Return from Tippcon

By TheGraveMind

While Tippcon Aftermath goes through the actually tournament, this post is going to be more about my army and how it/I performed. I basically took the painted models I had from the Indy open, and added 100 points of upgrades and called it a day. It's not the list I wanted to run, but with out knowing the missions until a few days before hand or how the terrain was, it was my safest bet.

Tyranid List ideas

By TheGravemind

I've been going back and forth on some lists for my tyranids. I've been doing decent enough with them at the past few tournaments, but since Chaos got updated, I've been struggling a bit more. My one hive tyrant has been letting me down, so I've been thinking about taking two. If I do that though, I'd have to give up the ymgarl stealers, which have been doing very well for me. I'm not completely sold on mawlocs yet either. I'm trying to decide soon, so I can start painting this up for tournaments and the escalation league.
So here are some of my ideas. Right now looking at 1850, but possible 1750-2000 modifications.

My first Tau list

So it is my last day in Germany, and I have secured myself some internet for the time being. I have some things I need to upload, but those will wait till I get back home. I have been reading over the Tau codex, and I have thought about what I want to use.

List I'm running

OK, So this is a scheduled post. I should be at the Bloomington Game preserve at the 1850 tournament they are having.

Last weekend I went to the G2D4 tourney and did well. My list was as follows

Tyranid lists

For the Bloomington tournament this coming weekend I've been thinking of possible lists. They are running the event at 1850.

First Idea is T6 spam

Hive Tyrant; Old Adversary, bonesword lashwhip, Scything talons, Wings
255
Hive guard x2
100
Hive guard x2
100
Tervigon; adrenal glands, toxin sacs, catalyst, stinger salvo
195
Termagaunts x10
50
Tervigon; adrenal glands, toxin sacs, catalyst, stinger salvo
195
Termagaunts x10
50
Gargoyles x10; adrenal glands, toxin sacs
80
Gargoyles x10; adrenal glands, toxin sacs
80
Tyrannofex; rupture cannon, cluster spines, desiccator larvae
265
Tyrannofex; rupture cannon, cluster spines, desiccator larvae
265
Trygon; adrenal glands
210

That's 46 T6 wounds. But really it doesn't do much more than that.

The other option I'm looking at is this

Alpha warrior; bonesword lashwhip, scything talons, adrenal glands and toxin sacs
115
Ymgarl stealers x10
230
Hive guard x2
100
Hive guard x2
100
Warriors x6; Deathspitters, barbed strangler, scything talons
215
Hormagaunts x15; adrenal glands
120
Tervigon; adrenal glands, toxin sacs, catalyst, stinger salvo
195
Termagaunts x12
60

Gene stealers x10
140
Gene stealers x10
140
Raveners x5; scything talons, rending claws
175
Mawloc
170
Biovores x2
90

This one has a good amount of flexibility. Though I still would need to test it.
What are your thoughts?

Ard Boyz option 2

I need to be less of a think-tank, and get more practice games in.

I had another idea for a possible Ard boyz list. I was toying around with the idea of a HQ tervigon for a smaller point list. I had orginally been against the idea of a Tervigon as an HQ, the only role in my mind for this Trooper-pooper is to fill a troop slot with six T6 wounds. But if one is a troop choice, and the second is Hq, then I have a very large troop potential for 400pts.

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