"...A Hateful Force Of Unbound Plague And Corruption..."

"...Whose touch brings rot, decay, agony and misery."

These two 28mm multi-part plastic Plaguebearers can both be assembled from the sprues found within the “Games Workshop” Plaguebearers of Nurgle boxed set. Worthy additions to my ever-growing Host of Nurgle, these vile servants of the Plague God will form part of a ten figure-strong unit I plan to field for “Age Of Sigmar” by "Games Workshop".

Having super-glued the models together each Lesser Daemon was treated to an undercoat of “Vallejo” Heavy Khaki and washed with “Citadel” Thrakka Green. The "Tallymen of Nurgle" were then dry-brushed with more “Vallejo” Heavy Khaki and had details such as their single cyclopean eye, horn, glistening innards and plaguesword ‘picked out’ with “Citadel” Abaddon Black. In an attempt to imbue each figure with Nurgle’s Rot, the pox-infested horrors' guts were painted with either “Vallejo” Heavy Red or Heavy Warmgrey. These areas were then heavily washed with a combination of “Citadel” Thrakka Green, Agrax Earthshade and Carroburg Crimson. Lastly, both creatures' pimples were ‘highlighted’ with a combination of “Vallejo” Heavy Ochre and “Citadel” Reikland Fleshshade, whilst their "thick, rusty cleavers" were dry-brushed with “Vallejo” Heavy Charcoal.

Plaguebearer WIPS - These daemons just need to have their boils 'picked out' before being varnished

Making these monstrosities look repulsive really ties in to the Plaguebearer rules, as each fiend is surrounded by a great cloud of flies which "buzz about them." These droning swarms actually obscure the Daemons from the view of their opponents, which means they "must subtract 1 from any hit rolls made in the Shooting Phase..." Sportingly, I've already purchased a second box of these loathsome warriors in order to try and utilise the secondary 'Cloud of Flies' ability, which states that if a "unit contains twenty or more models, your opponent must instead subtract two from their Hit Rolls, as well as subtracting one from any Hit Rolls that targets it in the Combat Phase."

Having finished these two Plaguebearers, I am 'pushing on' with some more models from the unit, as well as the second row of my first Nurgling base. All of these figures, having been haphazardly washed with various “Citadel” Shades, now just need me to 'pick out' their spots and pimples before being ready for varnishing...

Beast Of Nurgle WIP - This horror requires a second "Vallejo" Heavy Khaki undercoat before being washed

Lastly I have taken possession of a couple of Beasts of Nurgle, and actually managed to assemble one of the Chaos Daemons, despite the mini failing to arrive with any instructions. Indeed, I'm not terribly happy with this seven-piece "finely detailed resin cast kit" at all, as despite it being shown in numerous article photographs as having a 60mm circular base, and even appearing glued to one on the "Games Workshop" store website, the slobbering tongued monstrosity came with a 40mm one; a stand so small when compared to the model itself that it wouldn't even allow me room for both of its feet... Let alone its slug-like body.

Fortunately the sculpt itself is superbly gruesome, and once I had worked out where each sore-infested piece went, fitted together a treat. In fact if it wasn't for the fact I'm currently waiting on a second 60mm circular base, I would be painting up the pair simultaneously. For now though I'm looking forward to working on a creature which not only batters "their victims with claws and tentacles" but additionally "shower(s) them with affection by enveloping them with their slobbering tongues."