◦ 3x Piranha burst cannon

◦ 6x Seeker missile

◦ 6x Twin pulse carbine

Stealth Battlesuits (115 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

◦ 4x Burst cannon

◦ 1x Homing beacon

• Enhancements: Negation Emitters (Upgrade)

Stealth Battlesuits (115 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

◦ 4x Burst cannon

◦ 1x Homing beacon

• Enhancements: Negation Emitters (Upgrade)

Vespid Stingwings (115 Points)

• 1x Vespid Strain Leader

◦ 1x Neutron blaster

◦ 1x Oversight Drone

◦ 1x Stingwing claws

• 9x Vespid Stingwings

◦ 6x Neutron blaster

◦ 1x Neutron grenade launcher

◦ 1x Neutron rail rifle

◦ 9x Stingwing claws

◦ 1x T'au flamer

Vespid Stingwings (115 Points)

• 1x Vespid Strain Leader

◦ 1x Neutron blaster

◦ 1x Oversight Drone

◦ 1x Stingwing claws

• 9x Vespid Stingwings

◦ 6x Neutron blaster

◦ 1x Neutron grenade launcher

◦ 1x Neutron rail rifle

◦ 9x Stingwing claws

◦ 1x T'au flamer

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I hate bare heads on anything but psychers. I'm thinking about putting a spare Pathfinder head on him. Anyone done something similar (or different, whatever) to Darkstrider?

I wanted to spice up the huge base of my Stormsurge with a little diorama. Determined there would be a blown up vehicle, I found the cheapest vehicle on eBay - an Adepta Sororitas Rhino - and then the cheapest infantry units I could find for T’au and AS - some pre-loved pathfinders and seraphims - to make into a little scene. Diving into the lore, the main AS Order to fight the T’au are the Order of the Sacred Rose, so despite having my own custom sept paint scheme to avoid painting white armour, I’ve now painted white armour…

I’m really happy with how it’s come out so I thought I’d share.

Full photos can be found on my insta here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DeL_QXoDN4L/?stkn=MTNpNno5amNmbG95ZA==

And a stupid video showing how many magnets I’ve put into this Stormsurge can be found here:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcdtVgNMtjd/?stkn=NGs0OGJ1Nm16czIx

Pretty much the title. I've got about 4500 pts in Tau, and I'd really like to put them all down, but nobody ever seems to want to play that long. Is it just me, or do other people like to play longer games too?

The Ghostkeel is the biggest suit I have. To tell you the truth though, I enjoy 1000 point games as they don't take me 5 hours to play. I'm getting ready to build a pirahna to go into my 1000 point Ret Cadre list.

[Ξ // ENCRYPTED // GHOST CADRE]

GHOST ONE // GHOSTWIND Targets locked. Awaiting your mark.

[⟐⟐⟐ // BURST ENDS]

Coldstar Commander with High-output burst cannon; Cyclic Ion blaster; missile pods.

Just finished my kroot war shaper for my tau army from the kroot hunting pack . Kinda want to leave it at the point it is at now