New Tau Codex - April 6'th [Pics, Video and Prices in OP]

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**Soo'Vah'Cha**

well based on the group pic, looks like a broadside will have a railgun (doublebarreled) or smartmissle systems, since the pic seems to show 2 of them to the right and infront of the riptide, and the smartmissle one looks like it has a seeker missle on its back.

Also the riptide has at least 2 diff main weapons, the ion cannon thingy , and burst cannon thingy, hopefully with several other options.

Actually kinda excited for this release..its been soooo long since any new offical Tau models were made.

**spectreoneone**

From the looks of it, I see at least 2, maybe 3 new drone types...in the broadside pic, it looks like a missile drone...very interesting.

Words cannot describe how oh so very happy I am right now!

**hotsauceman1**

75$ USD for the crisis suit?
I hope they keep the single on(Hint: they wont)
Wow, that is just sad actually.
This will actually force me to buy from 20% discounters.
Gw, Why do you have to be so great and so bad at the same time. They better not increase the price of these either.

**Savageconvoy**

What's with the Riptide's shield?

**Backfire**

Savageconvoy wrote:

Oh and the flyer looks unsalvageable. It looks just a Piranha with some extra crud tacted on to make it look even less Aerodynamic. I don't even know how I could convert it to look presentable.

It's really bizarre, it's almost entirely recycled Tau visual elements, yet the whole model doesn't even remotely fit Tau aesthetics. I mean, it looks more like IG or Ork flier. FW has soooo good looking Tau fliers which they could have ripped off, but nooo....

**hotsauceman1**

Well, It need something to give it the save.

**Soo'Vah'Cha**

Savageconvoy wrote:
What's with the Riptide's shield?

It looks like the base of the "shield" has some fusion weapon ports on it, so may also be some kinda weapon.

**hotsauceman1**

I might like that.
Also, I like the flyer. I just want railguns on it :(

**Rolt**

Glad they kept the old firewarriors, there was really nothing wrong with them, can't wait to see better pics of the pathfinders.

With Tau now done and dusted, how about my eldar get some loving GW.

**hotsauceman1**

No, this is our time.
When summer roles round, you space faeries can have fun.

**spectreoneone**

Upon some closer scrutiny, I can say that there is definitely a seeker missile on the back of a suit in the big pic. Still trying to make out more, but it would be nice to get some closer looks. What is the official release date of this month's WD?

**SabrX**

Kingsley wrote:
The Riptide blows me away model-wise. I'll probably pick one up as a centerpiece even if the rules are mediocre. From the group photo, it looks to have more than double the height of a Crisis suit-- and that's with the Riptide further back. This definitely hits the "big huge centerpiece kit" model and price point square on. I expect to see lots of these, and I can't wait to see what converters can turn out.

Not a big fan of the flyer, but I expect that, as with every other recent flyer release, the model will look a lot better in person. A little surprised this one wasn't 75 USD like the Dark Angel ones were, but maybe GW learned from their mistake there. Hopefully the rules support the kit as well, though-- that's where the DA flyer really fell down. People are fine with buying expensive Heldrakes if they're at least good in game. Lastly, it looks like the flyer comes with drones, which is interesting to me.

The new Broadside looks sick, but it's competing with Forge World at that price, so it better have the options to make up for it. That said, when you consider Broadsides are currently 40something and the kit sucks and doesn't have any real options, it seems more reasonable.

Somewhat disappointed with the Crisis repackage rather than redo. Rumor has it the repackage comes with the Command Suit upgrade sprues, so that would be cool and add some value, but ultimately I was hoping there would be a new model and they'd drop to three for 50 like the new Killa Kanz.

The last plastic release, though-- the new Pathfinders-- is awesome. New kit, probably new options, and a huge price cut to boot? I like the old Pathfinder models, but they're 20 bucks for three. 35 for ten Pathfinders plus three drones is a hell of a lot better, especially when you consider how fundamental Pathfinders are to the Tau playstyle.

Right now this release gets a solid B from me. The Riptide is completely awesome, the Broadside revamp looks very cool as well, and the huge Pathfinder price cut will be a boon for many players. However, I think GW dropped the ball a little on this when they kept the old Crisis suits. Those models are pretty dated IMO and a revamp could easily have pushed this into Dark Eldar "A" release territory.

