GuitaRasmus

August 2, 2019

The humble beginnings of a battlefield.

"Okay, he's lost his marbles - he started converting terrain too?"

Yup, never one to leave a model stock, I have gotten my dirty mittens on some of the old Warhammer terrain during the past year or two, and while they are great looking, I thought it would be a bit boring to have duplicates. Also, with the coming of AoS, and round bases (= no movement trays) actual interaction with the terrain (besides just marching around it) became a possibility - thus, I wanted to create more levels, and more options for positioning. Plus, I just like cutting up plastic.

First up is my fortified manor - I've combined it with the Ruins of Osgiliath (LoTR kit, which I used for the others as well), and put another chapel on top of the watchtower, along with the outhouse mounted on the roof. The cliffs are pet shop cork bark (man, it reeked of pet shop - I needed to air it for a few days before actually working on it) hot glued on.

Next, a watchtower - I think the wall with the iron gate is from the Garden of Morr, I got it in a bulk terrain buy. More ruins, a walkway and a creepy tunnel below the ramshackle walkway. Perhaps a tentacle peeking out is needed?

My precious Skullvane Manse, bought as soon as they became available again - the only modification it'll get is the white clay I'm sculpting over the old "winged warrior skeleton stone carving thing", since I thought it looked really bad.

Another watchtower ruin, again Ruins of Osgiliath and some cork bark.

I need to figure out what to do for the basing though - the first watchtower is based, but it was a serious struggle to get the 3 mm MDF to stop warping. I've tried different stuff, plasticard seems to warp too from the PVA glue I'm using, and I don't really want to use 6 mm mdf - it seems to thick. Any ideas?

August 1, 2019

Branching Out

I've started to lock down the parts on the Screaming Oak, pinning stuff into place (blu-tec somehow doesn't really stand up to the vigours of battle) and refining the pose a little - I've added some more branches on the middle of his back where it seemed a little bare, and tweaked the position of the head a little - I could use the wisdom of the mighty internet here, is this better, screaming in agony at the heavens, or is the previous version where he looked a little more down better?

Also, should he have a couple of horns?

Or not?

The white base is because I have this strange infatuation with Warmachine beveled bases, and prefer to use them on all my miniatures. Alas, they're only made in 30, 40 and 50 mm, plus a very big one for Gargantuans, so I have to make them myself on my lathe to get the right diameter - yes, I know that the Verminlord Corrupter has an oval base. Yes, I calculated the circumference (106 mm) to have a corresponding round base (not a fan of oval bases). Yes, it is technically not legal. No, I don't care at all.

July 31, 2019

Absolutely insane, brilliant and original. Great job.

July 26, 2019

1 hour ago, Walrustaco said:

I love this thread. Just the most amazing Nurgle stuff. Pic related.

Haha, thanks man. You're gonna love this then.

The Screaming Oak WIP

Okay - I usually don't share pics this early in the process of making a conversion, since it's extremely rough and basically in the "sketch stage" - things are blutacked on, some things are only placeholders, lots of sculpting and parts missing, etc, but at this point I'm trying to get the pose and concept locked down - so keep that in mind. I felt it would be interesting to share though, since it gives a glimpse into my very messy process of making models as described in the little essay I wrote a while ago, about models and poses. That, and because I'm SOOOO excited about it!

Here is the very early stages of my Screaming Oak:

I'm basically trying to make a treeman zombie. While GWs Treelord model is very good, it is portraying a beautiful and nimble kind of treeman. I wanted something that looks corrupted, shambling, monstrous and really really evil. I even used the classic "bent knee zombie pose", to illustrate the point. I also wanted some really massive talons, which are made from the Shardwrack Spine terrain kit - like I said, they need lots of sculpting, but I tried to echo the "hollow" look of the talons of the Sylvaneth Spite Revenants. The legs and body also need a lot of branches and sculpting and hopefully a mouth or seven.

The head is a placeholder for now - I like the tormented look, but I'm not sure if it looks too "off" from the rest of the tree aesthetic. Lots more branches and spikes needed all around, but I really really like it so far, and the "murder of crows" emphasise the forward motion further.

