40K Combat Patrol: Lamenters vs Tyranids

The Lamenters Combat Patrol try to investigate organic nodes at the rusting comms facility, as the Tyranid swarm tries to eat them!

The action will swirl around the central building.

Tyranid Combat Patrol

Space Marine Combat Patrol

Infernus Marines approach a pulsating node.

A brood of Leapers and a Psychophage scuttle towards them.

The Leapers are incinerated before they can attack.

Terminators pound Termagants into a sticky mess...

... and follow up into the Tyranid Prime.

The winged Prime flies away and guides more Termagants to the Infernus squad.

The Psychophage turns its attention to the hulking warriors.

Endless swarms of Termagants hurl themselves at the Infernus squad.

The Psychophage tears into the Terminators and eventually eats them all.

The Prime launches itself at the Captain, but he heroically kills it with his powersword.

Prolonged melee will eventually see numbers prevail.

The Captain plants a meltabomb in a node and fights off hordes of lesser beasts,
but the Lamenters are unsuccessful overall.

I had a game of 40K Combat Patrol, pitting the endless swarm of the Tyranids against the valiant and unlucky Lamenters. I don't mind the limited format, as we're still forgetting a myriad of rules left, right and centre. The Infernus Marines put up a longer fight than I expected, as the Termagants don't hit hard in close combat. I didn't want the Marines to get to fire their Pyreblasters, so gumming them up with waves of 'nids was a viable tactic. The Psychophage is 'tankier' than it looks, making a literal meal of the Terminators. The Tyranids were able to bring back many Termagants using their 'Teeming broods' ability, almost faster than the marines could kill them. The sole surviving Lamenter was the Captain.

I made some objectives in 24h using old scenery bitz on 40mm bases. I've got more to build, and I'll see if I can number them 1-6. A nice fun project to get done from my pile of potential.

40mm 40K objectives