1500 Point Tau Cadre - FINISHED!!!!!!

Well I've finally finished my 1500 point cadre, as I'm travelling down to Warhammer World for the Mayhem Tournament this weekend it's just in the nick of time to!!!!

Alot of the models are far from being "finished" but I've gotten them upto a standard that I'm happy to run with at a tounament so I'm pretty happy all in all. After this weekend is over I need to have an assesment about how happy I am with this list and then look to take it up to 1750 points for the next tournament I'll be taking part in, my current thinking is to add 2 Piranhas and to take add another Broadside but we'll see.

The Cadre consists of the following:

1500 Point Tau Cadre

HQ – 127 pts
Crisis Suit Commander (Shas’el) with Targeting Array, Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle, HW MultiTracker, HW Drone Controller.
2 x Shield Drones.

Elite – 141 pts
3 x Crisis Battlesuit with Twin Linked Missile Pods, Flamers.

Elite – 201 pts
3 x Crisis Battlesuit with Targeting Array, Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle

Troop – 155 pts
6 x Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles
1 x Devilfish with Gun Drones, Multi Tracker, Disruption Pod

Troop – 155 pts
6 x Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles
1 x Devilfish with Gun Drones, Multi Tracker, Disruption Pod

Troop – 155 pts
6 x Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles
1 x Devilfish with Gun Drones, Multi Tracker, Disruption Pod

Troops – 60 pts
6 x Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles

Heavy – 165 pts
Hammerhead Gunship with Rail Gun, Burst Cannons, Disruption Pod, Multi Tracker

Heavy – 198 pts
Broadside Battlesuit Team Leader with Smart Missile System, HW Blacksun Filter, HW Drone Controller, Advanced Stabilisation System
Broadside Battlesuit with Smart Missile System, Advanced Stabilisation System
2 x Shield Drones

Fast – 143 pts
4 x Pathfinders with Pulse Carbines
Devilfish with Marker Beacon, Disruption Pod, Multi Tracker

Taking Things up a Notch

Ok, so I've got my 1000 point Cadre pretty much sorted now (well painted at least) so now I need to build up to 1500 points in preparation for the Mayhem Tournament and the next stage of our "Tale of Four Gamers" league (Click the link to see a description by Bradimus Prime of where the idea for the league originated). So with that in mind I've been trawling several sources online, not least of which is Old Shatter Hand's fine Blog The Tau Of War which I HIGHLY recommend to any Tau Player, to try and get to a point where I have a pretty balanced 1500 point list.

So my first attempt with my newfound knowledge and the learning I have taken away from Vapnartak and getting regular beatings at the hands of Bradimus Prime amongst others (remember kids, losing is just an oportunity to learn how to win...unless you suck...like me lol!!!) comes out at 1475 points and is as follows:

HQ

Commander Shas'el (Airbursting Fragmentation Projector, Plasma Rifle, Hard Wired Drone Controller, Hard Wired Multi Tracker, Hard Wired Target Lock, Target Array)
2 x Shield Drones
2 x Fire Knife Config Bodyguards (Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle, Targeting Array)


Troops

3 x 6 man Fire Warrior teams with Devilfish (Burst Cannon, Disruption Pod, Multi Tracker)


Elites

1 x 3 man Crisis Battlesuit Team in Deathtrain Config (Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer)

1 x 3 man Stealth Marker Team (2 x Stealthsuits and 1 x Team Leader with Bonding Knife, Hard Wired Drone Controller, Hard Wired Target Lock, Markerlight, Burst Cannon and 2 x Marker Drones)


Heavys

Hammerhead Gunship with Rail Gun, Burst Cannons, Disruption Pods, Multi Tracker

1 x 2 man Broadside Team - Team Leader (Advanced Stabilisation System, Bonding Knife, Hard Wired Drone Controller, Hard Wired Multi Tracker and Smart Missile System) Broadside Suit (Advanced Stabilisation System, and Smart Missile System) and 2 x Shield Drones


So, thoughts, suggestions, and outright scorn is all appreciated people!