I mentioned in my previous post that I've been collecting an army of Tau so I thought I'd start there and do a series of posts explaining how I came to collect them, my army list and tactics and the painting of them.
A few years ago when the Tau came out I was captivated by the thought of plasma rifle wielding, crisis suit wearing aliens who ultimately just wanted everyone to get along. Albeit everyone had to get along according to their values and beliefs, but still, it was a version of utopia you don't often find in 40k.
I mean, doesn't that sound cool?!
But as often happened with me, it came to nothing as other things in life got in the way and my interests changed. Then a couple of years ago I bought a few units randomly on eBay. Then a few more and so on until I had the bones of an army but no thought of how I would use them, what role the units would play and how successful I'd be. But I did end up with several Piranhas (they do look ace), multiple vehicles and other assorted units.
I eventually sat down and sketched out an army list and found that what I had didn't match with how I wanted to play. So I sold the excess and used that money to buy more units that were more useful and now I'm pleased to say I have an 1850 point army assembled that I'd like to think is reasonably competitive.
I would say though that I haven't played with it so I don't know how it will perform. That will be a future post I think!
So there you have it! I wish I could say the background was more involved or more interesting, but the reality is I picked an army I liked the look and sound of, started buying units and then refined the list. That's not how I plan to do my Elysians because this approach was a bit backwards. I should have planned before I bought, but I at least had the common sense to sell off what I wouldn't use to buy what I would so it didn't cost me as much.
More to come!
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