This is a list under construction; all unit that are in italics are not finished yet.

Army List

HQ
Shas'el: Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Airbursting Fragmentation Projector, Hardwired Multi-Tracker - 107

Elite
Crisis Suit x3: Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Multi-Tracker - 186
Crisis Suit x3: Plasma Rifle, Fusion Blaster, Multi-Tracker - 186
Crisis Suit: Twin-Linked Flamers, Fusion Blaster - 43

Troops
Firewarriors x12: Pulse Rifles + Shas'ui - 130
Firewarriors x12: Pulse Rifles + Shas'ui - 130
Firewarriors x12: Pulse Rifles + Shas'ui; Devilfish (Gun Drones x2) - 210

Fast Attack
Tau Pathfinders x8: Pulse Carbines & Markerlight + Shas'ui (Hardwired Drone Controller + 2 Gun Drones); Devilfish (Gun Drones x2, Seeker Missile) - 216
Piranha: Fusion Blaster, Seeker Missile x2 - 85

Heavy Support
Hammerhead: Railgun, Smart Missile System, Target Lock, Multi-Tracker, Seeker Missile - 185
Broadsides x3: Twin-Linked Railguns, Smart Missile System, Advanced Stabilization System; Team Leader (Hardwired Drone Controller, 2 Shield Drones, Bonding Knife) - 280
Sniper Drone Teams x3: - 240

Total: 1998 Points
Model Count: 81

Full Army Photo

Unit Photos

Why I Started This Army

Marine-equivalent armies are everywhere. Just last weekend I watched a 12-player Rogue Trader Tournament with 1 Eldar, 2 Sisters of Battle, nine Space Marine or Chaos Space Marine players! I want to play something different, so I pondered on what I wanted to play. Having just sold off a mutant-heavy Lost and the Damned army, I decided that shooting seemed to be the way to go. I'd taken a crack at painting Tau a few years back and hated the results, so I figured it was time to give it another go.

Mech Tau is the most prevalent build, so I went with a semi-mechanised theme. I also decided that markerlights would feature prominently into my list (I've got eleven) and just filled in the gaps after that.