The Daemon's Claw

 I have been enjoying painting some Plague Marines and support units. The release of the Plague Marine Kill Team, I needed a champion with Plasma Pistol and Plague sword. So I painted this model from the boxed set I got a while back. I painted the cloak in imitation of a stained burial shroud. Here are the Death Shroud Terminators. I experimented with painting the scythes as dark and rusted and then using a bright silver on the edges. This is where the edges would be worn from impacting enemies armour and flesh. I got inspired by Cult of Paint's turorial on painting Plague Marines He used a stipple technique to build up layers of colours and texture. I tried this on a couple of models. Here is the armour texture built up of three layers of green speckles I then used pinks as a contrast for the flesh and worms. Here is the Icon Bearer in front of some of my Warhammer Spearhead terrain. I tried the technique on a Mephitic Blight Hauler. I made a shade wash from greens and sepia to sh...

After two wins my third game was against the Necrons. There were none of the classic, Warriors, Immortals or Destroyers in this list. The Necrons, got the first turn and their big scout walker moved forwards, The Plague Marines attacked it. I forgot the grenade stratagem when I first attacked. Some additional mortal wounds might have been critical. This was a big attritional battle, all the plague marines were incapacitated. The Walker got down to 1 wound at least once The terminators are occupying the middle as usual. Here are the Necrons, a leader, some Lich Guard, some jump pack guard and some jetbikes. The Blight Drone moved up to attack on the other side, it was squirting some Necrons. Here is a view from the side The entire Necron Army moves to attack the drone,  The Necrons finish the drone off in combat. The drone then explodes and showers then in daemonic ichor The Blightlord terminators arrive and kill off the Necron Walker. The Necrons move to cover the objectives on tha...

 In the second game we were up against some Harlequins and Wraith Blades. On the right flank was the Blight Drone In the middle were the Terminators Stuck behind the colosseum wall were the Plague Marines, I should have put them more centrally. I got the first turn and pretty much whiffed. I managed to kill one Wraith Blade only for the Bone singer to break out some classical hymns and recreate it. The Elves charged into the Terminators. Now was the perfect time to use the sorcerers damage reduction ability. The Elves kill off a Terminator, but they hold. The Plague Marines arrive and the Harlequins remember another pressing appointment elsewhere, we manage to kill a Wraith Blade just in time for it to come back. Now everyone is fighting the Wraith Blades and they are falling faster than they can come back. The final Eldar falls drowning in a tide of Nurgle diseases. I didn't get a shot of the funniest part of he game. The Bloat Drone squirted the Death Jester, he then returned fir...

In the first game, my Death Guard were up against some Sisters of Battle. This place was disgustingly clean and pure, it was completely absent of any blessings of the garden of Nurgle. The theme of the tournament was "the Colosseum Cup" so the table I played on had round circular walls and ruins. I got the first turn and my Plague Marines advanced up the left flank. The Blightlord terminators and sorcerer advanced up the guts My Blight Drone buzzed round the flanks. It first squirted the canoness with caustic fluid and she dissolved into goo. But then with the blessings of the Emperor she got better.  Here is a squad of Batle Sisters guarding their home objective. The Sisters advance and get drenched in corrosive acid. The big mob of Club and Shield Sisters charge the Plague Marines. A brutal war of attrition results The Plague Drone, put down the Canoness and then squrted the rest of the sisters. I have Infection Markers on the objectives I have controlled. (the first Space ...

Aiden was organising a 500 point 40k event. I think I had played 1 game of 10th edition and no games using Pariah Nexus.  I decided to take Death Guard, I was going to take Plague zombies and Typus but you can't take named characters so plague zombies were out and Blight Lord Terminators were in. My list was 10 plague parines 5 blightlord terminators 1 sorcerer in terminator armour 1 foetid bloat drone I had a week to finish painting the terminators.eek! I got it done in plenty of time (Thursday) Here is a quick shot of team Smelly before they board their drop ship. I also made some markers of disabled space marines that I could use to indicate I had infected an objective. 

After the game against the Scouts the Death Guard fought the Death Watch, for who was the most "Deathy". We played a narrative mission with the Death Guard trying to destroy the objective markers, probably vaccines or other research into disease and infection vectors.  The Death Guard chose take forward positions and then rush their two Fighters, down the right flank to be behind the containers. They win Initiative and continue their rush around the corner into the marine on the flank of the Death Watch position. An idea occurred to me after the game, The Death Watch could have used the decisive move to move the veteran away from the Death Guard The Death Watch Leader and gunner in their position, the Death Guard Plasma gunner is sneaking round the dome to get a shot. The Death Guard flow forwards into the objectives in their half of the table. The Death Watch Black Shield counter charges into the plague flail fighter. The Death Watch leader blazes away with hi...