Tau Empire
Codex: Tau Empire 8th Edition
$34.00 $40.00
The T’au Empire is spreading, its boundless ambitions yet to be checked. Although world after world has been subsumed under their control, the T’au believe it is only the start of their new unified order, the first steps of a long journey that will end in a better existence for all. In their hearts they know it is their destiny to bring the light of truth to a galaxy drowning in darkness, and none have the right to deny their progress across the stars. If resistance is encountered, negotiations are swiftly and aggressively replaced with a purely military solution.
Codex: T’au Empire contains a wealth of background and rules – the definitive book for T’au Empire collectors. Within the 136-page hardback, you’ll find:
- A New Empire Dawns: an introduction to the T’au Empire, their attitude toward rapid expansion and the caste system of their society;
- The Rise of the T’au: an overview of the incredibly quick evolution of the T’au, and the sudden arrival of the Ethereals;
- Art of War: the ancient tactical philosophies and customs still in use by T’au warriors, and their applications to interplanetary warfare, including the arts of Kauyon and Mont’ka:
- A Destiny to Rule the Stars: the story of the T’au Empire’s expansion into the wider galaxy, including descriptions of their first contact with the Imperium, and details of the Septs of the First, Second and Third spheres of expansion;
- A map of the T’au Empire’s territories at the time of the Fifth sphere of expansion;
- The language and culture of the T’au, with a guide to names and their alphabet;
- Descriptions of the T’au Empire’s military organisation, including an example expeditionary force, markings for 21 Septs and examples of team, helmet and battlesuit markings;
- Example colour schemes for 12 Septs;
- A timeline of major events and battles in the T’au Empire’s history;
- Background on each unit available to a T’au Empire army;
- A showcase of beautifully painted Citadel miniatures, with example armies featuring everything from individual images of models to battle scenes on terrain.
Rules
Everything you need to get a T’au Empire army primed for games of Warhammer 40,000 is in here:
- 38 datasheets providing rules for every T'au Empire unit and miniature;
- Army abilities reflecting the T'au Empire’s methods of war on the tabletop;
- Arsenal of the Empire: wargear both ranged and close-combat for use by the T'au Empire;
- Points values for all miniatures, weapons and wargear for use in Matched Play games;
- Supremacy Through Unity: rules for Battle-forged armies, including:
- 25 unique Stratagems, including 6 specific to the following Septs: T’au, Sa’Cea, Vior’la, Bork’an, Dal’yth, and Farsight Enclaves
- 6 Sept Tenets: special rules for each of the following Septs: T’au, Sa’Cea, Vior’la, Bork’an, Dal’yth, and Farsight Enclaves;
- 6 unique T’au Empire Warlord Traits, along with 6 additional Sept-specific traits – 1 each for T’au, Sa’Cea, Vior’la, Bork’an, Dal’yth, and Farsight Enclaves Septs;
- Signature Systems: 12 pieces of bleeding-edge weapon and artefacts, technology available exclusively to the T’au;
Chapter Approved 2019 8th Edition
$29.75 $35.00
Chapter Approved 2019 is the essential gaming toolbox for all Warhammer 40,000 fans. Whether you're looking to compile all of the rules that have featured in White Dwarf magazine throughout the year, or are looking for something new to expand your gaming experience, this is the perfect gaming supplement for you! Inside this 112-page softback book, you'll find:
- Rules for Spearhead – an expansion centred around tanks and vehicular combat
- Guidelines for linking your games of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer 40000: Apocalypse
- Loads of new Missions as well as updates to terrain rules and datasheets for certain Chaos Daemons units
- And much, much more…
In addition, you'll also find a separate 56-page book containing all the latest matched play points updates, painstakingly balanced and tuned in conjunction with major tournament organisers and our playtesters.
Whether you like to experiment with new rules, missions and expansions, or combine your campaigns like never before – however you play, Chapter Approved has something for you and is a fitting guide to another incredible year of Warhammer 40,000.
Datacards: Tau Empire 8th Edition
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Designed to make it easier to keep track of Tactical Objectives and Stratagems in games of Warhammer 40,000, this set of 64 cards – each featuring artwork on the reverse – is an indispensable tool in the arsenal of any T’au Empire gamer. Included:
- 25 Stratagems available to any Battle-forged T’au Empire army as found in Codex: T’au Empire, along with 3 Stratagems – Command Re-roll, Counter-Offensive and Insane Bravery – from the Warhammer 40,000 rules, available to any army;
- 36 Tactical Objectives, including the 6 specific Objectives from Codex: T’au Empire.
Start Collecting! Tau Empire 8th Edition
Sold Out $95.00
Using speed, genius tactics and overwhelming firepower to spread their message of the Greater Good across the galaxy, the T'au Empire is a race known for incredibly advanced technology. Fuelled by the absolute conviction that their cause is just, they bring enlightenment to all at the barrel of a gun. Join, or die.
