Author Topic: Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army? (Read 5206 times)

robh · « **on:** 11 March 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?

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #1 on:** 11 March 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 ...

Vermis · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 March 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.

sukhe_bator · « **Reply #3 on:** 11 March 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...

Humorous_Conclusion · « **Reply #4 on:** 11 March 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.

Jagannath · « **Reply #5 on:** 11 March 2016, 04:50:10 PM »

What about plaguebearer's lobbing plaguey things (mabye heads?) - they could you staff slings or something like that.

Cait Sidhe · « **Reply #6 on:** 11 March 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?

Erny · « **Reply #7 on:** 11 March 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.

Globlin · « **Reply #8 on:** 11 March 2016, 05:50:04 PM »

Quote from: Erny on 11 March 2016, 05:19:07 PM

How about an great fat daemon that uses its arse as a cannon to fire fecal bombs!

And they say wargaming is a childish past time!

Love it!

Vermis · « **Reply #9 on:** 11 March 2016, 06:11:16 PM »

Quote from: Humorous_Conclusion on 11 March 2016, 03:58:27 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!

weismonsters · « **Reply #10 on:** 11 March 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.

Diablo Jon · « **Reply #11 on:** 11 March 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