The new plastic TauStealth Team kitallows you to field adynamic and deadlysquad of shadowyTau infiltrators.Here we look atassembly, modellingand the rules forthese models.

Tau Stealth Suits

XV25 Stealth Suit1 Body right2 Body left3 Legs 14 Legs 25 Shas’vre Legs6 Left arm 17 Left arm 28 Left arm 39 Right arm 110 Right arm 211 Right arm 312 Shoulder pad right13 Shoulder pad left14 Head 115 Head 216 Burst cannon left17 Burst cannon right18 Burst cannon barrel19 Fusion blaster20 Drone Controller21 Drone Controller

antenna22 Target lock23 Objective marker24 Antenna 125 Antenna 2

Marker Drone26 Drone core27 Markerlight mount28 Drone probe29 Drone disc30 Markerlight31 Drone antenna

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Basic Assembly The plastic kit makes three Shas’ui with battlesuitoptions, as well as Shas’vre and fusion blasterupgrades, a marker drone and objective marker!

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Stealthsuit Shas’ui with burst cannon

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AMXV25 Stealth team from the T’au Sept

Note that the Shas’vre legshave a bonding knife on them.

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Using Stealth Teams

As you can see from these photos, the lineslook straight head-on, but they actually had tofollow the curves of the model.

Neil painted the Tau’s foot to look like a rock.Even in this close-up it’s difficult to tell whererock ends and model begins.

Painting intricate designs that match asculpted background onto a 3D model is notfor the faint-hearted.

The model from a side angle, just to prove that it reallyis hand painted, and there’s no digital trickery involved.It took Neil ten hours to complete, but we think theresults are well worth it.

WHITE DWARF TAU STEALTH TEAM

Neil added a tag to the base, so that whenhe replaced the model after painting a stageit would always be in the same position.

Stealth TEAM (Tau: Shas’ui)

Stealth teams, equipped with XV15 or the slightly larger XV25 Stealthsuits, are the‘lone wolves’ of the Tau army, operating independently of other formations, intentupon ambushing isolated enemy troops and intervening in support of friendly units.They are not factored directly into Tau battle plans and so enjoy a great deal offreedom of action within very broad parameters. The leaders of Stealth teams areoften regarded as being slightly eccentric and delight in employing new andunpredictable tactics. Many a foe of the Tau empire has found himself attacked froman unexpected quarter by Stealth teams positioned ahead of the main army.

Points WS BS S T W I A Ld SvShas’ui 30 2 3 4 3 1 2 2 8 3+Shas’vre +10 3 3 4 3 1 3 2 8 3+

Team: A team consists of 3-6 Shas’ui.

Unit Type: Jump Infantry (jet pack).

Equipment: Burst cannon and Stealth armour with integral stealth field generator. Each team member may select onebattlesuit support system. If this option is taken, all members must do so, though each may select a different system.

Options: One in three models may replace their burst cannon with a fusion blaster at a cost of 2 pts per model.

Character: One Shas’ui may be designated as a team leader at +5 points, and may select items from the Battlesuit Wargearlist (see Codex: Tau Empire). A Shas’ui team leader may be upgraded to a Shas’vre for an additional 5 points. The teamleader or Shas’vre may also purchase a markerlight at an additional 10 points.

SPECIAL RULESInfiltrate: Stealth armour teams can set up using the Infiltrators scenario special rule if the mission allows it. Any dronesattached to the unit may accompany them.

Stealth Armour: The battlesuits grant the team the Acute Senses and Deep Strike special rules.

Stealth Team equipment

Weapon Range Str AP TypeBurst cannon 18" 5 5 Assault 3

Burst cannon

Weapon Range Str AP TypeFusion blaster 12" 8 1 Assault 1,

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Fusion blaster

Wargear and battlesuit support systems

This enables the model totarget a different enemyunit from the rest of theStealth team.

Target lockAs long as the bearer isalive, the team mayregroup even if belowhalf strength.

Marker Drone

A model with a dronecontroller must take oneor two gun, marker orshield drones, in anycombination, from theWargear list.

Bonding Knife

Drone Controller

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Equipment: Networked markerlight; targeting array (included in profile)

This Stealth Suit diorama was created by expert painter Neil Hodgson.Neil painstakingly blended the armour to match the backdrop, so that itseems to almost dissappear. He photographed the model at every stagefor reference, and had to keep one eye closed while painting it to ensurethat all the details lined up.

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