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?

And so it begins!

It is a not so secret secret that I'm starting tau. Well, I just got a bunch of second hand models. like... a lot. Part of it I got from a friend, the other half I bought. Pretty much more than enough for almost anything I want, all for $70. Granted most of the fish are in bad condition and need to be salvaged. Most of the suits will be enough to hold me over till I buy my own. I have more stealth suits than I can actually field. My plan is to start working on some conversions, and based on how they go, I'll buy some new stuff and prepare for a new codex soon.
I'm working on fluff and back story for them at the moment. I'm most likely going with Da'Kavaal (The Dark Strike Force)

Too much.

So as I had mentioned... wow almost 3 weeks ago, I have gotten my shipment of Bioswords from Paulson games. My Incubi order finally came in (I guess they went to direct order only?) and Grey knights got released.

So I'm sitting here with a pile of stuff for 6 bonesword tyranid warriors, 5 Incubi, and a box of grey knights to convert into my Blood angels.

I've already started on the Grey knights, so I'll end up finishing them soon and have some pictures up of that.

Then I'll probably start on the tyranids, so I'm not proxying my warriors all the time.

The Incubi will come last, as I love the models and want to paint them, but I have no real need for them.

What to do...

Nothing largely new going on 40k-wise for me. I brought back the Nids for a close game, So I've been thinking about using them again for a while. I'm still working on painting my Blood angels. I have another 10 man squad and then ICs to paint.

Here is my big thought for the day; Tau or Dark Eldar. I want a more shooty advanced race.... I've almost started tau twice in the past 4 years. I buy a few models and then sell them off. But I really like some of those DE models, and their fluff is good too. I'm leaning towards tau, as I think DE will be to fragile for my tastes, and I'll fall into the same trap I normally do and try to add some Assault units because I like them, and tilt it too much in that favor and end up not having the shooty army I wanted.

The main problem that comes from that is if I were to start Tau, I'd want to do it right. Conversions, spending extra money to get all the pieces I want and making things look great. Basic math has came to near $300 before crisis suits, and crisis suits are like 60% of a tau army.

But, I'm leaving for florida in the morning so Ill have a good amount of time to think about it. Luckily this year I have an internet phone, so I can keep up to date. I'll try and schedule some posts the few times I have internet this coming week.