Bukimimaru

We were playing Narrative rules, so the 50% > reserves rule didn't apply. Admittedly it was a d*ck move to keep his army in reserves but he did keep playing after the game "ended" to see how long it would have taken me, so it was all in a friendly spirit. I'm only running Leviathan Hive Fleet rules as that's my colourscheme.

Yeah, I went with the twin Scytals on the Flyrant. I'm struggeling to choose which Warlord traits and Relics to go for, none of them really jump out to me as being super useful. Not that I think we have a lack of viable choices or anything, but they all seems pretty OK, so I never know which ones to go with. As I'm a stickler for tradition, I will always have my Flyrant as my Warlord unless I'm taking my Swarmlord (Bad Larry) who will always get priority. I know they arn't optimal choices as they are easily shot down for an easy Warlord kill, but it feels right in my head that the biggest boy should be the boss. lol. The games went well, the first was against the Howling Griffons as I expected. It was a narrative game and my objective was to wipe my opponent out completely by turn 4, if he had even one model left at the end of the game he wins. He also got a free round of orbital bombardment at the start of the first round, but any of my troops got to respawn for free at the start of my turns. Unfortunately for me, my opponent had his entire army equipped with jump packs or teleport homers, so on turn one he didn't deploy anything. My entire first turn was a bust as there were no targets for me to smite/shoot/eat. At the end of turn 4 he had a single Terminator left hiding behind some ruins, so he won the narrative, but we kept playing for funsies and a well placed spore mine exploded the sneaky git at the start of turn 5. lol. The second game was against a Speed Freaks list, and my dice were hot as hell. The mission was for his Orks to escape off the board by breaking through my lines and getting withing 3" of my board edge. Turn 1 I had blown up 2 Trukks, a Battlewagon and all of his bikers. By turn 2 his army had been entirely devoured. I felt pretty bad about laying such a beat down, but we had a great laugh as the game went on so I don't think there were any hard feelings. I think my next game will be against the Howling Griffon player again, but we'll be back to Matched pay rules, so no more null-deployment shenanigans. lol. What do you guys think about the relics / Warlord traits. Do you have any "go to" choices?

She's done! (At least until I decide on how to base my army) Now to get to work on that Haruspex I pledged to complete by the end of the month. >_< On Saturday I have a Narrative event down at my FLGS and I'll be playing against mostly Orks and Marines. I know for sure my first match is against my friend Sam's amazingly painted Howling Griffons (I'll try and get some pics of the game because his models look sweet). It'll be a few 75PL narrative games with customer scenarios followed by pizza and beer, so pretty much my idea of a perfect night. Here's my list for the day: Flyrant - Scytals + Norncrown Broodlord 15x Genestealers 20x Horms 3x warriors - Deathspiters, Talons and a Strangler 3x Hiveguard 3x Spore Mines 1x Exocrine 2x Screamer Killers It's not the most bad ass or OP list, but its got everything I associate with classic nids: Genestealers, Hormagaunts, Hive Guard, Carnifexes and then a couple of gunbeasts for dakka. :) I'm trying to get them all 3 color minimum by Saturday, but that leaves me with 13 Genestealers to paint up in 2 days. T_T

Nearly finished Broodhilda, just some work to do on her claws and tongue then I can shelf her. I'm still stumped as to how I'm going to base these guys. My Black Templars have martian red bases, my Necrons and Blood Angles have rocky grey bases so I'd like to avoid those colors. I'm worried that a pale sandy color would blend in with their skin-tones too much. Anyone got any suggestions?

It was a super close game, 11 points to 10 and the game ended turn 6 for a Tyranid Victory! My Haruspex was man of the match, scoffing down almost 40 Poxwalkers and then gulping down Typhus. He lost 7 wounds across the game but was back up to full health by the end of the game. My exocrine was punked turn one by some jammy terminators, but 2 screamer killers soon sorted them out. Trygon popped up and chopped down 7 plague marines while the Tyrant and Brood Lord pumped Smite into anything with an invun save. All in all I really love the new codex and I cant wait to get some more games in.

The Proper term is Tyrants and Dominatrixes I've tried calling random ladies "Dominatrixes" before and it causes nothing but trouble... Got my first game with my Nids tonight, wish me luck. ;)

Put a bit more work into the Broodlord this afternoon. I was worried this colour-scheme wasn't going to work, but after a few highlights I think its going to end up looking pretty cool.

Those extra points could grab you a Neurothrope. Cheap Synapse, Extra Smite and the flying 3++ give you a great backfield Warlord that you opponent will really have to work hard to kill.

