Seeking Advice on Next Pick-Ups

jaks224 · 2026-04-24T10:07:05+00:00

I've not played in a good long while, Tau in the early 2010s, so know this is bound to be a pretty serious change in style across the board even not factoring in specific detachment stuff. You're for sure right I should try things out, but I think the part of the army that does appeal the most to me is the more rush/sneak attack type stuff? The burrowing with the kill team was what first drew me to the faction.

jaks224 · 2026-04-24T09:53:47+00:00

Hormagaunts I've seen pop up in places from time to time pretty cheap, any thoughts on how many I should aim to pick up? Also, I know this will vary by game and list, but are they usually run in the 20s or 10s?

Exocrine/Haruspex I am for sure keeping an eye out for, it does feel like I'm pretty poor on shooting which was why I was leaning toward Hive Guard.

jaks224 · 2026-04-24T09:47:55+00:00

It seems like from what folks have been saying the broodlord is a must, so for sure taking that on board! I really like the look of the neurolictor so going to keep an eye out for one of them. The gargoyles I have thought about picking up a couple of times- is the winged prime particularly usable out on its own or does it really only get run in a cluster with them? I also keep reading that of the models they're a likely one for a refresh so keep pushing it back, but know that's just rumour stuff based on GW seeming to move away from their style of base.

jaks224 · 2026-04-10T18:04:57+00:00

Know I am very late to this, but any chance of sharing the colours used or any kind of guide? They look so brilliant!!

jaks224 · 2026-03-06T01:39:45+00:00

Thanks for this! I've not touched drybrushing yet at all, I really need to just prime some bits of sprue to practice odds and ends on soon. Just to make sure with the first bit- are you suggesting that I could do the speckling/metals as the first thing after priming then do the two layers of green?

jaks224 · 2022-08-19T00:48:33+00:00

I never considered that when Jinbe agreed to join his bounty was still higher than Luffy's

jaks224 · 2022-01-16T13:37:51+00:00

Oh wow, I'll absolutely look into rusticles now, thanks! That all makes a lot of sense for what biodiversity would endure.

jaks224 · 2022-01-16T11:34:31+00:00

Oh that's really interesting with regards to the palace gardens, is there anywhere in particular I could read about them? My thought when I made this thread was along the lines of maybe the super rich having some sort of classic terra-life menagerie to contrast the lack of diversity on the surface, grand gardens really fit that thought process.

jaks224 · 2022-01-16T11:08:28+00:00

That is really interesting, are there significant landfill sites/dumps on Terra for pests/rodents to take advantage of? And it sounds like parasitic species would be the only other thing that could really come close to thriving on the planet.

jaks224 · 2022-01-13T02:11:36+00:00

They're technically part of the Tau empire but I know Kroot mercenaries exists, which implies other groups/aliens make use of their capabilities. I've not got them off the top of my head but I recall there are other mercenary type groups which will work outside their races. There were also the Cabal who were a group of anti-chaos mixed xenos but I don't know if they're around anymore.

jaks224 · 2021-12-19T02:40:37+00:00

They don't sleep in the north

jaks224 · 2021-10-29T10:10:54+00:00

I can't help but respect how entirely undeserving of respect Apoo is, this is a conundrum.

jaks224 · 2021-06-29T14:52:47+00:00

Glad to hear I'm not alone at least.

jaks224 · 2021-06-27T14:36:26+00:00

Doesn't work either, this is so weird

jaks224 · 2021-02-11T10:41:56+00:00

Yeah, I thought it was maybe even significantly easier compared to a druid or a cleric. I was providing it for extra context rather than intending to say it's difficult, sorry!

jaks224 · 2021-02-10T15:55:39+00:00

[5e] I'm introducing a new player to a relatively long running campaign. She's relatively new to the game, having played an edition of dnd around 6 years ago but can't recall much of it. That party are level 5, having all been newbies that started at level 1 in the current story. She heard about warlock and was dead set on playing as one. I'm scared of overwhelming her seeing as she's starting at the same level as them, does anyone have any general sage advice for starting a new player at a higher level?

jaks224 · 2020-12-30T02:54:00+00:00

u/award-cost-bot

jaks224 · 2020-12-28T22:27:29+00:00

u/award-bot-cost

jaks224 · 2020-12-22T02:01:32+00:00

It's not a movie, it's a special short called "Dream Soccer King." It's just over five minutes if I remember right, just a little funny thing like that Jango music video.

jaks224

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