GAMES WORKSHOP 99120102075" Death Guard Plagueburst Crawler Miniature, one size

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Oh, look, now we have a gradient on the models. This could be airbrush shading, recess shading. You could add mud splatters to the bottom, or slap some weathering powders there. The key is that each layer enhances the layers below it. In this case, the fade gives depth and variation to the chips, and dirties up the transfers, making them more interesting. Overall i think the strength of both of these units lie with their insane durability, and while they fulfill very similar roles it is worthwhile to think about which one suits your army better. The ranged options on both the crawler and the drone dont do it for me and i would rather have a shooty hellbrute if that were my objective. The fleshmower seems like a lot of fun and like it can have its place within the army, it just lowers the units target variety a bit. Blades of Putrefaction and/or Virulent Blessing cast on a Foetid Bloat Drone with Fleshmower can really unexpectedly start dealing a lot of damage to larger targets such as a Knight.

The technical specifications of the Plagueburst Crawler have not yet been determined by the Ordo Malleus of the Inquisition.HairsprayAs long as your varnish has dried (give it about 30 minutes at least), you’re safe to move on to applying a coat of hairspray. Ask your significant other for their cheapest can of hairspray (or go buy the cheapest one you can find), as the cheaper stuff is the most water-soluble. We will be taking advantage of that quality shortly. Scabrous Soulrot (Aura): While an enemy unit is within Contagion Range of this unit, worsen the Leadership and Objective Control characteristics of models in that enemy unit by 1 (to a minimum of 1).

Start by applying a basecoat of dark green paint to the Plagueburst Crawler’s armor using a medium-sized brush. For example, you can use Death Guard Green to cover the majority of the model. Calamity Engine • Death Wheel • Decimator • Defiler • Forgefiend • Heldrake • Infernal Bombard • Maulerfiend • Soul Grinder • Venomcrawler • Wirewolf Mournfang Brown is a really solid rust tone and if you’re not using it for rust, you should give it a shot. You can see here that I’ve decided to build up some random areas with this color. I thought that rust might accumulate around the pox marks on the armor, as well as on the lower edges of panels where water might settle. As such, I started building up the paint in layers in these areas. Keep in mind that you’re going to be painting all over this in the future, so don’t stress about it too much.Both Mortarion and Magnus the Red are excellent choices for an Apocalypse army. They’re both Psykers, they can both Fly and they are both utterly deadly in shooting and close combat. As an added bonus, both of them also grant benefits to any members of their Legion who are close by. Exalted Sorcerer • Sorcerer • Warpsmith • Dark Apostle • Master of Possession • Master of Executions • Lord Discordant • Warsmith • Death Guard Sorcerer • Lord of Contagion • Malignant Plaguecaster • Plague Surgeon • Tallyman • Scarab Occult Sorcerer • Scarab Occult Terminators

Smear that shit everywhere with a brush you don’t care much about. It is good to work in sections so you don’t get paint all over your hands as much. This is also an area where the Rattlejoint Ague (-1 to saves) comes in handy – the added save reduction from things like plague belchers and plaguespurt gauntlets can be incredibly nasty against targets who’d otherwise rely on cover or be able to shrug off half the wounds with a 4+ save. It’s also handy against 2+ saves in cover, as worsening their save puts them on a 3+ and unable to claim the benefit of cover against an AP0 weapon.At its core, this method utilizes an airbrush and the water-solubility of a cheap hairspray to achieve the rust effect. We add to that layers of grime with an oil wash and some Citadel technical paint. Let’s start by understanding what we’re trying to achieve on the main panels of the tank: a realistic rust effect. It’s worth taking a look at some inspirational pictures to be reminded of what real rust looks like. For me, it’s a lot more orange than I would have guessed and we can see that it varies considerably in the darkest and lightest tones, so it’s beneficial to be reminded.

Indeed it does! Thanks @McElMcNinja for the topic - i hope you don't mind but I've taken the liberty of editing the title and tags to make it into a unit of the week post - we were due one here anyway, so why not Plagueburst Crawlers! Your Army is slow. Real slow. Few of your non-vehicle units have more than 5” Movement, and your terminators and poxwalkers have been saddled with 4”. That means some of your movements are going to be deliberate and telegraphed to opponents, making it easy for opponents to plan for your tactics. Become familiar with the Rapid Ingress Stratagem, because it’s going to be a key tool in your arsenal when it comes to putting terminators into a position to do things. You can also mitigate this somewhat with faster units and more vehicles. Next you’ll need objective holders, and here’s where you have options. Plague Marines are still a perfectly viable unit, though they’re neither as durable nor as hard-hitting as they used to be. Still a single squad can provide solid value, especially when paired with some characters. A squad of 10 can be given three heavy plague weapons and two each plague spewers/belchers, making them a surprisingly deadly close range unit. They’ll still melt to enemy firepower but when paired with a Foul Blightspawn they can be an absolute chore do dislodge up close. Give them a rhino to increase their mobility. If you’re taking a unit of ten plague marines, you’ll typically want to give them one or two characters for support. When it comes to the Death Guard characters, it’s worth noting that while they tend to offer solid options as leaders, many are also perfectly fine as stand-alone takes. Doing so forces an opponent to waste fire on a suboptimal target that can often shrug off more damage than expected – especially for the terminator characters. A lone Terminator Chaos Lord can be pretty nasty, especially as a Contagion generator who throws out extra mortal wounds every turn.

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The Plagueburst Crawler comes with 12 wounds and features a 3+ save, 5++ invulnerable save and once again the 5+ Death Guard Disgustingly Resilient save. Pretty much the same as the bloat drone other than having a pair of wounds extra. The major difference however is that the Crawler comes in at a whopping Toughness 8. If you thought the drone was tough, this takes it a whole step further! This vehicle once again is a daemon engine with the Nurgle keyword, making it play nice with Epidemius etc. The Crawler features a degrading profile, lowering its movement, strength and BS as it goes down in wounds. The big loser here is its mobility. While it starts at a 9” movement range its movement characteristic takes way harder losses as you go down in the chart than the drone does. Its degrading ballistic skill profile also means that its very meagre BS4+ becomes a 5+ as soon as it hits halfway. On the flip side the crawler does have a higher strength. Wargear