Getting back into WH need opinion on my nid list,

[Madvent]

ohhh xD hehe i thought this was an australian forum silly me hehe. i live in adelaide. and yeah i have been watching some battle report of nids tonight. for a matter of fact nids vs necrons xD haha. how conveniant, but i plan on going to GW soon and having a few battles with my necrons. im sure ill catch on real easy.

[Gatstein]

Oh sure, 40k is a walk in the park compared to fantasy rules.
Make sure to read necrons FAQ from GW aswell so you're up to date.
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_...th_Edition.pdf

[Madvent]

are these rules already inplay?? or do they come into action when the codex is released

[Gatstein]

the FAQs GW release are official rule-tweaks to make old codexes fit better with current rules, so the rules stated in that PDF are official and in play.

[Madvent]

ok cool. also something that has been bothering me.. you get 16 gaunts in a box.. is there enough parts to make them all spinegaunts? or all of them fleshgaunts.. or do you have to have 8 of one type and 8 of the other..
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same thing with the 150$ box set.. whats the go with the gaunts in that

[Gatstein]

I've only bought the battleforces where you get Enough weapons to make 8 spinegaunts, 8 termagants and 8 hormagaunts, but only 16 bodies. You can do the math, you'll have 8 weaponsetups left over for parts, conversions or terrain. What I did was buy 2x Battleforces and i'm currently doing 16 termagants, 16 hormagaunts but playing the horms and Spinegaunts until januari when it's rumored that hormagaunts will become alot cheaper and more versatile. And since i'm just playing with friend nobody minds abit of model-replacement

IF you can get ahold of a battleforce it's a GREAT way to kickstart an army. And you should get it quick because they have stopped makeing it. A new box is set to arrive with the codex in januari, BUT, there's no way it can be better than this one.

1x carnifex
16x gaunts
8x genestealers
3x warriors

All of wich you "need" and are very usefull units.

[Madvent]

you cant make fleshgaunts from battleforce?? and what about the 50$ boxsets of gaunts. can you make all 16 of 1 type??

[Gatstein]

I have no idea about the gaunt box set, i fear it's the same story there as in the battleforce.

A Termagant is a gaunt with Fleshborer and without number, and a Fleshgaunt is a gaunt with just fleshborer. Visually it's the same gaunt, it was I who was inconsistant with the terms


I made a post back in august detailing the content of the battleforce:
http://www.librarium-online.com/foru...tent-list.html

[Madvent]

ok thanks xD and if its the same dealio as the battleforce then thats sucky. although... if i buy my battleforce and make 8 spinegaunts and 8 fleshgaunts. then buy one more 50$ box set.. thats 4 gaunts off maybe i can scab some second hand ones.

[Gatstein]

a gaunt box set should give you 8 spinegaunts and 8 fleshgaunts, and 16 leftover hormagaunt arms. The boddies are pretty much the same but for the hormagaunts they're abit more jumpy and look like they're running.