This is a great-value box set that gives you an immediate collection of fantastic T'au Empire miniatures, which you can assemble and use right away in games of Warhammer 40,000! You'll receive an Ethereal on Hover Drone, three XV8 Crisis Battlesuits and a ten-man Fire Warriors team (including two drones and a DS8 Support Turret.)
Tau Empire Aun Shi T'au Ethereal
$14.45 $17.00
Led by the mysterious Ethereals and accompanied by alien allies whose cultures have been subsumed in their empire, the T'au believe that the very stars themselves will be reforged in the cause of the Greater Good.
This set contains 1 metal Aun Shi T'au Ethereal.
Tau Empire Aun'Va, Master of the Undying Spirit
$34.00 $40.00
It is said that Aun'Va is the oldest and the wisest of his caste. He has counselled the greatest leaders of the T'au for longer than any can recall, and his hand can be seen at work behind much of the T'au history. He is the most senior Ethereal upon T'au, sitting upon the councils that rule not just the sept but the entire empire. His word is heeded by every member of his caste, for his counsel has ever proven wise and true.
Aun'Va and his honour guard are intricate Citadel Finecast models. Sitting on his mysterious throne-like craft, and with a grim expression, Aun'Va clutches the Paradox of Duality, a ceremonial staff that possesses immense power. He wears robes, and is adorned with decorative details. He comes flanked by his honour guard, who wear long, flowing robes, sept symbols and gems. They come to battle each armed with an honour blade.
This is a finely detailed resin cast kit, and contains thirteen components, a sprue of four 25mm round bases and one 40mm round base with which to make Aun'Va, Master of the Undying Spirit as well as two of his accompanying honour guard.
This kit is supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire XV88 Broadside Battlesuit
$46.75 $55.00
Designed to offer long-range support, the XV88 Broadside Battlesuit has exceeded expectations, becoming a mainstay of the Hunter Cadres and tank-killers of legendary proportions. Powered by a particle accelerator, a Broadside's heavy rail rifle shot can penetrate the thickest plasteel bunkers.
With robust armouring, manoeuvrability and a stack of weapons within the box, the XV88 Broadside Battlesuit provides the T'au collector with a number of options. The kit brings a fresh twist to the line of T'au battlesuits – they're noticeably denser models with a great presence in a collection of miniatures. Each one features a particle accelerator on the back. The standard weapon is for the long and immensely powerful-looking twin-linked rail rifle, though they can be outfitted with eye-wateringly potent and somewhat fist-like twin-linked high yield missile system pods. If that wasn't enough, then you can also use the twin-linked smart missile – enough to please any T'au weapons connoisseur. The kit comes with a Shield Drone and Missile Drone.
This multi-part plastic kit contains 91 components and a T'au transfer sheet with which to make a Broadside Battlesuit and two Drones.
This kit comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Cadre Fireblade
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Fireblades are the most grizzled and seasoned Fire Warriors of their cadre, whose skill at the Fire Warrior's art leads them to eschew battlesuit technology. They are excellent field leaders and their long experience has taught them exactly where to place shots to maximise damage.
The Cadre Fireblade model brings an extra dynamism and level of detail to a T'au collection. The figure is incredibly elaborate, with unique fine-panelled combat armour bearing T'au symbols. With a triumphant expression, in one hand it holds aloft a large bonding knife while in the other it grips a pulse rifle with marker light. Standing on a sculpted base displaying ruined architecture, it wears a long flowing cloak and has long hair that is bound by several clasps in a pony tail.
This plastic kit contains 9 components, one of which is a sculpted base, with which to make Cadre Fireblade.
This kit comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Commander
Sold Out $55.00
Swift and deadly, T'au Commanders pilot battlesuits of intimidating size and power. Of course, simply piloting a huge battlesuit doesn't automatically make a troop into a Commander - more than anything, it's the strategic nous and ability to adapt to unpredictable situations that stands this pilot out from the others. Many, many years of tireless dedication are required to reach this prestigious rank; every T'au Commander has achieved their status the hard way. Their XV-85 Enforcer Armour Crisis Battlesuits are armed with immensely destructive weapon arrays - flamers, ion blasters and frag projectors are amongst the optional loadouts, with electronic countermeasure suites and huge data-processing capabilities enhancing their battle prowess.
The XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit variant is covered in fins which streamline it, allowing super-fast movement across the theatre of battle, annihilating enemies with sharp shocks from its burst cannon. The on-board holophoton countermeasures and telemetry suites feed the Coldstar and its Commander pilot a massive variety of information that would overwhelm the untrained mind - instead, in this case, it allows the Coldstar Battlesuit to soar over its foes with a grace that enemy targeting systems simply cannot hope to catch.
