ETL VI +++T'au Outpost+++

[Captain Semper]

+++T’AU OUTPOST+++

 

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Welcome to the T’au Outpost. The T’au belong to the “Xenos” Faction.

HERE IS WHERE YOU MUST POST YOUR VOWS

 

Here you must also post your “before” and “after” pics of your vows as well as any WIP you may want to share. You may also use this thread to discuss the progress of the event with your fellow participants, exchange ideas, offer and receive modelling/painting advice and generally have some ETL–related fun!

Here you’ll be able to submit vows that include the following units: 

- Codex T’au Empire: All units
·      

- Imperial Armour Index – Xenos:

• All units from the “T’au Empire” list

- Index Imperium 2:

• All units from the Fortifications list

IMPORTANT NOTE: ALWAYS USE THE LATEST PUBLICATION TO SELECT AND PRICE YOUR UNITS
This means that the Index lists are good until the Codex is released (in which case the Index list becomes obsolete and cannot be used by anyone). Also, FAQs that come in the wake of a particular Codex (or other publication) take precedence over the Codex (or other publication). Also, any PDF releases by either Games Workshop or Forge World are also admissible (even if experimental) until an official publication that contains them is released. 

 

Before you post you vow make sure you familiarise yourself with the ETL VI rules. You can find a link to the ETL VI rules below: 

 

ETL VI RULES

 

+++FOR THE GREATER GOOD!+++

[Captain Semper]

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++List of Participants++

Brother Krysos: Vow 1 (127)

Coffee Grunt: Vow 1 (262)

elmo: Vow 1 (1,243) COMPLETE | Vow 2 (88) COMPLETE | Vow 3 (120) COMPLETE | Vow 4 (106) COMPLETE

facmanpob: Vow 1 (504) COMPLETE | Vow 2 (163) COMPLETE

Jud Cottrell: Vow 1 (427) COMPLETE | Vow 2 (315) COMPLETE | Vow 3 (259) COMPLETE | Vow 4 (76) COMPLETE

KhorneHunter57x: Vow 1 (178)

Kora'tau: Vow 1 (477)

Melete: Vow 1 (571) COMPLETE

mithriforge: Vow 1 (106)

Triszin: Vow 1 (543)

Shas’O R’alai: Vow 1 (4,000) COMPLETE | Vow 2 (93) COMPLETE | Vow 3 (50) COMPLETE | Vow 4 (91) COMPLETE | Vow 5 (40) COMPLETE

Vey: Vow 1 (2,622) COMPLETE | Vow 2 (609) COMPLETE

wilks_: Vow 1 (1,235)

[elmo]

It saddens me greatly that we must take arms against the peoples of the galaxy.

By their deaths, they deny themselves the liberation that is only to be found in total surrender to the Greater Good.

Soldiers of the T'au Empire, now is the time to take up arms. Now is the time to strive to succeed and to push ourselves to ever greater endeavours for only then can others be made to see the error of their ways and be shown the true path of The Greater Good...

I Elmo rise to the challenge of E TENEBRAE LUX on the side of the T'au Empire and vow to complete 3 x XV9 Hazard Battlesuits, 1 x XV88-2 Broadside Battlesuit and 9 x XV8 Crisis Battlesuits for a total value of 1243 points on or before August 1st, 2018. Success will bring me eternal glory and failure will doom me to wear the Badge of the Oathbreaker until the year-end.

3 x XV9 Hazard Suits - [309 pts]

XV9 Hazard Suit Double-Barrelled Burst Cannon (x2)
XV9 Hazard Suit Fusion Cascade (x2)
XV9 Hazard Suit Phased Ion Gun (x2)

XV88 Broadside Shas'ui Heavy Rail Rifle; Two Smart Missile Systems - [125 pts]

Team 1

3 x XV8 Crisis Battlesuits - [285 pts]
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Fusion Blaster (x1); Missile Pod (x1)
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Fusion Blaster (x1); Missile Pod (x1)
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Cyclic Ion Blaster (x1); Fusion Blaster (x1)