I'm still very open to suggestions and comments, so please, fire away!

His Warscroll:

PS: If you haven't guessed from the Warscroll above, I'm going to play him as a Verminlord Corruptor - the warscroll is exactly the same as the VLC - I just thought it was cool and thematic to change the descriptions and abilities.

July 26, 2019

On 7/25/2019 at 1:38 PM, uncool said:

Love the Glottkin, and your man-cave is definitely enviable!

I've been struggling to find a case solution, too, and your's is right up my alley in terms of what I want. The curtain rails are a good find. It needs a good weathering, 'Blanche' it up a bit...

Thanks a lot - I'm very fond of the cave too.

Good point about the weathering - I was planning to do something to it, but I'll have to find out if it's feasible to carry first.

July 24, 2019

Practical but important stuff.

I haven't gotten to do much miniature stuff these past few days, but I've gotten around to doing something I've wanted for as long as I've played Warhammer - my own full size wargames table.

I'm lucky to have a nice, dry and pretty large mancave in the basement of our house, all to myself:

However, a 6'x4' table is pretty large - and since I use the mancave for both playing music, making miniatures and general chilling out, I don't want a gigantic permanent table in the middle of the room. So I started googling, and while I found some amazing wargaming mancaves, I didn't find what I was looking for. So, Ikea to the rescue. The first priority is of course the gaming surface itself. While many people just use some mdf for a tabletop, the problem with mdf is that it warps pretty easily over time, if unsupported - same goes for plywood. I found the solution in Ikeas catalog.

*fanfare*

The Linnmon table.

It is made from a mdf frame, filled with a honeycomb paper pattern, which means it is very very rigid and very light (11 kg). It is 200 cm x 60 cm (roughly 6,8 feet x 2 feet) so I figured that if I put two of them together lenghtwise, I'd have a perfect table, even with about of feet of sideboard for dice, casualties, etc. The best part is that the two table surfaces can fit behind the door to the cave, so it stows away easily.

As you can see, they are held together with a case lock on both sides. There is a surprising amount of torque in those little things, and they are held rock solid. They are resting on a couple of cheap sawhorses from Bauhaus (the danish equivalent to Home Depot) which gives the table a nice height (about 1 m). I always play standing up, and my back would kill me if I had to play 2-3 hours on the 60 cm tall tables many people build. It feels very solid and theres no chance of the table sliding off, thanks to some silicone antislip stickers I put on the sawhorses.

Some terrain added. I really need to get around to painting the stuff I've aquired over the last few years - I've managed to scrape together quite a few of the old Warhammer buildings - they still look awesome IMO. The mat is 4 x 4 and I need to get a full size one.

Man, I can't wait to try my first game on it - this really is a childhood dream come true.

The other project I've been working on is a magnetic carrying case. I've been searching for a transport solution, and I'm really tired of foam. Most of my miniatures are conversions, so no standard stuff fits, and bits keep catching in the foam and breaking off. So, I decided that magnets are ideal. However, I had a hard time finding a great solution, so I decided to put my woodshop teacher skills (my day job) to use, and build one myself:

It's made from pine, so it's actually quite a bit lighter than it looks, but the jury is still out on whether it's too heavy or not. I need to get hold of a good heavy duty handle for it. The shelves are steel shelves from an Ikea letterbox and the rails are simply aluminum curtain rails, that cost next to nothing. It can fit my entire (about 3000 pts) Nurgle collection in it, even the largest beasts, but like I said, I still need to test it to see if it's actually manageable to carry.

As always comments, critique and ideas are much appreciated.

July 22, 2019

2 hours ago, Crowvus said:

Where are the claws from you added on the Glotkin tentacle arm?

They’re from the Tyranid Haruspex - it used to be a really bad build rulewise, so every nid player I know gave me some of those parts. 😂

July 20, 2019

In the songs of the Sylvaneth, one Treelord Ancient is never mentioned. Not because he wasn’t a great hero. Not because he wasn’t fiercely loyal to Alarielle. But because the mere thought of what happened to him is to painful to stand for the Sylvaneth.