This multi-part plastic kit gives you everything you need in order to build one T'au Commander, in either an XV-85 Enforcer Armour Crisis Battlesuit or an XV86 Coldstar Battlesuit. There's an immense number of options available in the box - different heads, engines, leg and arm assemblies - and a ton of weapons! An airburst frag projector, a plasma rifle, a flamer, a fusion blaster, a cyclic ion blaster, a burst cannon (plus upgrade kit) and a missile pod. Included is a drone, which can be assembled as a gun, shield or marker drone.
Seventy-seven components are included, and one Citadel 60mm Round base.
Tau Empire Commander Farsight
Sold Out $60.00
There is no figure in T'au history as divisive as Commander O'Shovah. The most famous warrior of Vior'la, Farsight's greatest victories were against the Orks on the oxide-desserts of Arkunahsa. It was his tactical brilliance that earned O'Shovah his famous title ‘Farsight'.
This exceptionally detailed Commander Farsight model comes in an extremely dynamic pose. Wearing a Crisis battlesuit and armed with a plasma rifle, he stands with one leg raised, his circular shield generator lifted on his left arm, and with his Dawn Blade out to his right. There are flowing strips of material on his thigh and back from the Dawn Blade to add to the sense of rapid movement. Though he bears the symbol of the Fire caste on his armour, he bears his own insignia on his shield generator, crisp in the detail of Citadel Finecast.
This finely detailed resin kit contains 14 components with which to make Commander Farsight.
This kit comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Commander Shadowsun 2020
$38.25 $45.00
O’Shaserra, Commander Shadowsun, is a superlative warrior and a masterful tactician. She leaps around the battlefield in her XV22 battlesuit, using its advanced targeting systems and sophisticated cloaking technology to identify her prey and stalk them unseen. With her wide array of deadly weapons she is the bane of almost any foe – her fusion blasters make a mockery of heavy armour, her missile pod cracks open light vehicles and her flechette launcher shreds any who get too close with a hail of razor-sharp shot.
As the undisputed master of Kauyon – the military strategy of the Fire Caste known as the Patient Hunter – O’Shaserra is a consummate general and will make the perfect Warlord for your T’au Empire army.
Shadowsun’s cutting-edge battlesuit is equipped with a flechette launcher, two high-energy fusion blasters (either of which can be replaced with a dispersed fusion blaster), a light missile pod and a pulse pistol. She is also accompanied by one MV37 Advanced Guardian Drone and one MV62 Command-link Drone.
This kit is supplied in 52 plastic components and contains 1x Citadel 50mm Round Base, 2x Citadel 32mm Round Bases and 2x Long Flying Stems.
Tau Empire XV8 Crisis Battlesuit Team
Sold Out $65.00
An iconic rendering of T'au technological progress and ingenuity, the XV8 Crisis Battlesuit is a thing of joy to behold in battle - unless you're its target. Skimming along on the jets of their repulsor engines, Crisis Battlesuits close on their enemy with a surprising speed, unloading their diverse weaponry and leaping away in a split second. Only the best T'au warriors are allowed to pilot these machines, spending years on the front line before even being considered for this honour. Able to be dropped from a planet's upper atmosphere, slamming into ranks of enemies like a tidal wave, the XV8 Crisis Battlesuit is the ultimate balance of firepower, speed and resilience.
This multi-part plastic kit contains everything needed to build three XV8 Crisis Battlesuits, with six accompanying drones. There's an impressive level of customisation available, with ball fittings allowing unprecedented posability. One miniature can be optionally assembled as a Shas'vre, with special head and chest plate, and there's a prodigious amount of advanced T'au weaponry in the box: four plasma rifles, three flamers, four fusion blasters, four burst cannons, three missile pods and three shield generators. The accompanying drones have options for gun, shield or marker variants, and you can build a total of six drones, with up to three of any one type. The kit also includes an assortment of battlesuit electronics systems. One model in the kit can even be built as the new, experimental Iridium-class XV8-02 Crisis Battlesuit - distinguishable by its thicker armour and aggressive appearance. Huge variety!
152 components are included in total, with three Citadel 50mm Round bases and three Citadel small Flying bases.
Tau Empire Darkstrider
$21.25 $25.00
Although all of the Fire caste regard Darkstrider as a cunning tactician and a warrior to be reckoned with, his unconventional methods and disregard for proper protocol have stirred up much trouble and made many internal enemies.
This finely detailed Darkstrider model comes standing on a sculpted base, portraying alien ruins. He wears lighter recon armour that covers his torso, shoulders and forearms. He carries a pulse carbine and exotic T'au items such as blacksun filter and structural analyser. With a fearsome expression on his face, his long hair is tied back, and he is a unique addition to a T'au Empire collection.
This finely detailed resin kit contains 4 components with which to make Darkstrider.
