Nurgle Mutant Assault IG (Army Blog)

[unluckyguardsman]

excellent! great job!

UG

[jenburdoo]

Scary and beautiful! More please!

[chankthelank]

Here is a WIP of my first Puke Trooper in flak armour (counts-as Veteran). I don't think I'll be using any doctrines on this particular squad, but I may add an autocannon and 2 plasmas, if I don't choose meltas.





He was made from Stormvermin legs, Cadian torso & gun arms (with shoulder pads filed off), Grave Guard shoulder pads, and a vanilla Space Marine backpack with several pieces sliced off. For the stormvermin legs, I had to shave off the fur on the legs and cut off the toes, then I replaced them with greenstuff. I'm not sure where I got the head with the ventilator, but it looks space marine.

This guy is still a work in progress... He is the flak armour version of the Puke Troops I made from SM scout bodies (which are my vets with carapace armour). I may do some more work on the feet to show that they are not boot, but actually wrapped in cloth.

[chankthelank]

Ok, so I'd like to know what you guys think of this 1500 pt. friendly game army list I put together...

TOTAL = 1500 pts.

[HQ] [240]

1 Infinitus's Entourage [Company Command Squad]
+ Carapace Armour
+ 1 Chaos SM Lord Infinitus [Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken]
+ Regimental Standard
+ Miasman [Medic]
+ 2 Plasmaguns

[ELITES] [210]

5 Big Mutants [Ogryns]

[TROOPS] [625]

1 Mutant Horde [Infantry Platoon] ("infantry squads" will be combined)

~ 1 Mutant Boss Posse [Platoon Command Squad]
+ Boltgun
+ Powerfist
+ Miasman [Medic]
+ 3 Grenade Launchers

~ 1 Mutant Militia [Infantry Squad]
+ Bolt Pistol
+ Flamer
+ Executioner w/ Power Weapon [Commisar]

~ 1 Mutant Militia [Infantry Squad]
+ Bolt Pistol
+ Flamer

~ 1 Mutant Militia [Infantry Squad]
+ Bolt Pistol
+ Flamer

~ 3 Mutant Missle Launcher Teams [Heavy Weapons Squad]

1 Plague Cultist Coven [Penal Legionnaires]

1 Puke Troop Squad [Veterans Squad]
+ Bolt Pistol
+ 2 Meltaguns
+ Chimera w/ multi-laser & heavy flamer

[FAST ATTACK] [125]

1 Cretin Cruiser [Imperial Armour: Tauros Assault Vehicle]
+ Heavy Flamer

1 Cretin Cruiser [Imperial Armour: Tauros Assault Vehicle]
+ Heavy Grenade Launcher

1 Cretin Carrier [Imperial Armour: Centaur]
(carrying the platoon command squad)

[HEAVY SUPPORT] [300]

1 Giant Plaguespawn [Imperial Armour: Jibberjaw]

1 Leman Russ

[chankthelank]

I'll be posting some more work I've done on the puke trooper squad later tonight, but for now...

New mutant beastmen recruits, to bolster my lines of infantry squads.



I loved the level of detail and the poses of the new Ungor box so much that I had to buy a pack to compliment my previous edition ungor-based mutants.

I've added grenades all over them, a kroot shoulder pad, and scraped off the fur from the edges of their shoulder join (and filled in the gaps). This allowed me to pose the arms outside of the default joins.

My favorite is the guy all the way on the right. Looks so badass to me.

NOTE: These guys still need to be nurglified with warts, pustules, and diseased textures.

[Dedrier]

This thread is getting really enjoyable. You've been doing some great work Chank. Your army has an interesting retro feel, as if its from a few editions ago. Take that as a compliment, I've always liked the quirkiness of the earlier editions.

I don't really care for the newest Puke Trooper. He needs something to be more Nurgley. Maybe he needs mutations? I just feel as if he is too clean cut and militaristic, he reminds me of the Blood Pact. The new goat mutants are looking great and fit in well with the 40k range. I don't know any of the rules from Imperial Armor, so I can't give you any good advice on your army list.

