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These models look very monopose, not a fan if thats the case. I think GW is going too far with he goofy side of Nurgle, its adding too much levity to an absolutely terrifying force.

 Midnightdeathblade wrote:
These models look very monopose, not a fan if thats the case. I think GW is going too far with he goofy side of Nurgle, its adding too much levity to an absolutely terrifying force.

I thought they looked quite badass personally. The only things that are somewhat goofy are the pox walkers, but that's quite scary if you think about it. These masses of maggots and writhing tentacles slowly shuffling towards you with these big toothy grins on their faces through scowling eyes, wanting to infect you.

And obviously the Nurglings are goofy, but that's the charm of those little guys.

 Tiberius501 wrote:

 Midnightdeathblade wrote:
These models look very monopose, not a fan if thats the case. I think GW is going too far with he goofy side of Nurgle, its adding too much levity to an absolutely terrifying force.

I thought they looked quite badass personally. The only things that are somewhat goofy are the pox walkers, but that's quite scary if you think about it. These masses of maggots and writhing tentacles slowly shuffling towards you with these big toothy grins on their faces through scowling eyes, wanting to infect you.

And obviously the Nurglings are goofy, but that's the charm of those little guys.

The models are indeed gorgeous, however they just dont fit the aesthetic i personally desire when i think of the Death Guard.

It's certainly possible to paint them more gritty and gruesome. This is a pretty good example of how to do it, I think.

Chikout wrote:
Mortarion and many of the Death Guard models were designed by Maxime Pastourel, creator of this awesome army:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/06/22/army-showcase-maxime-pastourels-plague-marines-june22gw-homepage-post-4/

Anyone have any clue what he made his Raptor heads from?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Chikout wrote:
Mortarion and many of the Death Guard models were designed by Maxime Pastourel, creator of this awesome army:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/06/22/army-showcase-maxime-pastourels-plague-marines-june22gw-homepage-post-4/

Anyone have any clue what he made his Raptor heads from?

probably plastic

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Chikout wrote:
Mortarion and many of the Death Guard models were designed by Maxime Pastourel, creator of this awesome army:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/06/22/army-showcase-maxime-pastourels-plague-marines-june22gw-homepage-post-4/

Anyone have any clue what he made his Raptor heads from?

I think he sculpted the lense parts himself. He posts as Morbak on blog de Kouzes. There is some awesome stuff there including lots of wip and a bit of stuff about his design process. It is all in French though so a bit of Google translation is necessary.

Do you mean the Talons?



Not sure what these heads are from, but I swear I saw them before. I just don't remember where.

You mean from warhammer, or in general? Because those look like Elite Combine helmets from Half Life 2

From an article of BOLS.

The Biologus Putrifier is one of the Grenade caddies we have seen some pictures of. His ability grants a +1 to the Strength and Damage characteristic of the Blight Grenades. He also lets Grenades do a Mortal wound on a 6+. With a Stratagem you can have the entire unit throw Blight Grenades as well and when you mix it with Veterans of the Long War they all of a sudden each get 1d6 hits that have a chance to do mortal wounds on a 5 or 6. Sure it is 6 Inches but that is something to really worry about when you try to charge in and face a plethora of Grenades coming at your face.[u]


We are crazy? 20d6 hits, that at 5+ to wound are mortals?

Only with a stratagem, so you have to pay a rare resource to use it.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Only with a stratagem, so you have to pay a rare resource to use it.

But it's only 1CP.

 mrhappyface wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Only with a stratagem, so you have to pay a rare resource to use it.

But it's only 1CP.

Oof, that is pretty cheap, if that's true. Still, it has really short range, so it should be avoidable. The way I see it, it does hurt, but it needs a resource and does have a clear limitation, so its not really OP.
Not to mention that if you want 20d6 shots you will need 20 models in the squad. That's a pretty heavy investment just to effectively use a stratagem.

Without the stratagem its crazy too (better use the stratagem cloud of files in this unit of 20 plague marines). With a chaos lord you can rerolls 1s to hit and with the warlord trait you can reroll to wound with plague weapons (and granades are XD)

So for each 6s (rerollable) to wound you do 2 mortal wounds? (the hero gives damage 2)

Without the stratagem you can only throw one grenade. That's not very scary. You might as well break up that 20 man squad into 4 squads to get 4 grenade throws. But then the stratagem wouldn't be that effective.
Its strong, but hardly crazy. It still relies heavily on RNG.