This kit comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire TY7 Devilfish
$34.00 $40.00
The Devilfish is the workhorse of the T'au ground forces and is able to cary twelve warriors into battle. Armed with a fearsome burst cannon, it can even act as mobile fire support for the squad. The Devilfish is a transport option for T'au Fire Warriors and Pathfinders.
This boxed set contains 1 multi-part plastic T'au Devilfish APC with a variety of optional parts and weapons.
Tau Empire Ethereal
$13.60 $16.00
Little is known of the T'au Ethereal caste, appearing as shrouded, enigmatic figures that eschew the advance equipment favoured by the T'au Fire caste. Ethereals seem to combine the roles of priesthood and royalty within T'au society and command unquestioning loyalty from all of the other castes.
This T'au Ethereal strides to battle in long, flowing robes that discretely displays the symbol of the T'au Empire. It is an elegant figure posed in a commanding and stately manner, and carries with it two symbols of office that can be used as close combat hand weapons.
This is a finely detailed resin cast kit that comes in one component and with one 25mm round base with which to make one T'au Ethereal.
This kit is supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Ethereal with Honour Blade
$13.60 $16.00
The Ethereal caste are the spiritual leaders of the T'au Empire and command unquestioning loyalty from all the other T'au castes. While they do not command the military strength of the T'au Empire, they do inspire their Fire Warriors to great feats of valour in the face of the enemy. Should the Ethereal be killed in battle, the T'au will fly into a violent rage, launching themselves at their foes with uncharacteristic fury.
This pack contains one T'au Ethereal with Honour Blade - a finely detailed resin cast kit that comes as a single piece, and is supplied with a 25mm round base. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Fire Warriors Strike / Breacher Team
$42.50 $50.00
Not only is the path ahead illuminated by the light of the Greater Good, but also the glow of pulse rifles. The courageous Fire Warriors, with the absolute, zealous belief in the destiny of their race, fight with unstoppable fervour and enviable skill. Benefiting from the astonishing rate of technological advance displayed by T'au engineers, their armour is lightweight yet durable and their weaponry reliable yet powerful. A Fire Warrior Strike Team is a high-speed detachment of shock troops who lay down sheets of withering pulse rifle fire, throwing electromagnetic pulse grenades and aiming powerful tactical support turrets at a rapidly-depleting foe.
This multi-part plastic kit gives you everything you need to build ten T'au Empire Fire Warriors, in their Strike Team configuration. One model may be upgraded to a Shas'ui, and the kit includes two drones, a DS8 tactical support turret, a selection of different shoulder pads and back packs and a choice of weapons - pulse pistols, pulse carbines, EMP and photon grenades! 230 components in total, with ten Citadel 25mm Round bases, one Citadel 40mm Round base and two small flying bases.
This kit can also be assembled as a Fire Warriors Breacher Team.
Tau Empire XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit
$68.00 $80.00
A huge, deadly and nigh-undetectable weapon of impressive killing capacity, the XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit is a formidable display of T'au war technology. Piloted by a single, hand-picked T'au warrior, a lone Ghostkeel is capable of appearing from seemingly nowhere, unleashing a storm of incredible firepower with its fusion collider and disappearing into the mayhem and confusion of battle. This battlesuit bristles with a vast array of advanced countermeasures, making it invisible to enemy sensors - weapons simply refuse to lock-on and the few that manage to loose off a shot are baffled by a spectacular display of flares and electronic countermeasures.
This multi-part plastic kit gives you everything needed to build one XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit. This miniature has a truly awesome array of modelling and posing options - arms, legs, head, engines and thrusters can all be set to different poses, and there are two different heads supplied - the head can be raised and the chest opened to reveal a male or female pilot! As well as this, you'll receive two burst cannons, two fusion blasters, two flamers, a fusion collider, a cyclic ion raker and two XV5 stealth drone field projectors. Offensively and defensively, this battlesuit is armed to the teeth!
116 components are included in total, with a Citadel 105mm Oval base.
Tau Empire Hammerhead Gunship / TX78 Sky Ray Gunship
$51.00 $60.00
Like a hungry predator on the prowl, the Hammerhead Gunship is a menacing sight. It skims over a planet's surface with its massive turret-mounted gun swivelling back and forth to track potential targets before unleashing a devastating salvo to destroy them utterly.
The Hammerhead Gunship kit is an impressive centrepiece to a collection of T'au Empire miniatures. Notable about the kit is the laterally extended nose, the tips of which can feature a pair of burst cannons or smart missiles systems. Its sleek panels curve up towards a wider body that can support a fearsome turret-mounted gun – either a railgun or ion cannon – which can swivel in different directions. It features two vectored engines, which can also be tilted at various angles. The kit also comes with a pair of optional weapon upgrades in the form of powerful seeker missiles.
This multipart plastic kit contains 88 components and a T'au transfer sheet, and can be assembled as either a Hammerhead Gunship or a Sky Ray Gunship.
