Tyranids: Help me please make this an army!

[SilentJester]

Good evening everyone.
So I was recently given a fair number of nids, but I really need help figuring out what to do with them. I would like to have a solid 2000 pt list when all is done.
I am willing to add models to the army to fix glaring holes that I may have. Please...all suggestions are welcome.

Here is what I was given:

2 Biovore (the Old Models)

1 Broodlord

3 Carnifex
1 Modern Plastic, 1 Old style with crushing claws and a gun, and 1 REALLY old style with 4 talons

8 Gargoyles (the old style metal ones)

8 Genestealers

2 Hive Guard

2 Hive Tyrants
1 Hive Tyrant Lash whip and Sword
1 Hive Tyrant -Forge world- wings and talons

30 Hormagaunt

1 Lictor (Older style metal model)

1 Mawloc

30 Termagant (assorted weapons)

1 Tervigon (chapter house conversion)


1 The Doom of Malan'tai (Really Old Zoanthrope , the one with a big flat head and legs)

1 Trygon

2 Tyranid Prime
1 is really an older style Hive Tyrant
1 is a converted warrior with "swords"

10 Tyranid Warriors
5 Tyranid Warrior Brood (new style with guns and a big gun)
5 Tyranid Warrior Brood - Lash Whip & Bonesword (Older style metal models)

1 Tyrannofex

1 Zoanthrope

[Anggul]

You could do a massive number of variations with all of that, perhaps give us an idea of what kind of army you'd like to play or which models you're most keen on using?

[SilentJester]

I Have always liked the idea of a Nidzilla list, but I am not sure that is practical any longer...I do like the big nasties though.
Really I am looking for a list that will play equally well against Marines, or Dark Eldar/Eldar, as they are my most common foes.

I am comming from an Ork Background, so I am not really wanting to do another horde, unless that is really the only option with Nids.

I am really new to Nids, and newish to 40k...so I am not really sure what kinda of list to build with what I have.

Thanks

[SilentJester]

Trying to Work with what I have...mostly. What are yalls feelings about this list? I do have some wiggle room as you can see.

2000 Pts - Tyranids Roster

Total Roster Cost: 1987

HQ: Tervigon (1#, 165 pts)
1 Tervigon, 165 pts = (base cost 160 + Scything Talons 5)

Troops: Genestealer Brood (9#, 172 pts)
8 Genestealer Brood, 112 pts = 8 * 14
1 Broodlord, 60 pts

Troops: Tyranid Warrior Brood (6#, 215 pts)
5 Tyranid Warrior Brood, 175 pts = 5 * 35 (base cost 30 + Deathspitter 5)
1 Tyranid Warrior, 40 pts = (base cost 30 + Barbed Strangler 10)

Troops: Tyranid Warrior Brood (6#, 215 pts)
5 Tyranid Warrior Brood, 175 pts = 5 * 35 (base cost 30 + Deathspitter 5)
1 Tyranid Warrior, 40 pts = (base cost 30 + Barbed Strangler 10)

HQ: Tyranid Prime (1#, 95 pts)
1 Tyranid Prime, 95 pts = (base cost 80 + Lash Whip & Bonesword 15)

Troops: Tyranid Warrior Brood (5#, 250 pts)
5 Tyranid Warrior Brood, 250 pts = 5 * 50 (base cost 30 + Lash Whip & Bonesword 15 + Toxin Sacs 5)

Elite: The Doom of Malan'tai (1#, 90 pts)
1 The Doom of Malan'tai, 90 pts

Elite: Zoanthrope Brood (2#, 120 pts)
2 Zoanthrope Brood, 120 pts = 2 * 60

Heavy Support: Trygon (1#, 200 pts)
1 Trygon, 200 pts

Heavy Support: Trygon (1#, 200 pts)
1 Trygon, 200 pts

Heavy Support: Tyrannofex (1#, 265 pts)
1 Tyrannofex, 265 pts = (base cost 250 + Rupture Cannon 15)

[Captain Bubonicus]

I know it's got a lotta big stuff, but man...I'm not used to seeing that few bodies in a 'Nid list!

[Seirin]

Gaunts, for their price, are pretty damn useful. IMO try and make room for those if only as fodder. And avoid grey knights, that list is like a GK players heaven.

[Yeahbuddy42]

If I had your list of nids, this is what I would do:

HQ:
Hive Tyrant - lash/bonesword, hive commander, adrenal glands, toxin sacs
Hive Tyrant - Scything talons, wings, Adrenal Glands

Troops:
8 x Genestealers
27 x Hormagaunts (Used with Hive Commander outflank when Flying Tyrant Deepstrikes back field.)
15 x Termagant
15 x Termagant
4 x Warrior - Devourer, Talons
4 x Warrior - Devourer, Talons

Heavy:
3 x Carnifex Brood - I prefer them to have scything talons all around, not a fan of guns, Adrenal Glands.
Trygon
Mawloc (I'd tunnel him and have him pop up under somebody.)

1,999 points

This gives you 7 big bugs to play with and a good amount of little guys to scuttle about.
I'm a huge fan of swarm list, but I tried to tailor it to your interest in Nidzilla.

I hope this helped :-)

[ragnarcissist]

ymgarls are a beast in 6th, my long fangs hate them with a passion. thats the only thing id add but yeahbuddys list looks fun

[incenerate101]

The only working nid list I've seen is gaunt screen. Which is the only nidzilla I've seen as well. Consists of about 50 gaunts. Carnifexs, trygons, and whatever monster generates more gaunts. Lol