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So, last time I ranted about GW and their policies... and while I still think they hold up, they tended to redeem themselves a bit by not upping the price on everything... yet. Yes, paints went up, brushes went op... but they were the same price for a few years, so I guess that's fair.

However, somehow I've been able to coerce myself into more GW products. Yes I'm a hypocrite... but wait... wait... hold on a second. What if I told y'all that I bought almost an entire army, new, in plastic off someone as "2nd hand" for way cheaper than retail? 




This got dropped in the mail last friday. And yes.. .that's Tau. An army of which I never thought I'd get into it. But I guess one can change. It's not that I hated the army, but I wasn't to sure about the entire "gundam" thing. I'm not big on Japanese stuff like that anyway. But then again, I like Transformers and other silly robot things. So that makes the Riptide somewhat awesome. Looking over the recent codex of their, seeing some shenanigans with people using the army I figured I can't go wrong that much. Afterall, I never thought I'd play Orks either... and I've had the most fun ever kicking around little green dudesmen.

So, what did I get in the mail.

  • XV 104 Riptide, which actually sounds way more awesome on Spanish; Cataclismo
  • 2 x Pathfinder team
  • Devilfish Transport
  • Tau Battleforce (the old one; Devilfish, 12 Firewarriors, Stealth team, 1 XV8 Crisis suit, 10 Kroot)
  • Darkstrider
  • XV89 Battlesuit (Forgeworld kit)
Just around 1500 points or so. I'll probably spend a few bucks to round it out to 1850 (the regular points standard I play with a friend of mine), which is most likely just adding another Firewarrior team and another Crisis suit. Which I guess is fair enough considering the money I saved on this lot.

The most hilarious thing about this entire army is that in some way it's a practical joke as well. Because... well... I sometimes like practical jokes.

My friend is on a holiday trip right now for about 2 weeks. He doesn't have a clue I'm building a new army. So it'll be quite a surprise when we'll get together for a game and I'll put a totally new, fully painted army on the table. Granted, I'm quite fast in terms of painting I guess, so 2 weeks isn't unreasonable for me to get the army painted. I've already assembled about 33%.. tomorrow is sunday and I'll go on with at least another 33% if not more in assembly. After that it's painting like I'm working in a sweatshop I guess. But that's the way I usually get my stuff done.

So at least people can expect me to drop some fresh Tau of the assembly line soon. Not entirely sure about the paintscheme, but I have an idea here or there.

Peace out,

M.

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