This kit comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Kroot Carnivore Squad
Sold Out $36.25
Kroot Carnivore squads are the most common auxiliaries serving alongside the T'au armies. Kroot squads often contain the powerful Krootox or vicious Kroot Hounds. The Kroot are honoured for their martial prowess and rewarded for their efforts as befits loyal citizens of the T'au empire.
This boxed set contains 16 multi-part plastic Kroot Carnivores.
Tau Empire Kroot Hounds
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Many alien races are found to be working alongside their T'au overseers - one of these races is the Kroot, which originated on the world of Pech, a forested world located in the north-west of the T'au Empire. Kroot Hounds are ridden by Kroot into battle - they are deadly and notoriously bad-tempered beasts.
The Kroot Hounds are lean and muscular creatures, with a leathery hide, primitive armour and spikes along their shoulders and spines. With ferocious maws and feral poses, they make perfect additions to accompany your Kroot into battle.
This is a finely detailed resin cast kit that comes in eight components and with four 25mm round bases, with which to make four T'au Empire Kroot Hounds.
This kit is supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Krootox Rider
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Many alien races are found to be working alongside their T'au overseers - one of these races is the Kroot, which originated on the world of Pech, a forested world located in the north-west of the T'au Empire. Kroot musculature is extremely powerful and composed of dense fibre spindles with a greater power to mass ratio than is found in humans. In battle the Kroot lash large, unwieldy Kroot guns to the powerful shoulders of the Krootox, using the beast as a mobile weapon platform.
The Citadel Finecast Krootox is an exceptionally detailed miniature, the components of which fit together perfectly. The Krootox model is large and muscular, sculpted with a menacing, don't-mess-with-it expression on its face. If that wasn't enough to make your enemies scared, this kit includes two variants of Kroot gunners for you to choose from.
This is a finely detailed resin cast kit that comes in seven components and with one 40mm round base, with which to make a T'au Empire Kroot Krootox and its Kroot rider.
This kit is supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Kroot Shaper
$12.75 $15.00
This set contains 1 metal Kroot Shaper, randomly supplied with Kroot Rifle or Pulse Rifle.
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Tau Empire Longstrike
$15.30 $18.00
Master Gunship pilot Shas'la T'au Sha'ng, now better known as Longstrike, has quickly become the Fire caste's most heralded tank ace. Since his first training session, he exhibited an almost innate ability to handle a Hammerhead. Due to his unerring aim, Longstrike was chosen to trial the new XV02 pilot battlesuit.
Longstrike's unusual battlesuit is styled in the same manner as other T'au battlesuits, albeit in a more compact scale. He is covered head to foot in elegant armour panels. A control panel sits on his forearm and he is posed gesturing into the distance. Longstrike would make an excellent addition to a Hammerhead gunship – and he fits neatly inside the vehicle's hatch, making him a unique addition to your T'au Empire collection. Please note: the Hammerhead Gunship is for illustration purposes and must be bought separately (and you probably should, because it's an exceptionally nice T'au model).
This finely detailed resin kit contains 3 components with which to make Longstrike.
This kit comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Pathfinder Team
$29.75 $35.00
Light reconnaissance units, Pathfinder Teams are the eyes and ears of their Commander in a way no drone can yet emulate. A Pathfinder's foremost role is not to engage the enemy, but instead to operate ahead of their comrades, close to their foe, to accurately scout the enemy.
There are 10 Pathfinders in this kit, and they can be built in a variety of ways – there are different leg options, for kneeling, crouching or standing, as well as different head options. They sport lighter recon armour, which covers their torso, shoulders, knees and elbows, and they wear the similar long, elegant helmets to Fire Warriors. They can carry a selection of weapons including pulse carbines, rail rifle, and ion rifles. The kit includes an enormous Recon Drone, which can be mounted on a Devilfish tank (not included), and which comes armed with a burst cannon. The box set also features a Pulse Accelerator Drone, with a four-pronged device underneath the circular disc, and the Grav-inhibitor Drone that features an orb underneath.
This multi-part plastic kit contains 137 components with which to make 10 T'au Pathfinders, a Pulse Accelerator Drone, a Grav-inhibitor Drone and a Recon Drone.
These kits comes supplied unpainted and require assembly - we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire TX4 Piranha
$29.75 $35.00
The Piranha is a lightly armoured vehicle used by the T'au in a range of capacities, including rapid response, support of pathfinder teams and even as battlefield transport for high-ranking dignitaries. By Upgrading the vehicle to carry a fusion blaster or a pair of seeker missiles it becomes an effective tank hunter, particularly when guided to a target by Pathfinder teams.
This boxed set contains 1 multi-part plastic T'au Piranha with a variety of optional parts and weapons.
