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I'm sad, I will never Be able to afford that.

All of my yes. I need that suit, and if the rumours about the Devilfish chassis are true, I need that as well. Finally, a 40k release I can be excited about!

 Frozen Ocean wrote:
All of my yes. I need that suit, and if the rumours about the Devilfish chassis are true, I need that as well. Finally, a 40k release I can be excited about!

What rumours? Enlighten us, oh marked one!

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I'm sad, I will never Be able to afford that.

Cost and storage are the two reasons I would have preferred them making that at slightly above riptide size instead of full on superheavy size. YMMV. In any case, I found a pic of the same base (plus other stuff in the background like a titan) at roughly the same angle and through the magic of MSpaint (sorry, no fancy photoshop on this hard drive!) I tried to get them the same size to gauge the bulk of the xk139 model. I can't guarantee that it is 100% accurate nor the relative sizes on GW's own picture that looks photoshopped as well (the knight is further back) but you can see the onager base cut and pasted onto the tau titan to see that the widths are as equal as they can be (with the right edge covered by the titan's toe so I had to guess on that part).

 Vector Strike wrote:

 Frozen Ocean wrote:
All of my yes. I need that suit, and if the rumours about the Devilfish chassis are true, I need that as well. Finally, a 40k release I can be excited about!

What rumours? Enlighten us, oh marked one!

Just this:

 pretre wrote:

From Warhound on ATT:
PENDING Tau Rumors - June 2015
...
The Devilfish chassis they believe to be lacking ( hence the TL turrets being pulled) and so are considering a few concepts of which i was excited to hear...
...

Cheers
Warhound

FWIW given the source, new date in two weeks/September for the previously rumored Tau plastic commander and big riptide sized suit:

http://natfka.blogspot.com/2015/08/tau-new-commander-on-its-way.html

This mornings source on the Tau has an additional bit to it, that a new XV 8 Commander will be released alongside the two new larger "Riptide" sized suits. Whether the suits are a single box set, with this as single clam pack (what previous rumors have said were coming) is yet to be seen. It does seem though that September will be a huge return to Warhammer 40k.

These comes from very solid sources. These are still on the vague side of things, and I am hoping that over the next week we can get something a little more detailed.

via anonymous sources on Faeit 212
A new XV 8 Commander will be released as well.

From earlier
The Tau Codex is coming, but no real ETA I can share at the moment. In it Tau will get 2 new suits, one larger than a riptide, another smaller than a riptide.


via another solid anonymous source on Faeit 212
XV8 Battlesuit Commander is unaviable for e to order for my store meaning there will be a new release in next 2 weeks

One bigger than a Riptide? Whatever for?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
One bigger than a Riptide? Whatever for?

Because we all know that bigger suits mean more powerful units, right? And bigger price tags, since Riptides are cheaper than Wraithknights!

Maybe they get a Tauified Distortion weapon with 120" range, 6D6 damage, and Ignores cover. Or a Macross style S8AP2 chest-firing rockets that don't fly in a straight line, but can target up to 100 enemy models simultaneously.

My guess is that rumour is related to the Tau'Unar suit and that this "solid source" on Faeit212 is full of gak. lol.

New XV-8 Crisis suits wouldn't go amiss though.

I really hope we're still getting revamped firewarriors and not just battlesuits.

I've just had the latest e-mail from GW regarding an Warhammer World Open Day in October that features Tau Battlesuit artwork.


Co-incidence or hint?



I can't say I'm the closest follower of all artwork so I have no idea if this is new or an existing piece.

So this is the "month of the tau" we were told of on ATT. GW likely releases Tau stuff in September and FW likely their Tau stuff will be heavily showcased during October.

A lot of these rumors are starting to seem more reliable.

Edit
It depicts a 104 Riptide for the record. So it's existing art.

Not even Space Marines got 4+ kits, and they are the highest selling army. I wouldn't count on Tau getting a whole lot.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Not even Space Marines got 4+ kits, and they are the highest selling army. I wouldn't count on Tau getting a whole lot.

