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Should be finished painting tomorrow. Will post pictures when I'm done. It has been a huge undertaking so I'm pretty proud of what I've achieved in a limited time frame.

StolleMan wrote:
I will see how my first game goes but I'm considering getting 2. At $41 each they are quite an investment.

WTF? All things equal, according to the price of a Zoanthrope in the US (24.75) and the current USD-AUD exhange rate, you should be paying 28.12 retail for these. I can understand a little more for shipping, but 13 bucks/model???


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StolleMan wrote:
Should be finished painting tomorrow. Will post pictures when I'm done. It has been a huge undertaking so I'm pretty proud of what I've achieved in a limited time frame.

Looking forward to it. Your first batch of models looks pretty ace to me!

 jasper76 wrote:

StolleMan wrote:
I will see how my first game goes but I'm considering getting 2. At $41 each they are quite an investment.

WTF? All things equal, according to the price of a Zoanthrope in the US (24.75) and the current USD-AUD exhange rate, you should be paying 28.12 retail for these. I can understand a little more for shipping, but 13 bucks/model???


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StolleMan wrote:
Should be finished painting tomorrow. Will post pictures when I'm done. It has been a huge undertaking so I'm pretty proud of what I've achieved in a limited time frame.

Looking forward to it. Your first batch of models looks pretty ace to me!

The reason is the "Australia Tax".

Does that mean you have high taxes in Australia, or does that mean GW just decides to charge more to Austrailians?

Everything is more expensive here. Just how it is it seems. GW does and has always charged more too.

I think it used to be somewhat legitimate, but with the Aussie dollar going up and the markets kind of balancing out for us you would think GW would put prices in line with the UK and US but they didn't. Just left them as they were.

 flukezor wrote:
Everything is more expensive here. Just how it is it seems. GW does and has always charged more too.

Not everything, just what many d-bag companies can get away with.

Well, I'm a bit aghast. I hope you have access to US or UK ebay. I don't know how ebay works internationally.

 jasper76 wrote:
Well, I'm a bit aghast. I hope you have access to US or UK ebay. I don't know how ebay works internationally.

Yeah we can order stuff from the US and UK ebay but then usually pay a tonne in shipping prices so it doesn't help a lot of the time unless its a bulk buy. Although depending on weight that can also be a bad choice.

StolleMan wrote:
Should be finished painting tomorrow. Will post pictures when I'm done. It has been a huge undertaking so I'm pretty proud of what I've achieved in a limited time frame.

Looking forward to seeing the painting results

And Jasper76... Zoanthrope are at $48 mark in New Zealand, so we face something similar to our Aussie cousins.

Lets see here $48NZD = $38USD $41AUS = $36USD Guess that's what we get for living on giant islands?

Still got the rippers to go but I wont be using them on the weekend. As promised, here is what I've painted so far.









I just noticed I didn't get a close up of the gargoyles, the pics are pretty fuzzy anyway.

Whoa. That is impressive! You should be proud of getting that much tyranid painted up so fast and to a good quality standard.

Makes me feel a bit sheepish about my slow speed heh.

Well done, and I look forward to hearing about it in action

Lovely!

Mad.. wrote:

StolleMan wrote:
Should be finished painting tomorrow. Will post pictures when I'm done. It has been a huge undertaking so I'm pretty proud of what I've achieved in a limited time frame.

Looking forward to seeing the painting results

And Jasper76... Zoanthrope are at $48 mark in New Zealand, so we face something similar to our Aussie cousins.

Lets see here $48NZD = $38USD $41AUS = $36USD Guess that's what we get for living on giant islands?

Not to mention having an unfair proportion of the world supply of pretty girls!

Great painting and fast too!

Thanks everyone for all of the encouraging words!

I caved in and bought a zoanthrope today



I also painted up these guys.





He's in for a world of hurt methinks.

Tomorrow is the big day, 3 games against 3 different armies. I will let you all know how I go.

Man, it's amazing how good your minis look in so little time. I'm very impressed!

You're actually inspiring me to work more on my boys, so thanks for that.

Good luck with your games tomorrow, hope you have fun!

Only had time for 2 games in the end. I actually won both! The first was against a Inquisitor/Grey Knight alliance with 3 Dreadknights and the second was against Guard with heaps of Stormtroopers.

The Genestealers were as underwhelming as everyone promised and I was definitely light on synapse. I have to go away for work for 4 weeks, but when I get back I reckon I will be adding another Zoanthrope and a Mawloc to replace the Genestealers and Broodlord.