Tau Empire XV104 Riptide Battlesuit
$93.50 $110.00
XV104 Riptide is the pinnacle of the Earth caste's battlesuit development. It stands twice as tall as the XV8 Crisis suit, but its movements are more like those of its smaller cousins than the mechanical stiffness displayed by Imperial walkers with their crude servo-motors.
The XV104 Riptide takes the evolution of the T'au battlesuit to a whole new level. First and foremost the model is huge, towering over the rest of the T'au – even other battlesuits and tanks. Sleek and elegant armour panels, along with bolts and grills, cover its body. Despite its enormous size, with ball and socket joints it remains a manoeuvrable model whose arms and legs can be posed in a variety of different ways. Either standing tall or even kneeling down, you can use it as a unique, dynamic centrepiece for your T'au army. As well as three variant heads it comes with a range of weapons options including a heavy burst cannon, twin-linked smart missile systems, fusion blaster and Riptide shield generator. If that wasn't enough, the kit also comes with two Shielded Missile Drones.
This multi-part plastic kit contains 108 components and a T'au transfer sheet with which to make a XV104 Riptide Battlesuit and two Shielded Missile Drones.
This kit comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire MV71 Sniper Drones & Firesight Marksman
$35.10 $41.25
T'au Sniper Drone Teams are the ultimate anti-infantry weapon in the T'au arsenal. Each drone is equipped with a Rail Rifle that can fire a high velocity projectile at such extraordinary speed that it will punch clean through the armour of almost any adversary. The resultant mess is enough encouragement for most enemies to dive for cover, cowering in fear that they may be singled out as the next target.
This boxed set contains three T'au MV71 Sniper Drones and one Firesight Marksman. These models are finely detailed resin cast miniatures. They are supplied as 19 separate components, and come with one 40mm Round Base, three Flying Bases and 3 long Flying Stems. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire XV25 Stealth Battlesuits
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Equipped with the latest XV25 Stealth Armour these troops are the 'lone wolves' of the T'au army, operating independently of other formations.
This boxed set contains 3 multi-part plastic XV25 Stealth Suits and a markerlight drone.
Tau Empire KV128 Stormsurge
$144.50 $170.00
An absolute colossus of a machine, piloted by graduates of the Ves'oni'Vash, the KV128 Stormsurge is designed as an extreme heavy-weapons platform. Not as manoeuvrable as a Riptide, instead relying on thick armour and devastating loadouts, these hulking, squat ballistic suits are capable of changing the course of a battle in seconds with a decisive volley of astonishing firepower. Fitted with thrusters to counter recoil, bristling with pulse weaponry and missile pods, the Stormsurge is the T'au Empire's Titan-killer.
The Stormsurge comes with a truly amazing amount of offensive firepower - two missile pod assemblies, a pulse driver cannon, a pulse ARC cannon, two ballistic burst cannons, two airbust frag projectors and twin-linked flamers!
This multi-part plastic kit contains all the components necessary to build one KV128 Stormsurge, ballistic suit of the T'au Empire. It includes an astonishing 171 components - four head options, two pilot assemblies, a reactor suite, two leg assemblies and two sets of stabilising thrusters! Various vents and assemblies can be modelled optionally closed or open, and the whole miniature has incredible posability. Includes one Citadel 170mm Oval base.
Tau Empire AX39 Sun Shark Bomber / AX3 Razorshark Strike Fighter
Sold Out $75.00
The Sun Shark Bomber is a sleek atmospheric aircraft that is capable of sweeping down from the skies and blasting ground targets with its potent payload.
The Sun Shark Bomber kit shows the elegant design of the T'au in all its glory. Its front wingtips are tilted downwards, as are its stabilisers, and these are connected in a way that frames a pulse bomb generator. Details include Air caste insignia sculpted onto the top of the model, and an array of metal panels, grills and two engines positioned either side of the nose. There are also additional detail such as lights and an aerial. Other weapons options include a twin-linked ion rifle, burst cannon, missile pod, networked markerlight, seeker missiles, as well as two Interceptor Drones that are docked within the wings, but which can be disconnected.
This multi-part plastic kit contains 51 components and a T'au transfer sheet with which to make either a Sun Shark Bomber or a Razorshark Strike Fighter.
This kit comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Paints.
Tau Empire Tactical Drones
Sold Out $15.00
Darting through even the most hostile environments with ease, T'au Drones are guided by a networked AI of impressive capabilities. Data flows back and forth constantly between them, advising and distributing information on threats, optimal paths and targets instantaneously, creating a blanket of tactical firepower across entire battlefields. Were these drones merely information-gatherers they would be dangerous enough, but their abilities to create shields, mark targets and destroy enemies make them immensely useful offensive weapons as well as the definition of machine-cunning.
