My tyranid army list

[Darmago]

Of all the models I have I drew together this 1k point list


HQ: Brood Lord with 7 stealer retinue, all with extended carapace 220
Elite: Lictor 80
1 brood of 3 warriors with 1venom cannon and 2 death spitters all with rending claws +sv +bs and +s 115

Troops
1 brood of 7 stealers with +sv 140
1 brood of 8 hormagaunts with +I and +s 104
1 brood of 9 gaunts w/ fleshborer and +s 81
1 brood of 8 gaunts w/ fleshborer 48

heavy support
1 zoantrhope w/ warp blast and synapse creature 65
1 carnifex (venom cannon barbed strangler +bs, +w, +sv, +t) 208 [ws3 bs3 s9 t7 w5 i1 a2 ld10 sv 2+]

Total 999

http://up.kupatrix.com/f/8/PICT0092.jpg

Look The venom cannon and the arm of the venom cannon on the same side, gasp! The barbed strangler on the other side should be easier to model because I won't have to alter the gun because it's supposed to go on that side

[singo]

Well, I have never played either with or against 'nids so this may not be the best advice you ever get, but that list looks a bit big gribbly heavy.

Dont 'nid armies traditionally have a bit more in the way of the hordes?

Not that there anything wrong with huge buggers with claws and big teeth of course...

[Darmago]

Well, I have never played either with or against 'nids so this may not be the best advice you ever get, but that list looks a bit big gribbly heavy.

Dont 'nid armies traditionally have a bit more in the way of the hordes?

Not that there anything wrong with huge buggers with claws and big teeth of course...

once you get into higher point ranges you run into nidzilla lists that have anywhere from three to eight carnifexes...

but This one uses every single model I have, so I just made it to fit.

[DarkMirror]

I'm sort of buying them for collection, and I have a pack of Tyranids, Termaguants I think. I like my paintjob for them, its rust red (Brownish) with semi-transparent orange for their amror. black highlights and gun, along with claws.

[Ragnarox]

once you get into higher point ranges you run into nidzilla lists that have anywhere from three to eight carnifexes...

So I guess those armies with more than three carnifexes would only be used when dealing with battle divisions? Because what is the point of having an army with eight carnifexes if you can only use three at maximum in an ordinary game?

[Giantfish]

Actually you can have 6 as the maximum. Carnifexes under 115 points can be counted as elites instead of heavy support.

[Ragnarox]

Actually you can have 6 as the maximum. Carnifexes under 115 points can be counted as elites instead of heavy support.

That's pretty neat, but if they did that, then they would have no warrior support and I'm going to make the assumption that a 115 point Carnifex is not as effective as a flexible warrior brood.

[Darmago]

That's pretty neat, but if they did that, then they would have no warrior support and I'm going to make the assumption that a 115 point Carnifex is not as effective as a flexible warrior brood.

Oh but they can be.

A 115 point carnifex can lay down 8 shots of bs3 s6 ap- at 12" with a reroll to hit and a reroll to wound. They're meanies.

Plus, in the point range we're talking about, they're cheaper than a flexible warrior brood.

And, if you really want warriors, you can stick wings on them and make them fast attack.

Carnifexes are heavy or elite, warriors are HQ or Elite or Fast Attack, Tyrants are HQ or Fast attack, yay tyranids.

Here's Army
http://up.kupatrix.com/f/8/PICT0099.jpg

Hormagaunts and a lictor(the silver one) in front on the left, with warriors behind them, then a column of termagaunts in the middle. Then Genestealers and a brood lord(silver) to the front right, with a zoanthrope(silver) and a carnifex to the back.

[kongurous]

I counter your Tyranids with... 2,000 points of Imperial Guard!

http://up.kupatrix.com/f//4/imperialguard.jpg

7 Chimeras, 1 Hellhound, Leman Russ Demolisher, standard Leman Russ, and a Leman Russ Vanquisher. Guardsman platoons and some heavy weapons teams as well.

EDIT: Go ahead and report this if you want, I just felt like showing off. <_<

[VigilanteV]

hahaha!

[singo]

Swish, with added tanks.

[Darmago]

http://up.kupatrix.com/f//8/PICT0103.jpg

Hive Fleet Räsvelg

[DarkMirror]

I hate you.
Mine look like shit next to that.

[Darmago]

I hate you.
Mine look like shit next to that.
Thats the first one I've ever painted :O I am flattered.

[Ktan]

MY advice would be on the red, to build up from brown. The paint looks quite thin and streaky. Get a coating of a darker colour, such as a brown over the black. Alternatively, you could use a red Foundation Paint from GW.

Also, remember, you will need multiple coats. Start from dark, make sure there is a good coverage and that this first colour is not streaky. Then layer up through the colours. Try to avoid bi splodges like on the eyes too.

Examples:
Ultramarines (my style)
Black Undercoat.
Midnight Blue.
Regal Blue, leaving vents and lines unpainted
Ultramarines Blue
Dilute wash of Blue Ink, perhaps followed by another highlight of UM Blue.