Perhaps you underestimate our growing popularity? We're quite quickly become one of the more popular races. We've got a hugely popular faction with almost no unit choices compared to other codices. Also you need to factor in FW a little. GW and FW look like they got something planned for Tau.
Fresh Rumor from BOLS:

Tau Empire Release

September 12th

A "big" release (unknown if related to Tau Empire, but could be)

September 19th

Codex Tau Empire

Tau Empire Datacards

Tau Empire Painting Guide

New Plastic Battlesuit Commander (in a new size of package)

Age of Sigmar launch is still three full months in total. No shortcuts.

Talys wrote: Or a Macross style S8AP2 chest-firing rockets that don't fly in a straight line, but can target up to 100 enemy models simultaneously.

And that's AWESOME.

casvalremdeikun wrote:Not even Space Marines got 4+ kits, and they are the highest selling army. I wouldn't count on Tau getting a whole lot.

Tau is one of the smallest codexes around (25 unit entries). More kits = more sells.

I'm totally looking foward for the new big kits (if they become true).

I look forward to a new Tau codex.
My Tau army is already quite large and since day one mainly drone themed. But i will probably add one of each new suits if we get them, just to paint and have them.

I have one Riptide and a bigger suit would be nice as well.
But it all depends on the design.

Because I actually don't like the big FW model as it is.
It looks unbalanced IMO.
I would prefer big cannons on arms and smaller cannons on shoulders. I changed that on my old style broadsides as well and was not surprised the new/current one is build like that too.

It should look just like the Warhammer/Excalibur from Robotech/Battletech.

Bols...

Thanks for chiming in Sad Panda. Have you also heard of a Raven Guard vs Tau campaign box set before the Tau release like Lords of War Gaming had rumored in summer?

Warhams-77 wrote:
Bols...

Thanks for chiming in Sad Panda, is the Tau Codex the first 40k release after those 3 months of AoS?

Tau are next, yes.

Campaign books or Codex first? I don't know.

Thanks, Panda

I get that Battlesuits sell, that Tau's 'big guns' really bring in the money; but it's a little disappointing that Kroot aren't being focused on as rumoured a few months back.

Kroot for the win, GW. Let's see some Kroot or Vespid love.

Heh. GW Open Day.

Contradiction in terms.

Shadowstrife wrote:
I get that Battlesuits sell, that Tau's 'big guns' really bring in the money; but it's a little disappointing that Kroot aren't being focused on as rumoured a few months back.

Kroot for the win, GW. Let's see some Kroot or Vespid love.

Frankly, I think that it's smart that GW would focus more on the actual Tau units rather than their auxiliaries. I own exactly one unit of Kroot, and they've only seen the table twice since I started playing back during 5th Ed. I'd much rather see the Kroot broken off from the Tau Empire and rolled into a Mercenaries codex and have their line expanded a bit. Now, if GW made a Gue'vesa unit entry into the Codex, you'd really have my attention.
All of that aside, however...I do like the fact that we might get a new plastic Commander and a possible riptide variant outside of FW (I still love those two they have, though!). Expansion of the Devilfish sounds great, too. Really, though, the biggest two things I feel should be addressed are the Fire Warrior and Crisis Suit models...they are tired...

Shadowstrife wrote:
I get that Battlesuits sell, that Tau's 'big guns' really bring in the money; but it's a little disappointing that Kroot aren't being focused on as rumoured a few months back.

Kroot for the win, GW. Let's see some Kroot or Vespid love.

If you remember the only rumor was a they were considering spinning them off into a minidex that would see the light of day in Jan ish time frame. So there's easily time for that rumor to be true. If we get the new dex and the Kroot are gone and we have a new FW derived unit in its place then I think its a good bet we'll get that minidex. If on the other hand it's still there in the dex then it's pretty much dead in the water.

Have to say I'm fully expecting Kroot to get the Harlequin / Stormtrooper treatment and disappear off into their own mini-dex.

