Well, before 5th edition came out (When I played more, before the ravages of University befell me once more) I had a decent list thought up, tweaked and fixed up by a couple LO members. Unfortunately, 5th edition came out and around the same time I didn't have as much time to play, and now I fear my old list would be outdated.
So I was hoping that other Tyranid players with experience in 5th edition (As I sadly have none) could help me out in planning out my army again. Fortunately, I have few enough models that I'm pretty much starting from scratch again.
So far, my 'army' consists of a Battleforce (Sniperfex, Death Spitter/Strangler Warrior group[Not sure if I want to keep these guys in or not], Genestalers, 8 x Spinegaunts, 8 x Termagaunts, a few Ripper Swarms), a Dakkafex, Sniper-Tryant with Guard, 2 Zoanthropes, and a Ravener.
As it stands, there's a couple things I know I'd like to add. First is some kind of Flyrant (Everyone loves the Dakka-Flyrant, but i just love the idea of modelling an Assault-Flyrant. I'm rather torn between what would be good and what would look cool).
Next would likely be another Sniperfex, and probably another Dakkafex. This still leaves an Elites slot empty. I'm rather tempted to grab a Lictor or two here, mostly because I love the model, (And because the little bit I played with my Warriors before 5th came out resulted in lackluster performance on their party. They're quite firmly glued together, and mostly painted, so changing them up isn't really an option here. Also, as much as I would tend to love shoving another Carni of some sort into my Elites, opponents tend to yell 'Cheese!' when you shove in too many Monstrous Creatures).
Troops is what I need help with the most I think, as I've been hearing horror stories now and again about how 5th edition isn't so good for armies whose troops were formly expendable in 4th. With only 16 Gaunts, 8 Genies, my troops selection is both very sparse, and easily open to comment. The main hurdle is the weaponry supplied in the Gaunt boxes, and the somewhat tight University budget I must live on (ie. No buying extra boxes just for the weapons, and leaving everything else unused). This is why I would really have to churn out 8 Spinegaunts and 8 Termagaunts per box.
Any and all help from 'Nid players more experienced with 5th would be great, and as I start getting more suggestions, I'll start churning out an army list.
Thanks in advance.
So I was hoping that other Tyranid players with experience in 5th edition (As I sadly have none) could help me out in planning out my army again. Fortunately, I have few enough models that I'm pretty much starting from scratch again.
So far, my 'army' consists of a Battleforce (Sniperfex, Death Spitter/Strangler Warrior group[Not sure if I want to keep these guys in or not], Genestalers, 8 x Spinegaunts, 8 x Termagaunts, a few Ripper Swarms), a Dakkafex, Sniper-Tryant with Guard, 2 Zoanthropes, and a Ravener.
As it stands, there's a couple things I know I'd like to add. First is some kind of Flyrant (Everyone loves the Dakka-Flyrant, but i just love the idea of modelling an Assault-Flyrant. I'm rather torn between what would be good and what would look cool).
Next would likely be another Sniperfex, and probably another Dakkafex. This still leaves an Elites slot empty. I'm rather tempted to grab a Lictor or two here, mostly because I love the model, (And because the little bit I played with my Warriors before 5th came out resulted in lackluster performance on their party. They're quite firmly glued together, and mostly painted, so changing them up isn't really an option here. Also, as much as I would tend to love shoving another Carni of some sort into my Elites, opponents tend to yell 'Cheese!' when you shove in too many Monstrous Creatures).
Troops is what I need help with the most I think, as I've been hearing horror stories now and again about how 5th edition isn't so good for armies whose troops were formly expendable in 4th. With only 16 Gaunts, 8 Genies, my troops selection is both very sparse, and easily open to comment. The main hurdle is the weaponry supplied in the Gaunt boxes, and the somewhat tight University budget I must live on (ie. No buying extra boxes just for the weapons, and leaving everything else unused). This is why I would really have to churn out 8 Spinegaunts and 8 Termagaunts per box.
Any and all help from 'Nid players more experienced with 5th would be great, and as I start getting more suggestions, I'll start churning out an army list.
Thanks in advance.