New player, ~1500pt army help

[illemortem]

Greetings all,

Brand new to 40,000, and I decided I wanted to play nids for my first army. I'd like people opinions on the list, I know it needs work but this is about 2 hours after me reading the codex.


Hive Tyrant (Regen, toxic sacs, hive command, Unimaginable horror,flying) 1
Tervigon (Regen Catalyst) 2
Gargoyle (Toxin gland, adrenal gland) 20
Doom of Malan'tai 1
Termagant Brood (toxin, Adrenalin) 10
Genestealer Brood 9
Broodmaster 1
Lictor 1
Mycetic Spore 2
Guard Brood 1

I thought I'd use the Doom in a spore, and maybe one of my Tervigons. I'm worried about enough control. I'm also unsure if the gargoyles will be as effective as I want them to be. I want to use them to take focus off the other units. Giving the oppenent something he has to focus on, even if it's not a kill shot.

The idea i was going for was an aggressive up front army with some deep strike ability. Also, I was trying to save myself some money. (I'd love to have carnifax, but the model is 50 and for that 50 i can get other models.)

My freind is playing space wolves, and my fiance is going to play Dark Eldar.

So how good bad is my list?
Thanks all.

[Rahab]

I'm no expert by any means, but here's my thoughts:

1) Don't take the Horror ability on the Tyrant. He'll be swooping a lot of the time and they can't assault him then, and anything that wants to get into close combat with him probably won't be deterred by a leadership test. I'd give him a shooting weapon, also, to really extend his threat range and give him something to do while swooping around.

I'd drop the toxin from him and use the points from Horror to take Old Adversary instead. It will help not just the tyrant but units he flys near as well.

2) Give the tervigon the toxin and adrenal gland if you want the termagants to have it; all the ones it hatches will get the ability too. Much better than just giving it to the one unit.

3) Since you have to purchase the mycetic spore for a specific unit, you should note which one has it in your list. The tervigon cannot go in a spore, but Doom of Malan'tai can and should. It'll say in the back of the codex which creatures can ride in one.

Losing one spore will save you some points; if you can't buy more models right now, give some upgrades to the tervigon, etc. with what you save.