WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO I think I have it! I spoke to an old friend of mine and he came up with a cracker of a list, here it is:
HQ
Hive tyrant, Sything talons, Twinlinked devourer with brainleech worms, Wings 245
Troops
10x Termagaunts 50
Tervigon, Catalyst, Adrenal glands, Toxin sacs, 195
Fast Attack
Harpy HVC 170
Harpy HVC 170
Harpy Cluster spines 160
Heavy Support
Mawloc
Mawloc
Mawloc
Total 1500pts
8 MCs! Troops than can score and a wicked plan: Flyers have to start in reserve so Hive tyrant and harpys are off the table at the start Opt to keep tervigon and termagaunts as reserves and setup the 3 Mawlocs as the only thing on the table in turn one. BURROW leaving your opponent nothing to shoot at for a turn! Turn 2 ATTACK!
Original post below in italics
Ok so I've never played with Tyranids before but I'm thinking about starting a new 40k army and I was chatting to someone the other day who said that the nids could get 17 monstrous creatures into a list which is pretty insane! That got me thinking, so I set out making this list with some specific objectives in mind.
1. As many monstrous creatures as you can fit into 1500pts
2. As few models as possible that aren't monstrous creatures
3. Holding objectives? eh no eating the enemy army is the objective!
4. something that has a chance of working and winning?
In the end I managed 8 MCs
HQ
Hive Tyrant Armoured Shell 210 (Taking Biomancy for Iron arm and endurance hopefully)
Troops (I toyed with the idea of Termies and Tervigon but decided that it would involve too many non-MC models plus buying and painting)
3xRipper Swarm 30
3xRipper Swarm 30
Fast Attack
Harpy Twin linked Heavy Venom Cannon 170
Harpy Twin linked Heavy Venom Cannon 170
Harpy
Heavy Support
3x Carnifex Brood Regeneration 555 (with this I'm hoping to take a couple of wounds on each thus maximising the chance of regeneration eg with 2 wounds on each i will get 6 regeneration rolls)
Mawloc
Total 1495pts
So what do you think? Any suggestions/changes? Can you fit in another MC? Will this list work?