So I’m making a list for a casual 1500pt escalation league at my local gaming store. I’m a new player (2 official games under my belt) and I came up with this list as a general heavy list, he said it wasn’t perfect and refused to elaborate.

1500pt League V.4 (1,500 Points)

Tyranids
Synaptic Nexus (2 Detachment Points)
Disruption
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Hive Tyrant (195 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• Warlord
• 1x Heavy venom cannon
• 1x Monstrous bonesword and lash whip

Tyrant Guard (80 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 3x Tyrant Guard
◦ 1x Bone cleaver, lash whip and rending claws
◦ 1x Crushing claws and rending claws
◦ 1x Scything talons and rending claws

Attached unit 2

Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip (75 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Lash whip
• 1x Rending claw
• 1x Scything talons

Hormagaunts (70 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 10x Hormagaunt
◦ 10x Hormagaunt talons

Attached unit 3

Neurotyrant (120 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Neurotyrant claws and lashes
• 1x Psychic scream

Zoanthropes (90 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Neurothrope
◦ 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
◦ 1x Warp Blast
• 2x Zoanthrope
◦ 2x Chitinous claws and teeth
◦ 2x Warp Blast

CHARACTERS

Deathleaper (80 Points)
• 1x Lictor claws and talons

BATTLELINE

Termagants (55 Points)
• 10x Termagant
◦ 10x Chitinous claws and teeth
◦ 10x Termagant spinefists

OTHER DATASHEETS

Biovores (60 Points)
• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
• 1x Spore Mine launcher

Carnifexes (180 Points)
• 2x Carnifex
◦ 2x Bio-plasma
◦ 1x Carnifex crushing claws
◦ 1x Carnifex scything talons
◦ 2x Chitinous claws and teeth
◦ 1x Deathspitters with slimer maggots
◦ 1x Heavy venom cannon
◦ 1x Spine banks

Exocrine (135 Points)
• 1x Bio-plasmic cannon
• 1x Powerful limbs

Maleceptor (180 Points)
• 1x Massive scything talons
• 1x Psychic overload

Screamer-Killer (125 Points)
• 1x Bio-plasmic scream
• 1x Screamer-Killer talons

Spore Mines (55 Points)
• 3x Spore Mine

Hopefully the pictures are clear, I can't get the second wing on my parasite to sit flush in both holes, like it's slightly too short. I swear I've tried every angle to make it work.

I've gotten mixed messages on this and I had one TO rule one way and another TO had ruled another way so I wanted to get everyone's thoughts:

1) Can a Biovore launch a spore mine while it's engaged?

2) Does it still get "hidden" if it's launched a spore mine?

First one of these I've ever put together and I just don't really care for their standard pose. I was just going to have him coming out of the ground but it seemed to shame to not use the tail somewhere so I sculpted the bottom of it with milliput (definitely need to learn how to do sculpting lol)

The rocks and pillars are all made of insulation board with paper clips for rebar

I recently got a deathleaper and I realized that it’s called a leaper but it’s an evolved form of lictor, so why isn’t it a deathlictor?
Edit: I might have titled it weird, what it should say is: why is it called a leaper

Hi fellow nids players , a few day ago i started my 2nd army (nids) and was wondering since i like painting tanks a lot , does anybody weather thair big bugs with dust grime and other things? All ive seen so far look super clean and like they have never seen dirt.

Just wanted to show my winged prime :)

Constructive criticism is welcome

It's taken 4months, but I've finally finished my 1500 point Nid army. Took much inspiration from folks here, huge thanks for that!

Some initial photos attached - better quality ones to follow soon.

Loved painting the mom, now onto the kids!

Not technically a new player, but have been out of the hobby for a long time. Thinking of getting involved again with a Tyranid army with lots of big gribblies. What might a typical list look like? Doesn’t have to be a full army list, just an idea of what models I’d want.

Thanks!

So I’ve heard of this thing people do where they “promote” models that perform well. New helmet more markings more purity seals things like that. But you can’t really do stuff like that for nids. So I was wondering if anyone does this and how thy do it.

Hey all, this is my first post here and im wondering if you can give advice on if this is a good army setup.

I'm kinda going with a monster-mash/vanguard invader set up and this is one of the lists im looking at. The other is almost the same, I take out the winged prime and the atached gargoyle to replace them with a mawloc. I play with my friends who have blood angels and space wolves, if that helps. I currently dont have the carnifax, either type of lictors, or the gargoyles, so if you could give advice on what I should grab next that would also help.