+1

Broadside and Riptide looks absolutely amazing. Price wise, I'd probably stick to using my old Broadsides. $50 USD is steep for a single model. Wow, Games Workshop repacking the old Crisis Suits into a box of 3 for $75. I guess we'll be stuck with their ugly static poses for a while. At least that gives Forge World 1-up over Games Workshop.

The new flyers look lackluster. I was expecting something more exotic that rivals the Dark Eldar's Voidraven Bomber. Instead, it looks like a mashup of a Devilfish kit with longer wings and a tail. It doesn't look hard to convert, which I may do judging by it's steep cost.

10 Pathfinders + 3 Drones for the same cost as Fire Warriors, which comes with 12 Fire Warriors and 2 Drones? Those Pathfinders better come with new weapon configurations or special equipment or else I'll just keep fielding my Pulse Carbine Fire Warriors as Pathfinders.

**hotsauceman1**

If i had to guess. The week leading up to april 5th.
So, save them pennies boys.
I know im on a spending embargo, Nuthing but ramen for me.

**Rolt**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
No, this is our time.
When summer roles round, you space faeries can have fun.

Hey come on now were meant to be battle brothers, you don't see us calling you blueberries behind your back now do you.

**hotsauceman1**

If it is behind out back we wouldnt see it would we?

**Rolt**

The greatest Eldar trickery you've never seen!

**Shadox**

As we have problems with seeing anyway.

**Soo'Vah'Cha**

I may actually build a little Eldar force as allies for my Tau..always wanted to try and militarize up some of the space clowns..I mean space elves..

Would be fun to do some camo striking scorpions, and jungle scheme wave serpent.

**Dr. What**

Backfire wrote:
Savageconvoy wrote:

Oh and the flyer looks unsalvageable. It looks just a Piranha with some extra crud tacted on to make it look even less Aerodynamic. I don't even know how I could convert it to look presentable.

It's really bizarre, it's almost entirely recycled Tau visual elements, yet the whole model doesn't even remotely fit Tau aesthetics. I mean, it looks more like IG or Ork flier. FW has soooo good looking Tau fliers which they could have ripped off, but nooo....

I'm not a fan of the flyer either, but I'll make my decision when we get 360's of it. It'll probably be nice, just like those plague flies.

Looks like a good time for Tau, which makes me even more excited for what my Orks will get!

**Compel**

The new flyers remind me of a giant Halo Banshee fightercraft.

**hotsauceman1**

Im still kinda sad i just baught my new hammerhead. :(
Now i got to desice between a Ticket to a GT or these new models.

**Soo'Vah'Cha**

And to those that dont like the new flyers...the good news is they do not replace the awesome FW ones, the Remora, baraccuda, tigersharks, etc

Just a new one, and likely a light one..kinda looks a bit stringy, guess it just needs to eat a bit more

**Davylove21**

I'm officially interested, but I'd be preemptively buying fire warriors and battlesuits right now if I hadn't seen Jeremy Vetock's name attached to the codex.

Dark Angels book was kinda... meh

**hotsauceman1**

The nice thing is though.
My FLGS puts new relases right into clearence because they order to many.

**FrozenSoul80**

What's going on in the middle of the group picture? What units are those hiding behind the flash?

**Rolt**

Yeah I noticed that too, theres something hiding, it looks like a crisis suit but taller with a rounder body, it has a white head and a "backpack", a new commander suit?

**Soo'Vah'Cha**

Snufflesms wrote:

Looks like a possible crisis suit commander and 3 broadsides with various armaments.

**hotsauceman1**

I might pick up one of those 3 sets.
That would give me a total of 7 suits.

**agnosto**

I'm fine with everything except the flier; is it impossible for GW to make a decent flier? What's with the after-thought missile pod on the back?

The pathfinder drones look different, kind of taller.

**Soo'Vah'Cha**

There may be a plethora of drone types in the codex, and the more i look at the riptide the more it resembles the Havoc suits from FW, just super sized.