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Heyo,

I want to buy a small (500 point-ish) tyranid army for my boyfriend for his birthday. I recently started 40k and am still rather green, so I am not sure what the best option is. He has never played before, he likes space hulk ( specifically genestealers ), and I am trying to convince him to try out 40k with me. What do you think the best option is? Should I buy him a battle force? Or would it be better to buy him a couple of boxes of core units. And what are good core units to buy him for Tyranids if that is the case?

Thanks for any help, and sorry if this is the wrong place for this question.

Wait for January 16th, new Tyranid Codex comes out then.

n0t_u wrote:Wait for January 16th, new Tyranid Codex comes out then.

Ah right yeah I guess it is hard to know what are good models to get before it is out. ^^;;;;; Sorry.

If you want to get him into nids the best bet is the battleforce. It has the key units in it...Just don't glue the arms of the warriors on yet (since we aren't 100% sure which are the most effective).

Start with the Battleforce box set. Then in 2 weeks when the codex comes out he can start from there.