Deathguard army – dugthefug1644

Fun to paint a few months ago. Part of my continuing quest to create gross, fetid skin. Finding old pics to try and make this a central point for all my Deathguard efforts.

As you read from the description, I ended up with two sets of Dark Imperium Deathguard models.

As a result I had two identical easy build Bloat-drones to work with. I built them both the same with plague spitters.

I managed to cram both of them in to a 2000 point list and had a great time in their first trip out, but found that over a while that the Plague spitters 9″ range is too short to play some of the ranged weapons heavy opponents I have been playing.

The new Bloat-drones box set came out with new weapon options and the codex gave me some ideas as to what variety I might want in future.

Rather than buy a third Bloat-drone and use the weapons amongst my own two, I decided to convert myself a Heavy Blightlauncher. The studio model shows one side must be a ammunition tank and the other must be a three barrelled gun.

I made my ammo tank out of a diabetic needle cover. I took a saw to cut off the end to bring it down flat to the main body of the tank.

I used half of that sawn off cover end to make the right hand spitter look more like a blightlauncher.

I used offcuts from the Plaguespitters and some sprue to make the three barrells.

I used an offcut from the Plaguespitters to act as a ring holding up a connecting organic pipe from the ammo tank to the launcher. The other pieces have been added with green stuff.

Plague marines are coming along nicely. I like the red champion. He doesn’t particularly mix with my others but had already decided that my Deathguard army was going to be mutated and infected in multiple ways and in various colours.

Got 46 poxwalkers. Painted over half, but still slowly making my way through.

Thanks to the gloriously fun zombie and Ghouls Kings of War Mantic Games miniatures (I got in a bits box on ebay) I was able to really customise and randomise my miniatures, without having to rely solely on paint scheme alone.

Some of my favourite bits were one guy with a whole extra arm, holding a severed hand in it’s fist and one guy has an extra spine growing out of his shoulder. 🙂

I will have a proper group photo once complete.