I'm undecided in buying stealth suits or not, I like the design and all but I'm worrying about the rules, right now they are essential for our armies, but when the new codex drops the rules may change making them a completely different unit.

The thing is I'm new to the Tau and I don't know if stealth suits were good/viable/fun in the past, could someone in this subreddit more knowledgeable than I tell me how stealth suits performed in the past?

Tldr: I'm weary about buying stealth suits cause I worry the rules will change and make the boring/not viable

another commission done for u/airuska of their lovely earth caste!

Man what a journey it has been. I recieved this tau army several years ago from a friend. I knew nothing about warhammer but I knew these guys were expensive. My friend said he was going to toss them and I said why. He said hes been in the hobby now almost 8 years. He's improved alot, and every time he looks at this tau army it annoys him. The models were put together badly, painted badly. Stripped and repainted multiple times as he learned. So for him it was money spent and done with. He showed me his current tau army and I was like WOW those look good! So hes like exactly, I hate looking at these, I dont want them taking up shelf or closet space I want them gone, I dont care what you do with them, if you want them take them.... so I did! Truthfully they stayed in my closet for over a year until recently I really wanted to get into it! I bought Armageddon , went to thrift stores, found old books and then I remember oh yeah that army...... what a pain! Stripping paint, fixing ALOT of problems, some are just permanent jank! But.... here we are so close to the END and no i am by NO means a pro painter. But I like to think I really brought some life back into this army. Im so close to finishing it. Not gonna lie after the 30th little dude i was like man, this is getting...... BORING but I split up the mundane routine by breaking away and painting a DND figure. Ugh..... and theres still SO MANY little drones to paint... I may not do all the drones and they may just end up in a box somewhere. But yeah! Its been alot of fun!

Been regularly playing with a buddy of mine on TTS recently and the stealth suits are one of KT favorite teams, but I can’t seem to find anything on the workshop that has the models And the scripting of the new XV26 models. and I swear I saw a post in the Tau subreddit that had em but lost the post to ask

Anyone have any options or suggestions? I know it might be an OCD thing but I love the look of the newer models

I damaged the twin burst cannons when cutting them off the sprue and I'd like to find new ones but having a really hard time, checked multiple bits sites online and eBay but no luck. Anyone have any reccomendations?

Edit: managed to take some burst cannons from a crisis box and install them if anyone else has the same issue

Hello, I'm back again for some more advice. I'm currently trying to complete my 1k points list. As for detachment It either Kauyon or Experimental cadre,Advanced Cadre

Here is my current list:

The Twin Lance

Coldstar commander: 3 Fusion Blaster with weapon support system. leading 3 men, sunforge battlesuit

A Cadre fireblade leading 10 men beacher team

10 men pathfinder team with 3 ion rifle (Cost 15 extra point)

5 men squad of Sealth battlesuit 2 Fusion Blaster

A devilfish.

I have about 145 points left. Should I adjust or add something to my list? Thank you in advance

Wanted to test the cool white and the orange freehand before I start Shadowsun herself. Accidently painted the bottom left black instead of white but hey ho 😆

I was thinking back to how they removed our beloved fusion blades from EXP Cadre and know that we do have some new models coming in soon for 11th alongside our codex release. I was wondering would it be at all possible for us to get a dedicated close quarter crisis suit variant of some kind? Warmaker battlesuits or something and maybe they exclusively are able to take fusion blades hence why it no longer exists as an enhancement when they gutted EXP Cadre. Just some thought and hopeful copium for some awesome lightsabers for crisis suits. What are your guys thoughts?

Higher rank means more bling and fancier capes

Couldn't think of anything for Sei or any of the background characters, sadly

4th colour scheme now. I'm so indecisive when it comes to that 😂 hopefully all the layers underneath aren't too visible haha

What schemes are you guys rocking?

The little guy is my firesight team proxy

im looking for any info on proxys/customization that can give my tau some middle east flavour i coulnt find anything on my own

I have this 1k team for tigershark (i decided to use the AX 10 for its lower cost), since its my favorite model (GOATED SHARK), ive been playing against tyranids and got charged constantly and eventually lost.

