Hey /tg/ look what arrived in the mail today
Looks good so far, no damage from the travel to my house
What book shall we open first?
Top one or bottom one?
>>43459476
Top.
Congratulations on spending money more frivolously than usual, I guess
>>43459522
Sorry for the delay.
We got, objective markers, cards, and a wallpaper
Opening the second book now.
>>43459629
>>43459638
Is it true that the 6th edition tau and the 7th edition tau are the exact same just with more stuff?
>>43459476
Not gonna lie, that's a fucking awesome case.
Look at all the new colours
>>43459702
Loving the lime green.
You guys want to see more?
>>43459754
Hell yeah dude.
I just got into tau for a local escalation league but haven't gotten my hands on the codex yet.
Look, no more prototypes. No new signature systems though.
They can be in groups of 9 now!?
>>43459786
AWwwwww yiss.
Mutha fuckin' battlesuits nigga.
>>43459641
Only ze rules.
Fluffwise it sorta abridged version of the 6th ED fluff but has a few additions
>>43459889
Cool.
Second question, is the farsight enclaves book still usable since it's 6e?
Is there a PDF up of the new dex? I need that new artwork.
>>43459717
For each Core choice you must include 1 and 10 Auxiliary
>>43459664
>Tau Waifu their AI
>>43459943
Some dumped all the artwork in an old thread, check sup or whatever, i'll dump the ones I saved
>>43460116
>>43459638
>>43459646
>>43459653
Glad to see they kept some if the old art.
Why does all GW's new art look like such shit?
>>43460143
digital - fast dedlines - lower prices.
>>43460169
>>43459454
>>43459466
>>43459476
>Hey /tg/ look what arrived in the mail today
...not hating, but this looks incredibly Netrunner.
>>43460190
>>43460143
>Yfw no new art for Kroot because GW forgot about them
>>43460206
>>43460219
>kroot fuck by putting hands on the females back
>>43459922
Yes.
>>43459702
>Tau choosing their colors for practical reason instead of aesthetic and heraldic
>>43460277
>literally copied the fire from the bolter muzzle for the meltagun
shit, I think he used the same thing for all the space marine guns in that image
I haven't bought a GW product in years. I think they are over priced and GW is a greedy company that couldn't give a fig about games other than as a means to profit.
That being said the art, layout and quality (other than rules) of their printed products and miniatures are excellent.
>>43460998
They still haven't improved their troops drawings though. It's still the same lazy shit as 30 years ago, with cookie cutter templates with colour swaps and that's about it.
I still can't believe nobody _ever_ calls them on this shit. They could do some amazing, Osprey quality illustrations.
But no, here are two pages of the exact same fucking models in various colours and you all gobble it up. Fuck that noise.
>>43460869
> Breacher team shas'ui Losad and pathfinder shas'la Fyra od Dal'yth sept. The bright green of this armour as introduced as a camouflage against the carnivorous Phoroki, who could not visually register this colour.
Amusingly convenient.
>>43460277
>tau and marines are the same size
>meltagun shoots bolts
>>43460277
why are none of the tau in that picture shooting, beside the two in the background?
>>43461111
judging by the rest of the image, the artist couldn't be assed to do up a blue muzzle flash
>>43459702
>Ultraviolet night camouflage
Y'know, I'm not entirely sure that's how that works Shas'la.
>>43461111
They are use the new pulse shotgun, so they areout of range.
I guess it's to make the image clearer by not having blue rays everywhere?
>>43461053
People are this desperately in love with the setting.
I can't even imagine what could be if it was in the hands of someone competentThere's now also the fear of a complete setting nuke if people don't buy
>>43461153
What? He's violet enough to be ultra violet to me!
What is this Tau face trying to convey, /tg/?
>>43461226
looks like fatigue
maybe it gets hot in their mechs after a long fight
>>43461226
Looks like boredom. He's about to fall asleep in there.
>>43461226
>they forgot to put the poopsock in this one
>>43461189
>>43461153
But if it is ultraviolet, wouldn't he shine like a beacon in the night for those who can actually see ultraviolet?
>>43461226
He's really mad you just interrupted his game of tetris.
>>43461246
>He
It's a she.
>>43461226
>I sure hope no one sees my giant glowing weak spot
In what fucking universe would you open up your mech while firing
What is this marine's face trying to convey?
