Hive Fleet Tenebris

[nekronuke]

The girlfriend decided to show me what she got me for my birthday before my birthday, to see if she got the right paints. I'm getting my first 'gaunts

And so the first Tyranids of Hive Fleet Tenebris surface

My eventual Fleet:
1x Swarmlord
6x Carnifex
60x gaunts
60x gants
20x Genestealers
1x Mawloc
2x tervigon
2x Tyrant Guard
4x Hive Guard
4x pyrovore
3x Zoanthrope
1x Doom of Malan'tai
4x Warriors
1x Parasite of Mortrex
20x gargoyles
1x Harridan/harpy
5x Rippers

Anything else i should add?

[bloodborne]

that is quite a bit...

Looks at the very least to be 4500 points worth, depending on upgrades (and points for harridan) Personally, I'd add in more warriors, if you're intent on messing around with diffrent units at least. past that, looks like a good basis for experimentation, that's just my opinion though, but then I also say have fun with it.

[fnorrll]

Trygons. 2. And another Tervigon.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

4x pyrovore

Don't go there. Just don't.

[avsimone]

everyone likes the trygons and tervigons. I understand that they are a great unit but are they really that great? I have no experience with them so I can't really say but I do have experience with drop pods/mycetic spores and I highly recommend that you use 1-3 for your fexes to get them in close combat soon.

[fnorrll]

May 25, 2012 1:47:43 GMT avsimone said:

I do have experience with drop pods/mycetic spores and I highly recommend that you use 1-3 for your fexes to get them in close combat soon.

OR: take trygons and tervigons instead, because

May 25, 2012 1:47:43 GMT avsimone said:

everyone likes the trygons and tervigons. I understand that they are a great unit but are they really that great?

Yes. They are. Trygons are great units which can be fitted into a list. But tervigons are exceptional units.

Fexes on the other hand arent great (yes, i love them too, i have 6 of them...but i rarely use them).

[demoric]

May 25, 2012 1:23:23 GMT Inquisitor Stingray said:

4x pyrovore

Don't go there. Just don't.

If you do get the pyrovores get them because you like the model and use them as counts-as biovores.

[nekronuke]

modified my list a bit. i may get more warriors, but the general consensus for my strategy is: Outflank with the >12 charge on the second turn from genestealers, and steamroll the middle with c-fexes, and 'gants. Swarmlord will target their leader, while a dakkafex hammers the tanks. Two tyrant guards soak up the damage for the swarmlord as he makes his way through the battlefield, and mawloc(x1/x2) eats infantry and pushes tanks around. \\

Probably bring some spinefist/toxin sacs rippers, because they'll be underestimated.