Armies - Final send off!!

So, as the sun sets on a 5th edition and the forums and blogs erupt in over-excited rage-quitters and nay-sayers I'm staying firmly rooted and doing what we should all be doing - saying goodbye to a game edition that has been part of my life and hobby by entering into a "friendly" tournament!

A little while ago I made THIS POST, saying that you'll be treated to more Tau posting as I concentrated on finally finishing to paint my massive Tau force. Since that time you have had exactly 0 Tau posts! hmm... The Unrealistic Artist as started and finished an entire army in that time! If you are quick, you might be able to buy it too!
Anyway, what this means is that I've decided that fun is the order of the day and I'm taking my Tau army to the Red War 40K Tournament run by the Redditch Wargame Society at TotalWargamer. You can meet one of the tournament organisers over at his Embolden 40K blog!

Although I don't normally post Army Lists on the blog this is what I will be subjecting myself to! You will agree that it is both vastly different, but also strangely similar to the army that you may have seen over on From the Fang. Less in the way of mega suit units, and more in the way of "oddball" choices! I clearly haven't learnt from him, and I would expect some equally harsh comments as I laid out on him!

HQ
Shas'El @ 87 (plasma/fusion/tracker)

ELITES
Crisis Team (2) @ 102 (1x fusion/pod/tracker; 1x twin fusion/target lock)

Crisis Team (2) @ 124 (2x plasma/pod/tracker)

Stealth Team (8) @ 160 (4x suits + 4x gun drones)

TROOPS
Fire Warriors (8) @ 175 (rifles/devilfish/tracker/disruption)

Fire Warriors (8) @ 80

Kroot (10) @ 70

Kroot (10) @ 70

FAST
Pathfinders (4) @ 133 (devilfish/disruption)

Pathfinders (4) @ 133 (devilfish/disruption)

Vespid (8) @ 134

HEAVY
Broadside Team (2) @ 173 (ASS, 1x team leader/target lock/blacksun filter)

Broadside Team (2) @ 173 (ASS, 1x team leader/target lock/blacksun filter)

Hammerhead @ 135 (ion cannon/burst cannons/tracker/disruption/blacksun filter)


Thats up to a (not so neat) 1749pts.

Yes, there are some highly dubious choices in there, such as the Hammerhead outfit, the Stealth Suits and of course the Vespid. This seems to go against much of what is often said on the blogosphere about Tau... so we'll see what I can pull off!! At the end of the day though, I hope to have lots of fun and say goodbye to a dear friend!

Seeing as I'm here, I suppose I should explain WHY you haven't seen any Tau posts. My painting has been consumed by commissions through iPaintmodels. You can keep up to date with progress shots and discussions on the facebook page HERE. Be sure to "like" if you like what you see! (remember you can always hide what pages you like from your friends if you don't want them to know you are a massive nerd! lol!)