 Jadenim wrote:
Have to say I'm fully expecting Kroot to get the Harlequin / Stormtrooper treatment and disappear off into their own mini-dex.

Wonder if that is why they pulled the Kroot units from FW.
I wonder if they would throw Vespid in with them.

 Jadenim wrote:
Have to say I'm fully expecting Kroot to get the Harlequin / Stormtrooper treatment and disappear off into their own mini-dex.

While I have heard this might happen it could be a very generic 1-3 boxes possibly including a clampack thing.

It seems that it's very possible but considering that they would have to dedicate a month or at least 2-3 weeks to a side race I'm not extremely hopeful.

I've been told of at least 3 others that could happen but so far I'm sceptical because of the deluge of AoS and from what I'm hearing the 40k and other respite from it might be only a week or two at best.

If Tau appear don't expect a huge release.


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 Savageconvoy wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
Have to say I'm fully expecting Kroot to get the Harlequin / Stormtrooper treatment and disappear off into their own mini-dex.

Wonder if that is why they pulled the Kroot units from FW.
I wonder if they would throw Vespid in with them.

Ill be very surprised if Vespid survive the next codex

migooo wrote:

Ill be very surprised if Vespid survive the next codex

Considering they have models, and that rough riders somehow survived into the latest IG codex despite no longer having models for sale makes them being squatted unlikely. The only units units that have been squatted recently are those that don't have (non-FW) models that are still in production.

migooo wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
Have to say I'm fully expecting Kroot to get the Harlequin / Stormtrooper treatment and disappear off into their own mini-dex.

While I have heard this might happen it could be a very generic 1-3 boxes possibly including a clampack thing.

It seems that it's very possible but considering that they would have to dedicate a month or at least 2-3 weeks to a side race I'm not extremely hopeful.

I've been told of at least 3 others that could happen but so far I'm sceptical because of the deluge of AoS and from what I'm hearing the 40k and other respite from it might be only a week or two at best.

If Tau appear don't expect a huge release.


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 Savageconvoy wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
Have to say I'm fully expecting Kroot to get the Harlequin / Stormtrooper treatment and disappear off into their own mini-dex.

Wonder if that is why they pulled the Kroot units from FW.
I wonder if they would throw Vespid in with them.

Ill be very surprised if Vespid survive the next codex

So far everything seems to be indicating a large release for the Tau and a spin off for the Kroot into their own dex. FW pulled all their models, we've heard of some Kroot model prototypes from GW being around in the back burner, and we've also got rumors of a new troop being made from the FW kit. All of this indicates that the Kroot are looking at a minidex release. Which is awesome by my books.

We'll know very soon if this is true or not. Way back when Harlequins were being rumored everyone said it was bull. They said ad mech was bull. They said skitarii was bull. So far in the recent time frame of minidex rumors almost every major one has been correct. Not only that but action taken by FW support the idea of a mini dex being on the way (pulling of all their Kroot range and when asked why they gave a very cryptic answer). Even the old rumor of a Tau Auxiliary minidex sort of turned out correct since it seems to be evolving into a Kroot minidex release. Everyone is screaming the apocalypse on the rumor since it didn't happen instantly even though it said at the earliest we could expect it would be the first months of 2016 or that time frame.

Not only that but an extremely reliable FW sculptor information guy on Tau stuff has said a 'time of Tau is coming'. It would seem really weird to hype it up that big for a small launch. Not to mention they've had a long time to prepare for this first 40k release after the AoS time. All the rumors point to the GW Tau stuff being shown Sept and the FW stuff in Oct.

If they did make a Kroot codex I would go out and grab it asap.

Everything is just lining up too well. I suppose they could have heard these rumors and made some to sound like them, so it is a factor. It just seems probable that the Tau are at least getting a moderate release as opposed to a small one. I personally look at this as almost a reworking of Tau Empire and see it as a larger release. It seems like they've planned for this along time in advance. We even had the sculptor saying 'a new Tau paradigm is approaching'. Why would FW be the ones making that new paradigm if it's that big? Sounds like something the big guys at GW would have to decide.