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Hi Dakka Forums!

New WH40K player, looking into getting into the hobby and starting out small various 500 point armies to learn the game, paint, customise and just have some general fun playing.

Currently, I am only looking at building a small 500 point force as stated above in the Patrol Detachment configuration. And add later points to armies as I go!

So I've been looking into the Tyranids as a starting army and I have made a list with the help of BattleScribe to get started, as a new player not really sure what I should be looking for, etc. So hoping some of you could assist me and help point me in the right direction to create a small Tyranid force that is fun and somewhat competitive.

Not sure how effective this list would be, it makes sense in my mind. But I do feel like there could be something missing or changed for better. So here goes!

== Tyranid 500 Point List (32PL) ==
Patrol Detachment

Hive Fleet: Kronos
Abilities: Bio-Barrage / Hive Fleet Adaptations

== HQ ==
x1 Neurothrope 4PL 90pts
Relic: Resonance Barb
Psychic Power: Smite / Catalyst
Warlord Trait: Sunaptic Lynchpin
Abilities: Shadow in the Warp / Spirit Leech / Synapse / Warp Field / Warp Siphon

== Troops ==
x14 Hormagaunts 6PL 70pts (Scything Talons)
Abilities: Bounding Leap / Hungering Swarm / Instinctive Behaviour

x15 Termagants 6PL 60pts (Fleshborers)
Abilities: Hail of Living Ammunition / Instinctive Behaviour

x3 Tyranid Warriors 5PL 71pts (Deathspitter, 1x Lashwhip & Bonesword, 2x Scything Talons)
Abilities: Shadow in the Warp / Synapse

== Elities ==
x3 Hive Guard 7PL 129pts (Impaler Cannon)
Abilities: Instinctive Behaviour

== Heavy Support ==
x2 Biovores 4PL 80pts (Spore Mine Launcher)
Abilities: Floating Death / Instincitve Behaviour / Living Bombs

What do you guys think? Improvements?

I forgot to mention that the paint scheme for this Tyranid force will be xenomorph inspired, with some purple/pink to the soft tissue parts, lime green to the acidic parts, silver for claws / teeth and black and dark blueish for the armour parts with some slime effects!