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It's pretty easy, although tedious at first, it starts becoming fun when you decide to make cool poses and stuff.

That's the Tau way! Hit from afar and run like Hell when they get too close! xd
That is, of course, if you aren't a part of the Farsight enclave.
Speaking of which, my farsight looks cool in his current pose (I'll post a picture soon), but I think i'm going to make another. I made mine from a forgeworld Shas O Ra Myr. I just added two Dawn blades to the shield and he looks sweet.
Anyways, I am thinking about putting another version of that on a mound of dead orks (modifying their bodies to look dead and mutilated, of course) and hacking the head off of another ork that got too close.
It will take a s**t load of time, but what I am imagining will look absolutely amazing. It will take a while, so once the project goes underway i'll tell you all and show you all the finished product and get some reviews.

Well, my army is a Red/black/silver-with-a-few-other-colors-thrown-in-on-occassion army.
It's a neat paint scheme. I've gotten a lot of compliments on it. I hate that fluffy, frilly, light and bland scheme that they so often advertise in the codex, rulebook, or magazines. rolleyes

I might do black with blue sept markings and just write up a story behind it.

Tyranids are numerous but they die like bastards. Keep your Railguns for taking out Genestealers and Carnifexes and the other big stuff, and have a lot of Fire Warriors for decent shots. You'll need a lot of shots to take out 'Nids, so just have most of your troop slots maxed out with numbers, and pray for lucky rolls. If you play it right and play it lucky, you should be able to avoid getting into close combat, which is just what 'Nids want.

-Mykal

Well, in general, Nid v. Tau, when both generals are reasonably competent, are knife-edge games. It's race between the Nids getting stuck in and the Tau reducing their numbers to something which they can actually handle in CC. I'd suggest putting Targeting Arrays on your Broadsides. Te Railguns will be hitting more often, and it'll help you nail those Genestealers and Hormagaunts that like to hide behind terrain before charging. If you really want to drive him nuts, field a Mech Tau army. Skimmers are pretty resilient against the Nids, and will keep your Fire Warriors safe from Hive Tyrants, Gaunts, Hormagaunts, Lictors, Raveners, Etc. Circle the wagons (Devilfish) and dump your Fire Warriors in the middle, and they'll be really hard to get at. Course, this might frustrate your buddy mightily.

My suggestion, let him build his army, play some games with him, and just see if his smacktalk has any merit at all before tooling your army specifically to beat his, as that sort of thing is generally considered bad sportsmanship.

lol i got a space marine terrmy with one on my devlifish

I'm going to have a hammer head with a Submunition railgun, what other vehicles do ya'll suggest?