++I am the Iron Promise of Never Being a Slave++ A Dual 30k/40k (3e) Deathguard Plog

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“Does the weapon speak? What warp-mad lunatic would think such a thing, it can not speak. It simply conveys its meaning, to the best of my ability to put into words it simply exudes:

“I am Welcomed in the Home of Ravens and Other Scavengers in the Wake of Warriors, I am Friend to Carrion Crows and Wolves. I am Carry Me and Kill with Me, and Die with Me Where the Road Ends. I am not the Honeyed Promise of Length of Life in Years to Come, I am the Iron Promise of Never Being a Slave.”

Does it speak? Pah, we are not the warp-tainted curs of the fifteenth!”

 

-Attributed Vitay Decarg, High Loqui-Mortis of the 21st Void Assault Wing, 7th Great Company, 14th Legion, in regards to his sign of office, The Ravensfriend.  

 

 

Just fleshing out the first model which is gonna do double duty as both 30k Deathguard, that are becoming slightly nurgly, but not yet fully (at least that they are aware of) down the warp route, but are yet still suffering from an unknown infection, no doubt contracted from those exo-planar xenoforms that have been popping up, and also some Rabble Rousers leading a 3rd ed Lost and the Damned army. 

 

So going forward, especially from the Astartes front, I’m going to have a fun time trying to balance gritty ‘realistic’ 30k against the 3ed vibes of plaguemarines and chaos in general. I’ll be staying away from the almost caricature level that we’ve seen with the current DG releases though. 

 

So I’ve got 7 Marines built, as well as two characters so far, the main character being this fella, Vitay Decarg (bonus points for getting the blatant weapon rip off reference).

 

On closer inspection you can probably see he has a bit of the old ‘distended belly’ action going on which to me is very 3rd ed. I imagine these fleshy parts only start happening if the marines cop significant/mortal wounds..and instead of dying, these wounds rupture forward or something, apothecaries at the time with more pressing issues would say its a malfunction with the Larraman's Organ, if you’re still combat operable, we’ll deal with it when we’re not fighting a civil war, go away. 

 

 

So with this guy, while have the gut, I’ve kept pretty dame on anything overly choosy, we have some sigils here or there, as well as some unfortunately positioned heads etc, but by and large, chaos is there, but not right in your face…. Except for the zombies.. 

 

I had to make a little helmet bearer (will just count as a 'zombie' in the squad with him) as he had no room left on his belt for his helmet. I just wanted to note here, I think with the addition of the 'banner' from the lord discordants back, it really gets those Codex Eye of Terror vibes of a lot of the Lost and the Damned art.

 

Of course the zombies. I don't think your legally, or morally allowed to run a Nurgle Lost and the Damned army without the plague zombies. 

 

 

30k-Zombie fluff is yet to be fleshed out, but it will be something very warp-based, but the Death Guard that are dealing with it will copium it away as something else. 

Anyway, more fluff and minis to come, just thought I’d pop some pics up of a project I’m actually pretty pumped for! 

So I've got an event coming up at the end of January, and while I'll be taking the Tattered Prince and the Forces of the CVGP along for 2k Cent and 3k AoD games, I thought I'd make myself a challenge of getting this 'small' project done.

Broadly Speaking it will be using the fan rules for Army of Dark Compliance in HH2.0, but using everything else as legimate rules and restricitons (All marines will be used as Iron Hands in gorgon armour, to get easy access to FnP, Heavy and -1 St to shooting).

2x Death Guard Characters (2x Centurion Heralds in Gorgon Armour, with Thunder Hammers and Cyber Familiars)
7x Death Guard Marines (7x Gorgon Terminators w/ Combi Bolters and Power Axes)

40x Plague Zombies (2x 20 Milita Levy Squads w/ Laspistol and CC Weapons, when the heralds go in here, they turn fearless, gain Fear (1) and the Medicaes go in these squads for a 6+ FnP, zombies baby!!).

3x Nurgle Apostate Preachers (3x Milita Medicae)

5x Plague Ogryns. (5x Militia Ogryns).

So a bit to do, but most of the marines are at the undercoat state, and I've just printed up a plate of 20 odd zombies, many being mixed up zombies + nu-cadian STLs to make my life easier in the short term!

Wish me luck gang! 

 

 

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

The lord is a very nice and thematic conversion, and the mini-diorama for their base looks great

 

The plague zombies are really nice, too  

Edited December 28, 2023 by Firedrake Cordova