Death Guard on Parade

Since the publication of 8th Edition Warhammer 40,000, I've been falteringly building up a new army, the Chaos heretic worshippers of the Dark Plague God Nurgle, the Death Guard.

I created the force through an escalation campaign at our club, and obviously units were added for practical game reasons, to try to build a competative army in the campaign.

Narratively, I considered my force part of the 5th Plague Company, "The Poxmongers".

The 5th Plague Company makes great use of diseased Daemon Engines. Its forces carry the Sanguous Flux, which causes endless, half-clotted bleeding and leaves foul red-black trails behind them wherever they go.

My commander is usually a Daemon Prince, and I make a lot of use of the flying daemon engines, the Foetid Bloat Drones.  Here is my Vectorium Tallyband in full.

Daemon Prince

Lord of Contagion

Foul Blightspawn

Biologis Putrifier

Malignant Plaguecaster

Noxious Blightbringer

Lord Felthius (painted as Typhus)

Poxbringer

18 Blightlord Terminators

13 Possessed Plague Marines

6 Nurglings

16 Plague Bearers

20 Poxwalkers

17 Cultists

24 Plague Marines

1 Helbrute

3 Foetid Bloatdrones

2 Plagueburst Crawlers

1 Myphitic Blighthauler

I have a large group of Blightlord Terminators, including an appropriate cadre of blight launchers and plague flails.

A very recent addition to my Tallyband are a group of Possessed Plague Marines.  As yet, these have not seen action on the tabletop.

The daemonic elements of the force include a gaggle of chattering anf infectious Nurglings.

And as an allied force I also have a small unit of Plaguebearer daemons, led by a Poxbringer.  I've not used the Plaguebearers yet, but the Poxbringer is very useful in supporting the daemon engines.

Early on, I used a small horde of Poxwalkers which were very useful in protecting my characters, and also did a lot of work tying up enemy tanks.

The core of my army has for the most part been the redoubtable Plague Marines.  They are tough and surprisingly mobile, with blight launchers and have won me more than one game.

I used them only once, but I have a small unit of cultists, made from a bunch of old Necromunda figures.

The daemon engines are a strong part of my force, and I have two Plagueburst Mortars.  Three is good, but given the games I've played so far, I've never needed to field more than two.  I have another one to paint up which i will at some point soon.

The main strike force of the army, has always been the Foetid Bloatdrones, flying daemon engines that operate in support of my flying Daeon Prince.  They are fast, tough, mobile, and very hard hitting.

A few of my characters on show too.  Firstly my scratch-built flying Daemon Prince.

A Biologis Putrifier, which I've not used a great deal.

A Foul Blightspawn (a real star of a unit, which wile a little unpredictable, can be extremely powerful), a Noxious Blightbringer, and Felthius.

A  Lord of Contagion.

A Lord of Contagion in Terminator armour.

 Finally, I have a single Myphitic Blighthauler.  These daemon engines really need to be used in units of three, and are underwhelming as a lone model.  They are a useful addition if heavy weaponry to the Plague Marines though.

I've really enjoyed collecting, building, painting, and playing battles with these wonderful little models.  

With 9th Edition Warhammer 40,000 just around the corner, I'll have to decide if I'm going to create another army or develop the Death Guard or my venerable Crimson Fist loyalist marines.

EDIT: I'm steadily updating both!  Here's a recent addition to the Death Guard; a cohort of Myphitic Blighthaulers.