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I have to say that I really like those plaguebearer marines proper chaos not just MOOORRR SPIKEZEZ not that theres not a place for more spikes. I just can't look at that type of vehicle without remembering The Traitors Hand.

Nice work! First time I've seen this thread, haven't looked through it all yet but will do. Like the old school stuff, got some of those myself. One thing that did catch my eye was your land raider - what did you make those tracks from? Got a couple of old land raiders which I aim to 'Nurgle' at some point and want to change the tracks to something more appropriate.

Really enjoyed looking at some of your older stuff, those old havocs are great, the guy with the New autocannon swap lookslike a new model.

Good job on those old nurgle deathguard daemon marines, they are timeless models!

Yes, class photo please!

Great looking models! loving the convertions

(Before I start any replies... WOW! Thanks for posting!)

@ RSJake- Ok. So long as things are cool.

@ Hyenajoe- Thank you, it was an inspiring process for me to turn regular Space marines into something I wanted to play with. And I'm still doing that, it's just less obvious thanks to the new plastics. I had to scrape to finish the Plague Marines I built, and some of the parts came from models never intended for Chaos, let alone Papa Nurgle.

@ Henners91- Yeah, I do too. Blame tipios and Limbo for goading me into it. It's almost time to do another one, I have a completely different idea this time that I really want to try. I see another AoBR plastic Dread in my future...

@ inmygravenimage- I'm not sure I'll ever top that Land Raider. I still have work to do on it like a Trophy Rack and other little bitz here and there. The new Land Raider I just scored on eBay should be here by this weekend, it'll be a while before I get to work on it because I want to get tracks from Machinator. I'm going to get these tracks this time just to change things up.

@ GiraffeX- Thank you on both comments! I'm really excited about the Defiler, it's coming along and it'll be done in a week or so tops.

@ JBrehaut- Group photo AND updated point list coming soon (this time with "bare bones" list and "all possible mods / upgrade" list... I'm going to try to break 7,000 points).

@ Llamahead- I really appreciate the compliment. I'm not a huge fan of spikes spikes spikes. They have their place here and there, but they can get a bit ridiculous.

@ monkeyh- Thanks for the compliment. I checked out your Gallery and WOW you do AMAZING work! Your conversions are stunning and your painting skill is sick. I'll be taking some time later to really check your stuff out. Thanks for checking this out. The tracks are by Machinator and he's one of the most amazing sculptors on Dakka (which is saying something because Dakka has a lot of amazing modelers). Check his stuff out. Great selection and prices. You get more than what you "need" if you don't go all the way around (like under the track hull and whatnot) but you do still need 2 sets. The extra bits are good for scenery or spares in case you break something. Not that I did that, just sayin'...

@ Tortured-Robot- You know I think you are the Master whenit comes to bringing Rogue Trader era models to modern life, so thank you for the compliment on the old Daemon Marine models. I really (really) like those a lot and wish I had a few dozen of them so I could experiment w/ conversions and not feel like I'm slashing apart a piece of history.

@ dsteingass- A new and updated "Class of 2011" photo coming up very soon, I want to finish up a couple squads and the Defiler first. But be assured I'll be updating my "overall army" photo, AND also going to update my list to include basic bare bones point cost and also the maxxed out wargear as much as I can carry list. I'm hoping to break 7,000 points.

@ GreyTauKnight- The conversions are possibly my favorite things, but I feel i haven't done them enough in this force. I could have put more work into the bloat and rot of Nurgle... but I don't feel i did a bad job at all. The Plague Marines that have been there longer have more rot and bloat. A lot of these Marines are new recruits. Literally. Ha.



Again... WOW. I think that's the most replies I've had after a single post. Thanks a lot to everyone that posted!

New update! With pics and finished work and everything!

I have another squad ready to go. In fact they are already on the shelf and have taken their place in the Death Guard. One of the photos came out bad and I didn't notice until after I was at my computer, and if you've been following this thread for any amount of time you know that once I put the camera away, that's it. So I hope it's not TOO bad... just pretend the models look awesome and it'll be ok.

This squad includes a flamer, I found the model in a drawer with my paints. Not sure how he got there, but he's rejoined his mates and is looking for some hot times.









Again, sorry for the blurred pic.

So I'm surre you're all thinking "Geez Skalk, you've been cranking those squads out lately! What have you got left to do?"

Well funny you should ask, because I took a pic of that as well. And because I enjoy doing this sort of thing to give this project some perspective, here's a quick flashback to January 17th 2011:



That's an awful lot of unfinished Plague Marines.

