Warriors Of Nurgle Armyshoot (With Converted Warshrine & Hellcannon)

[wickedvoodoo]

I finally got a camera worth a damn and decided to do a photoshoot of one of my armies. This is the first time I have posted a real gallery of any of my armies, have posted the odd pic that i have taken with other peoples cameras before but finally got the chance to play with the white-out backgrounds and macro settings and whatnot. The pics aren't all perfect but i don't think i did too bad.

Without further ado...

The Swamplord and his minions of infectious ruin. Lord Septicus and his festerlings. Nurgle's newest and most favoured champion and the disciples that bear fruit to the most noxious of all of the enemies of order.

Or my fantasy warriors of nurgle army that was born of the inflamed infusion of an aborted beastmen project of a few years back and a box of abandoned chaos warriors that a fellow gamer had allowed to tarnish and fester in the aether of a dusty bedroom shelf and then sold to me on the cheap.

Now they live as a collective whole, stronger than any of its constituent parts.

And on with it! I hear you mutter... Very well. I will attach the various pictures with a description for each .




Attachments 1) & 2)

Here is Lord Septicus. He is the blessed of the Grandfather Rot. He is the Swamplord. Like a putrescent Danny DeVito he is the short fat swollen bar steward of the end times. He is truly gifted of nurgle and wherever he treads the ground mutates and transforms into a frankly flatulent broth. Only the most stalwart can even bear to stand on the same battle field, never mind in combat.

He was a pretty simple weapon swap conversion from the nurgle champion model. The cleaver suited him much better. His base shows the swamp that he manifests. To fight Septicus you must be able to stomach his noxious aura. I account for his power to mutate the earth by counting the model as riding a palanquin of nurgle. I believe it fits as the movement is not increased, and the high number of low strength and initiative attacks nicely represent the vile oozes of the swamp clutching at those who venture near.

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Next up are the most trusted amongst the followers of lord Septicus.

His heroes.

Attachment 3)

Here is Ulceranda, the personal sorcerer attaché of Septicus and Biliac, the first most amongst his warriors.

With the exception of a shield arm these are straight out of the blister. However i very much like these sculpts and simply wanted to include them as is.

Attachment 4)

Here is the standard of Lord Septicus. It is always carried by the most capable amongst the warriors. Biliac is responsible for determining who will carry the banner and is known to make rival bidders duel to the death in order to determine the most worthy.

I am well aware the banner looks a bit daft. Dancing cat-man skeleton daft. It was a first go and i intended to redo it. However now i am not sure simply as it amuses me. I may keep it as it. Dancing cat-man skeleton of nurgle for the win. This guy is actually made from half of kharn the betrayor, some of a plastic warrior, and a 40k possessed claw.

Attachment 5)

Here are the beastmen shamen under the command of Septicus. They were formally the leaders of a pack of feral beastmen running wild in the great forests. True rebels without a cause. Septicus gave them a cause. Now they speak only in the litanies of the Grandfather of Pus.

As i said in the last post this army was born of models from two sources. I found the beastmen a great way to flesh out the point of the army and you will see more of them later. These guys make good lower lever sorcerers and lead my regiments of Gormarauders. (again more later) The middle guy is the Pestigor champion with his weapon swapped for a goblin shamans staff. (Or did Septicus like the look of his weapon and steal it???)

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Now we see some of the lesser ranks of the Swamphoard. The man power that enforces the will of the vile rotten puppet master.

Attachments 6) & 7)

Here are some pictures of the warriors that make up the mainstay of the Swamp Masters hoard. When faced with all but the most elite of opponents these relentless monsters are worth many times their number in the grinding melee.

These are some sample pics of the warriors that i rescued from the shelf of desolation. I have more than is pictured here, (another unit with hand weapons and then another with shields) but they ain't all painted yet.

Attachments 8) & 9)

Here are the Gormarauders. These are what was once a rag tag band of beastmen stumbling through the world without true guidance. Now they have the word of Septicus. Now they are the Gormarauders.

Basically i count all gors and ungors to be marauders with hand weapon and shield. Seeing as i have no actual marauder models to confound the situation i figure it is a fairly straight forward counts-as. Cheap bodies to make up the numbers.

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Now the faster elements of the force. The screens and the shock troops. Two elements of the army that are almost always useful

Attachment 10)

The wasp hive hounds. These slavering beasts possess a toxic bite that contains any number of venoms that can render a target moribund.

I bought goblin wolves to use as chaos hounds in the old beastmen force. It only took a little date with some green and brown inks to turn them to nurgle.

Attachment 11)

The Deadly and offensive smelling knight of chaos. Unrivalled in their will to corrupt, each a bastion of necrotic power, it is unwise to stand before them.

