Strangely enough it came down to two things, firstly Will Hayes excellent Death Guard army from the previous Grand Tournament which I really found refreshingly original and secondly the Forge World Death Guard Dreadnought which I felt was a truly beautifully crafted model. Inspired by both of these things I decided to have a go at creating my own Death Guard force and began work autumn 2003. As I would be entering this army for a Grand Tournament I knew that two requirements would have to take precedence, that the army was competitive yet characterful and more importantly looked good if I was to stand any chance competing for Best Army. Making a Chaos Nurgle army look good actually proved to the toughest of the two challenges.
Each of the squads is covered in more detail with my thoughts at the time by clicking on the link below, but after six fantastic Tournament games the Death Guard have become one of my favourite armies to game with, so watch this space for further additions later in the year. Enjoy.
2003 UK Grand Tournament Death Guard | Daemon Prince Lord Scirrhus | Squads Pyrosis and Decubitis | Death Guard Transport | Possessed Squad Myelitis and Plaguebearers | Children of Nurgle and Dreadnought Morbus | Defiler of Nurgle | Additional Death Guard Units (Coming Soon) | Death Guard Havoks | Giant Spawn | Death Guard Sorceror | Warhound of Chaos | |
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If
anybody had asked me a few years ago, which Chaos army I would
probably never paint, my answer would have been Death Guard.
Ironically, this was the very army that I chose to do for the
Warhammer 40,000 UK Grand Tournament in November 2003. So why? 
Out of all the 40K armies I have painted over the years, this
was the one I enjoyed painting least, yet was satisfied with the
results the most. Coming up with a technique and palette of
colours than would give me the result I wanted was incredibly
challenging and even up to the final models the palette was
constantly changing. Overall the look I wanted to achieve was
one of corruption without being over the top. I wanted to ensure
the Death Guard Legions original black and pale bone white
armour was still very evident even after millennia of service
under Nurgle. This also needed to be reflected in the vehicles.