So finally after 1 year in the making i finished my first fully-painted army. What would be a better way to celebrate this than posting a thread on my favourite forums?
Prologue:
For my third attempt at getting into the hobby i tried to stick to one army this time instead of trying different minis from different Factions, but since i already had lots of Space Marines without the intent of starting a
SM-army the path was cleared for a new chaotic warband. I wanted to practice alot with greenstuff, so i thought Nurgle would be the way to go - and boy i was right!
Kitbashing and converting is a lot of fun and on top of that Nurgle is very forgiving when it comes to the point where i have to put some paint on the minis (it's cool as long as it looks like something vomited on the marines ^_^ ).
My current army is 1750 points and i play them 1-2 times per month in a nice little tournament circuit in a nearby city. No hardcore-gamers, very friendly people and absolutely beginner-friendly.
The List:
HQ
Demon Prince, wings,
MoN
Sorcerer, Terminator-armour,
MoN, Wind of Chaos
Elite
5x Terminators, 1 Chainfist, 1 Reaper, 2x combi-melta
2x Cybot with Plasmacannon
Troops
8x Plaguemarines, 1 Melta, 1 Flamer, Champ w. Powerweapon, Icon, Rhino
8x Plaguemarines, 1 Melta, 1 Flamer, Champ w. Powerweapon, Icon, Rhino
7x Plaguemarines, 2x Plasmagun, Icon, Rhino
Support
Predator w.
TL-Laser, no sponsons
2x1 Obliterator
I'm going up the ladder 1-2 places everytime i go to a tourney, hopefully i'll be somewhere in the upper half at next saturday
The Pictures:
Let's start with my Demon Prince. He was built from a
WHFB-Ogre, got some Claws from a plastic Carnifex as wings and has nice guts made from
GS - a simple yet effective conversion which everybody at the tourney seemed to like alot (especially they liked to shoot him with a LOT of guns).
Next is my Sorcerer with his Terminator-retinue. Here i pimped the normal
SM-Terminators with lots of Tyranid-bits...
The Autocannon is a counts-as Reaper, because i love the
SM-Cannon for it's Minigun-Style.
To replace my lesser demons, who terribly underperformed everytime i used them, i bought 2 Dreadnoughts from
AOBR and converted them to Plama-spewing Deathmachines - so far they never hurt each other (allthough they tried to)!!
Next are my troops. I used converted Space Marines, some Heads from Westwind Productions, many bits from the
WHFB Zombies and Skeletons, a Plaguemarine-Squad from the actual
GW-Range and even some old Marines (Snap-Fit Plagues and a mini from Space Crusade). The lone Powerfist-Guy is an experimental mini, maybe i'll use him some time when i feel my squads need a little more punch in the assault.
Transportation:
My 3 Rhinos are all pre-owned and where already painted, so i spiced them up with some bits &
GS, painted them nurgly and was ready to go, no extensive conversions.
The brain is a small item i got in a promotion for Microsofts MS-Net 8 years ago
The first thing i finished for this army was my beloved Predator "Brutus". His
TL-Laser is an old Tarantula from a Space Crusade Expansion. He seldom kills something, but is a sight to behold on every Battlefield!
Last but not least - the Obliterators! I dodn't want to buy 2 Oblits and a Demon Prince for 65 €, so i went and got a box of
WHFB-Ogres for 30 €, build my Units and still got 3 Ogres left for future conversions...that's what i call a bargain!
That's all folks!
I'll replace the pics of unfinished units as soon as i have the time to make some new pics with my gfs' Digicam
Tanith first and only