Heh, that IG soldiers day is about to get pretty messy... nice work on the ripper unit!

Nice to win two games even with an underwhelming unit, I still love genestealers, and if they ever make it into assault its fun times, shame they very rarely get there now days.

I still take a brood when I am playing my brothers Tau, purely because he fears them so much due to one game where they tore through his troops. Probably helps that I keep talking about them to keep the fear alive

Haha....that Ripper base is awesome!

Thanks guys/girls.

My revised list:

HQ

Winged Hive Tyrant

ELITES

2 x Venomthrope

2 x Zoanthrope

TROOPS

20 x Hormagaunt

20 x Hormagaunt

30 x Termagant

Tervigon

FAST ATTACK

10 x Gargoyle

HEAVY SUPPORT

3 x Carnifex w/ 2 TL Devourers

Mawloc

I'm happy with it, the main issue I see myself having is with high AV targets. The Hive Tyrant is the man but he can't be everywhere at once and is only S6 with his devourers...

Electroshock grubs..... thorax weapon for your hive tyrant. Is 10 points, haywire template weapon.

Will help you out with the anti tank issue. Could even slap one on your Tervigon as well.

Nids struggle with high AV. Electroshock grubs can help.

Also, if you can get them there, your Carnifexes should be able to rip apart some heavy armor in CC with S9.

And the Zoanthropes can hurt heavy armor with Warp Blast / Lance profile.

The only issue I see with the Grubs is they can only take 1 HP per turn and it may mean that I can't fire the TL Devourers at a different unit. It didn't occur to me that having 2 Zoanthropes with their warp blast will be quite dangerous to tanks... I should be able to use them to limit the movement of enemy Landraiders and such.

I'm not really aiming to get my Carnifexes into combat, but they can be used as a backup plan.

Thanks for the replies!

Well I got back a couple of weeks ago and played two games with this list:


+++ Tyranids (1750pts) +++

++ Tyranids: Codex (2014) (Combined Arms Detachment) ++

+ HQ +

Hive Tyrant [Electroshock Grubs, Prehensile Pincer Tail, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Wings]

+ Elites +

Venomthrope Brood [2x Venomthrope]

Zoanthrope Brood [3x Zoanthrope]

+ Troops +

Hormagaunt Brood [20x Hormagaunt]

Hormagaunt Brood [20x Hormagaunt]

Termagant Brood [30x Fleshborer Termagant]

Tervigon (*30 termagants) [Crushing Claws, Electroshock Grubs, Regeneration, Stinger Salvo, The Norn Crown]

+ Fast Attack +

Gargoyle Brood [10x Gargoyle]

+ Heavy Support +

Carnifex Brood
····Carnifex [Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms]
····Carnifex [Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms]
····Carnifex [Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms, Twin-linked Devourer with Brainleech Worms]

Mawloc

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It went really well but the mawloc didn't go so great. I'm sure I'm not using him right. He mishapped and died during the first game, then mishapped on game 2 and my opponent placed him in the corner out of synapse range where he ran off the table.

The Hive Tyrant performed amazingly as usual!

I'm loving the Tyranids a lot, I feel I am far more proactive with so many models on the table and I am able to control the battle a lot more than I am able to achieve with my Blood Angels (just came back from 3 losses with them today).

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 jasper76 wrote:

StolleMan wrote:
It went really well but the mawloc didn't go so great. I'm sure I'm not using him right. He mishapped and died during the first game, then mishapped on game 2 and my opponent placed him in the corner out of synapse range where he ran off the table.

How exactly did the Mawloc mishap occur? I was under the impression if you landed on top of any units, you did your large blast earthquake damage, then if you can't place the Mawloc, the earthquake strikes again, and if you still can't place the Mawloc, it goes back into reserves. Did you scatter off the table or into impassable terrain?

If after the 2nd blast he still can't be placed it then mishaps. But there is a decent chance that mishap will put him into reserves again.

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So I was deinitely wrong about the Mawloc Terror from the Deep rule...not sure where I got that. I've deleted the bad info.

Yeah, in game one he scattered into a building and in game 2 he still couldn't be placed after 2 rounds of large blast damage. How do people use him effectively?

Using a few lictors can stop scatter.

I think you got fairly unlucky however with the mishap rolls.

If you want to start small, then get a mainly troop army. Then, once you get to around 1300 points, start adding stuff like (but not limited to) Heirophants, Harridans, Carnifexes, Zoans, Neuros, and Venoms, Crones, Warriors, guard, and other big models for best 3000 - 4000 beast army.