[Shostak(AWOL)]

I love this army and really like all the bits you've incorporated into your models!

[chankthelank]

Finally I present to you, 1 of 2 commander options I've been building for my army.





Meet Pustulius Bazaar, Plague Lord of the Puke Troopers. This is the CSM Daemon Lord Infinitus's right hand man. Pustulius is considered a missionary, foul crusader, and visionary of sorts. He was born at the exact second the flood waters from the fountain of puke burst through to the planet's surface and embraced his new filth-ridden existence more than anyone who experienced life before the flood ever could. Destined to lead missionary warhosts accross the galaxy spreading the word of Nurgle and gifting entire world's with Nurgle's touch. The only refuge one could seek would be to join him and the armies of The Fountain of Puke. Pustulius leaves a trail of corruption, decay, and mutation in his wake. No matter how many losses, his armies gain in number instead of dwindling. Out of the decomposing corpses grow great fungal abominations, victims' stomachs hatch swarms of insects, and intestines become the birth place of gigantic parasites and pests that burst from their host. All manner of newly created foulness will mindlessly follow Pustulius like a pied piper from hell.

Pustulius counts-as a Company Commander w/ Plasma Pistol. He wears an ancient-suit of knightly Carapace Armour gifted to him from the arcane artifact vaults of the Dark Mechanicum. He is accompanied by an entourage of Carapace armoured Puke Troopers (Company Command Squad). He also wears the pendant of the Lord of the Flies (counts-as Refractor Field), which many believe to be responsible for the black cloud of ghastly winged insects that he is always engulfed within. In some games his CC chainsword may count-as an ancient "Power Chainsword" artifact (counts-as Power Weapon).

Here's a picture of him with his Work-In-Progress Puke Trooper command squad.



He's converted from the body of the WFB Chaos Warrior Nurgle Champion on foot, the plastic bits are mostly SM and CSM.

[Walrus]

Well done... gotta love the conversion work, even if you did double post...

[chankthelank]

Some more progress on the flak version of the Puke Troopers!





Yes it appears that this guy is holding an "icon of nurgle", but this item has no in-game function since "Veteran Squads" don't have the option to carry an icon or standard. He's holding it just for the "rule of cool".

There's still a small bit of work that needs done on this guys. I'm going to add a skull face to the green box on the back of the icon, and some slimey gribbliness on the icon itself.

The icon was made from the CSM Khornate Icon with pieces cut off and I slapped on a Nurgle symbol bit in the middle. Some of their kitted out wargear collection comes from SM scouts.

Again, the bits to make these guys are...
- stormvermin legs
- cadian torso (with boobs filed off)
- cadian arms (with or without shoulder pads cut off)
- space marine backpack (with bottom half and balls cut off )
- graveguard or cadian shoulder pads
- SM or CSM bald head with ventilator
- cadian lasgun (with part of the tip cut off, and eagle scraped off)

I have 1 of the 3 flak puke trooper melta gunners in this squad almost finished!

Also have some new cultist updates to show you soon

p.s. If these guys don't seem Nurgly enough, it's because these guys represent highly trained militants recruited from the least mutated plague-world cultist and militia stock. They are also closely affiliated to the Dark Mechanicum, often acting as special op escorts in arcane artifact retrieval missions, thus continually provided with wargear repairs and replacements (this still doesn't stop battle damage and corrosion).

[chankthelank]

I forgot to add that the stormvermin legs involve a bit of extra work.

- cut off tail
- cut off toes
- shave/scrape/cut off the leg fur
- greenstuff a new toe for their bandage socks/shoes
- greenstuff any lost bulk on legs/heel from fur cutting/shaving

[Shostak(AWOL)]

Looking good! I really like the icon, and Pustulius Bazaar!

