u/Evening-Notice4750

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Almost done!

Man what a journey it has been. I recieved this tau army several years ago from a friend. I knew nothing about warhammer but I knew these guys were expensive. My friend said he was going to toss them and I said why. He said hes been in the hobby now almost 8 years. He's improved alot, and every time he looks at this tau army it annoys him. The models were put together badly, painted badly. Stripped and repainted multiple times as he learned. So for him it was money spent and done with. He showed me his current tau army and I was like WOW those look good! So hes like exactly, I hate looking at these, I dont want them taking up shelf or closet space I want them gone, I dont care what you do with them, if you want them take them.... so I did! Truthfully they stayed in my closet for over a year until recently I really wanted to get into it! I bought Armageddon , went to thrift stores, found old books and then I remember oh yeah that army...... what a pain! Stripping paint, fixing ALOT of problems, some are just permanent jank! But.... here we are so close to the END and no i am by NO means a pro painter. But I like to think I really brought some life back into this army. Im so close to finishing it. Not gonna lie after the 30th little dude i was like man, this is getting...... BORING but I split up the mundane routine by breaking away and painting a DND figure. Ugh..... and theres still SO MANY little drones to paint... I may not do all the drones and they may just end up in a box somewhere. But yeah! Its been alot of fun!

u/Evening-Notice4750 — 17 hours ago
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Can you help me sort this out

So a buddy of mine gave me a bunch of tau. Honestly I just been painting them having fun. Today I learn that these little soldiers are specific to an infantry squad! Crap! So essentially I have just been counting 10, calling it a squad and theming them all a little differently (like for example i made one team look like power rangers lol). But now I learn theres like far warriors, path finders, breacher teams etc. I actually wanted to learn to play with these dudes but now im confused as all heck, what should I do about playing the game when these squads were just separated in bundles of 10? Can I still somehow play? Can I just say hey this group of guys here represent pathfinders? Id appreciate help. Also how can I tell who's who anyways? Here's some photos.

u/Evening-Notice4750 — 8 days ago