WIP: Death Guard Plague Marines

Hey all, back again to show a couple of things I've been working on. There have been rumors and speculation that a few of us here at the Istvaanians will be doing another Tale of Gamers style league soon to get our armies done and some games in. My army of choice at the moment is my all nurgle CSM army with demonic allies.


I recently went all out and got hold of a few FW Death Guard upgrade kits, along with some Mk II and III heresy era legs and Maxmini biohazard backpacks. I'm pretty pleased with the results-- they all work together and give a cohesive look to the models. These have been primered white and given an airbrushed basecoat of old style Gretchin Green foundation paint.

 

This is my WIP Chaos Lord. He carries the Burning Brand of Skalathrax, modeled as a Nurgle toxin cannon with a fuel tank backpack (known at the gaming table as the Goop Gun). The base model is the chaos lord from Dark Vengeance. He obviously has a ways to go, but I like how he is shaping up. As usual, let me know what you think.

-- Boltergeist

Blast from the Past: Typhus conversion; TLAC/ML Hellbrute

Hey all, just a quick post here to show you what I've been messing with lately. First up is a Typhus conversion based on the RT era Chaos Lord model. It's a bit small now, but I've always liked it.

The arms are from the plastic chaos lord kit-- the scythe is the sorcerer's staff topped with a zombie scythe blade, yet again topped with the pick weapon from the whfb chaos knights. The back banner is one from the plastic plaguebearers, as is the hand holding the severed heads. He still needs some gaps filled and obviously a paintjob, but with the new arms and the height added from the base I'm pretty happy with it.

I've also been tinkering with the hellbrute model. I like the detail and the pose, but the weapon loadout isn't all that useful to me. Plus, I like to avoid using straight out-of-the-box models when I can help it.

The autocannon was made with plastic tubing; pretty straightforward there. I removed the fist arm at the joint and added a Havoc launcher. I had to trim down the plate that goes on the back of the fist, but it fits on there well as the top of the missile launcher. I replaced the normal face with an eyeball from the chaos spawn kit to help the pose make sense.


Thanks for reading, talk to you soon.

--Boltergeist

PadGuy's Alpha Legion

Alpha Legion. The XX legion. The legion with the most secrets, the most mystery, the most questions… Well, whatever, I am padguy, and this is my inaugural post on The Istvaanians blog. I was inducted with into this group back in February and had some personal events strike delaying my project and its posting on this blog. I am 6 books deep into the Horus Heresy series… I read Legion, and think it’s the best one of the series to date(that I’ve read mind you). Then I thought about my next army and was discussing with the guy who runs this store: . We discussed some codex options, some painting and modeling ideas, and I settled on the Alpha Legion. That being said, I am a loyalist at heart and the idea of running a Chaos force always turned my stomach. I did as much research as I could, traveling through the internet and absorbing as much information about the Alpha Legion as I could, even rereading Legion again(better the second time). The mystery about the Alpha Legion’s loyalty remains to be answered, but there is enough doubt that I feel I can really exploit a number of different Codexes and maintain the proper feel of this army, throughout. That being said, you will not see anything that looks like this:

I wanted a much more subtle look to my army. I plan on using almost exclusively loyalist armor and weapons, with a few bits thrown in here and there to given them a furtive, subtlety vile, something’s-not-right, kind of look. There won’t be any horns, or tentacles, but I plan on decorating their bases with all sorts of Imperial flotsam. The purpose is so that even in their modeling questions are raised. “Are they attacking imperial positions? Are they relieving Imperial forces? Are they attacking a Chaos force” You get the picture. I am not sure I will put any markings on them yet. Not sure if the Hydra or the “A” will be used, maybe neither…or both!



Codex choices: I plan on building this army so that Three Codexes can be used. Maybe not every model every game but so that I can add this unit or that unit in and play a different codex with relative ease. The purposes are two fold: Finances(We are talking GW here after all) and To keep my options open from a gaming POV. That being said, the codex choices will be secondary to what I hope to be the best modeled and painted army I have created. I am going to play the models I think look the best, and convert and paint them based on their appearance rather than the rules that accompany them. I do not mean I will be building worthless armies with this group, but WAAC type of construction will not be on the agenda.



The codex to be used first is Space Wolves. This MAY change with the Chaos Marine Codex comes out, but it is unlikely. The third codex will be Codex: Space Marines.

On to the list: This is Approximate, as I have not settled on everything and the points are not set. Rather, these are the units I will construct, and will play them interchangeably when I bounce around Codexes:

HQ: Logan, a Wolf Guard Battle Leader, with some gear and Saga of the Hunter, A Rune Priest

Troops: Grey Hunters of course, a mix, some in rhinos, some in pods, some on foot even.
One of these will be a stealth squad.

Elites: Wolfguard. Two-three squads. Two in Power Armor I plan on doing something really bold with painting/modeling wise. One in Terminator armor, likely only 5 strong. Plus a couple more to accompany a squad here and there.

Fast Attack: Nothing yet, but as points allow, Landspeeders are always a good choice.

Heavy Support: Long Fangs will be used, but not missile spam! I think it’s time some goons with heavy bolters stand around rocking some enemy positions! Predators are options as well but only in bigger games. I want to have lots of troops in this army so it will be light on vehicles.




Well that is my very long first post and army plan! No pictures of WIP yet, but I have assembled a number of figs. I should have something within a week, so check back then!



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