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I'm going against the popular opinion and say it is a good box. Sure it isn't for someone that already has swarms of termagants, but from the pov of someone starting to play Tyranids, a lot of termagants, rippers, warriors and a HT is a pretty decent starting point.

 Tyran wrote:
I'm going against the popular opinion and say it is a good box. Sure it isn't for someone that already has swarms of termagants, but from the pov of someone starting to play Tyranids, a lot of termagants, rippers, warriors and a HT is a pretty decent starting point.

True. And it didn't occur to me until just now that you'd really need 3 Gant boxes to make a legal Ripper squad, so it's not surprising that's how many are in there.

 Tyran wrote:
I'm going against the popular opinion and say it is a good box. Sure it isn't for someone that already has swarms of termagants, but from the pov of someone starting to play Tyranids, a lot of termagants, rippers, warriors and a HT is a pretty decent starting point.

The tyrant is fine. The rippers and warriors feel a bit token (though in the case of the rippers, that's unavoidable). 24 termagants and a unit of anything else would have felt worlds better, though. Even a half/half split with hormagaunts. (though I'll admit to being happy at not seeing genestealers)

 DarkStarSabre wrote:
That...is a horrible combat patrol. No variety in it at all.

1 Tyrant.
1 Warrior Brood.
3 Termagant Broods.

Absolutely horrible. Mindnumbingly so.

GW releases varied ork combat patrol. Players complain too varied. GW releases less varied tyranid box. Too little variety. Damned either way


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 Tyran wrote:
I'm going against the popular opinion and say it is a good box. Sure it isn't for someone that already has swarms of termagants, but from the pov of someone starting to play Tyranids, a lot of termagants, rippers, warriors and a HT is a pretty decent starting point.

And this is aimed for people starting tyranids anyway

Literal snoozefest.

I didn't consider the ripper squad, in what other kits is one to fill the unit of 3?
Otherwise it would be much better if they swap one terma box with either hormagaunts or gargoyles to have some variety

You should get 7 rippers per termagaunt box. 3 on the body sprues, 4 on the weapon option ones. Assuming my memory is right.

Don’t think you get any on the tyrant sprues, or the warrior one.

So this box should yield 21 of the little biters. I put 3 on a base, which would get you 7. Depends how thin you want to stretch them out, but 2x3 base squads is doable, especiif you use some large chunks as base fillers.

It's a boring combat patrol but I'd argue a useful one, it'll be the easiest and cheapest way to build a gaunt horde, which is likely some people's barrier to entry for nids.

That box is, as the zoomers call it, dummy thicc.

Seems like a good starting point to a new player's collection while being quite unappealing to veterans, which I imagine is the sweet spot for GW.

I like it, but I think I am the target demographic for it as I want to start a nid army and this will form the core, I will buy 2 of these which is 6 gant units, 2 tyrants, 6 warriors and some rippers, then I can just add whatever I want.

Yeah, I think that's a decent starter box.

It's just that the dream of new gaunts that won't put newbies off from building those awful heads is dead.

So with the current rules thats 1 HQ, 3 troop units( one at 30 frigging models )...

I have the feeling that Warriors will be returning to elite duty and rippers to fast attack.

Box is a huge miss for me, no interest in Termagants (would prefer Hormagaunts), wouldn't have minded so much if there wasn't 36 of them in the box, a little more variety would have been nice.

Meanwhile I'm here thinking that with the rumors regarding fleshborers, maybe I want 36 fleshborer gants.

I'd have thought it would be a bit more fun to have some hormagaunts along with the termagaunts; however at the same time having 2 of one and 1 of the other can mean you end up with too few to make them work on their own. So 3 blocks means a single big block of termagaunts that you know will work


It's actually a set that is worth buying several times for new people; which goes in the face of many of these newer sets which are more of a 1-2 purchase whlist this could easily be 3-4 or more (esp if you don't magnetize all the tyrants)

I think this is an okay Combat Patrol. Not exciting or anything, and definitely geared to swarm style of play, but if that's your bag, it's a very repeatable purchase with some decent savings. If I ever revisit my old nids I'd definitely want 1-2 of these boxes.

 Nevelon wrote:
You should get 7 rippers per termagaunt box. 3 on the body sprues, 4 on the weapon option ones. Assuming my memory is right.

And assuming they don't leave out the alt weapon sprues to fit those 36 Gants. I could totally see them doing that to keep costs down.

SamusDrake wrote:
So with the current rules thats 1 HQ, 3 troop units( one at 30 frigging models )...