The Treelord Sternbark was one of the great old Ancients. He was rumoured to have been the ancestor of many a treeling and fought in the great wars in Ghyran against the rotbringers of Nurgle. In battle, he was faced against the gargantuan beast mount of the Witch King of Cankerwall, and fell. As much as it grieved his Wargrove, their grief turned to terror as they were forced to flee and saw the Witch Kings rotten underlings tow away Sternbarks remains - though they tried to ambush the Rotbringers, they were too few and their attempts were twarted. Great was Alarielles fury when she heard of his death, and even greater was her grief when she was told that his soulpod had not been saved.

The Witch King returned Sternbarks remains to the Garden of Nurgle where he dug deep into the bark, and found the Ancients Soulpod. He toiled for seven days, incanting the terrible rites he had been gifted by the Grandfather, in order to bind the daemonic essence to the soul pod. Once he was done, the once vibrant soulpod turned a brackish green colour, and boils started erupting on the surface.

A cry of anguish erupted from the Everqueen, as she felt the corruption across the realms.

Satisfied with his work, the Witch King put the soul pod back into Sternbarks corpse, and implanted scores of Rotwood Maggots into the now twitching limbs and branches of the Ancient.

With a flick of his wrist and a twisted invocations of words, the Ancient rose once again. As it stood upon the doorstep to his lair and gazed into the Garden, it realised what it had been and what it was now. And it screamed. It screamed in anguish at the Rotwood Maggots eating through it’s body. Moreso, it screamed because Sternbarks spirit was still alive and sentient in the soul pod, but he had no control over any of it’s limbs - that was the privilege of the daemon parasite the Witch King had bound to the soul pod.

A great thunder rolled over the Garden as the Grandfather himself chuckled.

Many years has passed since, and Sternbarks spirit has been utterly maimed, broken and ripped to shreds by what he has witnessed, as a passenger in his own body. The body has been twisted by the foul magics of the Garden as time has passed, and it is barely recognisable as once having been a native of Ghyran. The limbs have become twisted and gnarled, repulsive mouths have erupted across the bark, and terrible spiny growths have erupted from the body. The once glowing sigils of the Everqueen are completely overgrown, and pus, weeping sores and boils covers its surface. It shambles into battle, and as the splintered remains of Sternbarks spirit realises it is to be employed as a destroyer of life once again, insanity rolls over him and he can do nothing but scream. Thus, Sternbark is no more. The husk that remains is known to the Maggotkin as the Screaming Oak.

Yup - I've started work on the Screaming Oak/Corrupted Treelord. It's going to be a big project, but I'm pretty sure I'm onto something pretty cool and creepy.

July 20, 2019

23 hours ago, Crowvus said:

Dude you are a nurgle conversion God! Keep it up! I was getting frustrated mechanically with the faction but I just love the lore and aesthetic, but your conversions push it way over the top (in a good way)! You've inspired me to keep at it.

Any ideas on how to make plague monks fit into my aquatic nurgle themed army? I've got a kraken theme going on with mutalith as my VLC and some sharks instead of flies for pusgoyle blightlords. How can I make skaven semi-aquatic in a way that works?

Haha, thanks. I'm not quite a god, but I'm aiming for conversion daemon prince.

To be honest, I'm not much of a gamer. I play, sure, but I'm not particularly good at it, and only play with buddies for fun, so the rules aren't super important. I just really like the aesthetic, and it lets me scratch that body horror itch.

Unfortunately, I'm really stumped about plague monks myself. I've been meaning to convert a 20 man (rat?) unit for myself, but I can't seem to find the right idea (they are not going to be rats). Aquatic, you say? That sounds pretty cool. I have no idea if the scale works, but how about looking at some genestealer tentacle heads?

July 18, 2019

2 hours ago, Ahriman said:

Mindblowing as your stuff always is matey, can't wait to see how the Prince unfolds!

Thanks a lot. 😊

The DP is a bit on the back burner at the moment - I’m in the proces of building some new and improved Plague Drones and getting the Glottkin amd Harbinger done... Oh, and I just clicked “buy” this efternoon on a Sylvaneth Treelord, that’ll be converted into “The Black Oak”, a corrupted treelord, inspired by the story on The Community page. While by no means an original idea, I hope that I can make something cool. 😊

July 16, 2019

20 hours ago, MarkK said:

I bought a Lord of Plagues and box of Blightkings after reading this thread, GW should be sending you a cheque!

