It’s all About the Tau. Part 6, Fast Attack

Fast Attack is the jam packed slot in the Tau dex – you can take Pathfinders, Piranhas, Drones Squadrons, the Sun Shark Bomber or the Razor Shark Fighter. With so much choice, the 3 slots will be hotly contested.PathfindersBasic stats have stayed the same – with one...

It’s all About the Tau. Part 5 Elites (Cont)

RiptidesFirstly, let me say that I built and base coated this model over the weekend. It is an awesome model. It’s so well designed, goes together relatively simply and has lots of options for posing it in really exciting ways. Love the model…..the rules on the other...

It’s all About the Tau: Part 4 – Elites

XV8 Crisis Suits.These were the stand out performers in the old dex and they just got better! Stats are the same as before but they now come 3pts cheaper, and have Black Sun Filters and Multitrackers built in. These were almost auto picks in the old dex (depending on...

It’s all About the Tau. Part 3 – Troops.

Troops are the core of any codex, and in the old ‘dex Tau troops were particularly weak (I once read a forum post claiming that Fire Warriors were the best troops in the game, yes really! Arrant nonsense. Fire Warriors were pretty poor, they got better in 6th edition,...

It’s All About the Tau Part 2 Special Characters

Part 2 on Special Characters.O’ShovaCommander Farsight is back, and he’s pretty funky! His stats are the same as the XV8 Commander, with 2 exceptions he’s WS5 and initiative 5. Not terribly exciting I hear you say. Well you would be right if it wasn’t for the Dawn...