40k/Kill Team

40k/Kill Team

Here's my other major hobby project at the moment, my Tyranids.

My first 40k army as a teenager was the old lead/metal nids, and I had about 1,000pts I think. After getting back into hobby stuff, I wasn't sure my painting skills are up to doing them justice (still not sure tbh) and at the club we started an escalation league as many of us were rediscovering the game.

I had a cupboard full of marines ready for a Crimson Fist army. That front page of Rogue Trader all those years ago has a lot to answer for!

That said, I built 2,000pts or so of the marines, but I really did not enjoy playing them and least of all painting them. It was a real struggle.

So, when the Tyranid codex came out it wasn't hard for me to switch projects. This time, however, I'm building a unit and painting it with a view to getting to 750pts before I play a game.

I've only done troops so far, as with a chunk of them done I can mix and match the force once it's on the table. It's focused around genestealers, because you know, aliens. Other than that, I plan on a mix of all sorts as I don't know what stuff does and I'm not bothered about net lists etc.

I have painted up 16 genestealers and 12 termagants as it stands. Not a great deal, and it's taken me a while even using the airbrush for the initial two layers. One thing I'm not is a fast painter, but I'm fairly happy with how my fledgling Hive Fleet Gorgon looks.

Here they are:

For now any games I get in with them will be in Kill Team, where they're pretty fun if fragile!

Cheers