Tuesday 29 March 2022

#DeathGuard #KillTeam #NewYearNewArmy Big Build TO DONE!

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I stumbled across a tweet the other day pointing out Hachette were doing a 50% off deal on Warhammer Conquest magazine. I Was initially excited but not only were there a lot of the magazines labelled 'Out of stock' there were many that were not that were no longer available. Someone pointed out that there were some Pox Walkers and Death Guard so I rooted around and did indeed find them. As I hope to use these in my #ArmiesOnParaade2022 having a few more to bulk out the baddies made sense and some terrain too to decorate the board. So I got the Poxwalkers and Death Guard, another Munitorum Container, Haemotrope Reactor and some Plasma Conduits. If you spent over £30 you got free postage, this was £40 and then the 50% off came in at £20! Bargain in my book, and these will go on my spreadsheet as magazines, NOT new figures... 😎


So I got to building the marines and it was lucky I got these two sets, as the Marine on the Poxwalker sprue needs the spare weapon that's on the reinforcement sprue.

These Poxwalkers are fantastic models and how they are put together can be really ingenious. I hope we get to see more of this level of creativity in what is essentially a basic model.


They are so good, I don't know how easy they'll be to paint but the variety in them is awesome. However, I'm totally going to keep impaling myself on their spikes!


The Lord of Contagion is pretty hefty beast. You'll not that I've added my twigs and some sharp sand on the bases. They'll still be wading through tar sludge and I've already identified my Red Planet BASE sand colouring isn;t quite right but I'm hoping to solve that problem when they're all done.


Foetid Bloat Drone, so great to have something more substantial to add to the warband. Clearly something that would never be part of Kill Team but I love the model and I'm excited to paint it. My youngest has expressed an interest in trying to paint some figures in the summer. I'm thinking some of these would be a decent starting point.


I absolutely love this, I had no idea quite how large it was, you can hide a Redemptor Dreadnought behind it! I also got the plasma conduits made, but I haven't put their feet on yet as I don't want to commit to a layout just yet, I have a Magnavent and want to see how they all interact first.


I also part built the Munitorum Container, but I want to add functioning doors so it'll be awhile before it's built. So far, for all of this I'm going to get 5 Great Big Big Build BLESSED VERDIGRIS Stamps of Approval [the Poxwalkers only count as one].




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  1. That's a great thrifty hobby haul! Congrats.

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    1. One of those times where you think you're getting carried away. I didn't really need any of this but having got it I was thinking I should have ordered another container and reactor! 😂 Man this hobby, plastic crack is the best description!

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  2. New year, new army is a great selling point for GW ;)
    But it is cool to see you branching out into something new, looking forward to your spin on the Death Guard.

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    1. It's the not so secret function of Armies On Parade, I'm surprised it's taken them this long to make it almost official. In fairness they've always allowed you to parade whatever army you want, surprisingly it's the community I've found feel the need for the army to be 'new', legitimising a commercial aspect that doesn't have to be part of Parade Day.

      It's funny how there's so much complaint about the cost of the hobby and how it prevents some from joining the hobby, but G.O.D. forbid anyone keeps showcasing their sole army year after year! #StillBitter Ha, ha, I'm 47, you'd think I'd be able to get over such school yard shenanigans by now!

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