Fist and Furious: Death Guard vs Imperial Fists

Answering a distress call broadcast in an old Ultramarines code, a detachment of Imperial Fists have landed on Bagot Prime for the first time, but they've been ambushed by my Death Guard warband, The Second Law.

The Rotten Horror Picture Show: Tyranids vs Death Guard

 

Here they come, walking down the street, get the funniest looks from, everyone they eat...

Pootle here with an advert for my YouTube debut against Winters! It was an absolutely cracking game and I can't recommend enough that you head on over to take a look.

Fly, Fly and Fly Again: Space Marines vs Death Guard

Pootle here, with a training mission for my Death Guard force, the Second Law, ahead of an upcoming game against Winters. I've not played with the Death Guard in a while and want a run-out with a specific list; Kraken has volunteered to lead a force to take them on.

I'm Barticus! Ultramarines vs Death Guard

 

Something a little different today: Pootle here, writing up a battle against a new general! Barticus will be leading a detachment of Ultramarines against my Death Guard in a narrative game.

Vial Save You: Ultramarines vs Death Guard

"Ark Saviour, this is Ark Actual. Report." 

There was a brief and pregnant pause. A massive energy surge, then the convoy's signal vanished from the auspex, and they weren't responding to hails. Even Captain Praesidio was staying ominously silent. The damned Death Guard had caught them, so close to safety. Chaplain Sirius looked at the Techpriest operating the vox, who gave a tiny shake of his helm.

There was no time to mourn, Sirius decided. Swift action would decide the day. Grief had no place on his battlefield. 

"Deartur! Take a Razorback and the reserve group, depart for their last known position with all immediacy. Locate and retrieve the vaccine, recover survivors with secondary priority." 

"I go, in His name," the Chapter Champion replied, immediately donning his ornate helmet and striding out of the command room. Chaplain Sirius turned back to the Techpriest.

"Ferramen, prepare the Teleportarium. I shall assemble a reaction force in case Deartur is attacked. The Fourteenth will not be far off, I think. I should like to catch them unprepared for a change."

Ferramen nodded, then waved one of his chapter serfs into position on the vox before heading out. Sirius turned to the huge Aquila that sat atop the Ark Bastion's central command banks. "We shall not fail," he told it, then followed his brothers out of the room.

Armies on parade

Pootle here! Stylus has been gently suggesting I update my army pages, partly so that when I host a game over Skype my opposing general can see what models he can choose from, but mostly so he can get a look at what I've been up to as I'm not at all as assiduous in posting pics of all the miniatures I paint as he and Kraken are. So here's a quick summary and links to each of my armies where I’ve got pics of (almost) everything I’ve painted.

Suppuration and Sorcery: Thousand Sons vs Death Guard

Hold onto your hats, this one's been brewing for years...

Thousand Sons vs Death Guard!

Endurance Cron-test: Necrons vs Death Guard

 

Pootle here! I fancied a game and Rapid obliged me, choosing to take command of some of my Death Guard. I've only played one game with my Necrons since I got Indomitus, so I decided to give them another crack. Two very resilient armies here: will both sides refuse to die or will someone break?

Hammer and Anvil: Ultramarines vs Death Guard

"Ark actual, this is Ark saviour, Grammus reporting. Our armoured column is en route to the front. I estimate our arrival in under fifteen minutes. The vaccine is secure and prepared for delivery."

The engine of Cor Gloria, his Land Raider, growled happily as they tore along the road together. Grammus, a tech-specialist veteran with the chapter's eighth company, could feel the ancient vehicle's desire to reach the battle, aiding him as he operated the throttle. His mission was vital, but the battle lust of the machine spirit was infectious. Even had it been a routine operation, he would be burning to reach their goal with the same zeal.

The hated Death Guard had been pressing hard against the Ultramarines front lines, using a lethal prion disease capable of transmission through sight of a victim alone. The marines of the apothecarium had worked hard to prepare an optic vaccine. This panacea would swing the tide of the battle, allowing the Ultramarines to finally leave their hermetic bunker line, the so-called Ark Bastion, and push back. Time was of the essence, the Death Guard had very nearly breached the automatic defences protecting the bunkers.

"Close range auspex returns at two, ten and twelve, brothers," Vertorix warned over the vox. The Techmarine was riding in the back, keeping an eye on the vaccine crate cooling systems. "The traitors seek to ambush us. We must not be delayed!"

Captain Praesidio responded immediately from his position in the middle of the convoy. "All vehicles, full speed. On wings of glory, ride through them!"

Grammus slammed the throttle open on both tracks and Cor Gloria roared in response. They would not be stopped. The antidote would be delivered.

Tactorkal Objectives: Orks vs Death Guard

The Evil Sunz Waaagh! hit the immovable object of a Death Guard armoured patrol.