Team 2

3 x XV8 Crisis Battlesuits - [269 pts]
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Cyclic Ion Blaster (x1); Plasma Rifle (x1)
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Cyclic Ion Blaster (x1); Fusion Blaster (x1)
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Fusion Blaster (x1); Missile Pod (x1)

Team 3

3 x XV8 Crisis Battlesuits - [255 pts]
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Cyclic Ion Blaster (x1); Flamer (x1)
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Cyclic Ion Blaster (x1); Flamer (x1)
XV8 Crisis Shas'ui Burst Cannon (x1); Fusion Blaster (x1); Missile Pod (x1)

The question of the timing of the commencement of hostilities is one upon which you must meditate most deeply.

Once your decision is arrived at, it must be pursued with the utmost energy.
- The Thirty Seventh Meditation on the Way of the Warrior

[Melete]

I Melete rise to the challenge of E TENEBRAE LUX on the side of the T'au Empire and vow to complete:

 

1. Ethereal with honour blade.
2. Strike team: 4 Fire Warriors with pulse rifles, Shas'ui with pulse rifle and markerlight.
3. Strike team: 4 Fire Warriors with pulse rifles, Shas'ui with pulse rifle and markerlight.
4. Strike team: 4 Fire Warriors with pulse rifles, Shas'ui with pulse rifle and markerlight.
5. Strike team: 4 Fire Warriors with pulse rifles, Shas'ui with pulse rifle and markerlight.
6. Strike team: 4 Fire Warriors with pulse rifles, Shas'ui with pulse rifle and markerlight.
7. Stealth Battlesuits: 2 Shas'ui with burst cannons, Shas'vre with burst cannon, and 2 accompanying Gun Drones.
8. Stealth Battlesuits: 2 Shas'ui with burst cannons, Shas'vre with burst cannon, and 2 accompanying Gun Drones.
9. Pathfinder team: 4 Pathfinders, Shas'ui.
10. Pathfinder team: 4 Pathfinders, Shas'ui.

 

 

 

 

of total value of 571 points on or before August 1st, 2018. Success will bring me eternal glory and failure will doom me to wear the Badge of the Oathbreaker until the year-end.

[MithrilForge]

I Mithrilforge rise to the challenge of E TENEBRAE LUX on the side of the Greater Good (T'AU) and vow to complete -

1x Breacher team: 9x Fire Warriors with Pulse blaster & Photon Grenades, 1x Shas'ui with Pulse rifle and Pulse pistol

1x MV1- Gun Drone,1x MV36 - Guardian Drone & 1x DS8 Support Turret - (Smart Missile System). For a total of 106pts

on or before August 1st, 2018. Success will bring me Eternal Glory and Failure will Doom me to wear the Badge of the Oatbreaker until the year-end

and to be subjected to Malk'la.

Breacher Squad - Before pic

Cheers, Mithril

[Guest Triszin]

I Triszin, vow for the greater good.

 

Vow 1

 

point total    - 543

model total  - 7

 

GhostKeel - Scorch -

-cyclic Ion Raker

-Flamer x2

-sheild generator

-Advanced Targeting System

-mv5 stealth drones x2

- points ( 217 )

 

Fire Cadre - Verdun'el

- marker light

- pulse rifle

- photon grenades

- mv4 shield drone

- marker drone

- points ( 62 )

 

Riptide - Legion -

-Heavy Burst Cannon

-smart missile system

-Advanced Targeting System

-Early Warning Override

- points ( 263 )

[Shas O R'alai]

“The T’au’va frees us from the anarchy of disunity and the tyranny of the self. It frees us from corruption, jealousy, and petty ambition. What more wondrous gift can there be than to understand from birth one’s place in the universe? Than to know, with utmost surety, that you live and die in the name of enlightenment and reason. We will bring this precious freedom to the galaxy’s suffering masses, even if we must do so at the barrel of a pulse rifle!” —Ethereal Aun’Lan

 

