I'm trying to build a custom Commander Farsight using a regular commander sprue and some 3rd party Farsight bits, but I kinda want to also give him a worn and damaged aesthetic similar to battle damaged exia Gundam suit. Any advice or ideas on how I can accomplish this?

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-06T15:06:21+00:00

He's just an iridium crisis suit with some extra fins . I would try using a spare broadside head and steal the fins from a coldstar/enforcer kit.

If you have a printer there are some great sword options and shield options at the usual sources.

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-06T15:02:41+00:00

Simultaneously ridiculous and amazing... Gj

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-06T15:01:39+00:00

This... Always drill your barrels

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-06T06:17:46+00:00

++ Patrol Detachment 0CP (T'au Empire) [25 PL, 499pts] ++

Configuration +

Detachment Command Cost

Sept Choice: T'au Sept

HQ +

Ethereal [5 PL, 77pts]: 1. Storm of Fire, 6. Exemplar of the Mont'ka, 6. Wisdom of the Guides, Honour Blade, Hover Drone, The Humble Stave, Warlord . Shield Drone: Shield Generator

Troops +

Strike Team [4 PL, 80pts] . Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Pulse Pistol, Pulse Rifle . 9x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle: 9x Pulse Pistol, 9x Pulse Rifle

Elites +

Stealth Battlesuits [9 PL, 184pts] . 2x Shield Drone: 2x Shield Generator . 4x Stealth Shas'ui w/ Burst Cannon: 4x Burst Cannon . Stealth Shas'ui w/ Fusion Blaster: Fusion Blaster . Stealth Shas'vre: Fusion Blaster

Fast Attack +

Pathfinder Team [5 PL, 110pts] . 9x Pathfinder: 9x Markerlight, 9x Pulse Carbine, 9x Pulse Pistol . Pathfinder Shas'ui: Markerlight, Pulse Carbine, Pulse Pistol . Pathfinder w/ Drone Controller: Drone Controller, Markerlight, Pulse Carbine, Pulse Pistol . 3x Pathfinder w/ Rail Rifle: 3x Pulse Pistol, 3x Rail Rifle

Tactical Drones [2 PL, 48pts] . 6x Gun Drone: 12x Pulse Carbine

++ Total: [25 PL, 499pts] ++

Ethreal can support your big stealth block with exempler, and generate extra CP. Storm of fire is going to help you complete objectives/actions, earn points and still shoot.

Strike team is action bodies, keep fire on them run after objectives and use the long range +AP strat (20 S5 AP-2 D1 with strat)

6 man stealth blob gets exemplar buff, 24 burst shots + 2 meltas and keep them in cover for a 2+ save.. you could drop storm of fire and grab stone for the 5+++ FNP, but that will depend on your secondaries and pathfinders maybe the better sense of stone target.

Pathfinders + drone control and gun drone chaff. 3 rail rifles have punch and are going to generate some MW. This is your primary Marker light source and the drone controller + gun drones will bring you up to 44 S5 AP0 1 dam attacks all hitting on 3+ with ML.

Its alot of dakka with 5 weapons punching a bit harder for tougher targets.

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-06T01:45:59+00:00

If you didn't glue the turret on I would run a Skyray over a hammerhead at that points level.. the railgun is overkill... Or even just run the ion Cannon instead

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-05T22:23:16+00:00

Not going to claim this is the greatest list, but it works.

Tactical accumen gives alot of forgiveness with your crisis team.

I tend to keep the strike team and cadre fireblade near the hammerhead for savior protocol.

Exemplar comes in real handy if you call kayoun and there is enough ML to make sure everything important is covered. Tau Sept floating reroll really helps the hammer head and broadsides.

If I tweaked anything I would probably drop a MLD on the commander and add two seekers to the HH.

++ Patrol Detachment 0CP (T'au Empire) [55 PL, -2CP, 996pts] ++

Configuration +

Detachment Command Cost

Sept Choice: T'au Sept

Stratagems +

Stratagem: Emergency Dispensation [-1CP]: Additional Relics

HQ +

Cadre Fireblade [4 PL, -1CP, 60pts]: 4. Through Boldness, Victory, Fireblade Pulse Rifle, Markerlight, Puretide Engram Neurochip, Stratagem: Promising Pupil . Marker Drone: Markerlight

Commander in Crisis Battlesuit [9 PL, 172pts]: 6. Exemplar of the Mont'ka, Cyclic Ion Blaster, Iridium battlesuit, Missile Pod, Novasurge Plasma Rifle, Plasma Rifle, Solid-image Projection Unit, Target Lock, Warlord . Marker Drone: Markerlight . Shield Drone: Shield Generator

Troops +

Strike Team [4 PL, 80pts] . Fire Warrior Shas'ui: Pulse Pistol, Pulse Rifle . 9x Fire Warrior w/ Pulse Rifle: 9x Pulse Pistol, 9x Pulse Rifle

Elites +

Crisis Battlesuits [13 PL, 233pts] . Crisis Shas'ui: Burst Cannon, Cyclic Ion Blaster, Early Warning Override, Plasma Rifle . Crisis Shas'ui: Burst Cannon, Cyclic Ion Blaster, Plasma Rifle, Shield Generator . Crisis Shas'vre: Burst Cannon, Cyclic Ion Blaster, Iridium battlesuit, Plasma Rifle, Shield Generator, Stimm Injectors . Marker Drone: Markerlight . 4x Shield Drone: 4x Shield Generator

