OK I'm in luck, this weekend i was having a chat with my local store owner and he was thinking of holding a campaign / tournament for all those people just starting a new army.
I'm going to be using this thread as my ongoing progress report - additional lists as the army grows.
It hasn't been finalized but the details are as follows; You start with a 500pt list. You play one game ever two weeks. If you win you get an extra, maybe 200 pts to spend on your army. Lose and I'm not sure how much you get.
The aim of the tournament is to be the first person to reach a 2500 or 2000 point army (Not sure which it is yet) Winner gets a battleforce of their choice
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The catch is, that it has to be a new army not an existing army. Therefore after you win, or lose, you have so many points to spend, then you have two weeks to buy, paint up your new part of the army then play your next game. The bigger catch is that you get deducted points if you change the list to dramatically. Only changes you can make is adding wargear - units etc too the army. You get deduced points if you take something away or change an existing unit.
At the moment there are only 8 confirmed to be in this tournament so far and I'm not sure who they are, all I'm sure is that i need a 500 pt take all comers
effective list for this.
Now at the moment i have... 6 firewarriors. So this tourney is just what i need to get my tau army started!
I want a pretty competitive mechanized list. What i have so-far is a measly attempt at a 500pt list. Yes, its rough, yes i threw it together in a few minutes. Yes, i want improvement.
Sa'cea 500pt tourney listShas'el - 97 ptsMissile pod, Plasma Rifle, Targeting array, hardwired multi-tracker.
Crisis suit - 53 ptsTwin-linked missile pod, targeting array.
Firewarriors - 120pts12 Fw's with pulse rifles
Fire warriors - 100 pts10 Fw's with pulse rifles
Fire warriors - 100 pts10 Fw's with pulse rifles
470 pts.What i plan on doing is eventually buying all the fw's a devilfish, gaining two hammerheads (An ionhead maybe, depends on what other armies are in this). I dont want to add any kroot or vespid for personal fluff reasons.
I definitely will want more suits and probably piranhas later on, may even add stealth suits or a sniper drone team aswell. It all depends on how this goes.
As for the list, what will make it more competitive, cheese isn't really a problem, if i get that battleforce i can even out my tau army later on. also i have 30 pts to spend but i dont know what on. Im to paranoid that i may not want something later on down the road and if i change it il lose points.
C&C Greatly Appreciated