This multi-part plastic kit gives you everything you need to build two T'au Drones, highly-advanced and highly-mobile automata of the T'au Empire. You have the option of assembling any two of the following - one shield drone, one marker drone and one gun drone. Eleven components are included, with two Citadel small Flying bases.
Tau Empire Tidewall Droneport
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The rumbling thrum of repulsor engines announces the arrival of a Tidewall Droneport. Serving as a mobile bunker for the warriors of the Fire caste, it provides excellent cover, moving fighters into place and acting as perfect lures for a Kauyon battle plan. However, these are all secondary concerns - the Droneport's greatest asset is the arsenal of nested Drones, able to detach and provide covering fire, mark targets for powerful strikes or deploy their built-in shield generators to provide even more protection to the T'au manning the defence line.
This multi-part plastic kit gives you all the components necessary to assemble one Tidewall Droneport, mobile defence bunker of the T'au Empire. This is an awesome, modular scenery piece with its own rules (which are included!), which you can use with the other Tidewall pieces to create huge mobile fortresses. It includes two T'au Drone frames - giving you four Drones, which can be assembled as a combination of gun, marker and shield variants.
Tau Empire Tidewall Gunrig
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The screaming crack of railguns reverberates across the battlefield, and the fading contrails can be traced back to the Tidewall Gunrig. A deceptively manoeuvrable weapons platform, manned by hardened T'au Fire caste warriors, these Gunrigs are single-handedly capable of annihilating entire lines of tanks, smashing apart buildings and shredding monstrous beasts with volleys of hypersonic projectiles. The combination of firepower and movement makes them an incredibly dangerous proposition, and their inexorable progress across the theatre of war strikes dread into all but the stoutest hearts.
This multi-part plastic kit contains all the parts that comprise a Tidewall Gunrig. Armed with a twin-linked railgun, featuring security protocols that make it usable only by warriors of the T'au Empire, it's a mobile scenery piece - compatible with the other parts of the Tidewall - that comes supplied with full rules inside the box!
Tau Empire Tidewall Shieldline
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A virtually impenetrable barrier of glowing energy from behind which the Fire Warriors of the T'au Empire can pour scathing fire upon their foes, the Tidewall Shieldline thrums across the battlefield on repulsor jets, giving the enemy less room to hide with every inch of ground gained. From fighting retreats that take their cover with them, to wrong-footing or funnelling enemy forces into prepared killzones, this Shieldline has impressive strategic purpose whether defensive or offensive.
This multi-part plastic kit contains all the parts necessary to assemble one Tidewall Shieldline, an awesome piece of mobile scenery, completely modular and compatible with the other pieces of the Tidewall Rampart! Includes an extra linking plate, allowing you to join multiple Tidewall kits and full rules for use in games.
Tau Empire Vespid Stingwings
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Many alien races are found to be working alongside their T'au overseers - one of these races is the Vespid Stingwings. They function as auxiliaries to T'au armies, and the T'au value them for their skill at negotiating dangerous ground at high speed. Stingwings make ideal mobile reserve or flanking troops, though the T'au rely on the communion helm issued to the Strain Leaders to communicate with the Stingwings and coordinate their actions.
Each Stingwing model comes with chitinous wings and viciously sharp claws, not to mention powerful guns. The weapon they carry, the neutron blaster, is unique to the Vespid race, though the technology is provided by the T'au. Mounted at the barrel of each one is an immensely powerful crystal harvested from deep underground, making them among the most deadly weapons of their type.
This is a finely detailed resin cast kit that comes in fifteen components and with five 25mm round bases, with which to make five Vespid Stingwings.
This kit is supplied unpainted and requires assembly - we recommend using Citadel Super Glue and Citadel Paints.
8th Edition 40k Core Rulebook
$51.00 $60.00
There is no time for peace. No forgiveness. No respite. There is only war.
After more than forty thousand years of war and strife among the stars, Humanity stands on the brink of extinction. Beset on all sides by hostile aliens and threatened from within by traitors, Humanity’s only chance for survival rests with the continuation of the cruel and bloody regime known as the Imperium. Yet few among Mankind’s untold population realise the full truth of their situation. If there is any future at all, it is a grim one…
The Book
A 280-page hardback, this is the essential book for any fan of Warhammer 40,000 – everything you need to know to collect, build, paint and play with Citadel miniatures.
Rules
The Core Rules explain everything you need to play to play Warhammer 40,000. Moving, shooting, using psychic powers, charging, fighting and morale tests are covered, giving you the basic framework to play with. You can play a game using only these 8 pages, bolting on more advanced and complex rules when you and your opponent are ready.
Three Ways to Play
- Open Play – pick some models, put them on the table and begin a game. This is the most flexible approach, designed with near-limitless possibilities; all you need is some models, their datasheets and the core rules. Included are some themes and ideas you can use or build upon to add atmosphere to your games, and 3 example missions.
