{"id":102,"date":"2008-04-22T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2008-04-22T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T09:12:00","slug":"studio-tau-army-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/studio-tau-army-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Tau Army Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_XxdgU-mVbm0\/SA4rkJk7P3I\/AAAAAAAAAQI\/fXf4nm1XyN0\/s1600-h\/Verdaan+Tau+001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192135320450842482\" style=\"CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_XxdgU-mVbm0\/SA4rkJk7P3I\/AAAAAAAAAQI\/fXf4nm1XyN0\/s320\/Verdaan+Tau+001.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>These are the units that I&#8217;m likely to include in the Studio Tau Army. Can you give me advice, please, on unit composition and gear? I really don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m doing. The options for Tau are bewildering.<\/p>\n<p>Please comment.<\/p>\n<p>I am actually going to build this army! I have plenty of models to increase the size of any of these units. At the bottom you will find a rough inventory. I should note, though, that I want the army to be in the 2000-2500 point range.<\/p>\n<p>As a side note: all the other models will be up for a special one-shot deal. The &#8220;Brother Army&#8221; deal will offer the remainder of the models at 40% off for anyone that wants to commission them. Still working out the kinks on that one.<\/p>\n<p>Tau Empire Roster &#8211; Studio Tau Army<\/p>\n<p>HQ: Commander Shas&#8217;o (7#, 351 Pts)<br \/>1 Commander Shas&#8217;o @ 351 Pts<br \/>Stimulant Injector; Crisis Bodyguard; Crisis Bodyguard; Missile Pod; Plasma Rifle; Multi-Tracker<br \/>1 Crisis Bodyguard @ [122] Pts<br \/>Failsafe Detonator; Hard-wired Drone Controller; Missile Pod; Shield Drone; Shield Drone; Plasma Rifle; Targeting Array<br \/>1 Shield Drone @ [15] Pts<br \/>Shield Generator<br \/>1 Shield Drone @ [15] Pts<br \/>Shield Generator<br \/>1 Crisis Bodyguard @ [107] Pts<br \/>Fusion Blaster; Hard-wired Drone Controller; Shield Drone; Shield Drone; Plasma Rifle; Targeting Array<br \/>1 Shield Drone @ [15] Pts<br \/>Shield Generator<br \/>1 Shield Drone @ [15] Pts<br \/>Shield Generator<\/p>\n<p>Elite: Crisis Battlesuit (4#, 141 Pts)<br \/>1 Crisis Battlesuit @ 141 Pts<br \/>Team Leader; Crisis Battlesuit; Hard-wired Drone Controller; Shield Drone; Shield Drone; Twin Linked Missile Pod; Targeting Array<br \/>1 Crisis Battlesuit @ [53] Pts<br \/>Twin Linked Missile Pod; Targeting Array<br \/>1 Shield Drone @ [15] Pts<br \/>Shield Generator<br \/>1 Shield Drone @ [15] Pts<br \/>Shield Generator<\/p>\n<p>Elite: Stealthsuits (8#, 212 Pts)<br \/>5 Stealthsuits @ 212 Pts<br \/>Add Team Leader; Burst Cannon (x5)<br \/>1 Team Leader @ [62] Pts<br \/>Bonding Knife; Fusion Blaster; Hard-wired Drone Controller; Gun Drone; Gun Drone<br \/>1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts<br \/>Twin Linked Pulse Carbines<br \/>1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts<br \/>Twin Linked Pulse Carbines<\/p>\n<p>Troops: Fire Warrior (15#, 245 Pts)<br \/>11 Fire Warrior @ 245 Pts<br \/>Add Shas&#8217;ui; Pulse Carbine (x11)<br \/>1 Devilfish @ [95] Pts<br \/>Burst