Who will survive this maelstrom of war?

Hunted by the Red Orktober: Orks vs Death Guard

Bludteef's Ork warband have been battling the Ultramarines on Bagot Prime for several months now. Bludteef himself has recovered from the mauling he took from the boys in blue and what remains of his vital organs (mostly teef) have been transplanted into a new cybork body. Now his Meks have intercepted a strange signal coming from an equatorial part of the planet. It sounds like the Ultramarines are up to something, and Bludteef is keen put a stop to whatever the beakies are doing. 

But something else is going on. Many years ago a shrine to Nurgle was built in a radioactive part of the desert. The wasteland has since been mined for the uranic deposits, but the workings have in turn fallen into disrepair and the desert is reclaiming the area. Unaware of other forces interested in the plant, the Death Guard are now looking to take back the shrine for reasons known only to themselves. 

Never mind, Bludteef came to kill marines, and these ones look half dead already, so it should be easy to finish them off...

A Fly in the Ointment: Space Marines vs Death Guard

Waaaaay back in March, Kasfunatu was going to bring his traitor Crypt Angels to face my Death Guard warband, The Second Law, but as Covid-19 was just about to hit we decided to play the game by Skype. Now we appear to have a window to play a face-to-face game so now he's hosting and fielding the loyalist Crypt Saints (see this report for the critical battle resolving their fate and their fluff page here for all the back story). I'll be reporting in normal type and Kasfunatu in bold

The Rotfast Club: Death Guard vs The Purge

The Purge have heard tales of a lethal biotoxin accidentally made in an imperial manufactorum. The toxin killed everyone in the area and the facility has long been abandoned. The Purge want to find the toxin and spread it indiscriminately. 

Meanwhile, the Death Guard prefer a more measured approach than planet-wide slaughter and want to take possession of the biotoxin themselves to analyse it.

I, Pootle, will continue leading The Purge after the fun I had during the Averment Campaign, and I, Stylus, will take command of the Death Guard.

Cryptics have a Cross Word with Guardians: Death Guard vs Chaos Space Marines

The Second Law vs the Crypt Angels

Once again I arranged a 2,000 point non-Skype battle but have been denied by Force Majeure. Last time it was Storm Ciara; now it's Covid-19. Neither Kasfunatu nor I have symptoms, but we both agreed it's sensible to fight remotely given that we can.

Nurgle's diseases keep people away
Not to be beaten, it's all-Skype fight day!

The Lost and the Damned: Death Guard vs Thousand Sons

We've had this in the calendar for months. We had a table booked at Bristol Independent Gaming. But then Storm Ciara arrived and disrupted our travel plans.

Not to be beaten by mere weather, Stylus volunteered to host a Skype battle, so the forces of Pootle's Nurgle Warband, The Second Law, could fight Stylus's Thousand Sons: the Court of Miracles.

The storm shan't stop our play: it's all-Skype fight day!

Poxy Music: the rest of the Second Law warband

I bought the Start Collecting Nurgle Daemons set shortly after playing Kraken on Skype last summer, but I've not got round to painting them apart from this Poxbringer however, who I've used a couple of times to lead an Outrider detachment of Furies. His skin is Zandri Dust with washes of Nuln Oil, Agrax Earthshade and Seraphim Sepia (because that works so well on my Plague Marines). Horns, claws and innards are Rakarth Flesh with the same washes (the insides then get Carroburg Crimson). I then dabbed on small amounts of Red Ink to show open wounds.

Bloaty McBloatdrone and friends

Next up, some of my favourite models (and, perhaps, some of Stylus and Kasfunatu's least favourites due to their disgusting resilience).

Dead Physicists Society: Death Guard characters

Next on my list to show you are the characters in the Second Law warband, starting with a Biologus Putrifier. He's usually my warlord so that the Daemon Prince can fly forwards and not worry about giving up Slay the Warlord. I usually give him the Arch Contaminator trait to maximise the effects of the Plague Marine squad acting as his bodyguard and the Foul Blightspawn who generally runs alongside him. I affectionately call him Maxwell.

A Plague Marine on both your houses

Stylus has been bugging me for a while to get some pics of my Death Guard up. I painted some of these nearly a year ago and finished most in time for Woffboot in May, but I've only just got round to taking some pics with some decent lighting, so here they are.

Starting off with a basic Plague Marine champion:

T'au be or not T'au be? Death Guard & Purge vs T'au

"Commander? The Death Guard force we've been tracking have returned. I'm afraid it looks like they do know about the data cache: they're moving right towards it."

"Prepare to embark. We will destroy the chaos filth and remove the substrates. They must not find out what we've discovered about their former prisoner."

It's a grudge match as Kasfunatu's T'au venture out onto the road for an actual face-to-face rematch against Pootle's Second Law.