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Well i have done about 1100 points of Tau, and i am going to get them to about 2000 and go onto another project.

But who to do????

I am thinking of either:

Chaos, Imperial Guard, Tyranids or Orks;

But i am more leaning towards IG and nids because the IG are just normal men, fighting the horrors of the universe.

And the nids ARE the horrors of the universe, and same with Chaos.

And orks are just cool

Thoughts?

I would go Dark Eldar..... Since they play 100% opposite to Tau.


Tau run gun lines mostly and so do IG in a sense....

DE run tin foil boats with mass CC Killyness.......

Not to mention DE have had a recent codex so they dont suck at all......

Milisim wrote:I would go Dark Eldar..... Since they play 100% opposite to Tau.


Tau run gun lines mostly and so do IG in a sense....

DE run tin foil boats with mass CC Killyness.......

Not to mention DE have had a recent codex so they dont suck at all......

Common misconception that DE are all about CC, I've played them for a long time, and I can tell you in our current codex, the lists you see most commonly ran at tournaments are nearly pure shooting. It is however a different type of shooting than Tau, were all about speed, positioning, and alpha striking. Furthermore, generally DE run high in KP games, so you depend on murdering the enemy outright. On the other hand, in objectives all our vehicles can turboboost, so contesting is huge, remember all you need is one objective more than the other person to win, if you can hold one and contest the rest, your gold. Lastly, many refer to us as the glass cannon, either you win big, or die horribly.

If that seems like something you might like then go for it.

However, Orks would be the most radical change, especially something along the lines of a kan wall. Just a huge swarm of green coming at you with little to no shooting.

I would go orks, they are very different to tau and you can do alot of fun conversions with them if your into that kind of stuff.

Orks are just about the polar opposite of Tau, and you can start fairly cheaply with AoBR.

I run 2000 pts of Bleaksoul Brethren DE myself. I know all about venom spam and Ravagers...

I felt that DE provide something vastly different to Tau which is why I chose DE as my 2nd army....The fact that I field 6 troops choices and want to get stuck into h2h while my transport blast away is way off from taking min 2 troop choices and sticking them in reserve.

Orks are fun and all but that is ALOT of painting!

I have nids, ig chaos and necrons.

I love ig and nids for the same reasons mentioned 2 treads above: I like the idea of normal humans fighting for their worlds and think that nids are with necrons the ultimate bad asses!

Ig is a great codex full of fire power, no psy defance is really their only draw back... I strongly suggest a fully mechanize mobile army. I personally run 3 vendettas filled with vets. Love hydras and lemans. When I m in a blasting things from far away thwpats my favorit choice!

Nids I love my bugs... Tones of psy defance, they only lack a bit of fire power and ap 2 armor... But large monsters and stealers, are so good in cc. When I feel like being in someone s face I go stealer shock 4 broodlords and a swarmlord in order to reroll my outflank rolls and the -1 to reserve roll is nice too.

Chaos suck balls right now I have a beautiful shooting noise marine army but it really never does well in games... Wait for new codex and hope they don't mess it up!

Finally I feel my most interesting and balanced army is my necrons! Tones of nasty tricks. Somewhat fast army, Really good mid range fire power. outstanding assault capabilities... I m dice challenged so being able to fire tones of shots and having a fail safe for my saves really helps my game!

I had most fun painting my ig! I m not a good painter so I got to get creative! My ig army looks like it's been fighting a very bloody trench war for months!

@Milisim My friend plays DE, i am just not into them as much, but they do get lots of CC attacks.

@JonST Orks sound fun to make, i really like doing the different conversions, they have a nice appeal with their ruggedness and their construction ways (if it kills it works kinda thing)

@Akirakill Necrons are cool, but they really only look good in that metal paint scheme. And i totally agree with painting the IG, i got a box of Guardsmen to start out on, and they are way easier/funner/more satisfying to paint compared to the tau, and they look good in so many different paint schemes!


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But I am a bit hesitant to buy any more models, because of 6th ed on the horizon, and all of those new codexes coming out as well, but it could be until the end of the year that they come out! decisions, decisions...

Yea but everything usually translate ok from year to year I wouldn't worry about 6 Ed to much... Just get a newer codex you ll be fine...

They say up to ig no prob for 6

'Nids. Do it. With the new models out, you must.

Nids. Just since they are in all ways opposite. Nids do cc. Nids don't use transports. Nids are hordes. Nids don't have alien allies.

Great White wrote:Nids. Just since they are in all ways opposite. Nids do cc. Nids don't use transports. Nids are hordes. Nids don't have alien allies.

This guy's got the right idea. Also, 'Nid's don't even use technological advancements. They grow their own weapons.
Now go do work.

I'd go for Nids, the new models are a little expensive for my taste though, if I played nids I guess that would be different.

Alright i think i will go nids ....when i have the money haha, never know, i might find some cheap on ebay

nos wrote:Alright i think i will go nids ....when i have the money haha, never know, i might find some cheap on ebay

Money? In this Hobby? Your crazy.

Iz a no brainer ya git. DA ORKS!!!!!! Cuz der da funnest'n da shootiest 'n da choppiest and der Black Reach ork models are cheap as a dead grotz funeral