@Jbaeza - The blue paint is Macraege Blue and then washed in Drakken Nightshade.

@jolemai, here's a little something I've been working on for The eventual HQ for my Tyranid army: A neckbeard Otaku Called Terrance Nedstein - The Keyboard Warrior. The plan is to get a Magus model, sculpt some glasses and a big gut onto it, then have Doritos bags and cans of Mountain Dew on the base. It's not directly related to Black Maru fluff, but its not a stretch to imagine these guys in the same alternate 40k universe. "Terrance Nedstein was never a popular man. Raised on the Imperium controlled planet "Grapejuice IX" to bartenders Horace and Susan Nedstein, Terrance was harassed by his peers in school for being the only 12 year old in his class with a beard. In his early adulthood he was, like all young men, conscripted into the "Proud Grapers", the planets own regiment of the Astra Militarum, but was shortly kicked out for being overweight, obnoxious and unable to do a single push up. After several years of working in his parents bar (a popular establishment for off duty guardsmen and the local peace-keepers) he remained the butt of many jokes, largely due to his receding hairline, greasy complexion and open fondness for a popular tabletop board-game called Dungeons and Gnarlocks. Terrance had a passion for collectible merchandise, frequently dealing with off-world traders and merchants that would visit the bar to get his hands on rare collectible cards, out of print board-games and (much to his parents disappointment) painted sculptures of scantly clad Tau women which he described as "His Waifus". During one particularly eventful trade with a mysterious paleskinned junker, Terrance came across a specific treasure among the box of usual multi-sided dice, lead miniatures and old rulebooks; a very fanciful but rather dusty golden crown. Unbeknownst to Terrance The artifact was in fact a faulty Norn Crown which had been crafted by a cult priest on a neighboring planet. The priest had come afoul of a passing Space Wolf, who had damaged the crown in the process of removing the priests head from his body. The crown had been scavenged and sold from pillar to post with no one realizing its potential until it eventually came into the hands of a troupe of travelling LARP enthusiasts. Sadly, during a re-enactment of the Battle for Macragge, the players realized all too late that the very lifelike monsters they were shouting "bang bang" at, were not other role players but genuine Hive fleet abominations. The entire cast was devoured, cardboard power-armor and all. Now in Terrance's possession, the crown has granted him the power to summon a Hive Fleet of his very own; powerful bio-weapons and hulking monsters are now his to control. Taking on the mantel "Terry Nidstein - King of Monsters", he now travels the galaxy, getting petty revenge on his childhood bullies and scouring planets for collectible gaming merch for his ever growing collection." @Jbaeza - I'll have a look and see which blue I used when I get home.

Jolemai! I feel like a teenager whose been caught looking at pictures of naked ladies by his stern father. I'm assuming the sad face is due to Black Maru's lack of new recruits recently? I'm sure the new codex will bring new adventures and painting projects, I'm just getting my gribble on in the mean time.

Made a start on the Genestealers and the Broodlord. I've gone for a 90's "Space Hulk" theme. Early days yet, but you get the idea. I know my opponent is taking Typhus and a hoard of Poxwalkers, so I'm hoping my 'Stealers will be able to much through them without too much trouble.

That list looks fun as hell. Fluffy, wacky and not full of cheesy nonsense. I might suggest you take a second look at including a Tyranid Prime in your list. With that many Warriors you are missing out on a substantial amount of free buffs if you don't include a Prime. If the Carnifexes are there to be shooty shooty, you might want to look at giving them the awesome Twin Devourers. They don't have as much high-strength output, but your Tyranofexes should already have that covered. With a pair of Fexes running with the devourers, you have enough infantry / bubblewrap shredding power to let your Horms get in and surround the juicer high-priority targets, trying them up and grinding them down before Old One Eye can catch up and really make a mess of them.

I think they'd synergise really well with this list. As the Biovores (2 squads of 2) will be sat at the back, they can hold any backfield objectives for you while the rest of your army does its thing. As they don't need line of site, you can hide them behind walls and pepper your opponent who will be unable to shoot back at them. Having them outside of Synapse will probably benefit them as they get -1 to hit, which increases the chance of you being able to carpet your opponent's deployment zone with movement hindering little bombs.

Go for the Biovores my friend. Biovores are the pickers choice at the moment; cheap, easy mortal wounds, but best of all that sweet sweet board control. Depending on the way your board is set up, any Sporemines that don't hit get to be placed in front of your opponent. As your opponent can't move through enemy models, you are effective controlling where he can and cant move. Forcing your opponent to advance up a shooting lane and filling them full of Exocrine plasma has never been so rewarding. :D