Showcase: Tau Empire
Its safe to say that LVO2017 had a lot of great armies, and the following Tau army is one of them! I was fortunate to play Val in round 1 on day 1 – and what a battle it was! I will save that commentary for the video and summary posts – this post is all about the army itself! Lets get stuck straight in!
Here we have Val’s Crisis commander – the obligatory ‘Buffmander’ with all the fruits of Tau technology. Joining a broadside team complete with missile drones and target locks – this unit is the terror it has been since we first got the signature systems!
The dreaded Tau Riptide Wing! Ion cannons and Smart Missiles are the order of the day in this staple of Tau (and non-tau!) tournament list.
This converted (and magnetised!) Forgeworld Riptide looks awesome – and the photo just might not do it enough justice. Used as a standard Riptide on the weekend (with Earthcaste Pilot and a Burst Cannon) this model really stands out from the trio in the wing.
Piranha’s! The Firestream wing is one I have had to deal with in past games and this one did not buck that trend! Val has done a great job on the whole formation and made sure to even have enough drones for the whole formation for 4 full reloads!
An in game shot and a more formal display shot here – as you can see the army has a huge board presence despite the low (relatively speaking) model count.
One last shot to round out the showcase – an action shot from LVO against a super friends space marine death star!
What makes this army even more awesome to face is the player – we had an awesome and hard fought game round 1 and I could not help but smile throughout the gruelling 3 hour game!
A special shout out to Adam Truax at Battle Brothers Painting Studio for his awesome work on this commission army
If you ever get the chance to see this army in person (Val is in Canada so it might be hard for some of our readers!) go and say hi!
Thanks very much to Val for sharing these photos with me and allowing me to feature them here on ObSec!