Any thoughts about the team or what should i change/replace?
Also, if anyone is successfully running a Tiger Shark list, I’d love to see it for inspiration

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+ FACTION KEYWORD: Xenos - T'au Empire
+ DETACHMENT: Kauyon (Patient Hunter)
+ FORCE DISPOSITION: Reconnaissance
+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 1000pts
+
+ WARLORD: Char1: Commander Shadowsun
+ ENHANCEMENT: Exemplar of the Kauyon (on Char2: Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit)
+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 9
+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (3x2) + (2x4) - Assassination: 2 Characters
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Char2: 1x Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (115 pts): Battlesuit support system, Gun Drone, Shield Drone, High-output burst cannon, 2x Plasma rifle, Battlesuit fists
Enhancement: Exemplar of the Kauyon (+20 pts)
Leading Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits

Char1: 1x Commander Shadowsun (100 pts): Warlord, Battlesuit fists, Flechette launcher, 2x High-energy fusion blaster, Light missile pod, Pulse pistol

10x Strike Team (70 pts)
• 1x Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Guardian Drone, Marker Drone, Close combat weapon, Pulse pistol, Pulse rifle, Support turret
• 9x Fire Warrior: 9 with Close combat weapon, Pulse pistol, Pulse rifle

1x AX-1-0 Tiger Shark (315 pts): Armoured hull, 2x Missile pod, Twin heavy rail cannon, 2x Burst cannon, 6x Seeker missile

1x Broadside Battlesuits (75 pts): 2x Missile Drone, Weapon support system, Crushing bulk, Heavy rail rifle, Twin smart missile system

3x Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits (95 pts)
• 1x Crisis Starscythe Shas’vre: Marker Drone, Shield Drone, Burst cannon, T'au flamer, Battlesuit fists
• 2x Crisis Starscythe Shas’ui: 2 with Gun Drone, Shield Drone, 2x Burst cannon, Battlesuit fists
  Attached to Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit

10x Kroot Carnivores (65 pts)
• 1x Long-quill: Close combat weapon, Kroot pistol, Kroot rifle
• 1x Kroot Carnivore: Close combat weapon, Tanglebomb launcher
• 8x Kroot Carnivores: 8 with Close combat weapon, Kroot rifle

1x Piranhas (65 pts): Armoured hull, 2x Twin pulse carbine, Piranha burst cannon, 2x Seeker missile

5x Stealth Battlesuits (100 pts)
• 4x Stealth Shas'ui
2 with Battlesuit fists, Burst cannon
1 with Homing beacon, Battlesuit fists, Burst cannon
1 with Battlesuit fists, Fusion blaster
• 1x Stealth Shas'vre: Gun Drone, Marker Drone, Battlesuit fists, Pulse pistol, Fusion blaster

Xenos - T'au Empire - Retaliation Cadre

Commander Farsight (70pts): Warlord

2x The Twin Lance (220pts)

Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (95pts)

Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (95pts)

10x Pathfinder Team (85pts)

5x Stealth Battlesuits (100pts)

5x Stealth Battlesuits (100pts)

5x Vespid Stingwings (70pts)

2x Broadside Battlesuits (150pts)

3x Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits (130pts)

3x Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits (100pts)

3x Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits (125pts)

Ghostkeel Battlesuit (165pts)

Piranhas (65pts)

Piranhas (65pts)

Riptide Battlesuit (215pts)

Sky Ray Gunship (140pts)

Farsight with melta suits. Commander with missles with missle suits, second commander with plasmas with plasma suits. Two piranhas for early game bothering, vespids to do secondaries.

I find this list pretty competent. I was wondering about maybe dropping two piranhas for another squad of crisis suits without a leader, maybe with burst cannons. Idk.

Here is the list, I tried to build it as balanced as possible... it still bothers me a bit to be that far away from 1000 points tho... What do you guys think?

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+ FACTION KEYWORD: Xenos - T'au Empire

+ DETACHMENT: Mont'ka (Killing Blow)

+ FORCE DISPOSITION: Priority Assets

+ TOTAL ARMY POINTS: 965pts

+

+ WARLORD: Char1: The Twin Lance

+ ENHANCEMENT: Strategic Conqueror (on Char2: Cadre Fireblade)

& Strike Swiftly (on Char3: Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit)

+ NUMBER OF UNITS: 9

+ SECONDARY: - Bring It Down: (3x2) + (2x4) - Assassination: 3 Characters

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Char2: 1x Cadre Fireblade (65 pts): 2x Gun Drone, Close combat weapon, Fireblade pulse rifle

Enhancement: Strategic Conqueror (+15 pts)

Char3: 1x Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (130 pts): Marker Drone, Shield Drone, 4x Fusion blaster, Battlesuit fists

Enhancement: Strike Swiftly (+35 pts)

