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The Army of Vior'los Enclave
Primarily hailing from the worlds of Vior'los and T'ruen, the Army of Vior'los serves as the primary defense force of the Farsight Enclaves' capital. The soldiers of the Enclaves are equipped with advanced wargear developed on the world of Lub'grahl and "liberated" from the Tau Empire. Starships and sleek aircraft from the world of Tinek'la, and locally produced craft, provide support and transportation.
Whilst the Battlesuit Corps strike from above, dropping from Manta and Orca transports to strike at the enemy's weak points, Fire Warriors hold the line and cut down the enemy masses with lethally accurate pulse fire. The bonds between warriors, the result of the sacred Ta'lissera bond, allow the armies of Farsight to keep faith and calm, continuing to fire their weapons instead of fleeing. They fight for independence and relief from the repressive rule of the Ethereals, and for the life of the Enclaves as a nation.


Army shot goes here.

The Latest Update:

Close Support Squad finished:

Their loadout is Counterfire Defense System, Flamer, Burstcannon.

Like the paint jobs on those suits, and I'm jealous that you can work that fast I do have one question about the close support suits: Is that weapon combo effective in games? I am thinking of building some suits with the same loadouts, so I am very curious.

I have never tested it, but theoretically it should work well against armies such as Eldar, IG, Nids, and Orks.

 Verviedi wrote:
I have never tested it, but theoretically it should work well against armies such as Eldar, IG, Nids, and Orks.

I did twinlinked flamers and or burst cannons, multi-tracker so both could be used. It was quite effective

I think I'll TL the burstcannon, but that means losing the CDS, which is a shame.

 Verviedi wrote:
I think I'll TL the burstcannon, but that means losing the CDS, which is a shame.

Yeah but it is brutally effective against hordes that way. shake 'em and bake 'em, then bounce out of range, or behind terrain, it drives the opposing commander nuts when they can't get the crisis team.

I'll have to try that. You make an excellent point with the manuevering, and they should be equally good at Overwatch.

 Verviedi wrote:
I'll have to try that. You make an excellent point with the manuevering, and they should be equally good at Overwatch.

Excellence with Tau units is maneuver and timing. Never forget that jump back move or allow your opponent to badger you into forgetting to get them back that 6inch jump away. Overwatch can also be cool as that seems to have made a comeback since it went away in 3rd edition. I found my best Tau combat was set around tidal water movement, tide comes in to strike then goes out to avoid reprisals. I would also keep devilfish between my firewarriros and such so they shot under the bus, but the enemy could only attack the fish, the firewarriors could clamber into the vehicle if it was not destroyed and flee, or fall back as the enemy had to clamber over the now dangerous terrain of the wrecked fish, and shoot them . Mobility was my key asset fighting in 4th and 5th ed.

Stealth Suit color scheme prototype:

I figure you have a LOT of red paint.

I'm almost out.

 Verviedi wrote:
I'm almost out.

Al the paints I use now are Reaper paints at reaperminis

I'm a total GW shill. My local GW is the only place I go, really. I've heard too many horror stories about the other stores in my area.

I order my paints from Reaper online, no stores. lower price, more volume of paint in a dropper bottle.

Every time I read things like that I feel guilty (for my wallet! ), but honestly I am more familiar with the GW paints, the painting guides in WD use GW paints, and by buying GW paints I support my FLGS.

Oh, and I'm in Colorado right now, so expect absolutely no useful progress for the rest of the week!

Loving the look of these, they're so jolly and colourful!

In a deadly, tear your face off sort of way.

Thanks! I'm painting all of the FE stuff in a very bright, animesque scheme, to contrast my Skitarii.

Nice theme. I really like the red and black with the touch of grey. Very striking. Looks great so far.

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
Nice theme. I really like the red and black with the touch of grey. Very striking. Looks great so far.

Thanks! I'm looking to maximise the speed at which I paint them, without decreasing quality, so when I get back to NC I will be doing some !!SCIENCE!! with primers.

Well, this is everything. All of my Tau.

How many points is that, V?

Bare- 2,353
WYSIWYG- 2,933
HIWPI- 3,274

I would love to use it all sometime, but I think it'd be a bit difficult to deploy

Figure out a 2500ish point list; you and I might be throwing down V.

 Verviedi wrote:
Bare- 2,353
WYSIWYG- 2,933
HIWPI- 3,274

I would love to use it all sometime, but I think it'd be a bit difficult to deploy

That just makes you Apocalypse level fight, 3.000pts or higher to play. Opponent should also be about 3k points to play you.

Right then! A 2,500 point list done! Surprisingly it adds up to exactly 2,500 points. (Thank you Neuroweb System Jammer!). There are no netlists in here.

Almost done with my Battlesuit Commander. I think I'll name him Shas'O L'Enzabi. Pictures coming soon (TM)!

 Verviedi wrote:
Almost done with my Battlesuit Commander. I think I'll name him Shas'O L'Enzabi. Pictures coming soon (TM)!

I am honored to see my Tau name show up once more, as that is how I lead my forces fore the Medusa V campaign way back in the early 2000's (I am also a former poster at Tau Tactica Online, formerly known as Mechanized Tau Tactica

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Almost done with my Battlesuit Commander. I think I'll name him Shas'O L'Enzabi. Pictures coming soon (TM)!

I am honored to see my Tau name show up once more, as that is how I lead my forces fore the Medusa V campaign way back in the early 2000's (I am also a former poster at Tau Tactica Online, formerly known as Mechanized Tau Tactica

He's named in your honor, for being generally a good poster and nice person

 Verviedi wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Almost done with my Battlesuit Commander. I think I'll name him Shas'O L'Enzabi. Pictures coming soon (TM)!

I am honored to see my Tau name show up once more, as that is how I lead my forces fore the Medusa V campaign way back in the early 2000's (I am also a former poster at Tau Tactica Online, formerly known as Mechanized Tau Tactica

He's named in your honor, for being generally a good poster and nice person

And I am honored!