Here's what I have left (DISCLAIMER- when I took this pic I forgot I also have 8 Chosen that are represented by the Lost Berzerkers, but they aren't in the Jan 17th pic either so it evens out, but still offering full disclosure)



Yup. That's it. 15 models (plus 8 Chosen) and a few stragglers like Typhus and probably a few others. But wow, it's been a wicked project so far, eh? Ha.

And now what everyone is looking forward to- update on the Defiler!

Not a lot of work, at least not clearly evident. I did a lot of cleanup work on him, smoothed out edges and blended some colors better so it looks more like a swirling mass of diseased Daemon flesh instead of patchwork splotches. I also fixed some join lines that was showing up in some spots where I did the GS.

I figure another week or so to finish this. Here's 3 pics for the most recent work.







I think it is coming along really well and is going to look amazing when it is done.

That's it for this one. I have to stop posting my updates at 1:30am. But whatever. Good morning to all my European friends on their way to work at the moment (hope your day goes by well) and congratulations on making it through another work day to my Aussie friends. Time to tip back a lager!

Thanks for reading and replying, it's really great to get feedback and to know that people are enjoying what I am doing here.

More later, thanks for reading!


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Oh yeah. I played a game w/ Feldenglas yesterday. It was wicked close, 11 to 10 his favor. But his victory was tainted by the loss of Grimnar whats-his-name and his entire security entourage.



BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!

The Defiler is looking great! I really like how you have your ranged weapons set up, I will most likely do that with the main cannon on mine, but I'll leave off the other ranged weapons, did the cannon go on the lower chassis easily? Or did you have to make modifications? I just got my Defiler last night and I haven't fit it together yet.

Anyway, your army is looking ACE! Keep it up! You are an inspiration to all of us who never get anything done!

When I started this thread it was as motivation to keep my CSM off the Shelf of Shame. Some dork necro'd the thread and it got locked, but you can check it out here if you want. Tales of shame and woe, of brilliant ideas that became the bane of your modeling existence, of exciting projects that lost their luster before they were completed and are destined to be dust collectors until your kids throw them away after your estate sale.

The Death Guard shall live forever.

That is alot of marines!

The definer is coming on great.

By the way, is it just me, or does this look awesome as it is?-



Its like some Bloodpact Stalk Tank!

@ Tortured-Robot- Yeah, I think it looks pretty awesome. It would make an excellent vehicle just like that. But even as lax as my gaming group is, someone would call "foul" on modeling for advantage. But really... the original Defiler model looks stupid. It's right up there with Khorne Berzerker Scouts and 2nd Ed Ogryns. And it was LAZY. The couldn't even model a twin-linked Autocannon that wasn't mounted sideways? Incidentally, that same Autocannon fits really well into the Land Raider (in the same spot where the stock Heavy Bolter goes) but can Chaos change out weapons? Nooooo. Man I really hate 5th Ed.



Tedium, thy name is Defiler! Wow I am so sick of this project right now! I spent the entire night so far just painting the bronze tr of the chassis. Driving me a bit nutty really. Same same same over and over and over and not even 1/2 done. The end result will be worth it and no I'm not giving up, just woah... this is how projects wind up on the Shelf of Shame.

But progress is being made!






And some more work on the Daemon. You likely won't see it because it's minor stuff, but it does look better.



If you were wondering just how large is this model... well, here you go:



...and finally, a crossover to my Cultist thread...



From July 4th 2011- "I had thought about adorning the banner with a number of things but decided against it as the story behind it (everything in this army has a story behind it) is that this is a holy relic from a time long past and it has been maintained in it's most pure form. It'll make more sense later."

Yeah. Holy Relic from the god that shall return one day and lead them to victory.

Anyway, that's it for this one. Thanks for looking!

The defiler is looking great! I really like the way you worked on the chassis, and the menacing look of it!

Talking about your Shelf of Shame thread, did you ever thought of asking the mods to unlock it?

Keep at it, your very nearly there! It already looks fatastic- one of the few Defiller attempts i actually like, I'm still not temptted to try one myself however haha.

@ Hyenajoe & Tortured-Robot- Thank you. I had no idea what to do with it at first. I thought about covering it w/ GS but the trial run looked terrible and I spent over an hour getting it all off. Duh. Next time I'll try Femo if I'm not sure. Anyway, after that disaster I thought about painting it the same way I do my other vehicles, but that would make one huge bright green model and I didn't like the idea of that either.

So I went back to my Chaos roots and used the very first color scheme I ever painted- steel and bronze. I have a huge collection of Chaos Warriors in this scheme, and my first CSM force was a homemade Iron Warriors offshoot called the Dark Lords. I gave up on the lame name and the trite fluff, and since they are all MkVI armor w/o any specific "Chaos" to them I could run them as Astartes if I wanted to. But I digress.