>>43459454
What is this glorious package and how do i get one.
>>43461328
>What? I cant hear you over all this Greater Good'
>>43461305
I think the weapon is glowing from a recent firing and she is just inspecting her handiwork.
>>43461328
Arousal
>>43461344
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-SE/Codex-Tau-Empire-Ghostkeel-Edition
150 remaining
>>43461328
>Tired of your shit, xenos scum
>>43461258
it doesnt make any sense. to have something in ultraviolet, youd need a material that only reflects electromagnetic waves in the corresponding wavelength and frequency like with any (visible) colour.
if its night, you also couldnt see ultraviolet, cause theres no (sun-)light to be reflected
>>43461328
"Another one? Really?"
>>43461328
i'd say "stfu weeaboo suit cant you see im on the phone nigga"
>>43461226
>By the Greater Good that was a nasty fart
>>43461226
>tetris is hard
>>43461053
Thats why Forgeworld books are so fucking awesome despite their huge prices (which btw GW is approaching really fast)
plus I love they actually try to make the miniatures look like real photo scenes of battle rather than slap on the miniatures on a normal table without any filters
>>43461804
>>43461804
You realise Forgeworld does exactly the same page filling, right? They just use a bit more shading and have more vehicles, but it's the old "lineout + colour palette switches" formula. A lot.
I wish pic related was the _standard_ for patterns and paint scheme illustrations, rather than a wonderful exception used for flavour.
>>43461864
funny that a 15mm historical game does that
where it is really hard to add too much details to the face
>>43461328
he has a migraine
Why did I let myself come into this thread I have been away from 40k for over 7 years and now I want back in.
>>43461305
The marines are already dead. She just opened her hatch to spit on them.
>>43461328
He's scratching his head like a cartoon pea-brain.
>Duurrr, wot wuz I s'posed tah do again?
>>43459702
>volcanic red and black, gold highlight
cool. Probably my favorite.
>hot pink
Lel
>blue and purple, gold highlights
weird. I feel like I've seen that scheme somewhere before
>>43461328
Don't call him marine.
His name isChapter Master Shrike
>>43463496
I'm still considering something around pic related scheme.
>>43459686
>>43459693
>>43459702
>Coloring book schemes
This and the current layout makes me sad about the rumor about a new Chaos book.
I like how my book looks and feels to play as it is.
>>43461864
That sounds like it would take a lot of work. And more crucially, most of the historical buffs who used to do that stuff have moved on.
>>43461226
Nigga kills raven guard by playing tetris.
>>43459702
> that art quality
>>43463636
Wait you actually like the rules of the current Chaos Codex?
Do you play a generic warband or did you just never experience 3.5th?
>>43463434
>sneak marines
>"yeah I'm sure there's no one hiding around here with a sniper rifle"
>>43461563
Maybe they're fighting in an environment permeated by ultraviolet light?
If that purple armor glows purple, we could bullshit that it functions as a cold spot or stealth in UV environments.
>>43463774
>glows purple
>for stealth
DEM TAU BOYS IS FINKIN' DED KILLY
>>43459672
Holy shit that picture is disgusting. Who at GW thought that shitty ass art was a good idea?
>>43463862
Probably the same that thought that shitty ass model was a good idea.
>>43463887
I like how they always make sure to keep the open fucking cockpit hidden
>>43463757
>Targeting a Ghostkell
I don't think so.
>>43463862
It's no uglier than bubble pauldrons, tinyhead marines and literally everything related to Dark Eldar, so I'd say it's par for the course.
>>43460925
God dammit Anon I can't unsee that now.
>>43463943
>pic
That's retarded. I don't think a meltagun or lascannon even HAS a targeting system. I mean, lasguns are literally hitscan weapons for all intents and purposes. All you need to fire one is a regular sight.
>>43464028
The machine spirit decides it isn't even worth the effort to shoot the blueberry.
>>43463943
Ignoring the tabletop game's abstractions, the ghostkeel's electronic defenses are quite useless against regular firearms.
Have you even read what you've just posted?
>>43464010
Want some more fun? take a look at >>43460190
It would be a halfway passable image without the clone army in the background.
>>43464085
I still love how that front suit is air thrusting.
>UHHHHH! SUCK IT!
>>43463943
>We're not sure how it fools Ork systems, mind, given that they're made out of bits of old wood and string and tins and stuff - we just known it does!