Damage is not the same as mortal wounds. Mortal wound is a bonus effect in addition to damage. So each roll of a 6 deals 1 mortal wound + 2 normal wounds from the damage buff

True, i read fast and i thought that the hero gives the buff of shoot all granades.

Even so for 1 cp, its ver cheap for the damage that you can make. You only need use that stratagem 1 or 2 times in the battle.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Chikout wrote:
Mortarion and many of the Death Guard models were designed by Maxime Pastourel, creator of this awesome army:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/06/22/army-showcase-maxime-pastourels-plague-marines-june22gw-homepage-post-4/

Anyone have any clue what he made his Raptor heads from?

It might be these from Anvil Industries:

http://anvilindustry.co.uk/Boutique/Miniatures-of-the-North/Tox-Trooper-Squad


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then again, probably not...

 bubber wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Chikout wrote:
Mortarion and many of the Death Guard models were designed by Maxime Pastourel, creator of this awesome army:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/06/22/army-showcase-maxime-pastourels-plague-marines-june22gw-homepage-post-4/

Anyone have any clue what he made his Raptor heads from?

It might be these from Anvil Industries:

http://anvilindustry.co.uk/Boutique/Miniatures-of-the-North/Tox-Trooper-Squad


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Oh hello! Never seen these before. I'm reluctant to buy non-GW models since I play in a GW store semi-regularly, but I like those a lot for autogun cultists...

I bet Maxime is pissed theres no Nurgle raptors in the codex.

Those Raptors/Warp talons are super cool i really like the packs and how he did the poses

From FB. Entire profile for the Myphitic Blight-Hauler

Qlanth wrote:
From FB. Entire profile for the Myphitic Blight-Hauler

Spoiler:

Yep. Taking a trio for sure. Makes for a large bubble of cover and helps with their shooting. Win-win.

It only gives cover if every model in the unit is within 7", so you'll want small squads to benefit from it. I can see it synergizing really well with Terminator squads.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
It only gives cover if every model in the unit is within 7", so you'll want small squads to benefit from it. I can see it synergizing really well with Terminator squads.

Right, but wholly within 7" of a unit of 3 Haulers seems like you could potentially fit in quite a bit.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
It only gives cover if every model in the unit is within 7", so you'll want small squads to benefit from it. I can see it synergizing really well with Terminator squads.

Its better to deepstrike them still

But this will be amazing for marines

All about that cover save. It would be nice if you could remove the missile launcher and multi-melta (that's a job for a 3+ BS hellbrute, instead!)

AutocannonSidearm wrote:
All about that cover save. It would be nice if you could remove the missile launcher and multi-melta (that's a job for a 3+ BS hellbrute, instead!)

Yes and no. I made the argument on Facebook in favor of the little guys.

Hellbrutes don't provide a Cover Aura and requires a Death Guard only Detachment to benefit from ignoring heavy weapons. Oh, and has only 2 weapons right? Hellbrutes have a place but as Lascannon platforms or gribblys tarpit when in Hentai mode. Oh and doesn't get a 5+ invul I believe or Disgustingly Resilient

Good god I hope helbrutes got a point reduction. At 140ish points that hauler is faster and better at getting a multi-melta in range and far more durable.

This thing has no downside other than perhaps you'll need three.

 Lysenis wrote:

AutocannonSidearm wrote:
All about that cover save. It would be nice if you could remove the missile launcher and multi-melta (that's a job for a 3+ BS hellbrute, instead!)

Yes and no. I made the argument on Facebook in favor of the little guys.

Hellbrutes don't provide a Cover Aura and requires a Death Guard only Detachment to benefit from ignoring heavy weapons. Oh, and has only 2 weapons right? Hellbrutes have a place but as Lascannon platforms or gribblys tarpit when in Hentai mode. Oh and doesn't get a 5+ invul I believe or Disgustingly Resilient

Yup. Thats why i've just gone all in, ditched the hellbrute and taken an contemptor. These Drones are going to be brilliant. if we have some carry over from the CSM stratagems and get "Daemon forged" re rolling all hits and wounds. Yes please.

Rush a unit of these forward 10" and then deepstrike your termies in less than 7" from them. That gets you 16" from your deployment zone. Or advance them and you get 11" to 16"s