Starting List

When starting an army (or anything for that matter) it is good to set goals. This way you can keep your focus and not lose track. Assembling and painting an army is a time consuming business and the price for getting a new unit is not something to be taken lightly either.

With this in mind here is my focus for creating a core of my Tau army:

Name	#	Grp	WS	BS	S	T	Wo	I	A	Ld	Save	Cost
Commander Shas'el	1	HQ	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	9	3+	120
	Independent Character, Deep Strike, Acute Senses, Jump Infantry (Jet Pack); Cyclic Ion Blaster; Hard-wired Blacksun Filter; Hard-wired Drone Controller; Hard-wired Multi-tracker; Missile Pod; Shield Drone; Plasma Rifle
Shield Drone	1	-	2	2	3	4	1	4	1	0	3+/4(i)	[15]
	Causes IC to count as a unit for targeting; Shield Generator
Name	#	Grp	WS	BS	S	T	Wo	I	A	Ld	Save	Cost
Fire Warrior	9	Troops	2	3	3	3	1	2	1	7	4+	190
	Infantry ; Add Shas'ui; Pulse Rifle (x9)
Devilfish	1	Grp: BS: 3 FA: 12 SA: 11 RA: 10										[80]
	Carries up to 12 models (no XV battlesuits); Transport, Tank, Skimmer; Access Points: 2 side hatches, 1 rear hatch; Fire Points: 0; Burst Cannon; Gun Drones; Landing Gear
Gun Drones	2	-	2	2	3	3	1	4	1	0	4+	[0]
	Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
Shas'ui	1	-	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	8	4+	[20]
	Pulse Rifle
Name	#	Grp	WS	BS	S	T	Wo	I	A	Ld	Save	Cost
Fire Warrior	9	Troops	2	3	3	3	1	2	1	7	4+	190
	Infantry ; Add Shas'ui; Pulse Rifle (x9)
Devilfish	1	Grp: BS: 3 FA: 12 SA: 11 RA: 10										[80]
	Carries up to 12 models (no XV battlesuits); Transport, Tank, Skimmer; Access Points: 2 side hatches, 1 rear hatch; Fire Points: 0; Burst Cannon; Gun Drones; Landing Gear
Gun Drones	2	-	2	2	3	3	1	4	1	0	4+	[0]
	Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
Shas'ui	1	-	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	8	4+	[20]
	Pulse Rifle
Total Cost:												500

A very "primitive" squadron with two Fire Warrior teams and a "Jack-of-all-trades" Shas'el to back them up. I'm probably going to have a serious problem with heavy armor, but what can you do. Have to start somewhere. The missile pod is going to have to work overtime I guess.