I like the writers, sometimes.
>>43464069
"When the gun you're holding simply won't fire"
>>43464260
>his gun doesn't have an IFF lock to prevent friendly fire
The white and black color scheme is so much more fitting for tau than the ugly desert color scheme they had
>>43464260
>It's simple; it disguises the Ghostkeel and its signatures from any electronic targeting and scanning technology that may try to lock onto it
anything without targeting systems would be unaffected
>>43463735
>Wait you actually like the rules of the current Chaos Codex?
I do, apart from the standard chaos space marine squad I've had more fun tinkering with this codex then any other I've played.
for instance, I recently used Cultist figures and Ork Trucks to build mad max rhinos, nothing in them (their squads were NM hanging in the back), I just needed the Dirge casters up there with the CC guys. Then I added the Destoyer blades for shits and giggles to great results.
When you don't expect anything from a token unit it's amusing how effective they sometimes become.
>Do you play a generic warband or did you just never experience 3.5th?
Didn't play chaos during 3.5th sadly. I got in with the horrid 5th ed. codex, which was my first army. Shelved it until 6th which was a breathe of fresh air. Throw in daemon allies now and it's a blast, you have so many units to pick from and it's a converters wet dream. I've been stuned by my own win rate aswell. Only thing that really breaks my testies are Imperial Knights.
And I'd stick with this "bad" book a hell of a lot more then I'd want that layout.
>>43464336
It is produced in the N'dras sept. The Area 51 of the Tau Empire. They might have found some ancient toys.
>>43464433
>Is it true? did you see them take him?
>Yes it is, I saw a group of black clad fire warrios taking the old scientist a few hours after he told his team he had made a breakthrough in understanding the gue'la's secret technology
>The next day we got told that due to his contributions to the greater good and the Tau empire he got his own lab on the N'dras Sept.
to all you people sayin you could just target a ghostkeel using regular sights, remember that f.ex. space marines have targeting arrays in their lenses and dont actually use their sights that much. additionally, going from "holophoton countermeasures" it is implied that there is some kind of photon, so light, emission. if, IF GW writers know their greek, holo means whole. so a whole lotta light. or they meant holo as in holographic which would mean sth along projectors that disguise the suits actual position via hologramm
Post the Optimized Stealth Cadre formation rules. Let the Rage flow.
>>43464684
>IF GW writers know their greek
Like GW writers know anything at all
>>43464684
>space marines have targeting arrays in their lenses
Scouts do not, however.
>disguise the suits actual position
No, read it again. It has no effect on bare eyes. Just electronics.
>>43464684
>GW writers know their greek
>GW writers know
>GW knowing
Hah.
We have holofield tech. It's called holo-fields and they do exactly what you described. But in that case guns targeting systems wouldn't refuse, they'd fire into thin air.
And yes, Astartes Bolters are hideously overcomplicated and has a bunch of expensive doodads and targeting arrays and all that.
Take the humble cultist. He has an autogun. It's pretty much an AK. It shoots bullets. It has iron sights. Yet, ECM systems block it. They even lampshade that it probably shouldn't block Ork systems, since they're pretty much entirely mechanical. It's an interesting mechanic, but a questionable fluff motivation.
Why not simply state outright, or at least actually imply that it's Eldar holofield tech they've reverse-engineered? That would make much more sense.
It also works on the Tyranids, Necrons, Daemon, Chaos, Eldar and so on.
The thing is already Shrouded and Stealth (thanks to the drones). This only makes attempts to target the thing even harder at long distances.
>>43464757
huh. missed that apparently. i just thought the photons would mess up targeting arrays and prolly fuck up unprotected eyes.. also y'all dont forget the ghostkeel has ordinary stealth systems, it has stealth and shrouded, no excuse but maybe a step in the right direction
>>43459641
>exact same
>just different
>>43464847
It's just weird. There's plenty of ways they could have swung it to have the thing work without issue on analog shit.
So, anyone got the bit with Shadowsun tricking and killing the Chapter Master of the Raven Guard?
>>43464085
>>43464110
>jojo posing intensifies
>>43463943
White Dwarf writing, while amusing, can't possibly be considered canon.
Wasn't this book $150?
There's a torrent of the codex for free. I can't understand why people would spend this kind of money
>>43461226
SHAMEFUR DISPRAY
So can you run a suit and drone only army now?
