New Death Guard Miniature - Leaked

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**Marmatag**

mrhappyface wrote:
Not sure I actually like the model... Maybe he just needs painting but I'm not really that excited about getting him. :/

As far as fluff goes, looks like he did say the Chaos Gods are MAKING marines! So much for the emperor's recipe being private. Also someone mentioned above about timelines, do we know how far the fluff is advancing?

This makes sense though, right? Over time, Chaos Marines would definitely dwindle faster than they could ever be replaced. The chaos Gods *had* to have been making marines over this time or they'd run out.

Sugar. Spice. Everything Nice. These are the ingredients to create a Slaanesh Marine.

**SilverAlien**

Marmatag wrote:
mrhappyface wrote:
Not sure I actually like the model... Maybe he just needs painting but I'm not really that excited about getting him. :/

As far as fluff goes, looks like he did say the Chaos Gods are MAKING marines! So much for the emperor's recipe being private. Also someone mentioned above about timelines, do we know how far the fluff is advancing?

This makes sense though, right? Over time, Chaos Marines would definitely dwindle faster than they could ever be replaced. The chaos Gods *had* to have been making marines over this time or they'd run out.

Sugar. Spice. Everything Nice. These are the ingredients to create a Slaanesh Marine.

I always assumed they just stole geneseed and relied on defecting marines/marine chapters (which seem to be fairly common in fluff).

**Grimgold**

Looks like a cool sculpt, though I do have a question, whats up with the deathguard and bells? Is it some lame for whom the bell tolls kind of joke, or is there a fluffy reason for it.

**mrhappyface**

SilverAlien wrote:
Marmatag wrote:
mrhappyface wrote:
Not sure I actually like the model... Maybe he just needs painting but I'm not really that excited about getting him. :/

As far as fluff goes, looks like he did say the Chaos Gods are MAKING marines! So much for the emperor's recipe being private. Also someone mentioned above about timelines, do we know how far the fluff is advancing?

This makes sense though, right? Over time, Chaos Marines would definitely dwindle faster than they could ever be replaced. The chaos Gods *had* to have been making marines over this time or they'd run out.

Sugar. Spice. Everything Nice. These are the ingredients to create a Slaanesh Marine.

I always assumed they just stole geneseed and relied on defecting marines/marine chapters (which seem to be fairly common in fluff).

They do steal a lot of geneseed and hey sometimes get some cannon fodder from Bile.

Grimgold wrote:Looks like a cool sculpt, though I do have a question, whats up with the deathguard and bells? Is it some lame for whom the bell tolls kind of joke, or is there a fluffy reason for it.

I think it's something to do with ringing a bell when the cart for the dead came by (also lepers rang bells as they walked down the street). Generally the ringing of bells is associated with death i.e. christmas bellringing.

**Terminal**

Grimgold, it's not specific to the Deathguard. Bells have been a common symbol for Nurgle in Fantasy and 40k for a long time. Oddly enough, this is the first time that the Deathguard have prominent bells [afaik].

**Huron black heart**

mrhappyface wrote:
SilverAlien wrote:
Marmatag wrote:
mrhappyface wrote:
Not sure I actually like the model... Maybe he just needs painting but I'm not really that excited about getting him. :/

As far as fluff goes, looks like he did say the Chaos Gods are MAKING marines! So much for the emperor's recipe being private. Also someone mentioned above about timelines, do we know how far the fluff is advancing?

This makes sense though, right? Over time, Chaos Marines would definitely dwindle faster than they could ever be replaced. The chaos Gods *had* to have been making marines over this time or they'd run out.

Sugar. Spice. Everything Nice. These are the ingredients to create a Slaanesh Marine.

I always assumed they just stole geneseed and relied on defecting marines/marine chapters (which seem to be fairly common in fluff).

They do steal a lot of geneseed and hey sometimes get some cannon fodder from Bile.

Grimgold wrote:Looks like a cool sculpt, though I do have a question, whats up with the deathguard and bells? Is it some lame for whom the bell tolls kind of joke, or is there a fluffy reason for it.

I think it's something to do with ringing a bell when the cart for the dead came by (also lepers rang bells as they walked down the street). Generally the ringing of bells is associated with death i.e. christmas bellringing.

Yes, it's a bit like Skaven, bells and pestilence seem to go together like salt and pepper. Only a bit more manky.

**SagesStone**

Would be good to see some undivided ones.

**Hollow**

MechaEmperor7000 wrote:
Welp, there goes another army onto the Display Case of No Return.

Why?

**MechaEmperor7000**

Because my current DG would feel tiny and impotent

But in all honesty I think I'm just going to reclass them as a "Retro" army and use the 3.5 edition rules for them if I do want to play.

**Rippy**

n0t_u wrote:
Would be good to see some undivided ones.

According to the rumors, the shoulder pads can be swapped out.
Also there is no such thing as an undivided Plague Marine.

**Nightlord1987**

My plan is to use the newer stuff as Death Guard Plague Marines (tm) and the old metals as nurgle marked Chaos Marines.

**Rippy**

Nightlord1987 wrote:
My plan is to use the newer stuff as Death Guard Plague Marines (tm) and the old metals as nurgle marked Chaos Marines.

I don't like running non-plague marines in 7th, hopefully standard Death Guard CSM in 8th are the equivalent of Plague Marines now, and the new Plague Marines are super duper dudes.