Tyranids Army List First Attempt

Here we go with a first attempt at an 1850 point Tyranid Army List using the new codex. Firstly a couple of pointers. As I am currently planning for the next Blog Wars this army is built using the Blog Wars restrictions (must include a character), so please bear that in mind.

Without further ado........

I'm Back Baby!!!

Ok so I am finally trying to get things sorted and thought that immersing myself in the blogosphere might be the way to go.... So bear with me while I get this blog back up off the ground. So, to quote Bender Bending Rodriguez,

To start with what has changed... The answer to that is "pretty much everything" . The last few months have been hell for me and I have abandoned practically everything that I was working on before (most of everything is now packed away in boxes in storage). That being said I have recently found that my hobby has been a great outlet and a great way for me to deal with everything. With this in mind, the primary focus of upcoming posts will be the building of my brand new Eldar army. New Start = New Army. 

So where do I start? Well after my complete failure to make it to Blog Wars 5 (sorry guys, I was truly gutted by that!) let's start with my 500 point army list that I intend to start with as this will form the basis for my army that I will be taking to Blog Wars 6 in November. Oh yeah, important note, this army is for a tournament on the 2nd of November. So I have a few days over 4 months to get the army done. 1850 points in 4 months. That's only just over 450 points a month! Easy (if I later recant this I will buy the first person to mention it at Blog Wars 6 a pint!) so my 500 points for the coming month are;

Spiritseer (Plain and Basic)

5 Wraithguard (Wraithcannons)

Wave Serpent (Twin Scatter Laser, Shuriken Cannon & Holo Fields)

6 Windrider Jetbikes (2 Shuriken Cannons)

That all comes to just shy of 500 and is a legal army so I can start getting games under my belt. Stay tuned for more updates and to see how I get on!!! I will leave you with a picture of what I am working on at the minute.... 

First Squadron of Windrider Jetbikes, awaiting arrival of some Shuriken Cannon Kits

PS I also want to say thanks to all who have been so supportive recently, it truly has made such a difference for me. Cheers guys!

Blog Wars 5 Final Army List (almost!)

Ok so after much deliberation, music and discussion with Luke we have both finally just about sorted our army lists for Blog Wars. There were many interesting things discussed and it was an absolute god-send to have another input on the army list as he was just thinking about thing's that i hadn't considered and vice versa (best piece of advise I have given to date is why are you taking a Rhino when you can get an Immolator with Twin Multi-Melta's; if this proves problematic to anyone on the day, I apologise!)

So carry on reading to see what i have decided upon

Further Musings

So I have been frequently revisiting my 1850 list for Blog Wars 5 and doodling other ideas out and I wanted to quickly share a  few of these with you and hopefully get some feedback;

-I currently have about 80 points spare.

- Needed more Scoring Units- Dropped Surplus units of Nurglings taking only one larger unit and means i can now take a unit of 15 Plague Bearers, a unit of 10 Plaguebearers, a unit of 20 horrors and a unit of 10 horrors! that should give the army a lot more body.

- I am debating dropping 2 of the Plague Drones and just fielding 3. This would free up nearly 100 points which I would possibly look at investing in a unit of Flamers..... the option here would be to use these 100 points and the other 80 i already have free and take a second Nurgle Soul Grinder.......

so that is it so far... any thoughts guys?

Trial By Fire V2.00

So after yesterday's attempt at an army list and some very valid feedback I have made some changes to the army. I have dropped several rewards and some Nurglings to free up points (they were only a cheap harassing infiltrating unit anyway) and, the biggest change, I have dropped the Burning Chariot. This means i had enough points free to plump for a Nurgle Soulgrinder which should prove to be far more survivable overall! Without further delay, here is the list.....

Trial by Fire

So this coming Saturday I am getting together with both Luke Fogg and Matt Calow (both of whom i could potentially be facing at Blog Wars!) for some 1000 point games. This will be my first major excursion with the New Daemon Codex. I could be up against Guard or Sisters (Luke) or Guard, Orks or Space Marines (Matt). I intend to have a single list that will take on all-comers and have spent a while debating it. This is where it stands at the moment.....