Plaguebearers: Here They Grow Again

 If you'd asked me what daemons were next to paint, I wouldn't have thought Plaguebearers...

But fate intervened, in the form of Games Workshop's new rules for unit formations. Gone is my unsinkable blob of 23 Plaguebearers. Instead, I can only have units of 10, and each ideally with a command group.

I was resigned to ditching my three extra Plaguebearers, but Grandfather Nurgle was looking out for me, and I discovered an incomplete sprue on eBay for seven Plaguebearers. It was meant to be.

As luck would have it, this sprue also had command bits on it, so I could make everything I needed to complete three full packs of Plaguebearers.

I also got tot rediscover the sheer joy of painting Plaguebearers with Contrast paints. Absolutely the most fun you can have with Contrast, and super-quick!

• Primer: Wraithbone
• Flesh: Plaguebearer Flesh contrast, Nurgling Green drybrush
• Horns and buboes: Nazdreg Yellow contrast
• Swords and banner: Screaming Bell base, Typhus Corrosion wash, Nihilakh oxide
• Intestines: Plaguebearer Flesh contrast, Carroburg Crimson wash

I still had the command bits from my Plague Drones, which meant every standard bearer and musician could be different. This one also got the dubious pleasure of being portrayed having a good lick of his sword. 

The bellringer musician was given a Plague Marine icon, so he'd have something more impressive to bash.

And I was on such a roll with the Nurgle models, I threw the Spoilpox Scrivenor into the mix. Basically the same techniques as the rank and file, and an absolute joy to paint. He may be my favourite of them all.

The Scrivenor was a treat to myself with the prize money from Weekend At Burnie's III (which shows how long I've been putting him off) and I'm glad to get the trio of characters.

I don't think any of them are fantastic on the tabletop, and probably overcosted, but I look forward to trying them out.