Apparently, this week is Tau week over at the Games Workshop Astronomican, as they’ve put up three articles this week on building, painting, and playing Tau.

• Tau Empire: Tactics
• Tau Vehicles Stage-by-Stage Assembly and Painting
• Tau Empire: Fire Warrior Stage-by-Stage Painting

It’s been a while since there’s been much attention paid to the Tau by GW, so it’s been refreshing to see these articles. They’re not perfect, though: on page 2 of the tactics article, Fire Warriors are said to have Str 5 AP 4 guns. You be the judge: harmless typo, wishful thinking, or a hint of things to come?

Also, be sure not to miss the blog entries introducing the articles here, here, and here – there are some good pictures of nicely-painted Tau armies/models to admire.