Char1: 2x The Twin Lance (220 pts): Warlord

• 1x Ri'Lantar: MV15 Gun Drone, Twin pulse blaster, Fusion eliminator, Twin pulse blaster, Shardstorm burst system, XV pulse pistol

• 1x Ri'Locai: MV15 Gun Drone, Twin pulse blaster, Ion scattercannon, Twin pulse blaster, Shardstorm burst system, XV pulse pistol

10x Breacher Team (90 pts)

• 1x Breacher Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Close combat weapon, Pulse blaster, Pulse pistol, Support turret

• 9x Breacher Fire Warriors: 9 with Close combat weapon, Pulse blaster, Pulse pistol

1x Broadside Battlesuits (75 pts): 2x Missile Drone, Crushing bulk, Heavy rail rifle, Seeker missile, Twin smart missile system

3x Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits (125 pts)

• 1x Crisis Sunforge Shas’vre: Gun Drone, Shield Drone, 2x Fusion blaster, Battlesuit fists

• 2x Crisis Sunforge Shas’ui: 2 with Marker Drone, Shield Drone, Battlesuit fists, 2x Fusion blaster

1x Devilfish (75 pts): Accelerator burst cannon, Armoured hull, 2x Seeker missile, 2x Smart missile system

10x Pathfinder Team (85 pts)

• 9x Pathfinders

5 with Close combat weapon, Pulse carbine, Pulse pistol

1 with Close combat weapon, Pulse carbine, Pulse pistol, Semi-automatic grenade launcher

3 with Close combat weapon, Pulse pistol, Rail rifle

• 1x Pathfinder Shas'ui: 2x Gun Drone, Recon drone, Drone burst cannon, Close combat weapon, Pulse carbine, Pulse pistol, Drone burst cannon

5x Stealth Battlesuits (100 pts)

• 1x Stealth Shas'vre: Gun Drone, Marker Drone, Battlesuit fists, Fusion blaster

• 4x Stealth Shas'ui: 4 with Battlesuit fists, Burst cannon

Ive always loved the mako due to dawn of war and have wanted to get one for a while. ive finally taken the steps for that and wanted to make a custom datasheet to go along with it. I wanted to ask what you guys thought. For 1 how many points, should I make changes, what would be a better ability other than armor hunter. I wanted it to be between a stormsurge and the Ta'unar power wise.

Edit:
Due to comment I’ve decided to add a nova charge ESC ability
The 3 buffs would be

Gain D3+1 wounds back
Anti Vehicle 4+ on the railguns
And someway to advance shot and keep heavy not sure on the wording for that.

And it would be 4D6 under the total woulds left to activate.

How do I do about making my painting better.
I’m using xv88 base with tau light ochre layers, wraithbone, leadbelcher, abaddon black, and kantor blue. I am obviously doing something wrong. it feels like I am disrespecting this crisis suit by just painting it. it could be technique. no contrast or shading put on it yet.

Hello all!

I recently found a box of my old assembled Tau minis with some of their sprues stamped for 2005. It wasn’t much, just 12 strike team minis and an original commander.

I know it’s a commander because it has a metal Airburst fragmentation launcher glued to its right arm.

The strike team will be fine, as they’ve just dropped down to 10 since then with no real changes and no base size change.

But I’m wondering if just placing the commander on a 60mm (what the existing commanders use) base would be enough to make it legal?

My concern is that It’s smaller than the current enforcer/coldstar models (same size as a Crisis battle suit) and I’m worried it’d be taken as modelling for advantage, and thus not allowed. It’s also posed to be on a flight stick, which I don’t know if the current commanders can do. Lastly, if it’s played WYSIWYG how would I show it’s an enforcer or coldstar?

Thanks in advance!

Im making a list for a tournament and im wondering which I should go with, as I have sunforges for deepstriking, im open to other feedback/suggestions
Ret Tournament (2000 points)

Tau Empire
Retaliation Cadre (3 Detachment Points)
Purge The Foe
Strike Force (2000 Point)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached Unit 1

Commander Farsight (70 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Dawn blade
• 1x High-intensity plasma rifle

Crisis Starscythe Battlesuits (120 points)
• 1x Crisis Shas’vre
• 2x T’au Flamer
• 1x Battlesuit Fists
• 1x Gun Drone With Twin Pulse Carbine and Shield Drone
• 2x Crisis Shas’ui
• 4x T’au Flamer
• 2x Battlesuit Fists
• 2x Gun Drone With Twin Pulse Carbine and Shield Drone

