Well, here are the beasts. I was really pleased with the changes to these guys from the SoC list. The points cost went up, but they were just simply too good before. They lost 1A, a pip of WS, 2Ld, and the Cloud of Flies, and now have I1, which, combined with a 20 point increase in cost seems pretty steep. However, they gained regeneration, slime trail, and +1W (!!!) which is more than a fair trade in my opinion. Beasts are now a little less hitty, and easier to hit in shooting/hth, but they are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay tougher to beat up, which, as I've said previously here, is really how I always thought nurgle stuff should be.
These guys were some of my favorites in the army, and were great fun to make. 3 of them have parts of a chopped up Dhole mini from RAFM's Call of Cthulhu line. For the woefully uneducated, the Dhole is basically a great big, gnarly worm. I made parts of the lower bodies of the brown, green and multicolored "bruised" beasts with bits of Dhole, but the lions share of each of them is sculpted from GS. The yellow beast is entirely sculpted (with the exception of some Tyrannid legs and the maw from the OK BSB standard top) of GS and Apoxie Sculpt. He was partially based on an illustration of a Shoggoth from the classic CoC module The Thing at the Threshold.
With these 4 guys finished, I've officially got a full 2250 points painted, and what an enjoyable time it has been. There will be more updates, though, as I finish other projects for this army. I'm currently making up a nasty, diseased-crocodile thing on a 40mm base to go along with my long-since-posted Exalted Daemon (since there's no such option anymore...hisssssssss!!!) as a pair of DoW Maneaters. Should be done with that dude inside of a month. Then it's just some movement trays and the display board, and the Children of the Glades will be ready for action! I've also got an idea for a large creature that I'll probably run as an entire unit of 20 Plaguebearers. Stay tuned....
4 comments:
The yellow guy is AMAZING. I think he alone inspires me to try some conversions/sculpting in the future.
Again, extremely well done. I'm excited to see the monstrosity that is going to replace the 20 plaguebearers.
Also, is this the army you are thinking of taking to the Battle on Beale this summer?
Yep. This army will be making the rounds of all the tournaments I attend this year.
Nice work on these guys. I hate nurgle stuff, but its still really impressive to see your work on these. Your colors really pop and are so clean, that is what always impresses me witih your pieces.
nice. A little disappointed your screen name isn't "Flanks"
@Nitz...
The reason for the doucheological screen ID is my daily patronage of www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com, which is my fav. blog. Commenters on the site often adopt handles with some form of "douche" in them, and this is mine;)
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