I have the feeling that Warriors will be returning to elite duty and rippers to fast attack.

Doubtful on the Warriors, as it would mean Crusher Stampede wouldn't be playable anymore.

It's an okay Combat Patrol, would have certainly bought three of 'em if I was starting out.

I'm just glad that a Tyranid "starter" actual has gaunts in it. Though I would have provided a bit more variety - say 2 termagants, 1 set of hormagaunts.

The box highlights how boring the models are by todays standards.

Waiting to see the new models before giving up on waiting for relevant design revamp.

Its been too long with these goofy minis.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
You should get 7 rippers per termagaunt box. 3 on the body sprues, 4 on the weapon option ones. Assuming my memory is right.

And assuming they don't leave out the alt weapon sprues to fit those 36 Gants. I could totally see them doing that to keep costs down.

Ooof good call there.

Not even painting to a different fleet colours scheme.... Argh

You know the models are dated but with a fresh brush work they could still spark some interest.

 NAVARRO wrote:
Not even painting to a different fleet colours scheme.... Argh

You know the models are dated but with a fresh brush work they could still spark some interest.

Poster boy gonna poster boy. They are the Ultramarines of bugs.

And stupidly easy to do with contrast paints.

So no model preview this Monday? Just a codex cover? Lame

As monotonous as it is to make and paint 36 models (especially old models), I really don’t think painting them will be challenging for new players. Tyranids don’t have many intricate details and contrast paints will make it much easier.

This reminds me of the old pre start collecting starter box.

Just with a hive tyrant instead of a carnifex and 3 lots of termagants instead 1 of each termagant, hormagaunt and genestealer.

Eh? They’re cool models and I still like mine. Hyperbolic hate refresh seems a bit much. They are serviceable and characterful enough. The box contains what I field as min Termagants most games. I don’t actually see any problems, other than only 3 Warriors and their cost in boxes of 3 if you want more. It’s a solid start to a horde army tbh.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
You should get 7 rippers per termagaunt box. 3 on the body sprues, 4 on the weapon option ones. Assuming my memory is right.

And assuming they don't leave out the alt weapon sprues to fit those 36 Gants. I could totally see them doing that to keep costs down.

Has any SC/CP left sprues out from kits? Don't recall any example. Assembly instructions yes(irritating), sprues no.

tneva82 wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
You should get 7 rippers per termagaunt box. 3 on the body sprues, 4 on the weapon option ones. Assuming my memory is right.

And assuming they don't leave out the alt weapon sprues to fit those 36 Gants. I could totally see them doing that to keep costs down.

Has any SC/CP left sprues out from kits? Don't recall any example. Assembly instructions yes(irritating), sprues no.

I don’t think so?

We know there are going to be at least some of the weapon upgrade sprues, as 1/3 of the guys on the cover have spinefists. Technically they could stop there, which would let you split the box into 1/3 spinefist, 1/3 devourer, 1/3 fleshborer. And end up with less rippers. This would be less than ideal, and not let you build a uniform horde.

I think the assumption is that we will get enough for everyone, but people can add salt/pessimism as needed. With GW, anything could happen, so I’d not rule it out. Just consider it unlikely.

 Nevelon wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
You should get 7 rippers per termagaunt box. 3 on the body sprues, 4 on the weapon option ones. Assuming my memory is right.

And assuming they don't leave out the alt weapon sprues to fit those 36 Gants. I could totally see them doing that to keep costs down.

Has any SC/CP left sprues out from kits? Don't recall any example. Assembly instructions yes(irritating), sprues no.

I don’t think so?

We know there are going to be at least some of the weapon upgrade sprues, as 1/3 of the guys on the cover have spinefists. Technically they could stop there, which would let you split the box into 1/3 spinefist, 1/3 devourer, 1/3 fleshborer. And end up with less rippers. This would be less than ideal, and not let you build a uniform horde.

I think the assumption is that we will get enough for everyone, but people can add salt/pessimism as needed. With GW, anything could happen, so I’d not rule it out. Just consider it unlikely.

I think its quite likely that all options are still on the box for everyone. Unless GW goes out of its way to piss nid collectors even more.

Wow... that is a really gak Combat Patrol.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Wording matters. They had the art but the announcement was done in such a way that it could have very well been simply announcing the next Xenos book. We already knew Chaos was due for a new book, what with them having been the other half in Eldritch Omens...and GW actually having said that they're getting one in 2022.

Oh my God Kan. You were wrong. Just admit it and stop trying to make weaselly excuses.