Winter Plaguebearers Update

While they're not done, the winter plaguebearers are starting to take solid shape. To wit:

Games Workshop plaguebearers, both multipart plastic and metal.

They're blue — bluer than I was aiming for in my last discussion — but I actually like how they've turned out. I like it a lot. The color nicely grounds them against the reds and oranges of the rest of the army. The white with blue shadows is also distinct from the ivory in my Death Guard models, which skews orange.

The Harvest of Simurgh, part 1

Salvation! Salvation!

I witnessed the descent of the Emperor's angels myself, brothers and sisters. They streaked across the sky like meteors, striking deep in the twice-damned heretics' choking fogs. I felt the very earth shake as they crashed into the foe! I saw the flashes crack against the night sky as their undeniable fury was unleashed!

Take heart, brothers and sisters! All is not lost! The Emperor's angels will push back the foul mutant and the tainted sorcerer!

— Farhad of Asaak, Imperial Guardsman of the 301st Simurgh PDF, 3715686.M38

Plaguebearers, Part 2: Works in Progress

So, this is where I'm at on my plaguebearers right now. We'll go from least- to most-finished.

AUTUMN

Games Workshop's plaguebearers. Mostly multipart plastics, but at least two metals can be seen in the back row.

These are only based and primed, as you can see, which puts them pretty firmly in the conceptual phase. I wanted to get the summer plaguebearers done first, but I really didn't want to paint two sets of brown plaguebearers in a row, so these are last on my current to-do list.

Plaguebearers

Plaguebearers from Games Workshop, with no significant alterations. Metal and plastic multipart kits shown.

I love plaguebearers, and I've loved them since the first time I can recall seeing them in the late '90s — after the release of their second set of sculpts. While I probably adore the current incarnation of Nurglings more (of course, I'm no savage), there's no other model in the GW range (or any range, really) that has consistently delighted me as much as plaguebearers.