Great stuff in here, especially the sculpting tutorial. Do you mind me asking how you completed the bases?

Hehe, glad to be inspiring (and getting another Nurgle player into the fold )

Thanks a lot. Do you mean paint or modelling?

The paint is very simple;

Basecoat Rhinox

Drybrush Baneblade

Drybrush Karak

Wash gravel with Reikland Fleshshade.

As for modelling, it's just slate pieces (I get some slate tiles and go at it with a hammer. Remember safety glasses!) glued to the bases, and gravel added. After paint I use fine flock and tufts to finish them. It's my go to basing technique, I use the same bases with all my armies. I find that this look works great with most colour schemes, and looks good on the table.

July 16, 2019

9 hours ago, Zlatan said:

It’s been slow progress lately but I’ve finally managed to get my Fane done. I’m quite pleased with the green marble effect.

As you should be, that looks great! It gives me a flashback to the good old days where Mike McVey did the Emperor vs Horus diorama, and painted the pillars in a similar way. What is your recipe, if I may ask?

July 15, 2019

10 hours ago, sal4m4nd3r said:

Im also about $70 in to an EPIC Contorted eptiome conversion that I will post WIP shots soon.

Now, THIS I want to see.

July 15, 2019

19 hours ago, Impa said:

Thanks for the in depth analysis on composition. Your sculpting is top notch. And thanks for the tip about mixing green stuff and miliput. I will be trying it on my novice skills at best. Love these models. They’re truly inspiring work.

Thanks - the best part of milliput greenstuff mix is probably that you can sand and file it afterwards, plus; you can smoothe it with water and a brush, especially helpful with transitions from putty to plastic.

15 hours ago, Plokoone said:

Oh, this is an awesome thread 😲! Thanks for listing the parts you use. I'm really looking forward to seeing more, especially of your Harbinger. It was one of my favorite models when it came out but I have similar issues with it now. I'm currently deciding on converting a Dreadblade Harrow or a Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount for my own.

Thanks a lot - please do share it, when you get it done - I'd love to see one done from a Dreadblade Harrow.

4 hours ago, Impa said:

The blightkings are so good! I wish I owned them! May I ask what colors you generally use?

Thanks! No problem - the recipe for the green is:

Basecoat Waargh Flesh

Drybrush Loren forest (generously)

Wash Athonian Camoshade twice

Drybrush Elysian Green (lightly)

Agrax earthshade in deepest recesses.

Add some drips and runs with purple wash.

The flesh is Pallid wych flesh as a basecoat, washed in recesses with agrax and carrobourg crimson, and highlighted up again.

I've gotten almost all the sculpting on the Harbinger finished, and I really like him - very much looking forward to getting some paint on him and fielding him:

I particularly like the gross spine sticking out of his back:

I've also decided against using the necromancer model for the sorcerer on top of my Glottkin - it needed to much work and was a bit too weedy for a Rotbringer Sorcerer, so I chopped up the Ethrac model and gave him a new arm and head - I'm pretty happy with this version:

Btw, I'm sorry if I came off as childish in my last post (the part about being bummed by no replies), but it really is demotivating to spend an hour and a half, taking pictures and writing up (at least what I think is ) a useful post, and it getting NO response. None. I realise the "like" button is here to stay, but I (and a lot of other people) enjoy comments so much more and they are actually helpful (like "Cool model, but how about a change of weapon?") and stuff like that. So, if you enjoy my work, have critique or questions, and you can spare the one or two minutes for a short reply, I'd really appreciate it.

July 14, 2019

I've been looking around a lot for a nice foldable wargaming table, and the main problem (for me) is finding something that is about 3 feet high - I don't know about you guys, but I always play standing up, and my back would kill me if I were to bow down to a normal table height for 2-3 hours.

July 14, 2019

Man... Over a 150 views and not a single comment. 😔

July 14, 2019

1 hour ago, Tropical Ghost General said:

This is possibly a bit off topic but figured that this group chat is my best hope at sourcing some bitz for a build project, as the rest of the Internet has been unable to help.

