40K: The Return of the Tau!
The glorious new Tau minis have been spotted! – But there is a LOT more info to see on the blueskins 40K fans:
What can we say – it looks like at very long last we can see the light at the end of the Summer of Sigmar and we have concrete info that new Tau minis are on the way:
New Tau Minis
Here is what we know about the release from the images, and the previous info from retailers:
Retailer Info
Retailers have been reporting the following kits have been removed to mandatory stocking, meaning they will almost certainly be updated shortly or replaced:
- Tau Commander Crisis Suit
- Tau Crisis Suit Box
- Tau Riptide
- Tau Fire Warriors
New Kits
From yesterday’s pictures we can see the following new kits:
New Fire Warriors
XV95 Ghostkeel (the new larger stealthy suit)
XV128 Stormsurge (the new giant suit)
New Crisis Suits (note the posable waist)
New Drone (behind the XV95 on White Dwarf 89 cover)
Tau Schedule
White Dwarf 89 lists October 10th as it’s date and is focused on the XV95 Ghostkeel. Note that is also mentions a minigame for the XV128 Stormsurge. That small text treatment implies that the Stormsurge may be featured in the previous unseen White Dwarf 88 arriving on October 3rd. It seems unlikely that such am impressive kit would not receive it’s own dedicated White Dwarf debut.
Working forward from today we end up with this schedule:
September 19th (White Dwarf 86) Khorne Clamback / Battletome
September 26th (White Dwarf 87) Said to be Skarbrand the Exile Bloodthirster
October 3rd (White Dwarf 88) Unknown, AoS Realm of Battle board or Tau XV128 possible
October 19th (White Dwarf 89) Tau XV95 Ghostkeel
Full Tau Roundup
~ One way or the other the Grimdark is back in a matter of days. So get out the paintbrushes, crack open those codices, and get practicing. Our 12 week Summer of Sigmar vacation is coming to an end.
