PourSpelur Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Alright. Tau have a metric ton of giant, face-stompin, bullet-sprayin, launch-so-many-missiles-you-block-out-the-Sun robots. Awesome right? Wrong. Weapons of this caliber weren't designed by blue fish commies. Nope. They were designed by the baddest Meks to ever put boot to face and wrench to bolt. I'm considering doing an all robot Tau list but only in Orky scrap bots. What would a solid "robots only" Tau list look like? I've seen a six Riptide and drones list over on Dakka but they can't even agree if it's ITC legal, plus I'd like to do a Stormsurge or two as well. So you list writers here's the details: 1) ITC legal, prefer an 1850 and 2k version 2) All robots and drones 3) Did I mention Orky robots? Thanks! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikhailLenin Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 You can easily just do a Riptide Wing + Ghostkeel Wing + Optimized Stealth Cadre.Riptide Wing allows for 9 Riptide (3 Units of 3)Ghostkeel Wing allows for 9 Ghostkeels (3 Units of 3)Optimized Stealth Cadre allows for 1 Unit of 3 Ghostkeel and 2 units of Stealth Suits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 The Retaliation Cadre might be worth looking at, too. Commander, 3 Units of Crisis Suits, 1 of Riptides, 1 of Broadsides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Stealth suits...Like weaponized soda machines, dumpsters etc? Nobody expects to get shot by a Coke machine, can't get stealthier than that;) Any easy way to add Stormsurge or two and still follow the theme? I'd like to build something with an obscene amount of missiles strapped everywhere. Legs, body, other missiles... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psilence Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 All I can picture is the pop machine from maximum overdrive getting the baseball coach. You should build an ice cream truck with a bunch of white scars/RW bikes lodged in the front grille ;p I can't suggest list for lack of the book, but thematically a bunch of mechs 'crazy welded' together alert fits the bill for orks:) Should be a fun project. Making all the 'drones' sort of... 'Special'. Would be funny :) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ooh, 50's style flying saucers with grot heads wired in could be fun drones! As for stealth suits I'm leaning towards soda machines with tank treads, wicked exhaust stacks and grots popping out the top with pintle mounted guns. Still 100% in the spitballing phase but thinking this may be a great project;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbusePuppy Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 I would go with the Dawn Blade Cadre from the Mont'ka book- take a Retaliation Cadre as your core, mix in other big robit formations to taste (there are plenty to choose from.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Forgot about Farsight Enclave! How about this for a framework: Commander crisis suit 2x single crisis suits 2 Storm Surge unit 3 Riptide formation 4+ drone units formation 2 Giant robots, 3 big robots, 3 medium robots and a ton of drones. Obviously it'll need flushed out but any opinions on the concept? Keeping things streamlined like this is really attractive because I'm scratchbuilding the robots. Keeping things easily identifiable is something I'm working hard towards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanaur Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I dropped my two cents via pm earlier. Go git em 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Goffsight Enclave? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Goffsight Enclave? This seems more like a Bad Moons thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 This seems more like a Bad Moons thing. Nah, deffskullz. We looted some Blue 'Umies real good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Rench the grot was good at his job. So good that when Big Mek Gubbinguts said he wanted "Two splodin klaws fer hands" that's exactly what he made. After Gubbinguts' klaws sploded, taking him with them life was pretty good in the workshop. With all the Big'uns out of the way da lads were able to work in peace. Skarpa built a working time machine! Sure it only went forward in time and at the standard pace, but he built it. Why? Because he wanted to. No more kicks, no more splainin to date boss kwantum tangles again, no more live fire tests on his lads. Just progress. One day while running target acquisition tests in the Krumpsurge, Warboss Squigbita arrived to inspect his new toy. Announcing his presence by lighting Skarpa and his cardboard box on fire. Rench had an epiphany, "in ere, I'M da biggest!". Seven seconds later Squigbita was no more. Looking at the greasy stain that used to be the biggest and baddest gave Rench clarity. Turning the yellin box on so his squeaky voice boomed across the workshop Rench began... "Roit Lads, lissin up. Wes got two options. Wait for a new boss to come round and put us in our place or get in dese stompy robots and put all dem in dere place!" A quiet voice squeaked from under a table..."Viva la revolution" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanaur Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Hehehe. Yup. Fun. Did you see the Ork article I did recently Pourspelur? I shoulda had you edit it! orky orkness for orks sake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PourSpelur Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Roit, lemme jus get me editin shoota... See ere? Yous drew da word Tak-tiks, when it shudda been Back-tiks. Loik when yous waits till dey turn dere back to yous anna yous chop em inna skull. Hurr hur hur, always good fer a laff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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