Thoughts on my Death Guard/Nurgle CSM idea.

[3eland]

Hey Btowners,

So I have a bunch of CSM and I have started to favour towards the Nurgle scene. I am redoing the entire army (part of this is for the Btown Painting Challenge) and had an idea.

I love Death guard. The look, the paint scheme, the idea, everything. I would love to make a Death Guard army.

What I was thinking was getting the upgrade kits from FW, taking my CSM and converting them. That way I would have my Death Guard army and my Nurgle CSM army (well modern Death Guard Nurgle army). I enjoy the hobby side of wargaming and so kit bashing my already assembled marines wouldn't be much of a problem for me (it would be fun actually).

My biggest question however revolves around Nurgle himself. All Nurgle armies have the death-sick looking theme. Boils, disease, bloating, etc. I noticed that the Terminator Death Guard upgrade kit showed heavy disease factor, and you can get a Plague Marine looking Death Guard Tac kit. So, how far along would I be able to take the army before it looked more Nurge than Guard (or vice versa)? I am converting a homemade Titan into Nurgle (I made it for my wife when she had Grey Knights and so since she rid them I get to Nurglify it) and it is going to have a lot of green stuff work (boils, bloatyness, etc) so I do not want it to look out of place either.

I would love to buy the Death Guard straight from Forgeworld but this way gives me both and still the nice look (and it's cheaper). I would still get the characters, the Deathshroud, wardens and probably the bikes (because they look so much better than 40k bikers).

Thoughts? Suggestions? opinions?

Thanks all,

Ryan

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

To be clear--are you looking at doing pre-Heresy, pre-Fall Death Guard?

Or mid-fall Death Guard?

[3eland]

Which is the off-white armour with green shoulderpads? Pre-Heresy I think?

Thinking this colour scheme (I love it):

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

Have you looked at the Pre-Heresy-Post-Heresy Death Guard army on BoLS?

[3eland]

No I have not, is there a quick link? I don't venture to BoLS often so not entirely sure how I would find it.

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/?s=%22de ... mit=Search

Larry Vela has a large pre/mid/post Death Guard army that he has shown on BoLS over the years.

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2012/12/ ... nders.html

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/09/ ... lists.html

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/09/ ... art-1.html

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2007/04/ ... aitor.html

[3eland]

Awesome thanks.

Very cool army. I didn't see much mutation though. Is it uncommon?

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

He has some pretty Nurgley stuff built up as well, if you browse through all the articles. Some of his vehicles are especially impressive.