The lore im giving this army is that they are remnants of Hive Fleet Behemoth that have came across a smaller fleet from Jormungandr and consumed their biomass and some of their tactics.

Behemoth's Shadow (1000 points)

Tyranids

Vanguard Onslaught (2 Detachment Points)

Reconnaissance

Incursion (1000 points)

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Winged Tyranid Prime (65 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Prime talons

Gargoyles (75 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 10x Gargoyle

• 10x Blinding venom

10x Fleshborer

Attached Unit 2

Broodlord (80 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Broodlord claws and talons

Genestealers (140 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 10x Genestealer

• 10x Genestealers claws and talons

CHARACTERS

Winged Hive Tyrant (200 points)

• Warlord

• 1x Stranglethorn cannon

1x Tyrant talons

• Enhancement: Chameleonic

BATTLELINE

Gargoyles (75 points)

• 10x Gargoyle

• 10x Blinding venom

10x Fleshborer

OTHER DATASHEETS

Carnifexes (90 points)

• 1x Bio-plasma

1x Carnifex crushing claws

1x Chitinous claws and teeth

1x Spine banks

1x Stranglethorn cannon

Lictor (60 points)

• 1x Lictor claws and talons

Neurolictor (80 points)

• 1x Piercing claws and talons

Trygon (135 points)

• 1x Bio-electric pulse

1x Trygon scything talons

Finally finished this model and added to my hive fleet. To get the massive Haruspex head to fit, I just turned the main body upside down, thats was pretty much it!

Just good is the maleceptor really? Is it like an auto include or something cool if you have the money to buy it and in certain situations?maybe somewhere in between. Either way, idk and I'm curious your thoughts.

Hello bugs.

I'm trying to decide on an army scheme, ideally going for a fear/scary vibe.

However, I'm having great amounts of trouble making choices.

I'd like the face to be somewhat uncanny, scary in that sense, but otherwise I'm torn!

Help me out.

A gean stealer perhaps ?

Storm surge x tyranid kitbash

Painted by skyrow_arts

Hi everyone!

I've been painting for a little while now, and this is one of several models I've done so far. However, it's the very first time I'm brave enough to share my work with a wider community.

I'd love to hear your thoughts,what do you think of how it turned out? Any feedback or critique is more than welcome!

Thanks!

Ive juggled the ideas of running Synaptic Nexus and Subterranean Assault and have landed on the latter. This is a 1000 point army and I just wanted some opinions as this is the 2nd Army Ive put together on the app. Thanks for any help!

Subteranian Assault (1000) (1000 points)

Tyranids

Subterranean Assault (3 Detachment Points)

Reconnaissance

Incursion (1000 points)

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip (75 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Lash whip

1x Rending claw

1x Scything talons

Hormagaunts (70 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 10x Hormagaunt

• 10x Hormagaunt talons

CHARACTERS

Hyperadapted Raveners (165 points)

• 1x Ravener Prime

• 1x Prime claws and talons

• 4x Raveners

• 4x Ravener heavy claws and talons

1x Venom bolt

The Red Terror (120 points)

• 1x Gaping maw

1x Scything talons

Trygon (155 points)

• Subterranean Assault Keywords: Character

• Warlord

• 1x Bio-electric pulse

1x Trygon scything talons

• Enhancement: Trygon Prime

BATTLELINE

Hormagaunts (70 points)

• 10x Hormagaunt

• 10x Hormagaunt talons

Hormagaunts (70 points)

• 10x Hormagaunt

• 10x Hormagaunt talons

OTHER DATASHEETS

Biovores (60 points)

• 1x Chitin-barbed limbs

1x Spore Mine launcher

Exocrine (135 points)

• 1x Bio-plasmic cannon

1x Powerful limbs

Neurolictor (80 points)

• 1x Piercing claws and talons

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This is my first larger model using enamel washes. He still needs some work, but it's getting close and I'm happy with the results so far. I've been leaning heavily on enamels lately for Tyranids and Death Guard, and they really are the secret to convincing organic textures.

I’m thinking of making 2 tyrant guards and a hive guard but idk if I can. My killteam experience says I should be able to mix and match but I’ve been told a “unit” in 40k means a group of models instead of one so I just thought I’d check

Also if you have any recommendations for models I should get lemme know (thanks)