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My local game store is having a complete your army contest. Goal is to start off with 750 points and paint it over the next month. For 3 months, we have to paint up 750 points, with judging being on where the figures started, and how much progress you made. Once the progress is judged, we play for fun.

This is my first 40K list in a loooong time, but I'm thinking for my first 750 points of Tyranids:

20 Hormaguants (toxin sacs, without number - 300 points
12 Genestealers (toxin sacs) - 228 points
3 Warriors as my HQ (1 x toxin sac, venon cannon, scything talons, 2 x toxin sacs, deathspitters, scything talons) - 113 points
1 Dakkafex (2 x twin linked devourers, toxin, enhanced senses) - 119

Alternatively, I can replace the 3 warriors with a Tyrant.

The plan would be to screen with the gaunts, with a wave of stealers behind it and the heavies/HQ behind.

Ifurita wrote:20 Hormaguants (toxin sacs, without number - 300 points
12 Genestealers (toxin sacs) - 228 points
3 Warriors as my HQ (1 x toxin sac, venon cannon, scything talons, 2 x toxin sacs, deathspitters, scything talons) - 113 points
1 Dakkafex (2 x twin linked devourers, toxin, enhanced senses) - 119

Alternatively, I can replace the 3 warriors with a Tyrant.

The plan would be to screen with the gaunts, with a wave of stealers behind it and the heavies/HQ behind.

Couple of things...

1.I don't think hormies can have WoN. Gaunts can but you have to keep the other costs below 8 to do it.
2.I would run extended carapace on the genestealers... just to keep their numbers up. It makes you bolterproof.
3.With 5th Ed, I personnally like the blastweapons... so I would dump the TL devourers and the VC for barbed stranglers... for anti-vehicle work make your fex multi-purpose. They auto drop but scatter and enemy cover is judged based on the pin hole.
4. Scuttle... the world loves scuttling... this qualifies you for flank march.
How about...

20 Spinegaunts - Toxin Sacs, Spinefist, Without Number 220 or 20 Fleshborer, Scuttle, Without Number 220
11 Genestealers - Ext Carapace, Scuttle, Talons, Hooks 308
3 Tyrannid Warriors - Toxin Sac, Talon, Ext Carapace 2x Deathspitter, 1 x Strangler
1 Carnifex- Talons, Strangler 113

The spinegaunts are Str 4 so decent in HTH. The fleshborers with scuttle would be 6" closer to the enemy and I find that puts many ill at ease to have fleet of claw bugs within 12" of them on the first turn. (I just can't understand why people don't like it.)
I lost one genestealer and pumped them up for survival with carapace and scuttle but adding the talons gives each an extra attack instead so you actually go from 24 attacks up to 33 so fair trade. I think the only change on the warriors was to lose the Str 7 venom cannon for a large blast 4 Str strangler. I put the talons and strangler on the fex. One big Str 8 blast and extra attacks when you get up close. If you got points, you can ad enhanced senses and spine back and get a few more shots before you charge in. I would also be tempted to get the carapace on the carnifex... Nothing says I love you like a 6 toughness monstrous creature with AC2.

If you like the hormagaunts...why not just try the all-out gribbly HTH.

20 hormagaunts - Toxin Sacs
11 Genestealers
3 Tyrannid Warriors - Toxin, Carapace, Talons, Claws, Leaping
1 Carnifex -

DAaddict wrote:

Ifurita wrote:20 Hormaguants (toxin sacs, without number - 300 points
12 Genestealers (toxin sacs) - 228 points
3 Warriors as my HQ (1 x toxin sac, venon cannon, scything talons, 2 x toxin sacs, deathspitters, scything talons) - 113 points
1 Dakkafex (2 x twin linked devourers, toxin, enhanced senses) - 119

Alternatively, I can replace the 3 warriors with a Tyrant.

The plan would be to screen with the gaunts, with a wave of stealers behind it and the heavies/HQ behind.

Couple of things...

1.I don't think hormies can have WoN. Gaunts can but you have to keep the other costs below 8 to do it.

Almost right, it's 8 points OR less, not less then 8 points. And only gaunts without number, not Hormagaunt variants.

Auretious Taak.

Ah, will adjust the list. Fairly new at this.

With an escalation 750 league you could build it up like they describe a tyrannid assault.


1 Brood Lord: 90 pts extended carapace. 90
6 Retinue Stealers: Carapace, Talons, Fleshhooks. 150

1 Lictor: 80 320

6 Stealers as above with Scuttle 168
6 Stealers 168 336


1 Ravener: Devourer, Talons. 50
The rest in spore mines

Hehe everything scuttles, infiltrates or deep strikes.