Mixing things up with another set of mini's is a perfect way of keeping things fresh and the 'painting doldrums' at bay. The second reason is that with different armies you have very different games. Name a man who's played Dawn of War and hasn't 'tried it out' with every faction, well playing different armies (and you don't get much more different than mine) means keeping it fresh and playing an army to your mood and temperament of the day...
It also means that you CAN have games against that great guy with the rock hard Blood Angels army, because you don't HAVE to take the Tau.
Or for tonight entertainment and in my case ... I do.
TAU CADRE LIGHTNING SHATTER SQUISH
I'm trying something different here (and as usual, potentially suicidal). Way back when I looked at deploying SkyRay missile boats and found it a remarkably unhappy experience ... so I've decided to do it again! The concept and tactics for this army are inspired by the excellent work of Sholto and Old Shatter Hands and hopefully should make for an entertaining fight against the Gue'la Emo Vampire Astartes.
- HQ: Shas'El, 2 Flamers, fusion blaster, 1 gundrone (78pts)
- Elite: 2 Crisis Suits, team leader with Plasma Rifle and Missile Pod, hard wired Multi-tracker and targeting array, 2 Gun Drones, Shas'Ui with Missile Pod, targeting array and Flamer. (148pts)
- Elite: 2 Crisis Suits, team leader with Plasma Rifle and Missile Pod, hard wired Multi-tracker and targeting array, 2 Gun Drones, Shas'Ui with Missile Pod, targeting array and Flamer. (148pts)
- Troops: 6 Fire Warriors in a Devilfish with Disruption Pod and 2 Seeker Missiles (165pts)
- Troops: 10 Kroot and 10 Kroot Hounds (130pts)
- Troops: 9 Kroot (63pts)
- Fast Attack: 6 Pathfinders with a Devilfish and Disruption Pod (157pts)
- Fast Attack: Fision Blaster Piranha with gundrones, targeting array, Disruption Pod and Fletchette Dischargers (85pts)
- Heavy Support: 2 Broadsides with targetting arrays, team leader with target lock and 2 shield drones (200)
- Heavy Support: SkyRay with Smart Missile System, Targeting Array, Multitracker and Disruption Pod (165pts)
- Heavy Support: SkyRay with Smart Missile System, Targeting Array, Multitracker and Disruption Pod (165pts)
Total: 1504 points
Sacrifices had to be made at this points level, and were made heavily. Another Broadside or a couple more gizmo's on the crisis suits would have been nice ... as would my stealthers - but I've got a cunning plan - well that's probably taking it too far.
I have a plan at least.
What are your thoughts fellow Tau'Va - suicide or inspired?
