500pt list please help

[Bee]

I have a £100 budget, including the codex, so it is more like £80. And with that budget I need a 500pt army for fighting space marines.

[purestrain]

Jan 4, 2022 16:13:05 GMT Bee said:

I have a £100 budget, including the codex, so it is more like £80. And with that budget I need a 500pt army for fighting space marines.

Its going to cost half of that for one monster. you do know you're playing 40k right?

[Bee]

Jan 4, 2022 16:34:59 GMT purestrain said:

Jan 4, 2022 16:13:05 GMT Bee said:

I have a £100 budget, including the codex, so it is more like £80. And with that budget I need a 500pt army for fighting space marines.

Its going to cost half of that for one monster. you do know you're playing 40k right?

Yes I do realise first hand models directly from GW cost alot. However second hand warhammer stuff is cheaper, also discounted stores would mean cheaper models

[purestrain]

Jan 4, 2022 17:00:45 GMT Bee said:

Jan 4, 2022 16:34:59 GMT purestrain said:

Its going to cost half of that for one monster. you do know you're playing 40k right?

Yes I do realise first hand models directly from GW cost alot. However second hand warhammer stuff is cheaper, also discounted stores would mean cheaper models

If you can swing it a cheapy hq like neurothrope and some hive guard will go a long way, get some fleshborer gants and maybe a warrior pack for their synaptic link, perhaps an exocrine.

[terminatoruk]

Might be a hard stretch as others have said - can you get away with 'electronic rule copies' rather than physical to save yourself some budget for more models?

There's a good chance our next Codex will arrive at some point this year so I'd say the current 2017 / 8th edition one is a poor investment anyway.

If it helps, I've made a very basic 500pt list I'm taking to a beginner's league as follows - literally nothing gamey here - this could be made from x2 boxes of Termagants, the Zoanthropes box (proxy one Zoanthrope as a Neurothrope for now) and x2 boxes of Tyranid Warriors.

Edit: I've just priced it out on Waylandgames.co.uk and it comes to £115.28 - slightly over your budget but pretty solid core choices that can be used in many lists.


++ Battalion Detachment 0CP (Tyranids) [25 PL, 1CP, 499pts] ++

+ Configuration [3CP] +

Battle Size [3CP]: 1. Combat Patrol (0-50 Total PL / 0-500 Points) [3CP]

Detachment Command Cost

Hive Fleet: Leviathan

+ Stratagems [-1CP] +

Bounty of the Hive Fleet [-1CP]: 1 Extra Bio-artefact [-1CP]

+ HQ [10 PL, -1CP, 190pts] +

Neurothrope [5 PL, -1CP, 95pts]: Claws and Teeth, Power: Onslaught, Power: Smite, Relic: Resonance Barb, Stratagem: Alpha Leader-Beast [-1CP], Warlord, Warlord Trait: Swarm Leader

Neurothrope [5 PL, 95pts]: Claws and Teeth, Power: Catalyst, Power: Psychic Scream, Power: Smite, Relic: The Void Crown

+ Troops [15 PL, 309pts] +

Termagants [3 PL, 60pts]
. 5x Termagant (Devourer) [35pts]: 5x Devourer [10pts]
. 5x Termagant (Fleshborer) [25pts]: 5x Fleshborer

Termagants [3 PL, 60pts]
. 5x Termagant (Devourer) [35pts]: 5x Devourer [10pts]
. 5x Termagant (Fleshborer) [25pts]: 5x Fleshborer

Tyranid Warriors [9 PL, 189pts]: Synaptic Link: Bioweapon Bond [1 PL, 15pts]
. Adaptive Physiology: Enhanced Resistance
. Tyranid Warrior [26pts]: Deathspitter [6pts], Lash Whip and Bonesword [3pts]
. Tyranid Warrior [26pts]: Deathspitter [6pts], Lash Whip and Bonesword [3pts]
. Tyranid Warrior [26pts]: Deathspitter [6pts], Lash Whip and Bonesword [3pts]
. Tyranid Warrior [26pts]: Deathspitter [6pts], Lash Whip and Bonesword [3pts]
. Tyranid Warrior (Bio-cannon) [35pts]: Boneswords [3pts], Venom Cannon [15pts]
. Tyranid Warrior (Bio-cannon) [35pts]: Boneswords [3pts], Venom Cannon [15pts]

++ Total: [25 PL, 1CP, 499pts] ++


- Two Neuro's spam out mortal wounds, keep catalyst + onslaught (when required) on the warriors
- The void crown-neuro can perform psychic secondaries whilst being able to cast other powers - can use strat to cast another power (Power of the Hive Mind)
- The res barb neuro can cast 2 powers and use the strat to know all the psychic powers on the field (Synaptic Channelling) to cast a 3rd power borrowed from the other neuro (probably psychic scream)
- This neuro also applies the swarm leader re-rolls to the warriors
- Warriors use Bio-weapon bond on themselves - with catalyst, swarm leader re-rolls and onslaught, this is a pretty solid anchor for the army in a 500pt game for midfield control
- The two Termagant squads secure other objectives and provide a little shooting

[wound]

I would say go to something like troll trader try to find a good deal on a tyrant and a wariior and whatever +3w stuff you can find cheaply. Exocrine or hive guards would be ideal but if your friend is also scravenging marines anything will do i would just avoid a trygon/tyranocyte as you have no use for those.

[Bee]

Thanks for the suggestions, I will be going with terminatoruk's suggestion.