>>43459786
No point when you can get 3 riptides in the same slot. I can't think of a single thing that 9 crisis suits would do better than riptides.
>>43465584
well this is what I have in plan the next time I am going to face orks
>9 crisis suits
>2 airbusting fragmentations each
>That is 18 large blasts
>>43465584
That's because fucking riptides are under costed as shit
So who cares play for rule of cool ffs
>>43465584
>I can't think of a single thing that 9 crisis suits would do better than 3 squads of 3 crisis suits, or 6 Farsight troop suits
Fixed.
>ctrl+f dragon dildo
>0 results
God damn it guys, not even a blueberry fleshlight.
Is there any truth that vespids got halved in price? They might be worth taking now.
>>43465966
In the codex? No. No idea about the store.
>>43466401
Nothing has changed whatsoever about Vespids, nothing for the Kroot too
>>43465966
98% of the codex is unchanged from 6th
>>43466472
Kroot got a shitty formation that nobody will take.
>>43459454
Vespid dildos?
>>43461946
That's great stuff, and yeah, exactly what I'm on about. I guess only historical people care about that level of detail and attention. Sad really.
>>43463641
Damn, that's brilliant! Petain with a cyber eye, haha!
But yeah, you'd need real artist, and clearly that's not what GW want to spend money on those days. Not when a quick copy paste job does the trick and only old farts like me find it a disgrace.
This is why we can't get nice things, etc.
>>43467238
>I guess only historical people care about that level of detail and attention. Sad really.
thats a double edge sword
they get REAL pissed about a fucking misplaced pocket on your 1814 austrian who is in fact a 1813 austrian from a different regiment
>>43459672
>Fio'O Bork'an Isu'ron
>Not Fio’o Ke’lshan Sho’aun
ONE JOB.
YOU HAD ONE JOB.
>>43464085
>That quote...
>>43459672
What's bullshit to me is the absolute Tau tabletop wank.
"The Tau could not stand against the Imperium spamming dozens of Reaver Titans like in Apocalypse, so therefore we invented the Stormsurge superheavy which we'll let Tau take multiples of in non-Apocalypse games".
Really?
Really?
>>43464684
>GW writers know their Greek.
Dude. Astra Militarum. OK?
ASTRA. FUCKING. MILITARUM.
They can't even do basic LATIN!
>>43463757
>8 foot tall rocket propelled close combat monks with chainswords that can't go two seconds with screaming FOR DA EMPRA!
>Sneaky
>>43467534
They also have automatic RPG machine pistols.
>>43467238
It's a real shame. I'd actually buy those generic "battles of the XYZ" books if they were laid out like osprey manuals.
>>43467310
The sentence I wanted to write originally was "I guess only historical people are that autistic... in a good way?", but I guess that goes without saying, hah!
No but seriously, as a painter, I love how Vallejo Model Color has like twelve different shades of khaki depending on what army you want to paint. It's fascinating.
Let's face it, we'll always have autists in this hobby, but if at least we could get the nice art to go with it, I think that would be great!
I can ignore autists, I can't ignore lazy art.
>>43461226
He needs to vomit
>>43459664
Nice to see they made use of the otaku thing from one of the Tau novellas.
>>43459672
>Developed to kill Titans
>Not Titan-sized
>Carried into battle by modified Manta Missile Destroyers, the Titan-killing skyship
This is retarded.
>>43469308
>Developed to kill titans
>It's titan killing weapons can easily be mounted onto a hammerhead or skyray tank
>>43469308
I guess the Imperium will have to deploy sentinels with modified titans to counter the stormsurges.
>>43469496
WE WILL PACK THEM INTO THE IMPERATOR'S THIGHS
>>43459672
>>43463862
It's even worse when you compare it with the Riptide on the opposite page. Everything about the Stormsurge is just terrible.
>>43461170
>I can't even imagine what could be if it was in the hands of someone competent
Well that rules out /tg/ and the internet fanbase for 40k as a whole. :^)
>>43461053
I honestly have no problem with the heraldry as they've done it in the 7th Edition codices since the main point is obviously to help you if you want your models to have an "authentic" feel to them.
Like another Anon said, FW's heraldry is better by a bit, but you also pay more for those books. The two page layout showing gear and such that you find in those is books is nice and I wouldn't mind seeing it added to the codices, but it's nowhere near the same thing as the heraldry.
