Bugs for MI

[cypherkk]

I've always like bugs since the movie Aliens and have been wanting to collect and "alien/bug" army for some time.

I have purchased the game along with 2 boxes of warriors and 1 hoppers, and am planning on getting . I was planning on trading the MI for Bugs, with another player in the area who wants to focus on MI. Im sure many people have done this.

What I wanted to know if you guys think it would be a good idea to do this or save them for possible opponents to play with. And, is this enough warriors to start with?

I live in a small gaming community right now, (Palm Springs, CA) though I can travel pretty readilly. I thought i might want to keep them incase I needed to coerce, someone else to play against. If this is a good option whats the best way to fit out a small MI force so they don't get bored with it, or feel they've been handed a !@#$ army.

 

[veon]

I always have a hard time finding opponents and SST isn't taking off in my area. I'm gonna need to have both forces to get ppl into the game.

 

[Captain Vidius]

Well personally I'll be using both armies so I won't be trading anything. :wink:

 

[ScipioAmericanus]

I'll be collecting all three (Bugs, MI, Skinnies)...and probably anything else Mongoose chooses to introduce! :lol:

 

[Mr Evil]

you need mi ,, as some spare ones meen you can do conversions and mess bits up..ooopsyyy...

and you can never have enough bugs... you realy cant.

 

[ianvancheese]

he ain't lying, i getting all three armies 2, once skinny plastics come out

 

[Borthcollective]

I sold my Arachnids off to a friend of mine. Not sure how much I will regret that. I bought 2 starter boxes of the game too.

 

[REAPERmadness]

So far I have bought 5 game boxes. I have traded away 16 marines because you don't need that many...It's the bugs you can't get enough of.

I also plan on making hoppers out of the bugs...i will be posting some pics probably tomorrow.

S.

 

[Mr Evil]

WOW 5 boxes !! thats some serouse buying there... and i thought i was mad for getting 2 !!! and considering a 3rd !!!

 

[REAPERmadness]

I have been waiting for this since I first saw the movie. I was big into GW then and went out and bought a tyranid army...however I do not like playing 40k. It is truly like playing yahtzee with $500 worth of minis. So any way, I want to see 100 bugs on the field and thirty marines.

 

[veon]

I'm gonna use my bugs to play 40k as well. A whole army of leaping, rending claw equipped Tyranid Warriors!

 

[cypherkk]

I was thinking of that too. Then I read a couple of posts here and it reminds me of why I want to try out SST so bad, 40k is like yatzee with 500$ armies.

But, honestly I think I will try them as bugs if I can't find anyone to play, need another enemy for my DW too.

I thought about using the MI as an IG army, but I have 2: one fully unpainted, one mostly painted, and one that was stolen, Ithink thats plenty, None are Canadiians sot the SST figures wouldn't match. It would be nice if I could somehow translate my SM armies into something in SST, but I think thats unlikely.