bloodclaw Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hey everyone. Latley Ive been building my death guard army and have started thinking about an alliance. Ive already decided that slanesh is easily the second coolest god out there (I do loe papa nurgle.) and that painting my third green army is going to get tiring fast. So i need the tips and opinions on the following. Would a death guard army ally with the emperors children?Why or why not? Is it possible to pull off without the presence of an undivided leader? How effective would it be on the tabletop? Also, if anyone would like to post a list or a link to a similar list, feel free. Thanks in advanced, Bloodclaw Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roultox Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Inside the normal restrictions I would say Khorne easily fits the playstyle and fluff in unison. They kill, and what they kill rots, and they chop heads off leaking out everything in one pile for flies to pupate larvae into whatever soil thats stained with blood. Aside from that both gods have similar views, the enemy dies, its just who gets there first dictates how they die. Nurgle units perform best in melee, most would agree with the plethora of high strength weapons versus their durability to melee (even power weapons vs their toughness/being charged with defensive grenades and counter charged with zerkers) All in all, they got the meltaguns khorne units need beside them, also the durability to take a heavy unit's charge. If its apocalypse, or a friendly game where both opponents use two lists side by side (preferably sharing the same force orginisation chart) I would and I must say Orks would be perfect. A strain leading to infest the ork, and as the ork grows like the plant-thing it is feeding off the nutrients and such around it, and then hatching (spores spurt out of their pores when they die like a big puff of green larvae seeping into fertile grounds soaked with blood). It would be an ongoing unstoppable tide of death if Nurgle and Ork was blended. Limited lifespan orks would spread his contigines without pause and their natural durability to disease, without the ability to adapt to stop it unlike tyranids, would just be a bunch of sprouts of death walking. The half-life experiences passed from ork "parent" and ork "spawn" passing on the decaying emotions and despair from generation to generation. Its a perfect match. Otherwise I would have to say Eldar allying with them to combat mutual enemies in turn for their deity nurgle to strike a deal since he has their goddess of fertility in a cage (read the caged maiden int he book) making them immune, but allowing her power to reach them making them impervious, as a unwanted alliance of blackmail. (Or Plaguemail) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/#findComment-1643950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladar Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Would a death guard army ally with the emperors children?Why or why not? Is it possible to pull off without the presence of an undivided leader? Are you talking about Fulgrim and Morty's boys in particular? Or just Slaanesh and Nurgle worshippers in general? It would be far easier to work with the latter, since you can work outside the stereotypes of pervs and zombies. Maybe a sick pleasure in the failure of others can unite the gods? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/#findComment-1644446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillin Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Well if you are talking about using slanny lash DP's/sorc and PM's in the same army, it's not anything new, just the cookie cutter army of this sad, sad dex. As for effestivness on table top, I'd have to agree w/ Roultox PM's and brzrkrs would wk best together. You truely have the hammer (brzrkrs) and anvil (PM's). In this sad sad dex all the chaos guys get along like good little children on the big purple dinosaur show, so mixing slanny and nurlge is no problem (nor is mixing khorne & nurgle). Back when chaos had fluff it was nurgle and Tz that were opposed to each other so you can do nurgle and slanny or khorne and shouldn't really offend fluff people. Like I said, if you do dual lash, PM's and lotsa templates you might get the hairy eyeball from some people b/c it's the cookie cutter army of this dex and I'm sure some people are tired of seeing and playing against it. You could do an alliance w/ EC or a DIY slanny army/mercs, that's just difference of paint scheme really Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/#findComment-1644504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodclaw Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Well, guys, I dont plan on doing the traditional lash dp and pm army. I think its a sad, sad army that is massivly overused. I actually plan to have a strong mix of pm and nm, without a dp at all really. I just want to do a fun army to paint and one that does not clash with fluff. I do plan to make the two forces from the Emperors children and the death guard, not just some lackey rebels. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/#findComment-1644663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jeske Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 legions very seldom fight side by side specially in such small forces as a wh40k game , but you can always call it a BL lists and then its fair game . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/#findComment-1644821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexiest_hero Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Perves, and zombies=Perverted zombies, thats all you need to make the army to me. But really all you have to say is they the two cult troops are sell swords, or bound together by a really powerful warlord, Like a word bearer or BL lord Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/#findComment-1644927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 While in context, Nurgle and Slaanesh COULD ally, Slaanesh followers, and Emperor's Children in particular, are constantly striving for perfection. Nurgle and Death Guard are looking to bring all to ruin and destroy that which is perfect. They really don't hit it off too well in my book. World Eaters and Death Guard, on the other hand, are great allies both on the field and in the books. There was never any real animosity between the two Legions, and if anything they complimented each other tactics wise. I could definitely see Mortarion and Angron getting along well Pre-Heresy and even now, and Nurgle and Khorne are the only two gods I know of who have not done battle at any point in time. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/#findComment-1645011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadfuse Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I have to agree. Plague Marines are too ugly even for the Emperor's Children, beer goggles or not. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/142156-an-unholy-alliance/#findComment-1648103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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