I Shas’O R’alai of Sept Ke’lshan rise to the challenge of E TENEBRAE LUX on the side of the T'au Empire and vow to complete 1x KX139 Tau’unar Supremacy Armour Titan, 1x KV128 Stormsurge, 1x Tiger Shark AX-1-0, 1x Barracuda AX-5-2, 1x DX6 Remora Stealth Drone Squadron, 4x MV1 Gun Drones, 1x XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit with 2x MV5 Stealth Drones, 1x XV104 Riptide Battlesuit and 1x XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit on or before August 1st, 2018. Success will bring me eternal glory and failure will doom me to wear the Badge of the Oathbreaker until the year-end…. and JeffJedi become a Judy!


++ Unbound Army (Faction) (T'au Empire) [154 PL, 4000pts] ++

 

 

+ HQ +

 

Commander in XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit [8 PL, 134pts]: High-output burst cannon, Missile pod, Warlord
 

 

+ Elites +

 

XV104 Riptide Battlesuit [14 PL, 250pts]: 2x Smart missile system, Heavy burst cannon

(This is going to be a fun one, I've had 3 riptides floating in some superclean for the past 24 months. Aun'Va willing, the superglue will be as brittle as the bones of Gue'la)
 

 

XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit [10 PL, 183pts]: 2x Fusion blaster, Cyclic ion raker, 2x MV5 Stealth Drone

(I have pinned every piece to a pinboard and scraped every single mold line with the 4000grit sand paper...only the best for the ETL)
 

 

+ Fast Attack +

 

Tactical Drones [2 PL, 48pts]: 4x MV1 Gun Drone

(Will post a picture of 4 Kor'vesa later)

 

+ Flyer +

 

AX-5-2 Barracuda [12 PL, 365pts]: 2x Cyclic ion blaster, 2x Missile pod, 4x Seeker missile, Swiftstrike railgun
 

 

DX6 Remora Stealth Drone Squadron [3 PL, 91pts]

. DX6 'Remora' Stealth Drone w/ 2x Seeker missile: 2x Long-barelled burst cannon, 2x Seeker missile

(I am only painting one for this vow......wretched Gue'ron'sha must be at work attempting to foil my plans)
 

 

Tiger Shark AX-1-0 [30 PL, 629pts]: 2x Cyclic ion blaster, 2x Heavy rail cannon, 2x Missile pod, 6x Seeker missile

(Sadly, this Y'ELDI has not arrived from the Air Caste. Our fellow Gue'vesa of the USPS clan say it will arrive by 1200 UTC 5/4/18. Will post pictures of this Or'es ship!)

 

+ Lord of War +

 

KV128 Stormsurge [20 PL, 388pts]: 2x Airbursting fragmentation projector, Cluster rocket system, 4x Destroyer missile, Pulse driver cannon, 2x Smart missile system

(Once the Shi is obtained, 2 more of these shall follow)
 

 

KX139 Ta'unar Supremacy Armour [55 PL, 1912pts]: 4x Burst cannon, Fusion eradicator & Tri-axis ion cannon, Heavy rail cannon, 4x Smart missile system

(Last but not least, THE T'AU'VA VES'RON)

++ Total: [154 PL, 4000pts] ++
 

"Those with superior reach can dictate the terms of battle and impose their will upon their foe. Remember, the first step on the path to victory is often the most important." —Commander Puretide

[The Pounder]

There’s some massive vows on here!

Good luck guys!

 

I judcottrell vow to paint:

 

Commander in Iridium armour with 4 Missile Pods (183pts)

 

2 squads of 10 Kroot (100pts)

 

Darkstrider (45pts)

 

Kroot Shaper (31pts)

 

6 Drones (68pts)

 

Total: 427pts

[elmo]

The big thing is to get the ball rolling Jud, the more vowing the merrier and every point counts so even small vows (which yours isn't ;) ) help

[Captain Semper]

You guys are a committed bunch - aren't ya ?

 

And, at the moment, you also have the single biggest vow too: 4,000pts by Shas’O R’alai!!! Good luck with that mate! 

