1k Eldar vs 1k Nids

Got a game in against Nids.  The armies were as follows.

Eldar:

HQ:
Farseer - Doom, Singing Spear, RoW

Elite:
5 Fire Dragons - Wave Serpent, Stones, Shuriken Cannons up and down

Troops:
10 Storm Guardians - 2 Fusion Guns, Wave Serpent, Stones, Shuriken Cannons up and down
10 Dire Avengers - Wave Serpent, Stones, Shuriken Cannons up and down

Heavy:
(2) Fire Prism's - Shuriken Cannons up and down

Nids:

HQ:

Hive Tyrant - Dual Talons
(2) Tyrant Guard Brood - Lash Whips
Tervigon - Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Catalyst

Elite:
(2) 2 Hive Guard Brood 

Troops:
Tervigon - Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Catalyst
10 Termagant Brood


Fast Attack:
10 Gargoyle Brood - Adrenal Glands 

The photo is poor quality and does not show how well the nids are painted.  The mission was annihilation with standard deployment.  It was the inaugural game on my new board.  The final score was 6-4 for the Eldar.  It was a close game though, down to the wire until the end.  Ultimately what screwed up the Nids was spawning easy kill points for the Eldar.  His Hive Guard did extremely well and knocked out a wave serpent and a fire prism.

Over all I'm happy with how my list performed.  The extra Shuriken Cannon on my tanks paid off in spades.  Although some turns the extra shots were sacrificed for speed, having the ability to hold the lines and increase my firepower output worked out well for me.  I lost a fire prism; however, I think loosing the holo-fields and stones was worth it.  I was able to get two turns of shooting the big pie plate with two tanks.  Turn three the main gun was blown off and I was able to squeeze another round of shooting with the cannon on turn four before loosing the tank on turn five.

If I was to change anything I think I might alter the Avenger squad.  As it stands they alone only managed to clean up a depleted gargoyle squad then survive.  I might replace the wave serpent and 10 Avengers for 5 Avengers and a Holo-Field Falcon with shuriken cannon and star engines.  The tank is hardier and likely able to survive until late game to grab objectives with the star engines.

As for the nids, if this had been an objective mission I think the nids would have done better if not take the game.  We thought some changes were required to his list though.  Drop the Hive Tyrant and Tyrant guard and fill out his hive guard.  The only problem with these changes is the lack of ability to deal with av14 with only 2 MC's.

Anyway the real highlight of the game was playing on my new board.  Looking forward to getting some games in at my leisure unbeholden to my local GW store's gaming night schedule.