Mask
12th January 2007, 14:20
Hello, All Y'All!
Allright, with my return to these forums, I thought I'd show y'all what I've been doing to keep my hobby-ing genes in check.
Backround story, in short:
Basically, My cadre is an auxiliary cadre consisting of Gue'vesa warriors. However, instead of relying on trustworthy recent converts, this Cadre draws it's reruits from the growing numbers of Gue who have never known how it is like to live under imperial rule, but who instead have grown up as proper Tau citizens, and for whom the Tau'Va and the concept of the Greater Good are as deeply rooted as it is in any Tau.
With the Fire Caste currently scattered around the empire due to the Third Phase expansion, these forms of Auxiliary cardres have become more common, requiring only a handfull of trained tau Firewarriors in order to train and lead the Human Helpers and develop them to their ultimate potential in the pursuit of the greater good.
These Cadres are mainly employed as Planetary defence forces and sort of act as the "officer on patrol" in order to keep the peace within their close proximity. However, these Humans are not inferior to the average Shas'el, and thus they sometimes, like any cadre, are assigned other tasks, most notably battles against other Gue'la where they can act as a shining example of the gains of joining the Empire(When you're standing there with your lasgun flashlight in your papiermache-flak armour and your best buddy was just shot by a commisar, a Pulse Rifle and a better health-insurance might not seem like such a bad idea.)
Models:
I'm doing a winter-themed army with some inspiration from the rebels on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. I've modeled all my Firewarrior Shas'la to be Humans with pulse rifles and Tau Armour, each lead by a tau Shas'ui with a bit of extra tau-ishness added to it, in order to make them stand out. I've also given each of the Leaders some trophies such as ork skulls and the likes, to give the impression that these guys are true veterans. Apart from that, each squad has been given a Spotter, a Communications Officer, and, hopefully soon, I'll give them each a medic too. It doesn't fill any function game-wise, but I like to give some flavour to my models.
Finally, the List:
HQ:
100 Shas'El, Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Targeting array, Hard-wired Multi-tracker, Hard-wired Blacksun Filter
Elites:
90 3 Stealth suits
124 2 Crisis suits, Plasma guns, Missile pods, Multi-trackers
77 1 Crisis suit, Plasma Gun, Missile Pod, Targeting Array, Team Leader, Hard-wired Multi-tracker
Troops:
115 10 Firewarriors, Shas'ui, Bonded
120 Devilfish, Smart Missile System, Targeting array, Multi-tracker, Decoy Launchers
115 10 Firewarriors, Shas'ui, Bonded
120 Devilfish, Smart Missile System, Targeting array, Multi-tracker, Decoy Launchers
115 10 Firewarriors, Shas'ui, Bonded
120 Devilfish, Smart Missile System, Targeting array, Multi-tracker, Decoy Launchers
Fast attack:
150 2 Piranahs, Fusion Blasters, Decoy Launchers, Targeting array
150 2 Piranahs, Fusion Blasters, Decoy Launchers, Targeting array
Heavy Support:
175 Hammerhead, Railgun, Burst Cannons, Multi-tracker, Target Lock, Decoy Launchers, Blacksun Filter
175 Hammerhead, Railgun, Burst Cannons, Multi-tracker, Target Lock, Decoy Launchers, Blacksun Filter
Total: 1746
Allright, with my return to these forums, I thought I'd show y'all what I've been doing to keep my hobby-ing genes in check.
Backround story, in short:
Basically, My cadre is an auxiliary cadre consisting of Gue'vesa warriors. However, instead of relying on trustworthy recent converts, this Cadre draws it's reruits from the growing numbers of Gue who have never known how it is like to live under imperial rule, but who instead have grown up as proper Tau citizens, and for whom the Tau'Va and the concept of the Greater Good are as deeply rooted as it is in any Tau.
With the Fire Caste currently scattered around the empire due to the Third Phase expansion, these forms of Auxiliary cardres have become more common, requiring only a handfull of trained tau Firewarriors in order to train and lead the Human Helpers and develop them to their ultimate potential in the pursuit of the greater good.
These Cadres are mainly employed as Planetary defence forces and sort of act as the "officer on patrol" in order to keep the peace within their close proximity. However, these Humans are not inferior to the average Shas'el, and thus they sometimes, like any cadre, are assigned other tasks, most notably battles against other Gue'la where they can act as a shining example of the gains of joining the Empire(When you're standing there with your lasgun flashlight in your papiermache-flak armour and your best buddy was just shot by a commisar, a Pulse Rifle and a better health-insurance might not seem like such a bad idea.)
Models:
I'm doing a winter-themed army with some inspiration from the rebels on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. I've modeled all my Firewarrior Shas'la to be Humans with pulse rifles and Tau Armour, each lead by a tau Shas'ui with a bit of extra tau-ishness added to it, in order to make them stand out. I've also given each of the Leaders some trophies such as ork skulls and the likes, to give the impression that these guys are true veterans. Apart from that, each squad has been given a Spotter, a Communications Officer, and, hopefully soon, I'll give them each a medic too. It doesn't fill any function game-wise, but I like to give some flavour to my models.
Finally, the List:
HQ:
100 Shas'El, Plasma Rifle, Missile Pod, Targeting array, Hard-wired Multi-tracker, Hard-wired Blacksun Filter
Elites:
90 3 Stealth suits
124 2 Crisis suits, Plasma guns, Missile pods, Multi-trackers
77 1 Crisis suit, Plasma Gun, Missile Pod, Targeting Array, Team Leader, Hard-wired Multi-tracker
Troops:
115 10 Firewarriors, Shas'ui, Bonded
120 Devilfish, Smart Missile System, Targeting array, Multi-tracker, Decoy Launchers
115 10 Firewarriors, Shas'ui, Bonded
120 Devilfish, Smart Missile System, Targeting array, Multi-tracker, Decoy Launchers
115 10 Firewarriors, Shas'ui, Bonded
120 Devilfish, Smart Missile System, Targeting array, Multi-tracker, Decoy Launchers
Fast attack:
150 2 Piranahs, Fusion Blasters, Decoy Launchers, Targeting array
150 2 Piranahs, Fusion Blasters, Decoy Launchers, Targeting array
Heavy Support:
175 Hammerhead, Railgun, Burst Cannons, Multi-tracker, Target Lock, Decoy Launchers, Blacksun Filter
175 Hammerhead, Railgun, Burst Cannons, Multi-tracker, Target Lock, Decoy Launchers, Blacksun Filter
Total: 1746