[Black Suit]

Hey,
ok so im going for best painted army in the GT either this year or next, so my list is aimed more at what i can do with it modelling wise. But theres no harm in getting feedback on the game side, so here you go, 1500 pts

Tau force Or'es

HQ
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Shas'o
Twin linked Plasma rifles
target lock
hard wired drone controller
1 gun drones
1 shield drone



Body guards

shas'vre
twin linked burst cannons
target lock
hard wired drone controller
1 gun drones
1 shield drone

shas'vre
twin linked missile pod
target lock
hard wired drone controller
1 gun drones
1 shield drone


Elites
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Xv8 Crisis Battlesuit team
Shas'vre
twin linked plasma rifle
target lock
Hard wired drone controller
2 gun drones

shas'ui
twin linked burst cannons
Missile pod

shas'ui
twin linked missile pods
burst cannon



Xv8 Crisis Battlesuit team
Shas'ui
twin linked fusion blaster
shield generator
hard wired target lock

shas'ui
twin linked fusion blaster
shield generator



Troops
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8 fire warriors
all with pulse rifles
Devil fish


8 fire warriors
all with pulse rifles
Devil fish


8 fire warriors
4 with pulse rifles
4 with pulse carbines
Photon Grenades
Devil fish


8 fire warriors
4 with pulse rifles
4 with pulse carbines
Photon Grenades
Devil fish





Heavy Support
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Hammerhead gunship
Rail gun
burst cannons
Multi tracker
disruption pods
targetting array




1497

thanks for all feedback

BS

[Espi0N]

Sounds like the list will be a very pleasing to the eye, with the lovely twin linked weaponry, I love it but twin linked Burst Cannons and a Missile Pod would look so cool

Will you be using any of the FW vehicle upgrades ?

[Shasel_Aunat]

Ouch...you are really lacking some serious anti-tank power for a 1500pt force!!! Let's see what I can do! ^-^

Shas'o
Twin linked Plasma rifles
target lock
hard wired drone controller
1 gun drones
1 shield drone

Bump him down to a Shas'el with Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Multi-tracker...dones get rid of his Independant character status and are quite annoying to have with the commander (as he can be targeted and such).

Body guards

shas'vre
twin linked burst cannons
target lock
hard wired drone controller
1 gun drones
1 shield drone

shas'vre
twin linked missile pod
target lock
hard wired drone controller
1 gun drones
1 shield drone

NO BODYGUARDS! I'm sure that everyone will tell you this...scrap them and get the points towards another Hammerhead...


Elites
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Xv8 Crisis Battlesuit team
Shas'vre
twin linked plasma rifle
target lock
Hard wired drone controller
2 gun drones

shas'ui
twin linked burst cannons
Missile pod

shas'ui
twin linked missile pods
burst cannon

Too expensive and too many weapon configurations in one squad. Downgrade the Shas'vre to an 'ui to save points and make the squad into this: 1 Shas'ui with TL Missile Pod, Flamer; 2 Shas'ui with TL Missile Pod, Target Lock. With this configuration you will have mass destruction for little casualties (as they are using their 36" range to keep things at bay).

Xv8 Crisis Battlesuit team
Shas'ui
twin linked fusion blaster
shield generator
hard wired target lock

shas'ui
twin linked fusion blaster
shield generator

A little on the expensive side...make each suit a Monat (by himself) with a TL Fusion Blaster, Missile Pod Configuration...there for the ultimate for taking down anything!

Troops
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8 fire warriors
all with pulse rifles
Devil fish


8 fire warriors
all with pulse rifles
Devil fish


8 fire warriors
4 with pulse rifles
4 with pulse carbines
Photon Grenades
Devil fish


8 fire warriors
4 with pulse rifles
4 with pulse carbines
Photon Grenades
Devil fish

Lots of Mounted FW's...I like that! Just make every squad with all Pulse Rifles and with no Photon Grenades. Also really consider purchasing a Ethereal for the amout of FW's that you have...plus you can hide him in a Devilfish!



Heavy Support
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Hammerhead gunship
Rail gun
burst cannons
Multi tracker
disruption pods
targetting array

Bumpb off the Dirruption pod...and maybe think about getting a Smart Missile System instead of Burst Cannons

Wow...I've just created the ultimate tank hunter army list!!! Right on! Anyways...if you don't like what I wrote, that's fine, but I still believe that you should get a Ethereal to keep your FW's steady and an additional Hammerhead, regardless of changes made! Later Daze! ^-^

[Black Suit]

i like the idea of another hammerhead, and ethreal...i will look into what i want to get rid of, would u put another rail gun on the 2nd hammerhead or not?

[Shasel_Aunat]

Originally Posted by Black Suit

i like the idea of another hammerhead, and ethreal...i will look into what i want to get rid of, would u put another rail gun on the 2nd hammerhead or not?

Whenever you have 2 hammerheads, always put Railguns on them...if you have three, make one HH with an Ion cannon. That's just my general rule!

You'll be able to find points for a hammerhead by dumping the bodyguards and the drones on the commander, also make the Commander a Shas'el...lol...basically what I said before! ^-^

[dizzygamer]

I dont know if its your theme, but there are far too many crisis there, and 0 stealths

[VV1LD]

Remember Dizzy that his army is geared more towards looks (aka pleasant to the eye versus winning) so the army compilation is not all that important; his use of more crisis might revolve around the fact that with bigger models, larger changes/modifications are also possible. This is useful when going for best paintjob .

[dizzygamer]

Originally Posted by VV1LD

Remember Dizzy that his army is geared more towards looks (aka pleasant to the eye versus winning) so the army compilation is not all that important; his use of more crisis might revolve around the fact that with bigger models, larger changes/modifications are also possible. This is useful when going for best paintjob .

I'd argue that stealths look 100% better

and its not that hard to repose stealths

[VV1LD]

Sorry didn't make myself clear; I wasn't referring to the actual look of the model itself (that depends entirely on the view of the person), but with more surface area and a larger base, a painter has more options available to him (i.e. markings, planted base/heavily terrained base etc).

[dizzygamer]

and also more opportunity to screw up.

my main concern is that thatarmy will perform crap and IMO look crap being just a mass of crisis, spice it up with some more skimmer hulls and a Stealth team and you have a winner (Hint: skimmer hulls have more surface to do fancy with :)