I'm looking for the corpse from the Pusgoyle Blightlords kit (see pic). It's for a Bonegrinder Gargant conversion I'm doing. I've searched various bitz sites, eBay, put various requests on FB, but had no luck. So does anyone have this part spare, or is it one of those bitz that is essential for building the model, so that I'll never find a spare one and am better off buying the box, getting the part I need and then flogging the rest of unwanted models? I'm UK based, but might be open to overseas shipping.

I have two that I’m not using, but I’m based in Denmark and I’m not sure if shipping would be too expensive?

July 13, 2019

44 minutes ago, peasant said:

Yessss!

Ive thought the same! Imagine a bigger feculent gnarlmaw that would cost points but is improved:

1d6 contagion points

2+ 1d3 mw to near non-nurgle units

+1 to charge

Actually I was thinking more like a unit type model - thinking of using the Ghorgon as an ally for it.

July 13, 2019

13 minutes ago, TheVenerableBede said:

Hi all,

did anyone read the story on warhammer-community on Friday? Firstly, it was nice to see that GW haven't forgotten completely that Nurgle exists, but secondly do you think we might be able to take that narrative as possibly a sign that some nice things might be on our way? For one, this object of power that was in the Stormvault is now under Nurgle's control - could be a way to give us some endless spells maybe? Also, Horticulus says, "The next great sowing is a-coming, mortal. Ye should feel honoured to be playin’ your part in the cycle.". Could it be that after waning since AoS 2 / GHB 18, Nurgle's power is going to wax again sometime soon ...

To be honest, I don't even care about the points. I just want new models - especially a "Black Oak" corrupted treeman... (Which I'm in the process of planning a conversion/scratchbuild for).

July 11, 2019

Hi guys, a bit of a progress update.

I've been using a Harbinger of Decay for many a game, using my old rotfly riding champion conversion - but since the debut of the Lord of Afflictions, it seems confusing to have two very different characters both riding flys.

While the original model is probably considered a modern classic:

... I have some issues with it; first of all, it's small. Way to small. It originates from the old Warhammer Fantasy, and doesn't scale well at all with the new and bigger scale of AoS. Secondly, it is finecast. I hate finecast. Thirdly, horses seem exceptionally boring to me, in a setting of high fantasy, such as AoS. Therefore, I wanted to make my own, new and improved, Harbinger of Decay.

A bit of a forestory; some years ago, I stumbled upon an amazingly talented sculptor, namely Jason Hendricks; he has sculpted some insanely cool models, even some of the prototypes for the Warjacks from Warmachine. Especially one miniature enamoured me; The Nightmare Thing:

http://monster-zer0.blogspot.com/2016/06/massive-darkness-nightmare-thing-aka-bob.html

I stumbled upon someone selling it on a facebook about a year ago, and I promptly bought it, without knowing what to use it for. Upon receiving it, I found it really cool, but also too big to be used as a regular spawn, and some of the details got a bit lost in the casting material (I call it restic - used for lots of board games - apparently cheap, and also quite horrible to work with - cut, scrape, sand - it's equally bad for everything).

Anyway, it sat in a box, until two nights ago, when I was pondering what to do with my Harbinger, and a light went off; I hurried to my desk, got out the nightmare thing, and started messing around with parts:

I've replaced the head with to heads (one an upside down pink horror mouth, the other an upside down Blight King fly head, with the lower jaw from a pink horror added), and a Stone Troll arm, because I felt it was missing a bit of ye old GW aesthetic. The saddle is from the Maggoth lord (which oddly basically popped into place, as if made for it), and the torso is from the Pusgoyle Blightlords.

I'm really liking it, although I'm still on the fence about the scythe; one, it just seems like such an obvious choice, and two, the 1" range of it really doesn't suggest scythe to me - any suggestions?

I've also gotten some work done on the Daemon Prince, and he's really starting to come together:

Not quite sure about the head on him, though - any alternative ideas?

