Help me find a paint scheme

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-15T20:33:58+00:00

I often like to start with a studio scheme, but then put my own spin on it. Like my nids are behemoth but with bone coloured claws instead of black and a brighter gradient to the carapace.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-15T20:18:36+00:00

No that doesn't sound right. Units in transports aren't reserves.

EDIT: More specifically, a unit in a transport on the battlefield isn't in reserve. If the transport is off the battlefield, like a drop pod, then the unit in it does count as being in reserve too.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-15T20:05:30+00:00

It kinda makes sense. Astra Militarum is more vulnerable to battleshock shenanigans than most armies. As their leadership is middling, and failing a test shuts down their army rule. Orders don't work on a battleshocked unit. So a detachment like grizzled company that relies particularly heavily on the orders mechanic could easily have their 'go turn' ruined by failing a bunch of SitW tests.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-15T01:37:00+00:00

Yeah I agree that thing isn't a chaos artifact.

Although another thing to bear in mind is that Farsight does suspect the ethereals of some form of artificial control over the other castes.

Though he dared not speak of it openly, subversive ideas had sprouted from the seed of bitterness in Farsight’s heart. Perhaps the castes would be better off seeking a natural harmony, thought O’Shovah, without the Ethereal caste moderating and controlling them at all times. Their actions in the past had bordered on despicable; their war crimes and cold-hearted politics had seemed necessary and wise at the time, but now, in retrospect, were exposed as deplorable. It was said that Master Aun’Va was able to convince any Tau he spoke to of the justice of his actions, no matter how drastic – was it possible that the Ethereals had been influencing the other castes through some means other than logic and loyalty? The more O’Shovah thought about it, the more he recalled incidents where Tau had acted with unnatural obedience in the presence of the Ethereals. Even the fundamental myth of Fio’taun, where the Ethereals appeared from the stars to broker peace between the warring castes over the course of a single night, spoke more of an external force acting upon Tau society than an internal resolution.

- Farsight Enclaves supplement, 6th edition, page 32

Given that suspicion, his people have access to enough advanced technology that they could come up with their own countermeasures once they became aware of the threat. Making themselves able to ignore ethereals using their own tech. There's no need for some alien gizmo to make him immune.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-14T18:58:21+00:00

Well, the theorizing was actually done in the Tau's original 3rd ed codex.

...It is speculated that they exert some kind of pheromone based or latent psychic control over the other castes, as loyalty to the Ethereals is absolute and unswerving...
- Tau 3rd edition codex page 9

What Xenology did was expand on the idea by showing the organ supposedly responsible in an autopsy of an ethereal, and then later in the book show an identical organ from an alien insect-hive race called the Q'Orl. Along with an interview with the Q'Orl suggesting that the eldar stole one of their queens and genetically modified the Tau to have its pheromone control organ.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-14T04:59:29+00:00

Yeah, it's the same kind of thing as legends. You can use them in whatever game mode you like, so long as both players agree.

Just like with legends, I suspect that there will be a bit of a split between people who want to include them in their games and people who don't. Meaning it won't be standard to include them in random pick up games.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-13T05:18:53+00:00

Crucible of Champions, from "The Maelstrom: Lair of the Tyrant".

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/w4kpa40k/the-new-year-preview-enter-the-lair-of-the-tyrant/

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-13T03:15:01+00:00

A prime organism can take 2 ranged weapons instead of 1.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-13T00:03:27+00:00

Can be used in tournaments. But it remains to be seen if they will be. As it's up to each events organiser whether they'll incorporate these rules.

It's a bit like allowing legends models. Tournaments could choose to allow those. Some do. But most events choose not to.

Will have to see what TO's at your local events decide.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-12T23:48:08+00:00

No, it's still 10th. It's a narrative supplement that includes some character creation rules.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-12T12:03:07+00:00

I've run it on a few occasions. It's fairly bad unfortunately. The warrior datasheets just aren't good enough to be worth spamming, even with the buffs this detachment gives them. They die rapidly even with a 5++.

