Hive Fleet Prodos

[Focslain]

So as part of the current Call to Arms I decided to make a sizable dent in my back log and paint up as many Tyranids as I could as well as learn to use the army for this edition. I honestly have not touched this army since early 8th iirc. 

 

For the edition I was planning on doing either Assimilation or Endless Swarm. With the change to reinforcements however I’m definitely going Assimilation, maybe Invasion for certain builds.

 

Below is a sample list that I’m going to try running. If you see any room for improvement I’m open for suggestions.

 

swarm test (995 points)

 

Tyranids
Incursion (1000 points)
Assimilation Swarm

 

CHARACTERS

 

Parasite of Mortrex (100 points)
  • 1x Barbed ovipositor
    1x Clawed limbs
  • Enhancement: Regenerating Monstrosity

 

Tervigon (185 points)
  • Warlord
  • 1x Massive scything talons
    1x Stinger salvoes
  • Enhancement: Biophagic Flow (Aura)

 

BATTLELINE

Hormagaunts (130 points)
  • 20x Hormagaunt
    • 20x Hormagaunt talons

 

Termagants (120 points)
  • 20x Termagant
    • 20x Chitinous claws and teeth
      20x Fleshborer

 

Termagants (120 points)
  • 20x Termagant
    • 20x Chitinous claws and teeth
      20x Fleshborer

 

OTHER DATASHEETS

 

Neurolictor (90 points)
  • 1x Piercing claws and talons

 

Psychophage (95 points)
  • 1x Psychoclastic torrent
    1x Talons and betentacled maw

 

Psychophage (95 points)
  • 1x Psychoclastic torrent
    1x Talons and betentacled maw

 

Pyrovores (35 points)
  • 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
    1x Flamespurt

 

Ripper Swarms (25 points)
  • 1x Chitinous claws and teeth

 

Exported with App Version: v1.18.0 (46), Data Version: v434

 

Once I get another pyrovore I’m most likely going to drop the ripper swarm and Regeneration enhancement to fit it in. For large games I’m looking at adding more big boys to the list. 

 

swarm upgrade (1995 points)

 

Tyranids
Strike Force (2000 points)
Assimilation Swarm

 

CHARACTERS

 

Broodlord (105 points)
  • 1x Broodlord claws and talons
  • Enhancement: Parasitic Biomorphology

 

Parasite of Mortrex (80 points)
  • 1x Barbed ovipositor
    1x Clawed limbs

 

Tervigon (185 points)
  • Warlord
  • 1x Massive scything talons
    1x Stinger salvoes
  • Enhancement: Biophagic Flow (Aura)

 

BATTLELINE

 

Hormagaunts (130 points)
  • 20x Hormagaunt
    • 20x Hormagaunt talons

 

Termagants (120 points)
  • 20x Termagant
    • 20x Chitinous claws and teeth
      20x Fleshborer

 

Termagants (120 points)
  • 20x Termagant
    • 20x Chitinous claws and teeth
      20x Fleshborer

 

OTHER DATASHEETS

 

Carnifexes (125 points)
  • 1x Carnifex crushing claws
    1x Carnifex extra scything talons
    1x Chitinous claws and teeth

 

Genestealers (150 points)
  • 10x Genestealer
    • 10x Genestealers claws and talons

 

Lictor (55 points)
  • 1x Lictor claws and talons

 

Lictor (55 points)
  • 1x Lictor claws and talons

 

Neurolictor (90 points)
  • 1x Piercing claws and talons

 

Neurolictor (90 points)
  • 1x Piercing claws and talons

 

Norn Emissary (275 points)
  • 1x Monstrous rending claws
    1x Monstrous scything talons
    1x Psychic Tendril

 

Psychophage (95 points)
  • 1x Psychoclastic torrent
    1x Talons and betentacled maw

 

Psychophage (95 points)
  • 1x Psychoclastic torrent
    1x Talons and betentacled maw

 

Pyrovores (35 points)
  • 1x Chitin-barbed limbs
    1x Flamespurt

 

Tyrannofex (190 points)
  • 1x Powerful limbs
    1x Rupture cannon
    1x Stinger salvoes

 

Exported with App Version: v1.18.0 (46), Data Version: v434

 

Point of the Parasite is to make ripper swarms to harvest other objectives. Basically have it follow a group and tail attack a soft target to make swarms. The other unit will hold the objective and allow the swarms to heal those units. If my opponent decides to target the rippers they are not attacking my other units. Only issue is if the parasite goes down, but once again, not attacking my other heavier units. Also plan to swap out the carnifex for a haruspex once I get one.

 

I’ll add in any battle reports and fluff to this later, I did get in one game so far against my sister’s Kroot army and managed a close win. It broke down to my neurolictor managing to stop a sabotage action by killing the last 3 models of the unit. Had she scored that it would have been a tie.
 

[Focslain]

So a bit of a photo dump, with several models done for the CtA done plus some bonus units. This was a trek and I still have work to do to get all of my 2k assimilation list done. 

 

 

 

finished my own parasite and tyrannofex. I still need to do the Norn, but that is going to wait til after I finish work on my knights for an event in Nov. I'm hoping to get in a game or two with these before the end of the year. 

 

[Xenith]

List looks fun for 1k, and good on your for going assimilation! Lots of bodies and the fun parasite. Have you had any games?

[Focslain]

8 hours ago, Xenith said:

List looks fun for 1k, and good on your for going assimilation! Lots of bodies and the fun parasite. Have you had any games?

I got in a few games, but just didn’t have time to really write up anything and they were short (opponent caved in less then 3 turns). I believe I have some pict scans somewhere. 

