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Author Topic: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?  (Read 4555 times)

Offline robh

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Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« on: March 11, 2016, 02:30:05 PM »
What figure options are there for missile units in Nurgle themed armies?

I have Plaguebearers, Chaos Warriors, various Heresy miniatures bugs and slugs and some of the GW characters/demons but am stuck on getting an "in theme" missile unit for the army.
I recall someone doing a figure firing maggots with a catapult which could work but cannot find it now.

What else is out there?

Offline Hobgoblin

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2016, 02:34:15 PM »
Wouldn't the various skaven musketeers ("musk rats"?) and poisoned-wind globadiers work well? Rats, after all, are vectors of plague ...

Offline Vermis

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2016, 02:54:54 PM »
The skaven jezzails and poison wind globadiers became pretty pricey, especially the latter on ebay. That's the main reason I don't have any in my skaven collection!

The poison wind mortars from the Island of Blood starter set are also getting a bit scarce and expensive since it went OOP, but some still seem to be going at lower prices on ebay. Warpfire throwers could also be useful, if you imagine them spewing out a stream of filth rather than green flame.

Offline sukhe_bator

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2016, 02:57:52 PM »
You could do some awesome figures using liberal amounts of cheap clear glue to create slobbering rabid hellhounds, even ordinary warhounds
In the Classical world jars of venomous snakes and even beehives were catapulted onto the decks of enemy warships, so you could model different ammunition types
Then of course there's the usual wildfire variants...
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Offline Humorous_Conclusion

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2016, 03:58:27 PM »
Skaven Jezzails and Warpfire throwers are associated with Clan Skyre, which is more Tzeentchy than Nurglesque. You could try a Clan Pestilens Plague Catapult. Another options are 'death's heads', essentially plague grenades made from severed heads boiled in pus. Drone riders can already carry them, but you could add them to an infantry unit.

Offline Jagannath

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2016, 04:50:10 PM »
What about plaguebearer's lobbing plaguey things (mabye heads?) - they could you staff slings or something like that.

Offline Cait Sidhe

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2016, 04:59:44 PM »
How about Warmachine Bile Thralls, creatures that use their own stomach contents as ammo.



or their big brother the Bloat Thrall?


Offline Erny

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2016, 05:19:07 PM »
You can stick anything on a catapult, nurglings, dead cows, puss balls what ever.

You can get some nice crossbow armed beast men from BTD. Just a paint job away from being nurgly.

How about an great fat daemon that uses its arse as a cannon to fire fecal bombs! If you  have loads of money you may be able to find an arse cannon on ebay but a bit of converting could be cheaper.

A friend of mine uses diseased toads that vomit acid.


Offline Globlin

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2016, 05:50:04 PM »
How about an great fat daemon that uses its arse as a cannon to fire fecal bombs!


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Offline Vermis

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2016, 06:11:16 PM »
Skaven Jezzails and Warpfire throwers are associated with Clan Skyre, which is more Tzeentchy than Nurglesque.

Where there's a will, there's a way! :)

Offline weismonsters

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2016, 07:08:59 PM »
Not sure about missile troops, but have you seen the new slug chaos warrior from Ral Partha Europe?
http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/chaos-knights-c-186/

They sell the slug body separately so you could even use it to convert some slug bodied archers i guess.
« Last Edit: March 11, 2016, 07:11:30 PM by weismonsters »

Offline Diablo Jon

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2016, 08:37:16 PM »
OK a bit left field but Anvil industries do Tox troopers which I guess are meant for 40K but the guns are separate so you might be able to substitute crossbows



alternatively if you are happy with warpfire throwers these guys might make a nice human version



http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/Miniatures-of-the-North/Tox-Troopers


Offline Diablo Jon

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2016, 08:50:21 PM »
Something more conventional how about Frostgrave cultists?





http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=7731

Offline ZeroTwentythree

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2016, 06:08:18 AM »
You can stick anything on a catapult, nurglings, dead cows, puss balls what ever.

Catapult or sling.


If you  have loads of money you may be able to find an arse cannon on ebay but a bit of converting could be cheaper.

Didn't someone just start selling what amounts to an updated version of that figure?


Offline beefcake

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Re: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2016, 08:23:59 AM »
Didn't hell dorado do some sort of maggot slingers?
Edit:
http://sodapopminiatures.com/hell-dorado/sling-maiden-and-maggot-bearer
« Last Edit: March 12, 2016, 08:29:28 AM by beefcake »


 

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