Deathguard army – dugthefug1644
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About the Project
Slow progress painting through the 40k Dark Imperium deathguard minis. I put off getting into 40k for years. The game seemed too expensive, the rules bloated and the local community not terribly inviting. After a few years of mainly hobbying and playing games with my son I joined a gaming group. (Isleworth Gaming Club) After several months of playing Saga, The Walking Dead, Bolt Action and other games from my collection I was invited along to Warhammerfest, just as 8th edition dropped. I finally pulled the trigger and bought Dark Imperium. I was very lucky in that my fellow club members encouraged my interest, gave me hints & tips and even gave me some free miniatures. Even to the extent that "Dan G" gave me his entire deathguard half of his Dark Imperium boxset with the proviso that I painted and played with them, not ebay them. :-) So the project was begun and have added a Rhino and a few more Plague marines to get upto 2000pts with some options.
Related Game: Warhammer 40,000
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Science Fiction
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Poxwalkers
I already have a lot of Poxwalkers, but again I tripped over a sprue to complete my 100 pledge and gory zombie type models are always fairly fast to paint.
Plague marines
I was scrambling for options for my 100 pledge and found a fun sprue. These were the champion and couple of marines that came out just after the Dark Imperium box. Adding variety whilst people were still hungry for more options.
As I was in a rush I kept things pretty basic, but I was enjoying results.
It has inspired me to get back into my Deathguard force and try to get everything built and painted so I know what I can afford to move on to a new home and what I can use to play games with friends.Plaguebearers
I made 14 Plaguebearers. Mostly from a proper box picked up cheaply and a few from a bits box I was gifted a while ago.
And one silly one with bow staff tentacles for arms.
Wardogs
A friend suggested these after playing a game at their house with some of there's. I may revisit and make more Nurgley.
Enjoyed the basing and freehanding a banner.
There's a couple of wardogs in the box and three variants. 
A huge flamer and a huge "mini gun" made for a cool start.
The big claw hand on the second variant is really fun. I could definitely go more Nurgley on this one, but was rushing it as part of a 100 mini pledge with a deadline.
Foetid Bloat Drone - Murder Mower 40,000
The mower completes the set of three bloat drones I have. The last variant came from a friend for free.
The other two bloat drones (standard from Dark Imperium push fit and kitbashed one).Lord of Poxes
Turned out well. Apothecary white contrast white robs got heavily weathered with browns and blood spatter and then unified with an Agrax Earthshade wash.
I will do better with the plasma gun glow when I have more time.
Typhus
I had two Lord of Contagions because I had two Death Guard Dark Imperium sets to work with. So converting one to be a Typhus mini made sense to me. I didn't like the latest sculpt of the GW Typhus, so a conversion with a bit of sprue suited me fine. 
Maybe the scythe should be more dramatic, but I can always go back and make it more dramatic later if I fall in love with the game. Only really playing because it gets me interacting with great people again with a popular game most people can play and get hold of. 
I will take better pictures. I had some fun with some small Mantic minis as nurgling proxies on the base. One showing his butt seemed fun. 
I have added some big flies since taking these pics, because I remember that part of his shtick is being able to summon swarms of pestilence and though his has the pipework on his back to produce them I wanted more nods towards this on the mini.Slow-grow campaign
My friends at the Isleworth Wargaming Club (destroyed as a weekly event since Covid and venue issues) are finding a way to get us back playing again. A 40K 500pts starter league, building hopefully up to fuller games of 40K.
I hate list building. But the “New Recruit” website made it relatively painless to get started. I may be a boring opponent for some because I am unsure how deeply I am willing to delve into clever stratagems and special rules to get the best out of my minis.
Here is my starter 500pts list (based on what I have painted mostly)
495 pts
Epic Hero (80 pts) Typhus (1) (80 pts) Warlord
Rules: Nurgle’s Gift (Aura), Deep Strike, Leader, Spread the Sickness, Lethal Hits
Abilities: Leader[1], Invulnerable Save, The Destroyer Hive, The Eater Plague
Melee Weapons: Master-crafted manreaper – strike, Master-crafted manreaper – sweep
Character – Malignant Plaguecaster (1) (65 pts)
Rules: Leader, Nurgle’s Gift (Aura), Spread the Sickness, Lethal Hits, Pistol, Hazardous, Psychic, Torrent
Abilities: Gift of Contagion (Psychic), Pestilent Fallout (Psychic), Leader[2]
Melee Weapons: Corrupted staff
Ranged Weapons: Plague bolt pistol (x2) (x2), Plague Wind – witchfire, Plague Wind – focused witchfire
Character – Plague Surgeon (1) (50 pts)
Rules: Leader, Nurgle’s Gift (Aura), Spread the Sickness, Lethal Hits, Pistol
Abilities: Tainted Narthecium, Diseased Healing, Leader[3]
Melee Weapons: Balesword
Ranged Weapons: Plague bolt pistol (x2) (x2)
Battleline – Plague Marines (7) (125 pts)
• Plague Marine w/ blight launcher
• 4x Plague Marine w/ boltgun
• Plague Marine w/ special weapon: Plasma gun
• Plague Champion: Bubotic weapons, Plasma gun
Rules: Nurgle’s Gift (Aura), Spread the Sickness, Hazardous, Rapid Fire, Lethal Hits
Abilities: Remorseless
Ranged Weapons: Plasma gun – standard (x2) (x4), Plasma gun – supercharge (x2) (x4), Blight launcher,
Plague boltgun
Melee Weapons: Bubotic weapons, Plague knives (x3) (x9)
Infantry – Poxwalkers (x20) – (100 pts)
Rules: Feel No Pain 5+, Nurgle’s Gift (Aura), Spread the Sickness, Lethal Hits
Abilities: Curse of the Walking Pox
Melee Weapons: Improvised weapons
Dedicated Transport – Death Guard Rhino (1) – (75 pts)
Havoc launcher
Rules: Deadly Demise D3, Nurgle’s Gift (Aura), Firing Deck 2, Blast, Lethal Hits, Rapid Fire
Abilities: Self-repair
Transport: Death Guard Rhino
Melee Weapons: Armoured tracks
Ranged Weapons: Havoc launcher, Plague combi-bolter
