Solid way to start 'nids

[housecawdor]

Raveners are interesting...
Something else that would help us is what opponents you expect to be facing, where, how many etc.
You can't really go wrong with a battleforce and tervigon, though I'd paint the gaunts and things before the bigger stuff. It helps to get your painting up to standard before you paint the bigger, centrepiece models.
Just ask my carnifex...

[Xantige]

May 27, 2012 20:32:11 GMT stripeybiovore said:

Okay, thanks everyone. So, Battleforce, Zoanthropes, Prime, Hive Guard, Tervigon. Got it. I'm curious though. Are Raveners any good?

In answer to your questions, Xantige, I'm a new player and painter, and whilst I have a bit of money I have no way of getting more so I want to spend it wisely. Hope this helps.

Sounds a lot like my situation. I honestly push you to practice some 500-750 point games with a borrowed nid army or paper discs cut to the same size as the models bases. Fiddle around and see how you like to play... find out if you prefer to swarm or bring in big bugs. See if you prefer to more reactive or aggressive... or... decide how you're going to play the game: competitively, or fun. If you care more about the visual looks of your army to whether your army will always win, then go with the models you think look best.

Either get a battleforce, or get some cheap stuff on ebay. If you skip the battleforce and go for ebay, pick up some gaunts, genestealers, a few warriors, and maybe some hive guard or zoanthropes. Get at least one warrior to be a prime, he's a cheap HQ that's better for smaller games. From there, proxy or use paper discs to try out new models.

[vecuu]

Listen to Xantige.

Head on down to your Local Game Store and talk to the employees there. If the one of employees themselves doesn't play Tyranids (which one does at my LGS), then they'll at least know who you can talk to about fiddling around with some bugs.

[Space is pretty big]

May 27, 2012 21:15:31 GMT housecawdor said:

Raveners are interesting...

Good way of putting it.

For now dodge them, they're glass hammers, or glass spec-ops depending on how you look at them. They need a lot of experience not to get them shot to bits.

Everyone else is right about the battle force.

[SpineLizard]

I'm a new tyranid player as well, but with my experience I find raveners good for sneaking up quickly into close combat. It's a good kit to have, as it comes with lots of extras for converting. But if I were you, I would go with gargoyles or mabye winged warriors (shrikes) for fast attack.