Cannon; Gun Drones; Decoy Launchers; Landing Gear; Multi-Tracker<br \/>2 Gun Drones @ [0] Pts<br \/>Twin Linked Pulse Carbines<br \/>1 Shas&#8217;ui @ [40] Pts<br \/>Markerlight; Bonding Knife; Hard-wired Target Lock<\/p>\n<p>Troops: Fire Warrior (15#, 245 Pts)<br \/>11 Fire Warrior @ 245 Pts<br \/>Add Shas&#8217;ui; Pulse Carbine (x11)<br \/>1 Devilfish @ [95] Pts<br \/>Burst Cannon; Gun Drones; Decoy Launchers; Landing Gear; Multi-Tracker<br \/>2 Gun Drones @ [0] Pts<br \/>Twin Linked Pulse Carbines<br \/>1 Shas&#8217;ui @ [40] Pts<br \/>Markerlight; Bonding Knife; Hard-wired Target Lock<\/p>\n<p>Troops: Kroot Carnivore Squad (14#, 96 Pts)<br \/>12 Kroot Carnivore Squad @ 96 Pts<br \/>Add Kroot Hounds; Kroot Rifle (x12)<br \/>2 Kroot Hounds @ [12] Pts<\/p>\n<p>Troops: Remote Sensor Tower Team (1#, 40 Pts)<br \/>1 Remote Sensor Tower Team @ 40 Pts<br \/>Markerlight (x1); Target Lock (x1)<\/p>\n<p>Fast Attack: Gun Drone Squadron (4#, 48 Pts)<br \/>4 Gun Drone Squadron @ 48 Pts<br \/>Twin Linked Pulse Carbines (x4)<\/p>\n<p>Fast Attack: Pirhana TX-42 (IA) (2#, 220 Pts)<br \/>2 Pirhana TX-42 (IA) @ 220 Pts<br \/>Twin Linked Rail Rifle (x2); Decoy Launchers (x2); Disruption Pod (x2); Seeker Missle (x2); Targeting Array<\/p>\n<p>Fast Attack: Pathfinder (9#, 246 Pts)<br \/>8 Pathfinder @ 246 Pts<br \/>Markerlight (x5); Pulse Carbine (x5); Rail Rifle and Target Lock (x3)<br \/>1 Devilfish @ [120] Pts<br \/>Burst Cannon; Smart Missile System; Decoy Launchers; Disruption Pod; Landing Gear; Marker Beacon; Sensor Spines<\/p>\n<p>Heavy Support: Broadside Battlesuit (2#, 180 Pts)<br \/>1 Broadside Battlesuit @ 180 Pts<br \/>Twin linked Railgun; Broadside Battlesuit; Twin Linked Plasma Rifle; Targeting Array<br \/>1 Broadside Battlesuit @ [90] Pts<br \/>Twin linked Railgun; Twin Linked Plasma Rifle; Targeting Array<\/p>\n<p>Heavy Support: Hammerhead Gunship (1#, 165 Pts)<br \/>1 Hammerhead Gunship @ 165 Pts<br \/>Railgun; Smart Missile System; Disruption Pod; Landing Gear; Targeting Array<\/p>\n<p>Heavy Support: Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship (1#, 155 Pts)<br \/>1 Sky Ray Missile Defence Gunship @ 155 Pts<br \/>Turret Mounted Seeker Missles; Two Networked Markerlights; Smart Missile System; Target Lock; Disruption Pod; Landing Gear; Targeting Array<\/p>\n<p>Total Roster Cost: 2344<\/p>\n<p>Created with Army Builder<br \/>Copyright (c) 1997-2005 Lone Wolf Development, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>Studio Tau Army Inventory<\/p>\n<p>Fire Warriors 72<br \/>Path Finders 16<br \/>Stealth Suits 12<br \/>Gun Drones 24<br \/>Shield Drones 10<br \/>Broadsides 2<br \/>Hammerheads 3<br \/>Skyrays 1<br \/>Battlesuits 14<\/p>\n<p>Still Needed<br \/>Piranhas 2<br \/>Kroot 16<br \/>Kroot Hounds 2<\/p>\n<p>Forge World<br \/>Barracuda 1<br \/>Sensor Tower 1<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the units that I&#8217;m likely to include in the Studio Tau Army. Can you give me advice, please, on unit composition and gear? I really don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m doing. The options for Tau are bewildering. Please comment. I am actually going to build this army! I have plenty of models to increase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}