I’ve been a follower of Grandfather Nurgle ever since I opened my first deck of Citadel Combat Cards and discovered The Great Unclean One. I loved everything about him. Not least of all, his name.
It was always my aim (along with about 6000 other aims, it must be said) to collect a Nurgle army. But like almost every kid in the hobby, I simply didn’t have the funds. I ended up owning a Beast of Nurgle, who was thrown in amongst other orc, undead, and chaos miniatures that I liked the look of. That was the only plague-based creature I had.
I still have the Beast of Nurgle (who is now stripped and re-painted) and have been able to pick up some of his kin in recent years too. It’s time to finally get this Warband up on its maggot-riddled feet.
And now I have!
I’ve named my leader Festerblade Rotsworn. I had to do a bit of kitbashing as I’d lost his original arms. I’m pleased with the result, though.
Festemus. Knightmare Miniatures‘ take on this Chaos Champion, found in the Warhammer 4th edition Battle Bestiary.
Brother Rust, a Chaos Warrior from Midlam Miniatures.
My nurglings get to play on this nice rotting stump, purchased from Rum & Resin Printing on Etsy. I have two other bases of nurglings to paint up and add to the warband.
I’m sure the plaguebearers are from a 2003-era batch.
My Beast of Nurgle from the 90s, stripped and re-painted, with more fungus thrown in. “You didn’t leave mushroom on the base for him”, I hear you shout in your best dad voice.
There’s lots more to come with this Nurgle warband. I’ll continue to add to it at my slow but steady pace. I’ll also talk about my progress on the Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast, so be sure to subscribe or follow the show, wherever you get your podcasts.