The color scheme was solid and clean, so I wanted a chassis that was the same. I decided to not replace the armor plates because they clutter things up, and really the armor could be used for better purposes (such as the cover on the converted Battle Cannon... just bent it into shape and centered it over the plastic tube I was using in place of the original Battle Cannon) I also decided to have a very clear separation between Monster and Machine. The fact that I'm working Monster and Machine as separate models really drives the idea that I'm doing this right. There will be a fusion point once I finish chassis and daemon, and will be much like the arms (huge mechanical thing fused into the physical form of a huge scary supernatural thing).

I will say that I'm getting closer to being "done" but not necessarily "finished". I tend to get about 50% to 90% done and then set it down for a long time (like the Land Raider), maybe use it in some games but completely lose interest in it as a modeling project. I'm trying to avoid that this time but realistically I'm giving this a few more (modeling) days before I attach the body and go from there. Let's hope that "done" actually means "finished" this time.

Probably no updates tonight as I'm going out after work, and this weekend is jammed with activity Fri and Sat. Hoping to do some work on Sunday if I can. And no doubt I'll post a "before" pic of the Land Raider that should be here in a few days.

Over a year later and the Death Guard thread still has relevance. I'm really enjoying this army still and I'm glad that people still find it interesting.

Thanks for reading, back later with more love from Papa Nurgle soon!

THAT DEFILER LOOKS EPIC!!!

Yep, it's really looking great! And I was thinking, you CAN use it for a Soul Grinder if you need to! You have the cannon, which could be the "Spitting Maw", and the other guns can count as the "Harvester" gun the SG's have! WIN!

What kind of tube did you use for the cannon BTW, I am thinking of using a Bic Pen tube. I am currently working on assembling the legs for my defiler, I'm not impressed with the way the pieces fail to go together cleanly. More clean-up than I like. But oh well.

@ GreyTauKnight- Thank you. Yours is pretty horrific and disgusting as well.

@ RSJake- Hmm. I hadn't thought of that but yeah, that would totally work! Yay me for the 2 in 1 win! As for the tube, it's a really small diameter PVC tube, I can't find the rest of it right now but I know that is what it is made out of at least. You're not going to be happy w/ a Bic tube, the plastic is the "wrong" kind (all soft and weird, plus it doesn't glue or hold paint well at all). And I have no idea about building a Defiler, all I could do with this one is rip apart the glued stuff and jam it back into place as best I could. Come to think of it... like really think about it... I cannot remember the last time I built a model new right out of the box. Maybe 2 years ago (WFB Corpse C....

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AAAGHHH!!!


I just figured out how I'm going to make my Palanquin of Nurgle and what I'm going to make it out of! Man that was wicked! I was thinking about the Corpse Cart and out of nowhere *WHAM* I put it into 40K and it became a Palanquin of Nurgle!!!

Great. Another project.



Ordered these just now:



For sale on eBay by Machinator. Really good stuff. He also sculpted the tracks I have on my other Land Raider. Really looking forward to this project. I learned a lot from my last attempt and will not be making the same mistakes twice.

I'm still shaken up by that whole Palanquin thing. Talk about an idea right out of thin air. I really have to give that a go. I'm almost done with the Defiler and the Land Raider is going to be here w/ tracks before the end of the month, so maybe I'll pick one up on eBay and hold it in reserve until it's ready.

Man I'm psyched about that. Wow.

Thanks it for this one. I'll be back soon!

Look at this way....you're adding to your army on a whim, not creating a whole new army on a whim!

And those tracks do look nice....I may have to consider some myself..

Nice Treads, as above i think i might get some as well

Palanquin idea is one I'm looking forward to. Hmm might loot it myself. To me the Defiler chassis could do with some rust and verdigris. The orange of the rust should contrast rather nicely with the green flesh of the daemon although if you wan't to keep it clean and tidy fair enough.

@ DarkStarSabre- True. I need more options in my HQ plus I think done correctly it will look really sick.

@ GreyTauKnigh- They are worth the money. One of my friends said that my Land Raider actually hurts to hold.

@ Llamahead- I'm looking for one on eBay right now. I can pick up the bits for $14 and I'm going to use heavily converted WFB Zombies as the Bearers. This project is going to happen, I'm excited about it already.



Huge update tonight. Not in new model painted, but the new updated total of everything I have that is playable in my current Death Guard.



