Troop - Death Guard Squad Pyrosis
Pyrosis is one of two Death Guard Squads in the army and was the first one I assembled. As character was paramount to the army, keeping the squad numbering seven in total was naturally preferable as being the favoured number of Nurgle it allowed me to upgrade a single Plague Marine to an Aspiring Champion for free. To help keep each model in the army looking unique I deliberately chose to mix up the latest set of Death Guard models with some from the previous editions archives. By adding the arms and weapons of the new boxed set to the body of an archived Plague Marine, a new hybrid was created that merged the two ranges together. By adding a few modifications to detailing, poses or shoulder pads I created seven Plague Marines that fitted the look I wanted. The entire squad was then mounted in a Rhino transport and the Aspiring Champion given two Chaos Hounds as Followers. Aspiring Champion and Icons. One of the things that I am really not a fan of is Chaos Icons being represented as a long pole or stave with a metal icon stuck on the top like a badge. Seeing several such identical items within an army seems to me very, well, un-Chaotic. I prefer to think of icons as meaning any article consecrated to a particular god, whether that item be as large as a banner or as small as an amulet. With that in mind I make sure that I tell my opponent in advance which models are icon bearers and ensure that in some way they stand out from the rest of the units in the squad. Each of the Aspiring Champions are also easy to identify as I have made sure they are mounted on a larger 40K infantry base. Again, similar to the Daemon Prince I have raised the base up slightly before adding the model to give a little more height and help the Aspiring Champions to stand out. The Aspiring Champion here is made from an archive Plague Marine to which I have added an up to date Chaos Backpack and Death Guard right arm. The war grave on the base was made from an Imperial Guard Lasgun with helmet and small piece of plastic card carved into a piece of wood. Painting Death Guard armour After undercoating the models black I painted a base colour of 50/50 Bubonic Brown and Rotting Flesh over any armour areas. I then highlighted this in vertical streaks by adding increasing amounts of Rotting Flesh to the base mix. For final highlights I added Bleached Bone to the mix before giving the entire model a wash of 50/50 Green Ink and Brown Ink mixed together and watered down. Once the ink had dried I then re-highlighted a few streaks with 50/50 Rotting Flesh and Bleached Bone. The banding around the armour was initially painted with a mix of Brazen Brass and Boltgun Metal. This was then highlighted with Chainmail Silver before receiving a brown ink wash. Troop - Death Guard Squad Decubitis
Similar to Pyrosis, the Death Guard Squad Decubitis consists of seven Plague Marines, one of which is upgraded to an Aspiring Champion. Again I used a mix of archived Plague Marines and the current boxed set, the Aspiring Champion this time coming from the current edition. In addition I also used parts from the plastic Chaos Space Marines boxed set to equip some of the models with Plague Swords as well as create the Icon Bearer (The one with the trophy pole).
Painting Death Guard Flesh One of the most distinctive features of Death Guard and the thing that separates them most from other Chaos Legions is the horrific stigma of diseased and decaying flesh. This meant that getting the colours and textures of the flesh correct would make or break the overall look of the army. Traditionally purples and livid greens have been liberally used on most Death Guard armies I have seen in the past which works to great effect, but isn’t the look I was going for in this instance. What I wanted to achieve was a look that was more graphic yet less vivid (if that makes any sense?). After trying out a few different methods I eventually settled on the following palette. For the base colour I used a Mix of Dwarf Flesh with Rotting Flesh. I then added increasing amounts of Rotting and Palid flesh to the mix for each successive highlight until the palette was almost pure Palid Flesh. Over this I generously applied a heavy wash of Red Ink mixed with Brown Ink which gave the flesh a dark unhealthy pallor. For a final highlight I blended a watered down mix of Rotting Flesh and Palid Flesh into any highlights, concentrating in particular on any open sores or pustules. The end effect was something really quite unpleasant, particularly the sticky looking dark redness from the ink that had pooled into recesses and open sores. |
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