- Narrative Play – Warhammer 40,000 has a vast, rich history with countless epic battles. Narrative Play is designed to let you and your friends re-enact those battles at your leisure. There are special rules to help you do this, such as Concealed Deployment and unpredictable, random battle lengths, and the book includes several missions - 6 Crucible of War missions and 1 Echoes of War mission, each showing you how to play in this style.
- Matched Play – for many players, Warhammer 40,000 is an opportunity to prove their mettle with tactics and strategy, an exercise in out-thinking and out-gunning their opponent with balanced, equal armies: Matched Play is for them. There are several ways to ensure that your forces are balanced against each other – a points limit is the typical way, but the system is flexible enough to allow armies based on unit numbers, Power Ratings, Wounds; as long as your limits are agreed, the possibilities are manifold. This book provides details on choosing your armies, and provides missions as examples of the tactical challenges available: 6 Eternal War and 6 Maelstrom of War missions, with explanations covering the use of Tactical Objectives.
Advanced Rules
While the Core Rules provide with you with everything needed to play, the Advanced Rules are a selection of rules and expansions that can be used to play with your miniatures the way that you want to. With these rules, there are always new challenges to face, new battles to fight, and new ways to play:
- Battle-Forged Armies: organise your models in a way that reflects the armies of Warhammer 40,000 – this places restrictions on your army, but makes up for it with powerful benefits, which use a system of Command Points;
- Battlefield Terrain: rules for a variety of terrains (Woods, Ruins, Barricades, Obstacles, Imperial Statuary, Fuel Pipes, Battlescape and Hills), each of which introduce scenarios and opportunities that change the nature of battle;
- Battlezones: rules for fighting amidst the effects of otherworldly environments, including low visibility, beneath an apocalyptic orbital battle and in the middle of a devastating psychic maelstrom;
- Planetstrike: slam down from orbit in a terrifying planetary assault. Two players are separated into Attacker and Defender, with scenarios that play out a full incursion and a Planetfall mission;
- Cities of Death: street fighting in the ruins of a shattered city, with buildings bitterly fought over – the claustrophobia of urban warfare makes for tense battles with snipers and grenades coming to the fore. Includes a Firesweep mission for playing out room-to-room combat;
- Stronghold Assault: dig in for a game of fortified siege warfare. One player seeks to overwhelm the prepared defences of another, with a Bunker Assault mission included;
- Death From the Skies: dogfighting for your Flyer models, allowing the recreation of epic clashes above the battlefield. A Tactical Strike mission involves a defence against a bombing run;
- Multiplayer Battles: rules accommodating three (or more!) players, with an example of a multiplayer battle to work from;
- Campaigns: an overview of linking your games into Tree, Matrix and Map campaigns.
Dark Millennium
The book contains a full detailing of the state of the galaxy after the events of the Gathering Storm – the major players, the struggles they face and the sheer grimness of eternal war, as Chaos threatens to engulf Humanity.
The Imperium of Man
Details of the various worlds within the Imperium, explanations of the Ecclesiarchy – the official state religion of the Imperium, and the Ages of Mankind, with maps of important locations within the galaxy showing in stark detail how the Great Rift may have doomed Humanity forever.
There’s also an in-depth account of the current state of the Imperium – the increased threat from Chaos and the steps being taken in order to counter them.
The Forces of Chaos
You’ll find an explanation of the Chaos Gods – who they are, their motivations and their methods – along with the vile armies of the Heretic Astartes: Space Marines, once loyal, who now blindly follow the corrupt lure of Chaos, debasing themselves in battle for their dark masters.
The Xenos Threat
This book provides an overview of the major alien antagonists who populate the galaxy – the Aeldari (Craftworld, Harlequins, Ynnari and Drukhari), Necrons, Orks, Tyranids, Genestealer Cults and T’au Empire. Each of these includes their backstory and guides to their equipment, hierarchies and weapons of war.
Chapter Approved 2018 8th Edition
$29.75 $35.00
Chapter Approved 2018 is the essential gaming toolbox for all Warhammer 40,000 fans. Whether you're a loremaster looking to build rich campaigns to matched play maniacs looking for the latest balance updates, or just looking for something completely new, there's something inside to pique your interest. Inside this year’s copy, you’ll find:
- The full beta codex for the Sisters of Battle, letting you join in with the world’s biggest playtest as well as trying the new rules early!
- New profiles, rules and matched play points for the Eight - Commander Farsight’s battlesuit-armoured elite.
- A section on Looted Wagons that lets you design and convert any kind of ramshackle Ork vehicle you can imagine then use it in open play
- The latest matched play points updates, painstakingly balanced and tuned in conjunction with major tournament organisers and our playtesters.
- And much, much more…
Experiment with new rules, build your own characters, try new missions - however you play, Chapter Approved has something for you and is a fitting guide to another incredible year of Warhammer 40,000.
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