Tyranids Red Skin
Black Undercoat
Scorched Brown
Layer of Dark Flesh. There will be hardly and SB visible
Leaving some scant amounts Dark flesh visible, add Scab Red
Then, as a highlight, Red Gore
Possible ink down, depending on the effect. Either Flesh Wash, Blood Red or a 50/50 mix.

Tyranids can be a bitch to paint like this though, but if you want really good nids, it's worth the effort. I'm not sure what your brush technique is like, but make sure you use the right size for the job and take care of the brushes.

If I can, later, I'll try and get you some pictures of my Lictors.

Just remember, keep coats smooth, and apply more than one if you have to. However, I find, by layering like so, generally the colours complement well enough that you don't have to paint so many layers as you would have to straight over black.

On the green vents, very light drybrushing would look great. If you're not sure how to do that, we'll be able to tell you.

[Darmago]

MY advice would be on the red, to build up from brown. The paint looks quite thin and streaky. Get a coating of a darker colour, such as a brown over the black. Alternatively, you could use a red Foundation Paint from GW.

Also, remember, you will need multiple coats. Start from dark, make sure there is a good coverage and that this first colour is not streaky. Then layer up through the colours. Try to avoid bi splodges like on the eyes too.

Examples:
Ultramarines (my style)
Black Undercoat.
Midnight Blue.
Regal Blue, leaving vents and lines unpainted
Ultramarines Blue
Dilute wash of Blue Ink, perhaps followed by another highlight of UM Blue.

Tyranids Red Skin
Black Undercoat
Scorched Brown
Layer of Dark Flesh. There will be hardly and SB visible
Leaving some scant amounts Dark flesh visible, add Scab Red
Then, as a highlight, Red Gore
Possible ink down, depending on the effect. Either Flesh Wash, Blood Red or a 50/50 mix.

Tyranids can be a bitch to paint like this though, but if you want really good nids, it's worth the effort. I'm not sure what your brush technique is like, but make sure you use the right size for the job and take care of the brushes.

If I can, later, I'll try and get you some pictures of my Lictors.

Just remember, keep coats smooth, and apply more than one if you have to. However, I find, by layering like so, generally the colours complement well enough that you don't have to paint so many layers as you would have to straight over black.

On the green vents, very light drybrushing would look great. If you're not sure how to do that, we'll be able to tell you.

I think I know how to do very light drybrushing, but extrapolation on the rest of that would be wonderful. I'm doing drybrushing on a black base to keep most of my primary colours dark(i bought a cheapy set of major colors and they're all very bright, especially the blue, who's lightness shows up even when drybrushed, looks like a fucking baby blue) so if I were to paint on coats, it would lose a lot of the darkness I was aiming for. (My smallest brush is a 10/0 nylon btw, if they had one I would have done sable because the rest of my brushes are sable, but they only had nylon and that was their smallest size...)

[Ktan]

Right. It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to invest in some darker acrylic paints, in that case, or use some heavy washes to tone them down.

Drybrushing generally works fine even with lighter colours over black.

One tip for drybrushing is that if it just highlights your fingerprint, that's the right amount of paint. If you are using acrylics, this test paint will wash of straight away too.

[Dayoh]

Nice painting there, im seriously thinking of going a Nid' army (going to GW tmw), you make it look so easy there from what i can see.

[Darmago]

Nice painting there, im seriously thinking of going a Nid' army (going to GW tmw), you make it look so easy there from what i can see.
The painting only looks easy because its a crap job at painting :D

[kongurous]

Nice painting there, im seriously thinking of going a Nid' army (going to GW tmw), you make it look so easy there from what i can see.

Try to paint Guards like mine. Tell me if that's easy :P

[Dayoh]

Well ill have my Gaurds tmw, so ill see what happens :P

[Darmago]

So I just got my hive tyrant, any suggestions on what I should put on him?

[singo]

Depends, do you wand a choppy tyrand or a shooty tyrant?

If you want choppy, full scything talons and a big arse pair of wings

[SHISHKABOB]

Choppy choppy choppy! Slice up the little humans into bite size pieces.

[singo]

"Bite size" for a tyrant doesnt need all that much chopping...

[Darmago]

lacking a second pair of st in the box, I gave him bonesword and lashwhip. Which honestly isn't that bad. I plan to GS him some wings later.

[singo]

Do you not have spare bits from any warriors or something?, consensus on some other forums 'nid-wise seems to be bonesword-lashwip is a big steaming bucket of spaff. I dont actually know however, having not yet started my long planned tyranid army (Guard take priority, always)

These may help though



How to biomorph a hive tyrant - http://www.librarium-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43252

How to biomorph a carnifex - http://www.librarium-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49563

And how to biomorph warriors - http://www.librarium-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44075



All courtesy of someone who may actually have a clue what they are on about...unlike me :P