 

2K vs Orks - So guy was done after two turns. I got first turn and the genestealers ate his meganobz for breakfast. The tyrannofex dropped the stompa in two volleys. Grazgulla had lost his meganob bodyguard but killed the screamer killer. However he was being decended on by a dozen hormaguants and a full squad of termaguants with double regen support (tervigon/harvester). Basically in two turns I had him down to graz, a squad of grots, and a battlewagon. The norn just melted a full unit of boys on it’s own. He also only managed to kill the screamer killer and while damaged all my units were still rolling around.

 

1K vs Admech - Another quick one. I modded the above list, added the tyrannofex by dropping a psychopahge, neurolictor and the parasites enhancement. Glad I did, the fex one shotted his onagars while tanking almost half his army. We had the battleline reserve rule so I put the hormagaunts into reserves and they were primed to hit his side line in force. I also held most of the board when he called it. 

 2k vs Imperial fists - don’t remember much of this one but it was a lose cause I wasn’t scoring secondaries and he held a flank with two full squads of heavy intercessors lead by Tor and had a squad of assault termie lead by Lysander in my back line. We ran out of time due to too much chatting.

 

Least that is what I remember. I found a few picts on my phone. 

 

I also have picts from an game versus marines, but that game is kind of blurred with the IF game. But I’ll include the pict scan either way.

Photo dump in the spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy.

 

I'm going to semi-main line the nids til the end of the year when I'm going to swap to guard if the rumour of them getting an army box/codex in January is true.

 

After I finish with the knights I'm working on I'm going to get to work on the norn.

Edited October 22, 2024 by Focslain

[Focslain]

Got a game in over the weekend, I do need to get more detailed reports, but this week has been busy. Was a 2K against Blood Angels, a nice mix of death company and standard marines. Only vehicles were a DC brutalis dread and a gladiator lancer. Game ended in a draw of 52-52, which was only a draw cause i had the painting bonus. So victory to the Son of Sangunius? 

 

Highlights included:
Genestealers causing havoc in his deployment zone with the broodlord taking out the Saginaur in single combat.
Lamartes and his DC wiped out all my guants, and that’s kind of it.
Norn tanking two rounds of fire from a full squad of eradicators.

 

Some picts from the field.

 

Also finished the Norn (as seen above) and the Swarmlord. I’ll get picts later. For now I’ve moved onto the infantry portion of the onslaught box. Pieced together some hormagaunts, liking the dynamic poses and these are surprisingly stable.  

[Focslain]

Bit of an update.

 

Finished building the rest of the Onslaught Swarm+, 10 genestealers, 30 hormaguants and tossing in a Tyranid Prime so I can do the combat patrol finally.

 

Did some basing before I spray them hopefully later today/tomorrow. This is going to be another marathon of a painting run. 

 

[Focslain]

So while I'm going to put the swarm into hibration to make way for the guard, I'm still going to finish up what is on the desk.

 

While visiting an old high school buddy over the holiday he passed me some catapillar towers he used for a test print. Figured I paint these up for kicks as the scheme is somewhat easy. 

 

He's going to send me the stls later and i have a project in mind to make a barricade/large spawn pool in blender. Not sure I'll actually get around to actually doing it, but the rough is filed away.

 

Away here is a WIP of them surrounded by the rest of the WIP swarm.

[Focslain]

Ok, so I got the swarm painted up (mostly), will revisit once I start getting the CP magazine since I'm painting up the tyranids in my hive fleet colours. 

 

 

Also did a game against a friends admech and got wrecked, but was nice to see them on the field. 

 

 

Thank you for reading. 

[Xenith]

Looking great - Amazing you smashed those other orks so easily, I've really been struggling doing damage with nids!

 

Are you still collecting the combat patrol? What's next on the paint bench?

[Focslain]

On 3/3/2025 at 12:15 PM, Xenith said:

Looking great - Amazing you smashed those other orks so easily, I've really been struggling doing damage with nids!

 

Are you still collecting the combat patrol? What's next on the paint bench?

 

Still doing the CP magazine, got my shipping confirmation this morning. The nids will be in my Prodos Hive Fleet scheme. The chapter the marines are going to be was randomly selected on Sunday. Going to be doing the Dark Hunters (another WS successor*).

 

Currently on the painting bench is some guard, I did finish my Winged Prime, just need to remember to take pict and post. I'm going to do my best to keep up with the magazine, unlike the last one. 

 

The spires are also mostly done, just some detail work I have to figure out and paint. 

 

*= for context the last four randomly selected chapters for my little crusade project have been White Scar successors, or in the case of the Leviathan set, actual White Scars.

[Focslain]

So received the first batch for the CP sub. Already working on the 6 Von Ryans and a winged prime. Below is a pict of my completed prime from the Leviathan set plus the spires a friend tossed me over the holidays.

 

I'm going to try my best to keep up with the CP mags, which will only be an issue once the termaguants arrive. It will also be my 5th squad of the buggers.  

[The Pounder]

The magazine looks good value.

 

Good luck with keeping the pace up.

 

I really enjoyed seeing your battle pics!

[Focslain]

On 3/25/2025 at 4:24 AM, The Pounder said:

The magazine looks good value.

 

Good luck with keeping the pace up.

 

I really enjoyed seeing your battle pics!

For the first two CPs it's not that good of a value, decent, but not as good as later patrols. Especially the ones that don't exist anymore (orks, Eldar, Guard)

 

I'm almost done the leapers already and hope to have them done by the weekend. 

 

If I have anymore bouts with them I'll post them here. Right now Guard is my main focus with marines coming up in the summer. But if someone in my local group wants to face nids, Hive Fleet Prodos will rise again.