>>43469308
The mention of outgunning could also be referring to the Manta.
GW will also alter the setting as they see fit.
>>43469560
I don't care what people say, I like it's upper torso, legs are shit.
I would kill if it would make GW put a piece of art in each codex matching the codex's faction against every other major faction.
>>43469308
Kill yourself the Tiger Shark can be equipped with the heavy railguns and take out titans there's no need to only have mantas be titan killers when tiger sharks are way easier to build
>>43469308
It really is. The idea that to deploy one of these things, they're sacrificing an entire Cruiser (which could ordinarily carry 4 Hammerheads and 8 Crisis suits) for a single giant robot with no arms.
The whole battlefield role of the Stormsurge makes no sense when you stop to consider the Tau's other units for 2 seconds.
>>43469458
I really wish they had made it a giant grav-tank instead. It makes much more sense for a ground-based option rather than giant robots.
>>43471070
geedubs gotta rake in all that weaboo gundam fan cash somehow anon
>>43461288
alert tumblr
>>43471573
Why people still can't comprehend this is beyond me.
The anime and manga inspired battlesuits are a big part of what make the Tau what they are. Take those away and replace them with tanks and they don't have much to help stand out from other armies or at least the Eldar and Necrons.
>>43469647
How big is it actually? Is it much bigger than a riptide, because I kinda want one to paint up for my Tau vs Chaos diarama but that giant fucking pricetag is making me really nervous.
>>43472127
>>43472177
That riptide needs it's paints thinned.
>>43472177
Eeeeeeeeehhhhhhh.
Not sure if I like that small of a difference for $60 extra...
Also, not a fan of the giant dump pose.
>>43472177
That gundam coloration does not work at all.
>>43472215
It's not worth it. You're money would be better saved up so you can get yourself a Tau'nar
>>43459702
>Bottom row, second from right
Holy shit that's my color scheme. Blue and purple best colors on the entire page.
>>43472215
There are pegs on the model that you can cut off if you desire to change the pose. There was a picture in WD of the Stormsurge sort of striding forward to get into firing position.
>>43472253
I actually think the dark red look kind of nice.
>>43467314
GW needs to one-up forge world, show them who's signing their paychecks
>>43472410
Oh thank god, that makes it a little better knowing I don't have to have a giant shitting robot in the middle of the board.
>>43472641
GW has been pretty decent with models such as the Riptide, Wraithknight, and Stormsurge where they include both the option for those who aren't confidant in their modeling abilities and those who either are or who want to try bettering themselves.
>>43472268Z has a deal right now where its one of those, a ghostkeel, and a crisis suit for 120~ american fun money
>>43461226
>ayyyy lmao
>>43461226
>>43471675
the females have the Y-shaped head things, idiot
>>43472774
Yep, have fun assembling all those bending barrels.
>>43473081
yesh
>>43465935
Sauce?
How would you guys feel about using Gate of Antares models for tau?
They got drones and everything! The crab suits maybe count as stealth suits?
though the starter set is quite pricey, have to wait for the individual plastic sets
>>43474625
Those Crab mechs could work great as some sort of Auxillary. A crustacean race wearing heavy armor.
They seem fine though. The human soldiers could work well as Gue'vesa, and the drones wouldn't be too out of place.
>>43474845
honestly I think you could jam in most of the GoA minis into a tau army without anyone thinking they look out of place
most are pricey as heck though being metal
>>43465193
You can't understand how someone might have more money than you?
That they might not want to pirate something they're going to use extensively over the next 2 years?
That the difference in price between the regular codex and the Limited Edition one is, to them, small enough that it is overshadowed by the additional pleasure and happiness that owning a fancy version would bring them?
You don't have to want to do something personally in order to understand why someone else would want to do it.
>>43465625
Just being able to take 9 Crisis suits at all is making me moist.
>In kill team
Hnnnnnnng
>>43461328
"I am an adeptus astartes"
>>43469560
It looks a lot better when it isn't squatting.
>>43461107
Tau are standing on the Tidewall. Marines are on the ground.
>>43473081
>I have become potato
>>43465625
Shitting on Orkbros for no reason.
>>43478257
Tau players seem shittier than Eldar players in my experience.
>>43478362
Oh, you've never played against Eldar?
>>43459686
420
>>43478362
This is true.
