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I was thinking of the fire-magnet sundrome myself yesterday when creating this list. Just now I built the Hammerhead and I am overjoyed with the ability of it being able to swap weapons with such ease, making the Ion Cannon a viable (And cheaper) option. I'll give it a try with burst cannons then and a target lock.

I've managed to dig up three more Fire Warriors, which can easily be assimilated into the two squads, giving the rifle squad eight members and the carbine squad seven members. That will have to do for now. I've also been pondering on upgrading one of the Kroot into a Shaper. Not for the armour save, but for the extra punch in a scrap.

I'll ponder on this, thanks for the feedback.

I saw the question somewhere around here, for those to whom it concerns, the stealth sprue contains the following:

Enough parts for three (3) stealth suits with four (4) different visor options, three (3) burst cannons and a single fusion blaster. It also contains a markerlight drone, drone controller, target lock system and a beacon of sorts that can be mounted on a normal slotta base.

While the suits may look ungainly, or even awkward on the sprue, once properly assembled it looks great alright. I mounted the Shas'Vre on a 40mm base, making him look more imposing. Not much of a stealth suit in my opinion, but it'll do.

Might as well go down the list of other new things.

The Vespid are in three parts: Body, head and wings. True to GW tradition, they need a crapload of cleaning before being anywhere near to paint ready. This goes for most of the pewter parts actually, covered in flash and grimy "dust" which requires you to thoroughly wash the parts after removing the flash. (Strange enough, the only mini almost devoid of flash was the limited edition Ethereal.) The Vespid may need some trimming when putting them on a base, as they don't exactly fit on a standard 28mm base straight away, keep greenstuff handy just in case. I decided to mount the Strainleader on a 40mm base as well, seeing as this model is somewhat bigger then the other Vespid. Mounting (large) leader units on a somewhat larger base helps set them out, not to mention making them more imposing sometimes.

The Commander kit contains two new weapons, two head variants and two special issue battle suit upgrades. Other then that, it's a normal crisis suit kit, minus decals. Most of the parts have found themselves installed onto the commander and his two bodyguards.

The Sniper Drone team needed a lot of cleaning, but looks great. I've decided against assembling this unit until it is fully painted, otherwise some spots would be a bit too hard to reach.

Also, I'd say that the Tau are way ahead of other races when it comes to skimmers, seeing as they are the only ones outfitting them with landing gear. Take that, pointy eared snobs, at least we can land our tanks!

Anybody heard weather or not they are gonna scrap the kroot merc list?

why with orks do you get the possabilty of average BS and avarage combat capabilties. the two armies work very differntly, kroot armies arnt just a horde to rush at the enemy, they are alot more ellite than orks, its like saying 'i dont know why anyone would take marines just use gaurd'

They can't "get rid" of the kroot merc list. Its part of chapter approved, so it sticks around. What would give the impression that they could, or would, want to get rid of it?

For all you little scamps who like the new stealth suits,guess what!
NOt coming out till COD! lol
Oh,they're plastic.I'll post a pic of the sprue soonish.

Indeed, their release is stated as "somewhere around Summer" in the UK WD. Only way to get is either the army deal or the new battle force. I love my new stealth suits. pirate

Thanks Popo. Luckily though, the march white dwarf said they were plastic. Took people long enough to get em out eh?