Missile troops for a Nurgle/Pestilent themed army?

[weismonsters]

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

http://www.chaos-dwarfs.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16377

Dont know the guy but he seems to have made a reasonable job of it.

[LeadAsbestos]

Rob, you want Pud Throwers and the loose Puds pack from the game Dark Age. Excellent minis! The Throwers are part of the Brood collection. Pretty big minis, so they would make an impressive site in a army.

http://monkeyswordgames.com/DAG4004

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Age-Games-Brood-Miniature/dp/B00OU6HXBY

[FramFramson]

How has no one suggested anything with snot involved yet? 

[weismonsters]

How about a catapult that fires nurglings at people? They could have little parachutes or something...

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

How about a catapult that fires nurglings at people? They could have little parachutes or something...

Reminds me of the old goblin Doom Divers!  I have to agree, for artillery of some kind, nurgling catapults seem like the most obvious choice, unless you're trying to avoid being goofy.  Given their role in the lore, though - as the vectors of disease - this seems like a fair choice.  If you're looking to make up rules for them, then I would imagine they'd cause relatively little damage on impact, but disrupt units by jumping around, grabbing ankles, etc., and have the potential to spread disease of some kind.

If that's too goofy, then I think something that launches clay pots full of either poisonous gases or some corrosive contents would be ideal.  Maybe look to the effects of troll vomit or something for rules.

For missile troops, I think I'd probably just stick to bows, crossbows, slings, and sling-staffs.  Nurgle mutants have also often had the ability to vomit corrosive liquids in games, so units with short-range area-effect attacks might make sense.

[robh]

Thanks for the ideas guys.  Plenty to consider.

I am not after "gun" looking weapons but a mixed unit of degenerate creatures with bows/crossbows etc will work a treat. Need to look out for some Clan Pestilens skaven and Pestigor beastmen to convert.

I had not thought about Artillery, but some form of plague catapult may be an idea if the army gets bigger than Dragon Rampant size.

[Vermis]

I am not after "gun" looking weapons but a mixed unit of degenerate creatures with bows/crossbows etc will work a treat. Need to look out for some Clan Pestilens skaven and Pestigor beastmen to convert.

Looking forward to it.

[livanbard]

You can just convert plague monks to have ranged weapons. There even a nice conversion of plague monks as Poison Wind Globadiers. Or you could the regular plague monks as spell casters. Reasoning that in GW AoS rules some nurgle unit has some form of magical ranged Attack. light the Blightkings Virulent Discharge.