I said last week I was working on some more Plague Marines to start a second squad. The first I completed a while ago and proved to be the inspiration behind the project. Here he is again for those who, like me, can’t get tired of seeing him.
As I’ve mentioned he’s quite a bit taller than his squad mates, I’m almost tempted to refer to him as ‘true scale’. In the haphazard world of chaos marines this isn’t the end of the world but, as a tall person living in a world made for short folk myself, I’m sure he gets tired of dunting his head every time he gets into the dropship so it’s time to make him some equally tall squad mates. If I wasn’t already working on a squad of Nurgle Chosen based on the Putrid Blightkings then I’d make these Chosen. As it is they’ll just be Plague Marine squad number 2.
For the squad’s champion I wanted someone really evil looking but also with the vibe of a debased preacher or dark apostle. I wanted someone who’s pact with the God of Life and Death hadn’t come from necessity, or been forced upon them by the horror of their circumstances, but who has chosen their path willingly and has absolute faith in their part in Nurgle’s inevitable design for the universe. Let’s take a look at him:
I’ve also finished off another of the rank and file (rank eh? You see what I did there…) ; a stoic and stubborn acolyte ready to trudge through any hell in the Plague God’s name.
There’s also a couple more that I was hoping to have ready to show off but time hasn’t been on my side this week so we’ll have to be patient – after all whilst the other gods may pass us by Nurgle comes for us all in the end.
September 22nd, 2015 at 9:49 pm
Looking good mate. When you say taller, did you convert them to be so?
September 23rd, 2015 at 10:19 am
Cheers! The reason they’re taller is that their legs come from the Avatars of War Corruptors. It wasn’t a conscious choice to give them extra height, I was just messing around and tried using the legs from that kit – and loved how well it worked.
September 23rd, 2015 at 6:59 am
They’re looking really cool dude, (as always). Where do the robed legs come from? They look like resin?
September 23rd, 2015 at 10:43 am
Thanks 🙂 The legs come from the Avatars of War Corruptors http://www.avatars-of-war.com/eng/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&prodcode=pl03&prodname=Corrupters+of+the+Apocalypse+with+great+weapons&id=118&Itemid=143 They’re not resin but hard plastic, and absolutely cracking models if rather pricy. To be honest they’re really too cool to be used for conversions but as I got a good deal on them and don’t really plan to start a Warriors of Chaos army in the near future a few have been sacrificed to the conversion mill.
December 30th, 2015 at 1:47 pm
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