I love these models. One of the few things i purchased at full price for this army. Great for painting straight out of the box.

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Next comes the rare units. Included here are my converted hellcannon (plague trebuchet) and warshrine, probably the two things in this army that took the most effort to make.

Attachment 12)

Here is a giant of chaos. A lumbering brute that whether wittingly or not, has been infected by the aurotic disease that Septicus projects. Now he does as he is bid.

Another unit that was salvaged from the old beast army. It got a new lick of paint and was good to go.

Attachment 13) & 14)

Here ploughs forth the juggernaught that is the warshrine of the beastmen shamen. In the early days of their alliance Septicus encouraged the shamen to focus their aetherical interests into the construction of this infernal carriage. Each time the hoard moves to war a lucky Gormarauder is chosen to stand atop the plague pulpit and loft high the banner of decadence. This totem to the god of decay will often result is soothing blessings being bestowed on those disciples around the shrine.

I made this from two chariots. The beast one and the warriors one. The side shot should show where all the bits go. It is really a simply conversion but i am very pleased with it.

Attachments 15) & 16)

Here is the Plague Trebuchet. A weapon of terror that Septicus deploys when he wishes to truly put the fear of Grandfather Nurgle into his foes. It is fed by wretched scourglings of chaos, whom fill cages with the decapitated heads of the enemies of the hoard. Then the monstrous daemon that powers the device hurls the cage like a warstone, raining the bloated diseased heads of friends and allies amongst those that stand in the way of the Mire King.

This was made of out a real cocktail of pieces really. The bits of chariot not used in the shrine, loads of pieces left from the giant, loads of goblin shields, a bunch of heads to fill the cages, knoblars with ungor heads for the minion crew, and some 40k tyranid and possessed marine pieces to make the daemon. I feel it is one of my most ambitious conversions and i am very pleased with it.

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The next wave.... ... .. .

The hoards of Lord Septicus continue to grow. New warriors big and small gather to join the unholy crusade of filth. Here are some pics of the units that were not quite ready to take their place amongst the main army shoot.

Attatchments 17) & 18)

Here are the additions to core and special. More warriors and Gormarauders. I mentioned before there were more unpainted. In total i have enough for three units of warriors (15 in each) and two of marauders (25 in each). Just gotta get through painting the buggers. Also the chaos ogres. These are yet another unit from the old beasts force that for one reason or another never got past being undercoated. Well now they are for the Swamplord. I have tested out a paintjob on one and i think it looks pretty good.

Attachments 19) & 20) & 21)

A case of last but not least. Here is my WIP daemon prince of nurgle. He is a fallen lord himself and the fact that he is soon to bend his will to that of the Swampking shows the pull that this champion has over the followers of disease and rot.

He is made from a mix of carnifex bits, possessed marine bits, starship troopers arachnid bits, and greenstuff. The wings are wade of wire, a poster laminating sheet, and greenstuff. I think he is a suitable prince of nurgle alas i have yet to build him a base. I will get to it soon.

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So that is my army shoot. Those are the forces of Lord Septicus, the Swampking. They are noxious pestilent abominations that form the nightmare threads of your own weaker armies (lol).

What do you guys think?? I know i ain't no golden daemon winning painter but i chose this army to take pictures of because i think it is my best looking stuff.

Any criticism is absolutely appreciated. Good or bad, be honest please, i can take it.

Forever rot glorious rot.


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[dadadda]

I love your deamoniac beast of Nurgle (the fly). Are the wings in green stuff?

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[unwanted]

The Plague Trebuchet is really nice, a great alternative to the Hellcannon, and those diminutive muties are really great.

[wickedvoodoo]

@ dadadda

The wings are wade of wire, a poster laminating sheet, and greenstuff. It was a little fiddly, but not too hard really. They are slightly flexible which is handy because they would likely break off otherwise.

[wickedvoodoo]

Just out of curiosity what do you guys think about the lord's base? Would you mind me playing against you and using that as a palanquin?

[Joeli]

dont bother changing it man, it looks as unique as it is characteristic. like your characters man. it would finish the army when your core units would have been (slightly) converted man:P

[Morglum Necksnapper]

I love the three eyes on the giant, and the colors of all models make it a unified force. Alse the big fly/demon prince is awesome. Are you going to make a display base for the army?

[mdiscala]

Im digging the conversions man.

[wickedvoodoo]

Cheers for the kind words.

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@ Morglum


I doubt i will ever get around to a display base, still so too many models to be painting for that sort of thing. There are still about 50 core warriors to paint for this army, not to mention all my 40k stuff and then the high elves that are getting started for 8th ed.

[Commodus Leitdorf]

I *heart* Nurgle

Therefore I *Heart* this thread!

Lovely stuff you have here, keep it up!