[Adam Selene]

Very cool, from the creaters of "When mutants attack" and "The puss will get ya".

[chankthelank]

Some new 'uns for ya:

First up, 1 of 3 melta-gunners from the puke trooper militants (flak IG veterans). Still needs some battle damage, and gap filling.





Next we have some updates on the Plague Cult Coven (Penal Legion)...





As you can see, the guy in the center is the Cult Leader (for lack of a better name).

The cultist on the left is swinging a plague censer from skaven plague monks kit, which is pretty dangerous in a squad with unit coherency (haha!). It has no in-game effect other than representing the better assault capabilities of Penal Legionaries. He was built almost entirely from straightforward flagellant bits, with a gladeguard head, and added lasgun on back + plague censer. I'll probably GS a strap for the lasgun.

The cultist on the right was made from lower half of a flagellant w/ upper torso from the new cadian command squad. I cut/filed off the eagle from his chestplate necklace, and replaced it with a nurgle icon. His head is also from the cadian cmd squad, however his arms come from the Skaven Stormvermin kit. I removed the fur from the arms, and the knife is supposed to represent a ceremonial blade. The lasgun looked kinda strange being held with one hand, so I added a little spike on the handle, to make it look less wonky. The shoulder pad is actually part of the spikey reins from a dark elf coldone (believe it or not!).

The cult leader is the upper body of a Chaos Marauder horsemen, lower body flagellant, arms from the new ungor kit (pole-arm was a spear arm), Icon is made from the new Chaos Termie Lord force weapon + a standard nurgle icon bit. Icon has no in-game effect, it only designates the cult leader. The head is from the Empire Wizard kit, with his beard cut off. Hourglass comes from flagellants, and ceremonial dagger is Stormvermin with skaven rune shaved off.

[Shostak(AWOL)]

As always, exellent work! I would definately do a strap for the plague cultist's slung lasgun though. I look forward to seeing more.

[chankthelank]

More Puke Troopery goodness for yoowall...

First up is the leader of the unit (Veteran Sergeant w/ Bolt Pistol):



He is supposed to represent a Nurgle worshippin' Puke Trooper whose fused his body to a tank full of noxious chemicals that would normally poison and decay someone, but rather he relies on these fluids and gasses as a part of his obsession and dedication. Remember, it's part of my army fluff that these kinds of chemicals have an eternal life-through-undeath type effect on inhabitants of the Fountain of Puke. I will be naming him and writing him his own fluff at some point.

He was built mostly from a Grimaldus retinue "Cenobyte Servitor". I removed the arm that was molded on, and shaved off any Black Templar iconography. Unfortunately one of these was right smack on his chest robes, and I accidently cut off a little ornamental skull... So I greenstuffed the robe bumps back on his chest and replaced the skull with a little mark of nurgle. His bolt pistol arm is from the baneblade commander, and his chainsword arm is from the Freecompany Militia kit. I cut off the freecompany militia sword & hand, and replaced it with a Sisters of Battle double-sided chainsword. I had to greenstuff Nurgle icons over the Fleur De Lis symbols on both sides, and I cut up the purity seal to look like parchments instead. Finally I plopped some vehicle spike onto the top of the backpack.




You've seen the middle guy already in my last post, but I wanted to show off all 3 PT melta gunners all lined up. The other 2 are brand new, but still not fully finished. I debated whether or not I was going to use the hairy head on the guy on the right, but I figured with a dark paintjob I could make the hair look less healthy. That head comes from the new Blood Angels Sanguinary Guard kit, and I thought it was too cool of a re-breather not to use it. I ran out of Cadian special weapon arms, so I used Catachan command squad (bare and muscled) arms for the guy on the left, also thought he could use a spike on backpack. Gives them some variety.

[Shostak(AWOL)]

Exellent work chank, can't wait to see more.

[Walrus]

Your awesome awesomeness is awesome........


looking forward to more ;D