 

It definitely looks like you guys have a lot of momentum - that's really encouraging as I would really like to see the Xenos Faction making an impression this year. And the Tau are well positioned to become Primus Inter Pares of the Xenos Faction!

 

UPDATED TO THIS POINT!

[Guest Triszin]

The big thing is to get the ball rolling Jud, the more vowing the merrier and every point counts so even small vows (which yours isn't ) help

yep!

 

I also *cough* bought some van sars and a pathfinder box. if I finish my first vow, ya'll might see a custom pathfinder/strike team squad get vowed. =D

(looks at devil fish and unpainted commander tone)

[Brother Krysos]

I, Brother Krysos, vow to paint:

 

Breacher Squad - 35 points

 

Ethereal w/Equalizers x2 - 92 points

 

[Vay]

Shas'O Kais Vay Shone’nan: I will complete 1 Manta - 2622 Points.

 

[elmo]

Welcome to the T'au Outpost Vay and glad to see your Manta finally made it to the ETL ;)

[Captain Semper]

Ok, as first posts go, that tops them all! :D

 

Welcome to the B&C, the ETL and the Tau Forum Vey! I look forward to see this monster complete! :tu:

[Vay]

ANARIS 131 - Manta

Known missions:
- Flag ship for Farsight during all operations until after Arthas Moloch. Prior name: Kor'Ar'Kais'Cha 131
- Fitted for command/special operations role.
- Operational black out after Farsight left operational status. Ship was left in AI and drone control with no living crew for duration of his exile. It was in the same condition as when it left Moloch.
(Farsight used 131 for his research and self introspection of his condition and purpose post Moloch. Evidence and relics from the encounter had to be separated but still reviewed for tactical analysis.)
- When Farsight returned to active operations, so did 131 but with a different flag name.
- Currant crew: 2 Kor pilots, 4 Kor gunners, Aun'Cha (Ethereal AI Holo-Commander designed by Farsight), and Shas'O'Cyr'Da (Special operations officer: XV80-2 Black Raven "Ke'lshan variant") . All pilots are Alpha grade covert operations specialists.

[Captain Semper]

This is going to be great! :D

[Captain Semper]

OK, everything is updated! 

 

Mythril - still waiting for yours! :)

 

 

UPDATED TO THIS POINT!

[MithrilForge]

@ Captain Semper - yeah sorry ,i gotta take em out of the box and take a happy snap  , i'll do it this evening. 

 

@ Vay- wowzers  a single unit just doesn't come any bigger !!  (another Big shark in our Pool)

 

Mithril 

[Brother Krysos]

Side note. Do we get to start painting now? I can't seem to find the begin date. Final day seems to be August 1st, but other than the announcement, I can't seem to find much about when we can start.

 

Thanks!

[Shas O R'alai]

Vay!

 

That is amazing!!! Add you painting it in FSE or Ke’lshan? Can’t wait to see the finished pic!

 

Yay T’au!!

[Captain Semper]

Side note. Do we get to start painting now? I can't seem to find the begin date. Final day seems to be August 1st, but other than the announcement, I can't seem to find much about when we can start.

Thanks!

The event starts from May 1st to Aug 1st. In fact it starts as soon as the Outpost threads are unlocked - a few hours before the official time. :)

 

So yes, start painting!

[CoffeeGrunt]

I've got two Railsides, three Crisis Suits, a Commander, and a load of Infantry to paint. I'll start working out my exact pledge this weekend after I finish my Stormsurge project. :)

[Brother Krysos]

 

Side note. Do we get to start painting now? I can't seem to find the begin date. Final day seems to be August 1st, but other than the announcement, I can't seem to find much about when we can start.

Thanks!

The event starts from May 1st to Aug 1st. In fact it starts as soon as the Outpost threads are unlocked - a few hours before the official time. :)

So yes, start painting!

Haha, okay! Thanks very much!

[Vay]

Base Coats, New Pattern, Weathering, and good start on Vow 1!