Chris Pridmore's Rank and File Month 2 - The Grandfather's Clockwinders

 10 Plaguebearers = 350pts

Ended up spending a lot longer on these guys than intended. There's so much character to each model, I really wanted them to look their revolting best.

Chris Pridmore’s Rank and File Month 1

10 Chaos Space Marines – 255 points

Very happy with how these guys turned out, especially the Champion and the ancient Traitor Marine. The squad was also a great chance to try out the scheme that I'll be using for much of the rest of the army.

Also had time to paint a little something extra…

Great Unclean One - 275 points

Before I painted him, I rolled a few times on the Realms of Chaos name generator see what he’d be called. I rolled Doom + Ash (OK, but more of a title than a name I think), Blister + Spike (good solid daemon names) and finally Toad + Buttock (Hells yes!). Mashing them together as the book suggested, I’m proud to call this fella Blisterspike Toadbutt, the Ashen Doom. This gave me several ideas for the paintjob, and inspired a little story as well:

 "Following recent calamities, I have set my mind to a full study of the foul creature known as Blisterspike Toadbutt, so that loyal servants of the Throne may find a way to purge the Emperor's galaxy of this most blasphemous emanation. I have collected eye-witness testimonies from those fortunate enough to survive an encounter with the beast, and compiled these along with material drawn from my Ordo-sanctified collection of scry-glasses, wyrd-viewers, and sundry other instruments. May the Emperor’s Light guide me as I undertake this perilous research.

 Witnesses describe an aura of decay so intense that the very ground on which the creature walks is reduced to lifeless ash. From this phenomenon the daemon has gained its title, The Ashen Doom. My scrying has shown me the grumbling work-gangs of the lesser Plaguebearer strain which follow in their master’s wake, ploughing the corrupted ash into the soil to provide a rich loam for the Grandfather’s Garden. And oh, how green that garden grows! Oh my, how leafy, how verdant, how... [passage obscured by filth unknown]

Returning to the witness testimony, those who were able to see the back of the beast (much to their obvious relief) reported a curious patterning on the creature’s posterior. They describe its backside taking on a vibrant hue, akin to certain venomous amphibians. Isn’t that fun! I think it’s fun. Ha ha! But my apparatus has shown me far, far more than this colourful detail.

 I see a great throne, deep within the fecund garden. That can’t be right, can it? There is only one great Throne, on Holy Terra, and no such filth could ever sully it. But yet, I have seen it! On this mighty seat reclines a being far greater than Blisterspike, alike in form but incomparable in size and sheer pestilent majesty, and Blisterspike is merely a servant before it. And here, oh here, I see the meaning behind the creature’s name, and also the source of the revolting effluvium on its horned crest. It is clear, indisputably, that the service which Blisterspike provides to his liege-lord is a very simple one. Cradled gently in the hand of the Lord of All Plagues, Blisterspike’s horns are used to scratch the boils upon his master’s..."

  

Recovered by the Inquisition from the soiled writings of a nameless researcher, following his untimely and extremely untidy demise

 

Chris Pridmore's Chaos Space Marines - Intro Post

Hi, I’m Chris! This is my first time on the Old World Army Challenge, and I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in. I’ve been in the hobby on and off since the early 90’s, and I remember loving Codex: Chaos, but not having the resources to build an army back then. The art, the background stories, the conversions and the paintjobs drew me right in. And now’s the time to build that army!

This isn’t a pure 2nd edition army, I’m incorporating a few older and slightly newer bits when I think they look the part, and I hope that folk will excuse the more modern base sizes (even the earliest power-armoured models seem to fit more comfortably on 32mm to my eyes, and they’re often more stable too). Expect variety, bright colours, and some experiments which may or may not work out.


A Communion of Steel and Blood

My “command section” features an Iron Warriors Chaos Lord, Fabius Bile (just a Chaos Champion for the purposes of the challenge), a Khornate standard bearer and a sorcerer.


Chaos Lord 91
Chaos Champion 58
Army Icon Bearer 55
Chaos Sorcerer 52


The Misbegotten Brotherhood

I’ve tried to bring some variety to this Chaos Marine squad with some classic metal bodies and heavy weapons, some era-appropriate plastics, an original Traitor Marine and a Space crusade champion.

Aspiring Champion 30
9 Chaos Space Marines 225


The Slighted Circle

A squad of Chaos Terminators, including a couple of the old Traitor Terminators


Aspiring Champion 30
9 Chaos Terminators 459

The Rusted Snare

I’ve painted so many plague marines in the past, in several different schemes. Now it’s time to try another!

The Grandfather’s Clockwinders

I’ve always wanted to paint some classic plaguebearers.

10 Plaguebearers 350

That’s the core force I’ll be painting. There’s also a few extras that I’ll fit in as potential wildcards if time and energy allow, including a Great Unclean One, a small support squad with lascannons, and a Dreadnought.

I’ve heard that the Overlord like Eldar and likes ghosts, so here’s a Howling Banshee as my humble offering.