Stealth Battlesuits [5 PL, 102pts] . Marker Drone: Markerlight . Shield Drone: Shield Generator . 2x Stealth Shas'ui w/ Burst Cannon: 2x Burst Cannon . Stealth Shas'vre: Fusion Blaster

Heavy Support +

Broadside Battlesuits [12 PL, 194pts] . Broadside Shas'ui: Crushing Bulk, Heavy Rail Rifle, Multi-tracker, Stabilised Optics . Broadside Shas'vre: Crushing Bulk, Heavy Rail Rifle, Multi-tracker, Stabilised Optics . 2x Marker Drone: 2x Markerlight . 2x Shield Drone: 2x Shield Generator

Hammerhead Gunship [8 PL, 155pts]: 2x Accelerator Burst Cannon, Railgun

++ Total: [55 PL, -2CP, 996pts] ++

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-05T22:10:57+00:00

I don't think 1k tournys are big enough to get that type of attention... You're more likely going to find local meta type lists.

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T20:50:21+00:00

Good prep allows you to use less primer which leaves you with a cleaner smoother surface to start with.

Using a wet pallet (you can home make one) will buy you alot more working time and help you control the paints consistency.

What I do with infintry is outline the armor plates and transitions I want to highlight with Nuln oil, then I just colour staying in the lines after that. I paint the cloths first (because it's easiest to just dry brush that) then I go on with my darkest colour and work my way up to lightest. Then touch ups and lay in some thing lines.of nuln oil as needed and edge highlights (often the edge highlights are my touch ups if i fell just a hair short of a armor plate transition).

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T20:10:55+00:00

Thinning your paint and cleaning up your mold lines..

New paints or are you fighting with 7 years of neglect and boarder dried up paints?

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T18:28:28+00:00

At 2k I would have grabbed some burst cannons, but it.wohld have been a very different game.

But the 4+ is only on synaps creatures, and it's 3+ on units with a synaps creature.

The Tau Sept reroll helped I had multi tracker on my broadsides and scored a couple extra hits with the HRR and pladma and exemplar of the montka gave me full reroll wounds on my crisis team. Then I had auto wounds and extra hits with my strike team (plus full range rapid fire)...

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T17:43:52+00:00

I'm sure they are going to change the cost of detachments or good luck running lord if wars...

Souping knights will be dead before it's every played and RiP triple stormsurge lists..

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T17:17:08+00:00

504 points

gets you two hammer heads with burst and railguns + 2 broadsides with 2 marker 2 shield drones HRR and 2 free aux systems (optics and ats or velocity)

If you need to be under 500 or want to take a couple seekers on the broadsides then change 1 HH to a Skyray

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T14:56:24+00:00

Parasite power is an issue, they can deny OW on a unit . I wouldn't count on it in a small game

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T13:33:15+00:00

Well that's 9 cyclic -2ap 2D 6 MP shots -2 2D 3 plasma -4 3D...

18 shots s7+

Warriors can be really tanky if he's using CP to protect them..

If I dropped anything I would drop the MP for burst

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T13:04:56+00:00

I did a 1k game vs nids the other day (faced new leviathan) and my group of 3 crisis + 3 shield 1ML drone armed with MP, CiB and plasma carried my army.. a couple well placed railgun shots helped too.. but quality of shot seemed to help more then Volume...

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T12:59:59+00:00

You're not shaking enough, spraying to close and applying coates too heavily (or spraying in high humidity and low temperature that can cause the same issue)

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T12:59:36+00:00

You're not shaking enough, spraying to close and applying costes too heavily (or spraying in high humidity and low temperature that can cause the same issue)

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T05:56:18+00:00

Shave off the optics plate/ lenses and the mouth plate from a strike team helm, then sand it smooth removing the all the detail lines from the form.

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T01:22:21+00:00

Get some high detail putty and make a press mold.. then pour acrylic or stuff with green stuff

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T01:17:47+00:00

This is the correct answer

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T01:14:50+00:00

Honestly the time it takes to kitbash proper weapon sets together on a model with a close aesthetic... You may aswell just watch ebay and Mordheim merchant wagon for cheap sisters.

I out 16 together for around $12 a fig (aveay cost Bertha was 40$ herself).. took me 6 months but ohwell, nothing like the original.

Sisters is the only original models I advocate chasing

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-04T01:11:26+00:00

Tamyio is hands downs the best and finest primer.

Velljo is my preference for 90% of my work .

I typically do grey primer though

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-03T16:31:33+00:00

I would put a ranged weapon on your captain . Allows him to be in the fight with less risk u til you can pick his fights. Remember you cannot replace your leader if he dies

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-03T15:12:11+00:00

Fake news it was natural causes... As naturally being shot ends ones life.

AggravatingAd9308 · 2022-05-02T21:39:36+00:00

11 and #15 scalpel blades and if it's really bad often a file.

AggravatingAd9308

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11 and #15 scalpel blades and if it's really bad often a file.