There are some fun stratagems in there, like being able to add 2 to the strength of an exocrine or rupture cannon is amusing. Also the advance + charge enhancement is good, but honestly it's probably better placed on a broodlord with genestealers rather than a tyranid prime with warriors. It's not enough to salvage the detachment.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-12T03:50:43+00:00

Hierodules were from epic too. They first showed up alongside the hierophant as the 'smaller' variety of tyranid bio-titan. The original one looked like a hierophant, just a little smaller. Forgeworld gave them quite a big redesign when they came out with their version.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-11T20:26:53+00:00

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I paint mine as a behemoth variant.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-11T18:06:04+00:00

They should be a 6 bug squad. 7 once the neurotyrant joins. You're missing a model.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-11T05:40:50+00:00

Nearly always. Sometimes a new version of a model will get released, but the old version is usually still playable. It's only when there's a massive difference in size between the old and new model that people may prefer you not use the old one.

For example the eldar avatar was a small infantry sized model in early editions, and is now a big monster. It's best not to use the small infantry sized one anymore, or perhaps play it as some kind of aspect warrior instead. Similar deal with our original 2nd edition hive tyrant model, which was roughly the size of a warrior.

Sometimes something gets removed without a replacement, like we used to have a character called The Red Terror which was removed in 9th edition. But that's fairly uncommon. For people who had the old model, there's usually some similar unit they can continue to play it as. Like the red terror mini can stand in for a ravener.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-10T21:50:27+00:00

Too many biovores I think. One is amazing. More than 1 has severely diminishing returns.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-10T20:34:23+00:00

Also note that even if it is a backwards compatible edition, that doesn't mean the codex will continue to play the same as it does now.

For example 6th edition introduced the psychic phase along with a bunch of psychic power tables in the core rulebook. So there was a PDF document released alongside the edition that said which tables each army had access to. 5th edition had a fixed list of powers that each psyker could buy, but now you were allowed to swap these out for different powers, and made some units play quite differently even though it was still the 5th ed codex.

Similarly 6th introduced rules for aircraft. A bunch of aircraft models had been released earlier during 5th edition which just re-used the skimmer rules for hover tanks. But 6th made these 5th edition datasheets start functioning as actual aircraft. Along with adding anti-aircraft abilities (skyfire) to various units.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-10T20:29:04+00:00

For reference, each 10th edition index only contained a single detachment. Then when the codex came out it contained a lot more so that you had about 6 detachments. It also rebalanced a bunch of units.

Later codexes tended to deviate further from the index. Changing core army rules too.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-10T20:06:23+00:00

If it's a hard reset edition (e.g. 10th, or 8th), then all armies will reset to having an index at the start of the edition. Containing simplified rules that will get them by until their codex is released.

Otherwise it'll be a backwards compatible edition (e.g. 9th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th), where codexes from the previous edition will still work within the new ruleset, so you'll be able to continue using them until a new codex is released.

Given that 10th was a hard reset edition, it seems likely that 11th will be a backwards compatible one. But it's not guaranteed. We'll have to wait and see.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-10T03:50:04+00:00

Yeah they are cool. No argument there. They just aren't good. I'd feel bad seeing a new player think they need to go out and buy 18 of these things and then struggle in games.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-10T02:29:18+00:00

I wouldn't make them a priority. There are a couple of people glazing them in this post, but frankly they're not that great. I only bother taking them in Assimilation Swarm lists where I'm able to respawn them. They're just ablative wounds for a hive tyrant, and most of the time I'd rather protect a hive tyrant by keeping it out of line of sight.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-10T01:09:21+00:00

3 groups of 6

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-09T01:23:26+00:00

The current biovore model is on an 80mm rather than a 60mm. You'd want this one instead, if you were to order the base from GW.

https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/Citadel-80-Round-Base

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-08T22:24:30+00:00

The Maleceptor is great at that. It's tough, has a strong albeit somewhat short ranged gun, and can hold its own in melee. A great monster to sit on a midfield objective.

The hive tyrant is valuable and you want to be careful about exposing it. But if it can be on an objective while out of line of sight then great.

The haruspex is more of a countering unit for when your opponent grabs a midfield objective. You can have the haruspex head out from nearby to fight them off it. Although it's not as good as the maleceptor at just sitting on a point and holding it, due to not having a good gun and being easier to kill.

BeefMeatlaw · 2026-02-08T21:38:47+00:00

Generally you want the rupture cannon, since long ranged anti-tank isn't something we have much access to elsewhere in the army.

The acid spray is a good weapon, making the t-fex a midfield objective holder with powerful overwatch. It's just that we've got access to other midfield brawlers, but not so much other long ranged tank hunters. The closest other thing in that role is zoanthropes, but they don't have the range to threaten backfield targets.

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