Here's the list in its entirety:

HQ

Daemon Prince w/ Mark of Nurgle and Warptime
Daemon Prince w/ Mark of Nurgle, Wings, and Warptime
Chaos Sorcerer w/ Mark of Nurgle, Melta Bombs, Personal Icon, and Warptime
Chaos Lord w/ Mark of Nurgle, Terminator Armor, Personal Icon, Melta Combi, and Daemon Weapon

ELITES

7 Possessed Marines w/ Mark of Nurgle and Champion
8 confused Khorne Chosen w/ Mark of Nurgle, Aspiring Champion, 4 Melta Bombs, 4 Power Fists, and Melta Gun
7 Chosen w/ Mark of Nurgle, 7 Melta Bombs, and Aspiring Champion
1 Dreadnought w/ Multi-Melta and Heavy Flamer
1 Dreadnought w/ Plasma Cannon
1 Dreadnought w/ Twin-Link Heavy Bolter and Missile Launcher
7 Terminator Champions w/ Mark of Nurgle, 5 Combi-Weapons, 3 Power Fists, 2 Chain Fists, and Heavy Flamer
7 Terminator Champions w/ Mark of Nurgle, 5 Combi-Weapons, 1 Power Fist, 4 Chain Fists, Lightning Claw, and Reaper Autocannon

TROOPS

149 Plague Marines w/ 20 Special Weapons (9 Plasma Guns, 7 Melta Guns, 4 Flamers) 4 dedicated Icon Bearers, and 16 Aspiring Champions (7 Plasma Pistols, 1 Combi-Weapon, 10 Power Fists, 6 Power Weapons, 6 Melta Bombs)

3 Rhinos w/ Daemonic Possession

FAST ATTACK

3 Chaos Spawn

HEAVY SUPPORT

20 Chaos Havocs w/ 4 Lascannons, 4 Autocannons, 4 Heavy Bolters, and 4 Missile Launchers
2 Predators w/ Lascannon Side Sponsons and Twin-Linked Bolters
1 Vindicator w/ Havoc Launcher
1 Land Raider w/ Twin-Linked Bolter (and Daemonic Possession if transporting Terminators or HQ)
1 Defiler

SUMMONED DAEMONS

2 Greater Daemons
14 Lesser Daemons

Grand Total= 8,734 points

So yeah. APOC anyone?

The above lists absolutely everything I have, including the unpainted models that are slotted for the Death Guard (amazingly there are only 24 unfinished models out of all the above). Not included in this list is the new Land Raider on the way, plus my newly-discovered Palanquin idea, and a finished model that is illegal in current list (has Plasma Pistol and Melta Gun).

Here's a pic of my original Daemon Prince from way back. It's on a square base because that's what it came with. After taking the pics I realized that I really should have cleaned the dust off it. Oh well. The weapon is a new addition as the original weapon broke off at some point in the past and I have no idea where it is.



Defiler is looking really good. It's propped up for the photo, isn't finished yet.



Wail and despair 'o Imperial fools! The might of Nurgle is upon ye!







Super-special THANK YOU going out to ktbb22 for many hours of help w/ this project. Without her help there's no way I would have cataloged all of this correctly.

That's it for this one. I'm tired and going to bed. Catch you all soon, thanks for reading!

That Defiler thing is badass.

Have to say Skalk that is one impressive Nurgle army! Mines not even half that size - yet. As you like ideas for new projects - what about a plague tower? (These really kick ass and are tough as old Nurgle boots!)

@ LoneLictor- Thanks for checking this out! Another week or so and the Defiler will be done!

@ monkeyh- Hey, welcome back! I'm pretty impressed w/ myself that I've accomplished THIS much and have maintained a decent quality of work for all of my miniatures. None are ever going to win a contest, but they all look really good on the table top. My next projects are likely going to become bigger and bigger in size but focus on less models, like a Plague Tower, Plaguelord Super Heavy, and maybe even a scratchbuild Titan. The Death Guard are the predominant force in my collection now, which is ironic since my intent was to simply fill them out a bit so they would be more effective in my Black Legion Crusade Force. The entirety of my Crusade Force (Black Legion, Alpha Legion, Iron Warriors, and World Eaters) equals about 1/2 of my Death Guard. Depending on 6th Ed we'll seee if the Death Guard continue to expand or if I pick up a new interest. I've always been a fan of BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! but I haven't put much time into my Khorne Berzerkers. I have quite a few that need to be finished. I wish they were not so 1-dimentional. It relegates them into a purely support role instead of being played as a primary force.

The Plague Tide rises!

Thats impressive. Scenery makes an ecellent backdrop as well.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

Now, THESE are some cool pictures! Army is looking great, and.. well simply massive. Totally, totally cool.

How thats an army, what a fantastic picture too! (quoted by JBrehaut).

Thats one scary sight to behold! Makes me worry that I only have finshed 14 marines! hahaha.

Epic and gruesome skalk. Massive army and of course I love all those old-school bits. So very very nurgley -like an army of pustules covered in snot.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

This is just epic. Quite the sight to behold, Skalk.

The sheer amount of green ink involved in this.

I bet you HATED them when they discontinued it, eh?