Salvaging an Army from Ancient Times

[rawbzilla]

Hello all! First time posting here because a loooong time ago (almost 20 years now) I had two separate friends give me parts of a Tyranid army. I was recently getting back into 40k and noticed that a lot of the Tyranid stuff was the same! So I was hoping everyone could help me out. I was going to try and see what I had and what I can make now out of it, and still be effective. I would like to have a 2,000 pt army I could use without having to buy too much!

Currently what I have is: (Note these are all models from 3rd/4th Edition)
30 Termagaunts
42 Miscellaneous Gaunts (No weapons/claws glued yet)
6 Tyranid Warriors
36 Genestealers
2 Lictors
2 Zoanthrope
5 Ripper Swarms
3 Biovore w/ 6 little mines
3 Tyrant Guard
1 Red Terror

My first thought was to get a Neurothrope and a 3rd Zoanthrope so I could run a squad of 3 without Force Org Slot, and then maybe a Hive Tyrant so I could run the Tyrant Guard. I know the Red Terror no longer is in the Codex, but I was thinking of just running it as a Parasite of Mortrex?

But ya, that's pretty much what I got in mind - not sure on what Hive Fleet or powers or any of that stuff. Not opposed to looking at GSC either since I like that army, but any help from anyone would be great. From viable army lists/strats to good things to buy.

PS. I read that Genestealers kinda suck right now, but I still wouldn't mind running a bunch just because I own so damn many lol!

[piersonsmuppet]

Your purchase plan is solid, and likely to carry over as decent purchases for the upcoming 10E release. Red Terror might work as a PoM, but it is quite narrow so I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't allowed at tournaments (if that is your goal).

Genestealers can work well in Gorgon and Behemoth, so those could be fleets you could try running. They pair well with a Tyrant giving them rr1's and +1 to-hit (WLT) and either fleet's psychic power. Behemoth does give them fight on death as well. Either fleet also likes to use Hormagaunts with Swarm Lord's full rr hits. The 2x Lictors are decent in either fleet and provide good scoring bodies since they can't be shot from far away if in cover and have access to deepstrike throughout the game.

[rawbzilla]

Awesome. Someone else suggested a Tervigon and using a brick of 30 Termagaunts. They also were saying Behemoth or Gorgon, but I think I am leaning toward Gorgon for now? It's hard to say, will probably try both out, and make the most of my misc. gaunts as Hormagaunts. I probably need 25-30 of them at least eh?

[piersonsmuppet]

Gorgon likes 2x 15-man Horm units at a minimum. Toxin sacs are very nice with Swarm Lord and the strat to fish for 5+ hits. Don’t run TS without SL though, keep em plain as another target for the rr1’s, +1 to hit, and fleet power (avg 6mws with the buff stack). GS will work as 8-10 man squads, though I’d bring just 1-2 of em.

[afewveiws]

The most genestealers you can run is 30 (3*10).
I find units of 5 are easy enough to deploy far out and still be mostly hidden but has to be careful what they charge, where as units of 10 become really hard to keep alive unless you go first but will shred most things they get to charge.