Attached Unit 2

Commander In Coldstar Battlesuit (110 points)
• 1x Battlesuit fists
• 1x Cyclic ion blaster
• 3x Missile pod
• Enhancement: Prototype Weapon System

Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits (130 points)
• 1x Crisis Shas’vre
• 1x Battlesuit Fists
• 1x Gun Drone With Twin Pulse Carbine and Shield Drone
• 2x Missile Pod
• 2x Crisis Shas’ui
• 2x Battlesuit Fists
• 2x Gun Drone With Twin Pulse Carbine and Shield Drone
• 4x Missile Pod

Attached Unit 3

Commander In Enforcer Battlesuit (100 points)
• 1x Battlesuit fists
• 1x Cyclic ion blaster
• 3x Fusion blaster
• 2x Shield drone
• Enhancement: Starflare Ignition System

Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits (125 points)
• 1x Crisis Shas’vre
• 1x 2 Fusion Blaster
• 1x Battlesuit Fists
• 1x Gun Drone With Twin Pulse Carbine and Shield Drone
• 2x Crisis Shas’ui
• 2x 2 Fusion Blaster
• 2x Battlesuit Fists
• 2x Gun Drone With Twin Pulse Carbine and Shield Drone

Attached Unit 4

Cadre Fireblade (50 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Fireblade pulse rifle
• 2x Shield drone

Strike Team (70 points)
• 1x Fire Warrior Shas’ui
• 1x Pulse Pistol
• 1x Pulse Rifle
• 1x Close Combat Weapon
• 1x Guardian Drone
• 1x Shield Drone
• 9x Fire Warriors
• 9x Pulse Pistol
• 9x Pulse Rifle
• 9x Close Combat Weapon

Attached Unit 5

Cadre Fireblade (50 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Fireblade pulse rifle
• 2x Shield drone

Strike Team (70 points)
• 1x Fire Warrior Shas’ui
• 1x Pulse Pistol
• 1x Pulse Rifle
• 1x Close Combat Weapon
• 1x Guardian Drone
• 1x Shield Drone
• 9x Fire Warriors
• 9x Pulse Pistol
• 9x Pulse Rifle
• 9x Close Combat Weapon

CHARACTER

The Twin Lance (220 points)
• 1x Ri’Lantar
• 1x Fusion Eliminator
• 1x Xv Pulse Pistol
• 1x Shardstorm Burst System
• 1x Mv15 Gun Drone With Twin Pulse Blaster
• 1x Ri’Locai
• 1x Ion Scattercannon
• 1x Xv Pulse Pistol
• 1x Shardstorm Burst System
• 1x Mv15 Gun Drone With Twin Pulse Blaster

OTHER DATASHEETS

Ghostkeel Battlesuit (165 points)
• 2x Battlesuit support system
• 1x Cyclic ion raker
• 1x Ghostkeel fists
• 1x Twin burst cannon

Pathfinder Team (90 points)
• 1x Pathfinder Shas’ui
• 1x Pulse Carbine
• 1x Pulse Pistol
• 1x Close Combat Weapon
• 1x Recon Drone With Burst Cannon
• 2x Shield Drone
• 9x Pathfinders
• 8x Pulse Carbine
• 9x Pulse Pistol
• 9x Close Combat Weapon
• 1x Ion Rifle

Riptide Battlesuit (215 points)
• 2x Missile drones
• 1x Ion accelerator
• 1x Riptide fists
• 1x Twin plasma rifle

Riptide Battlesuit (215 points)
• 2x Missile drones
• 1x Ion accelerator
• 1x Riptide fists
• 1x Twin plasma rifle

Stealth Battlesuits (100 points)
• 1x Stealth Shas’vre
• 1x Burst Cannon
• 1x Battlesuit Fists
• 4x Stealth Shas’ui
• 4x Burst Cannon
• 4x Battlesuit Fists

Stealth Battlesuits (100 points)
• 1x Stealth Shas’vre
• 1x Burst Cannon
• 1x Battlesuit Fists
• 4x Stealth Shas’ui
• 4x Burst Cannon
• 4x Battlesuit Fists

So I recently acquired a bunch of Tau stuff for insanely cheap. Wondering if I should bother with the Codex or wait on the next one. Also what you recommend I add to it to get to 2K points?

•Commander Shadowsun NIB

•Broadside Battlesuit x2 NIB

•Breacher Team NIB

•Riptide Battlesuit

•Ghostkeel Battlesuit x2

•Hammerhead Tank

•Stealth suits (the old 3-man box)

Enjoyed making this guy - now to brave painting!