Warrior suggestions please.

[princeyg]

Hi all!

I have not spent a lot on models recently due to life being, well, life but as it is my Bday on the 8th I have decided to treat myself to some warriors. 2 boxes thereof.

My collection of nids is mostly based on large units of the little guys with monster support, and aside from a few lictors I have little experience of usng the mid sized bugs.

I currently own 1 unit of three warriors (2 deathspitters, 1 venom cannon and scy tals because when i bought them they did not have such fancy things as boneswords).

I am looking at a number of options for these guys and would appreciate any feedback.

Option 1: 1 unit as above and 1 unit of 6 with venom cannons, deathspitters and boneswords/lashwhip+bonesword
Option 2: 3 units of 3 as above
Option 3: 1 massive unit of 9?
Option 4: 1 unit of 3 as above, 1 unit of 5 with venom cannon, deathspitters, boneswords/lashwhip+bonesword and a prime.


Of these, what would you recommend? (I should note that I have yet to play a game of 9th ed)

These guys will mostly be used to hold objectives (and babysit the backfield stuff) so do you think lashwhips may be better than paired boneswords?

I was tempted by a big single unit because of BoB stuff, but reading the missions am starting to feel multiple units is the way to go.

[iniquity]

Magnetise everything and just keep everything in a box with a "warriors" label.

guide: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFWvBgGU9gg

Pro tip, scratch your magnets so you can keep the polarity the same for every model / weapon so you dont end up searching for specific weapons.

[princeyg]

Yeah, that's the option I forgot

[N.I.B.]

Non-Tyranid players don't usually care how Tyranids are modelled. But you should keep track on any outliers like Venom cannon models.
Imo Lashwhips are a no-brainer and I wouldn't run double Boneswords for that reason. Deathspitters for everyone except the VC dudes.
I currently run a single 5-model unit with a VC and Deathspitters for the rest. Lashwhips.
When I go with maxed units of 9 I run 6 DS/LW and 3 VC/LW. Usually in Leviathan.

[infornography]

I would go option 4. That gives you a minimum sized unit with good guns and a stronger unit with also good melee.
I like to hide a couple of double bonesword guys in with the lashwhips personally. Usually the ones with Venom Cannons because they would be the last ones I remove anyway. Gives a bit of extra punch at a slight gamble. Yeah, you get nothing if they get wiped out, but if those last one or two models live, they swing an extra time each. YMMV.

While normally I am a proponent of magnets, I have come to the conclusion over the years that non-character infantry are too tedious to magnetize. I might magnetize the prime but not the rest. Keep in mind, when you magnetize all those arm options, when it comes time to paint, you have to paint that many extra arms too. :-)

[princeyg]

Sorry ts been a while, thanks for all the replies, I went with lashwips/boneswords and in the end I did make one a prime(I reasoned that its barely any different in looks to a normal warrior apart from bigger shoulders so I could tchnically just say he is a warrior if I wanted to try a big unit of 9)

I found an old spare venomthrope so i re-weaponed the original 3 as well, using spare boneswords from my new boxes and making lashwhips out venomthrope tentacles (it also means I have a nicer variety of whip poses, though practicality of transporting some of these hadn't occurred to me )

[nidzy]

Sept 16, 2020 15:29:03 GMT princeyg said:

Sorry ts been a while, thanks for all the replies, I went with lashwips/boneswords and in the end I did make one a prime(I reasoned that its barely any different in looks to a normal warrior apart from bigger shoulders so I could tchnically just say he is a warrior if I wanted to try a big unit of 9)

I found an old spare venomthrope so i re-weaponed the original 3 as well, using spare boneswords from my new boxes and making lashwhips out venomthrope tentacles (it also means I have a nicer variety of whip poses, though practicality of transporting some of these hadn't occurred to me )

I used the venomthrope box to make some right hand whips using right hand arms from spine fists and I love how they look!

[infornography]

I swear one of these days GW is going to make spinefists worth something and suddenly all the spinefists that have been thrown away or converted will cause tears to be shed.

[purestrain]

Sept 16, 2020 21:54:18 GMT infornography said:

I swear one of these days GW is going to make spinefists worth something and suddenly all the spinefists that have been thrown away or converted will cause tears to be shed.

I'm super thick headed and still have about 12 full spinefists sprues...

I hope you are right lol.

[infornography]

Sept 16, 2020 22:36:10 GMT purestrain said:

Sept 16, 2020 21:54:18 GMT infornography said:

I swear one of these days GW is going to make spinefists worth something and suddenly all the spinefists that have been thrown away or converted will cause tears to be shed.

I'm super thick headed and still have about 12 full spinefists sprues...

I hope you are right lol.

Same here, I half wonder why they even bother to keep the option around. They have been almost worthless for as long as I have played.

At one point they were okay on rippers I guess ;-)

[hivefleetkerrigan]

I feel like we need a tyranid kitbaah that's like a milipede, but instead of tons of legs it's got boatloads of spinefists.