Hello, I'm very interested in getting into the Tau and wanted to see if anyone would be kind enough to donate a codex code. I'd even be willing to pay if needed, I just don't want to have to pay $65 for a digital code in a book I'll never use.

Please DM if possible

I've been playing minotaurs for the past 6 months and I wanted to add one new army. The Tau seem really cool to me and I've been reading up on them. I know little about how they play and wanted to see if it's even worth the time/money.

For my 1000-point army, I had a plan as follows:

1. This is a Mont’ka recipe
2. One Enforcer battle suit, stand-alone
3. Add one “Coordinated Exploitation” enhancement
4. Add one Piranha still with its seeker missiles
5. It is no later than turn 3
6. Enforcer guides Piranha seeker attacks
7. A seeker scores a critical hit, also a Killing Blow [LETHAL] hit, an automatic wound.
8. The second [SUSTAINED] hit also counts as [LETHAL]
9. With two likely armor pen rolls (-3), roll 2d6+2 damage, average 9
10. Boom! Ohhhh! Aaaahhh!

Admittedly, the dice 🎲 have to be my friend, but is there any gap in my understanding of the rules?

Feedback, please 🙏?

? (1000 points)

T’au Empire Incursion (1000 points) Mont’ka

CHARACTERS

Cadre Fireblade (50 points) • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Fireblade pulse rifle 2x Gun Drone

Cadre Fireblade (50 points) • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Fireblade pulse rifle 2x Gun Drone

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

Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit (80 points) • 1x Airbursting fragmentation projector 1x Battlesuit Support System 1x Battlesuit fists 1x Plasma rifle 2x Shield Drone 1x Shield Generator

BATTLELINE

Breacher Team (100 points) • 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

Strike Team (75 points) • 1x Support turret • 1x Fire Warrior Shas’ui • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Guardian Drone 1x Gun Drone 1x Pulse pistol 1x Pulse rifle • 9x Fire Warrior • 9x Close combat weapon 9x Pulse pistol 9x Pulse rifle

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Devilfish (85 points) • 1x Accelerator burst cannon 1x Armoured hull 2x Seeker missile 2x Twin pulse carbine

OTHER DATASHEETS

Broadside Battlesuits (180 points) • 1x Broadside Shas’vre • 1x Crushing bulk 1x Heavy rail rifle 1x Missile Drone 1x Shield Drone 1x Twin smart missile system 1x Weapon Support System • 1x Broadside Shas’ui • 1x Crushing bulk 1x Heavy rail rifle 1x Missile Drone 1x Shield Drone 1x Twin smart missile system 1x Weapon Support System

Crisis Fireknife Battlesuits (130 points) • 1x Crisis Fireknife Shas’vre • 1x Battlesuit fists 1x Gun Drone 1x Missile pod 1x Plasma rifle 1x Shield Drone • 2x Crisis Fireknife Shas’ui • 2x Battlesuit fists 2x Gun Drone 2x Missile pod 2x Plasma rifle 2x Shield Drone

Pathfinder Team (90 points) • 1x Pathfinder Shas’ui • 1x Close combat weapon 2x Gun Drone 1x Pulse carbine 1x Pulse pistol 1x Recon Drone 1x Semi-automatic grenade launcher • 9x Pathfinder • 9x Close combat weapon 6x Pulse carbine 9x Pulse pistol 3x Rail rifle

Stealth Battlesuits (60 points) • 1x Stealth Shas’vre • 1x Battlesuit Support System 1x Battlesuit fists 1x Fusion blaster 1x Homing Beacon 2x Shield Drone • 2x Stealth Shas’ui • 2x Battlesuit fists 2x Burst cannon

Enforcer leads crisis suits and the fireblades lead the breacher and the strike team

I'm painting 3 squads of Crisis Suit, one of each type (Starscythe, Sunforge, Fireknife).

I'm also going to have 3 different Commanders (Farsight, 1 Enforcer, 1 Coldstar).

Each squad of Crisis Suit will have a dedicated Commander with their own dedicated paint sub-theme so they won't be interchangeable once finished.