On that note, I'd like to elaborate a bit on conversions. I call this (cue fanfare...):

Conversion Composition

First of all, I really dislike the word kitbashing; I feel like it belittles the skill and vision required for a cool conversion. A simple weapon swap may be a kitbash, but as soon as you go a bit beyond that, you are basically taking a miniature and converting it into something else, something that better suits your vision of the universe it is being part of. I don't mean to sound snooty or anything, and I'm not suggesting it should be called art, but take some credit in your skill and vision, and stop calling it kitbashing.

There. I got that off my chest.

I feel like the most important part of any miniature is its composition. Let me elaborate; the composition is a combination of the pose of the miniature and shape of it. Things like details and texture are very important as well, but you can easily find a miniature where these things are there in spades, but it just doesn't work as a miniature - why? Because the composition is bad.

Let me demonstrate:

The Skaven Grey Seer model is an example of great composition:

The model, seen as a silhouette, has a nice flow to it (shown by the green line), clearly defined form and the details don't mess up the shape or pose. I would even argue that seeing it only as a silhouette, you would still be able to guess that it's a skaven based on the pole, the iconic way skaven cloth is modelled and the hunched pose - non warhammer players could probably guess that it is a wizard, based on the stretched out hand.

Wulfrik the Wanderer, on the other hand, is a walking composition disaster:

Based on the silhouette, you would probably guess that it is some sort of christmas tree with a scarecrow added and a sword sticking out. There is no flow, no shape, no pose - it just doesn't work. The fact that the sculptor seemingly dipped it in glue and rolled it in his box of skulls only seems to make the issue worse.

My Daemon Prince has (at least I think) a pretty good composition:

You can clearly see the fly wings, the fly legs, and it has some nasty claws and spikes sticking out, adding to the creepiness and wrongness of the thing. It has a good flow and the body parts don't mess up the composition.

The cure for bad conversion composition:

My advice to any converter is: Get the basic composition in place before you do anything else. The best tool for any converter is holding a miniature up against a lamp to backlit it. You will immediately see the silhouette of the conversion and thereby the composition (again, shape and pose) will jump out.

Don't be afraid to tweak the posing just tiny bits - sometimes moving an arm a few degrees will change to composition completely. Using bluetac or brass pinning wire is great for this - you can change it be moving the part attached with bluetac or bending the brass wire.

Another trick, in lieu of having a backlit setup (and which I use most of the time) is to just squint your eyes - it works almost as good. Again the silhoutte will jump out. Another good tip is to use your camera phone to take some quick pics of the pose, once you find one that works - even if you're tweaking it more, to see if it can get even better, you now have some pics to return it to it's original state.

Once the basic composition is good, you can start adding details and textures, but ONLY if they add to the conversion. Remember to check the silhouette regularly to see if it is starting to get cluttered, and be willing to remove parts again, even if you think a particular part is really cool. Don't be afraid to "kill your darlings" or rip something apart and start over. It is bit like cooking - you're free to use spices, but even the best spices won't make up for a dish that is basically lacking. Many conversions I see on my google search journeys are using way too many bits and lacking basic composition - try googling "obliterator conversion" for example; I've lost track of the times I've seen a plastic chaos terminator that looks like it's been dipped in glue and rolled in a guns bits box. Get the basic pose right, even if it takes some tries - walk away from it, sleep on it, get back to it, and make it the best you can.

Good luck! and apologies for the long rant.

July 11, 2019

1 hour ago, sal4m4nd3r said:

@GuitaRasmus dude....those conversions are sick!!!! Well don’t man. Damn. LOVE the scheme on the GUO. Is that branch attached attached to the base or the model?

Thanks a lot. It's growing out of his back, I thought the model needed something to fill out his silhouette, so I decided to echo the "garden aesthetic".

If you're interested in more, you can check out my log here:

Any thoughts about using the last 80 points for an Endless spell or an extra command point?

July 11, 2019

Amazing concepts, ideas and executions - I'd love to play against that army. You have such a cool vision of what the IronWeld Arsenal could be.

I especially love the Ironsworn Templar, but that's probably just the 40k walker fanboi in me.

