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KY'VASH RECON CADRE HAMMERHEAD & SKYRAY GUNSHIPS TX7 'Hammerhead' & TX78 'Skyray' Gunships While the propaganda arms of both the Imperium of Man and T'au Empire focus largely on the ever-expanding Battlesuit variants, in many theatres the core of T'au armour is instead made up of Devilfish-hulled hover-tanks such as the Hammerhead and Skyray, the former a dedicated tank-hunter, the latter a more general-purpose artillery platform. Marked with the same camo pattern as the rest of the Recon Cadre, the armoured vehicles of Ky'Vash are primarily ambush predators, hull-down and electronically baffled from auspex. Fiendishly effective main weapons are supported by a series of anti-infantry weapons driven by integrated drone systems, or manually operated by the secondary pilot. The minor technological limitations of the Sept have done little to reduce the combat effectiveness of these platforms, which has earned them a fearsome reputation among their foes within the volume. I've actually already painted a Hammerhead for this army, but these two are new! Well... Kinda new. Picked up assembled and base coated, these second-hand hulls needed quite a bit of work to get them ready, but the end result is adequate, I think, even if I do still need to futz around with the drones, all four of which were snapped apart when I got them. Also, I wasn't able to magnetise them the same way my other tanks have been, but that's OK! Because they were less than half the cost of getting the tanks otherwise. One does what one can. Now that I've finished with my Call to Arms for 2025 - more on that latter - I'm getting back into both painting things other than space marines AND updating my blog! Yay! Watch this space.

CRUSADE GAME 7 - TAU VS ELDAR It always starts so well. We've settled into a two-match Crusade day per month right now, which isn't a lot, but it's better than nothing. We're (almost) all 30-somethings with full time jobs, so it's tricky to get a free weekend. Still, it's more 40K than I've played before we started doing Crusades, so I'll not complain. Game 7 was against James' Eldar, and it was a damn close one! We absolutely mauled each other over the course of a scramble for unstable archaeotech tokens, turn one starting with the obliteration of his walked by railrifle fire, and the repositioning of bikes behind my lines that would eventually see my doom. Eldar bikes! They're not just gorgeous, they're good, too! At least, when led by a Farseer. Or... Wait, was it a Seer? Can never remember. Effective regardless. Other highlights include my Devilfish tanking a turn of dedicated fire, remaining on a single wound through a turn of close combat, before finally disgorging the Breachers to wipe out the Guardians that had swarmed their ride, leaving only their character standing alone on the flock. The Pathfinders put in good work, and the Ghostkeel drew plenty of attention, and finally did some work with that big ion raker, scouring away a few space elves before ending up getting bodied by psyker bolts and a bike charge. Can't park here. But, in the end, we know how my battle reports end. The last models on the table was the Eldar bike squad, free to pick up the remaining tokens and get the victory. Damn good game, though, nice and close. Possible too close, I swear modern 40K needs a larger board, or at least larger No Man's Land. Shooting game my arse.