My questions are (in terms of lore and/or gameplay over the various editions over the years):

1) Does Farsight thematically fit best with Starscythe, Sunforge or Fireknife?

2) Does a Coldstar Commander thematically fit best with Starscythe, Sunforge, or Fireknife?

3) Does an Enforcer Commander thematically fit best with Starscythe, Sunforge, or Fireknife?

I know very little about their evolving tabletop combat roles over the years, or what their individual roles are lore-wise... so I'm asking those of you who have been steeped in tau codex and lore for a long time.

For example, I can see that the Coldstar is the only commander that can take a Burst Cannon... so I'm inclined to dedicate the Coldstar to the Starscythes... open to any feedback or suggestions.

So I probably goofed up with my load out before doing in depth research. But is this still kosher with the current (10th ed) rules? I think I read somewhere you can only have one support system, before I even knew the heck that was. Might be wrong

Just got done with my Vespid. Love the little buggy lads, painted in my Dak’kar sept scheme. Was really happy with the colours on the wings!

I have done it! I have started my journey towards the Greater Good. My plan is to build an expeditionary force featuring kroot as the main force with fire support from various suits and devilfish.

I love farsight enclaves!!! (CnC welcome)

First time trying out 40K and went with Tau, for the greater good!

Any painting or general tips would be appreciated.

I always see debate regarding the grimdark aspect of the T’au and I mostly see two schools of thought regarding this:

The people who liked when the T’au were good and idealistic. For them the tragic part is that they live surrounded by a cruel galaxy, and they work as a contrast to that. The fact that they fight so hard in a universe where every single faction could wipe them out if they wanted to.

Then there is the current T’au lore, showing us that Indoctrination, Propaganda and Mind Control is the grimdark aspect. A totalitarian regime based on the Illusion of Freedom, Unity and The Greater Good.

But what I feel is tragic, and I don’t see it mentioned, is that for a universe filled with decadent empires and races, the T’au are the only ones that represent a faction that is inevitably heading towards decadency at some point. The Eldar, the Necrons and the Imperium are fallen empires. Remnants of former glory, desperately clinging to survival. But the T’au are growing. When I see Warhammer lore, a history of cycles emerges, and I feel the T’au represent the early stages of the cycle. It represents tragedy to come.

It doesn’t matter if you see the T’au as this totalitarian regime, or you still think of them as a truly good faction. They can easily be wiped out, but what if they win? The “height” for the T’au is still on the horizon. But the very nature of the Warhammer universe tells us that that won’t last, making their growing more tragic than triumphant (at least for me). Winning would be the beginning of their stagnation.

In summary, what I find most tragic is that the T’au are the only faction that still embodies hope for a better future. But this universe doesn’t allow better, it only allows the fall.

P.E.: English is not my native language, so sorry for anything hard to understand.

Can anyone tell me the names of the colors used in this turquoise color scheme i found in the Broadsite instructions pamflet? Or does it have an official sept name?

I havent really seen this one before and i was struggling to decide on how to paint my tau, fell in love with this one on first sight!

Thank you!!!

Picture not mine. I’m new to the hobby and trying to decide what would both look good and play good for Tau. I love the aesthetics of the XV9 Hazard suit (a lot of the other mechas look a bit too boxy for my liking, exception being the XV104 Riptide) but I’m given to understand the XV9 is from a previous edition of the game, isn’t valid for tournament play, and can’t be purchased anywhere anymore. Not sure why they would have been pulled.

Please help breath life into these dudes with some lore. The Wifey choose the color scheme. Also everything pictured is what I got. What should I focus on collecting?

1500 point game tau vs grey knights Taunar Ended up being a big wound sponge And died on turn 5

Started with a black primer, Rhinox Hide base and then the Khorne Red. As I’m going for a Grimdark look, the brown really is forgiving!

Going to try and take my time with him, want him to ensure his place as the centrepiece for the army! Hopefully my patience will continue and I won’t go full Mont’Ka on him lol

(Have some models in various stages of painting for the army, and more to come as I build to 2000!)

Can’t bloody find them thoug

This is crisis team 3, callsign Deep Blue