July 9, 2019

On 7/9/2019 at 9:35 PM, sal4m4nd3r said:

I don’t think it’s worth an artefact slot to increase damage 1.5 wounds per combat. Take the SoJ and murder the face of any hero you can. Blast the foot troops with his plague spell.

Regarding your list..I think it looks like a lot of fun with plenty of tools to deal with a variety of targets. I don’t think pusgoyles are worth their points. They don’t have numbers to hold objectives. And they won’t do enough damage to weaken a unit holding an objective. But I love the models! And they are fun to play with.

Regarding the lord of afflictions, ineonicaly I think he is better with the drones. He activates the locus and heals them. Give him a rust fang and the drones suddenly (with flirts command) are at +2 attacks with a target unit at -1 to save! Perhaps take out the lords for more drones!

also ditch the demon prince and pickup more blightkings or a warahrine, or a harbinger of decay. Even festus for blades of putrefaction on the drones. And another - save. Really any 160 hero. The demon prince just does nothing.

Inwouldnt use the VLC as a beat stick. Horse hunt with his spell. Hero hunt with the soj.

Reg the DP; I know he isn’t crazy good, but he outputs 3,37 against 4+ save - having a 3+ himself, flying 12” and activating the Drones loci, seems pretty good?

Flirts command?

I know the drones are better than Pusgoyles - I just really really like the models of both units, and I like the variety. I “only” have 3 units of Blight Kings for the same reason. I’ve used a Harbinger many times, but I somehow don’t seem to make him worth it - he needs to be very close to a unit to buff them with the 5+, and he’s very mediocre in combat as well. The Warshrine I’ve thought about, and it gives a cool conversion opportunity, but I’m still working on the concept.

Interesting points about the VLC; you have some good points.

Any thoughts about using the leftover points for endless spells or command points?

A couple of pics of what I’m working on:

Glottkin;

LoA;

I also have a GUO, but I’m not sure if it has a role on the battlefield that the Glottkin doesnt do better;

Counts as Verminlord Corruptor (sorcerer, lots of attacks, tongue=tail attacks) ;

Daemon prince WIP;

Also, considering adding Gutrot Spume;

July 9, 2019

28 minutes ago, sal4m4nd3r said:

You can only use the command traits and Artefacts from the allegiance you are. So you can use a VLC in a nurgle army, but you must use Artefacts from the nurgle book (or malign sorcerer) and command traits from the nurgle book (and if he is the general). He can also be given a spell from the lore of nurgle (from the demons list) because he is a NURGLE DEMON WIZARD.

protip: If you are giving him an artefact the answer is always sword of judgement.

Thanks a lot for clarifying. 😊

Yep, the sword of judgement is cool, but does nothing for him when fighting fegular troops - Ghyrstrike (+1 to hit and wound) really bumps up his damage ouput as well (from 3,89 vs 4+ armour to 5,37)

Edit; side note;

I’ve read a lot of your comments in this thread and you seem pretty experienced. Any thoughts on this army list?

Allegiance: Chaos

Leaders
Daemon Prince of Nurgle (160)
Verminlord Corruptor (280)
The Glottkin (420)
Lord of Afflictions (200)

Battleline

Units
5 x Putrid Blightkings (160)
5 x Putrid Blightkings (160)
2 x Pusgoyle Blightlords (200)
5 x Putrid Blightkings (160)
3 x Plague Drones (200)

Total: 1940 / 2000
Extra Command Points: 0
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 135

The Heroes should be self explanatory - LoA accompanies Pusgoyles, DP accompanies Drones, Glottking wanders forwards and buffs stuff and the Verminlord is a beatstick/sorcerer

Should I use the remaining 60 pts on an endless spell or an extra command point? Other thoughts? The army is exclusively made of models I like. My local meta is pretty relaxed, but I’d like for it to have at least a little bite.

July 9, 2019

Quick question; I’m using a Verminlord corruptor in my maggotkin army, and I suddenly realised that the Skaventide battletome has some pretty awesome artefacts and command traits available - can I use these?

(Specifically artefact: Blistrevous, the living cyst; +2” move, reroll to hit, and command trait Malevolent; reroll 1s to wound. Both of these are available to Clan Pestilens heroes, which the VLC is?)

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