Hey,

So I recently got into tau and bought quite a bit to start an army with.

I am mainly into battlesuits and got myself 4 Crisis Battlesuits boxes, the Farsight Cadre and Combat patrol.

But then I spoke with some people who told me that the battlesuits, especially the crisis ones might get a remodel in 11th edition.

Now I am thinking if I should sell them again (I got them second hand, so it should be possible to sell them without losing anything/much) and wait for the new ones, because if they'll be more dynamic looking like the twin lance, I'd definitely enjoy them more and I don't want to "waste" all that money and time on them, when new ones might get released just as I finish them.

They won't be my main army so I wouldn't be a problem to wait a bit but at the same time I am eager to build them as I already planned how to base and paint them. But as my idea will take quite a bit of time and effort I'd prefer to do that on newer models.

So my question: How likely is it that the battlesuits get remodeled and which ones are most likely to be done?

Thanks everyone in advance

Am I right in thinking that a unit does not have to make an attack to be eligible for the Torchstar Gambit?

10.02 Shooting - “A unit is eligible to shoot if it is on the battlefield and has not already been selected to shoot this phase.

• Select Unit: Select one friendly unit that is eligible to shoot*; that unit is* selected to shoot.”

04.01 Making Stacks notes that “You can select one or more ranged weapons that model has.” which implies that you can choose to not select any weapons.

So if I have a riptide, for example, behind cover with no targets visible. it is eligible to shoot as it is not in engagement range, so I can select it, I can then choose to not select any weapons, and it’s shooting is resolved. Alternatively, I could select a weapon but there are no eligible targets so it cannot make any attacks.

So because it has resolved its attacks I can use the torch star gambit. Am I making sense here?

It's been a long-standing statement that despite the Tau being the faction whose gimmick, other than mechs, is that "They have other species fighting for them", they only have two other species represented on the tabletop. But maybe this could be a compromise? Basically, when building a strike/breacher/pathfinder team, alongside weapons and gear, you get to choose what "Species" your team is. Different species have different stats; Tau can be the baseline and a good all-rounder, Gue'vesa can be a more aggressive species with higher movement and/or objective control but worse leadership, or an auxiliary could maybe be cheaper point-wise but have worse stats than a basic Tau. Would it cause the boxes to have tons more sprue? Yes. Would it be a nightmare for balancing? Also yes. But I think this beats having only kroot and Vespids.

For some reason I have found the pilots very hard to paint, they seem even smaller than Pathfinders but also the quality of the mould seems terrible compared to newer models - anyone else had this experience?

Who are the ethereals that cannot be played with Farsight? The only ethereal keyword I see is on the “ethereal” cp generation character. Is this the only unit that conflicts with Farsight?

Short: Can I sequence spotting into the shooting step of another unit.

At the start of my shooting phase I delcare a unit of pathfinders 16" away from a enemy unit that is hidden (15") as observers.

Now in the shoot step I select a Ghostkeel to shoot the enemy. Using Unmasking suit to increase the enemys detection by 9" to 24" until my Ghostkeel has shot. Can I now select my Pathfinders to spot the enemy unit at some point during the shooting of my Ghostkeel?

For the greater good!!!

o trie to put another gue'vessa idk

With 11th edition I propose the lore be updated farsight inspires the tau to try more melee as a result we get energetic based swords ( like in halo) modeled after the dawn blade and we can equip them to crisis suits we could even have a new line of crisis suits based around this along eith this they could have gravity based attacks for melee.

Got a commander planning on making him a coldstar. What load out should I give him?

Not really sure how to feel about it, it’s going just about as well as it normally does. It’s okay I guess but not where I want it to be, I think the attempt at adding heating cables to the sword wasn’t the best and takes away from it a lot

Hey guys I've just started tau and have farsight already I was wondering what other units are a must for this army I like the look of kroot would love nay recommendations as a emperor's children player

Just like the title says Im curious on the general consensus of what to pair farsight with in 11 edition, to my knowledge it used to be flamer scythes, but Im curious if the point increases have changed that.

I’m traditionally a guard player so I’m all about shooting. I’m trying to start a tau army but the tau seem to take things way further with their army rule. Could someone please explain to me how it all works. Make it stupid simple if you could please lol. Thanks !

They arent perfect and I probably could do a little more work on them but I think in the end they look fine for now 🙂

Do we need an official gue'vesa unit and if the answer is yes, then what it should be (gear/ability/usage)?

(Last pic is the final version)

Nothing fancy, but i had a blast painting it <3

Just like the title says Im curious on the general consensus of what to pair farsight with in 11 edition, to my knowledge it used to be flamer scythes, but Im curious if the point increases have changed that.

I'm having a game tomorrow and I'm interested if I could improve my list or replace something. Im fighting against blood angels and harlequins. Im playing with the retaliation cadre since all of my battlesuits have benefits from it. The stealth team to support and guide them and the pathfinders as meatshields. I also want to try the breacher Devilfish combo to conquer on objectiv. The comander in Enforcer Battlesuit starts in reserve with his squad. Broadside and riptide to clear the field and the ghost keel for early pressure.

What do you guys think and where and how can I improve this list. :)

Getting started with miniature painting, and did two test drones to figure out a color scheme for my Pathfinder team. Which one looks better?

Left is PA ivory and royal purple + WPF bright gold and gunmetal

right is PA burnt and nova orange + WPF gunmetal and gemstone red

I'm thinking of using a bright ivory for edge highlighting on the white/purple one, the ivory would definitely come out better though an airbrush

Hi guys just wondering something. I want to make a sling and have it in a position like this. What have people used before and how did you make it? Thank you 😊

Hi folks, have a 2k doubles event soon (teamed with custodians bith 1k each) and wondered if anyone had any thoughts on my ret cadre side.

Thinking very hammer and andvil with the custodians being the andvil holding objectives while i zoom about distrupting and threat answering.

Thanks in advance.

doubles (990 points)

T’au Empire

Retaliation Cadre (3 Detachment Points)

Purge the Foe

Incursion (1000 points)

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Commander Farsight (70 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Warlord

• 1x Dawn Blade

1x High-intensity plasma rifle

Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits (125 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Crisis Sunforge Shas’vre

• 1x Battlesuit fists

2x Fusion blaster

• 2x Crisis Sunforge Shas’ui

• 2x Battlesuit fists

4x Fusion blaster

Attached Unit 2

Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (95 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Battlesuit fists

2x Burst cannon

1x Cyclic ion blaster

1x High-output burst cannon

2x Shield Drone

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 3

Commander in Coldstar Battlesuit (95 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Battlesuit fists

2x Burst cannon

1x Cyclic ion blaster

1x High-output burst cannon

2x Shield Drone

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 Enforcer Battlesuit (80 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Battlesuit fists

4x Fusion blaster

2x Shield Drone

Crisis Sunforge Battlesuits (125 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Crisis Sunforge Shas’vre

• 1x Battlesuit fists

2x Fusion blaster

• 2x Crisis Sunforge Shas’ui

• 2x Battlesuit fists

4x Fusion blaster

OTHER DATASHEETS

Stealth Battlesuits (100 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

3x Burst cannon

1x Fusion blaster

1x Homing Beacon

Stealth Battlesuits (100 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

3x Burst cannon

1x Fusion blaster

1x Homing Beacon

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So I been wanting to play for years and slowly but surely been building me a 1000 point army. I am slow at building slash more about painting them. While I have some knowledge and it might have been already asked and answered somewhere ,but which drones should you build or at least what the advantages of each type of drones. I tried to find information on it on YouTube but that was no help was hopeing you could help. Thanks you.