Can a box of normal choas space marines be used in a death guard army?

[boundy]

hi like i said above can u use some normal choas space marines in a death guard army providing they have the correct colour scheme and transfers? this goes for all units aswell

[DeAd_cOmMaNdO]

do you mean use them as unmarked chaos space marines or death guard?

if the former, no, since death guard armies (using the book of nurgle) can only have units marked by nurgle)

if the latter yes, though make sure theyre obviously death guard, with an appropiate colour scheme and proper transfers. idealy you should use spme Green Stuff to add big bellies etc

[MarksmanCypher]

When I was building my Thousand Sons army, I wasn't earning much money (McDonald's wages) and so I only bought one box of Thousand Sons, and instead used the regular Chaos Space Marines.

It's perfectly acceptable.

[r4wr89]

yea i'm agreeing with them: i'd say it's fine as long as it's obviously whatever they are supposed to represent. maybe some GS work, like dead commando said, would help you :]

the chaos marine box lends itself to great conversions, i've used its pieces even in making a radical inquisitor the last couple days, and it looks great :]

good luck!
-ant

[Vorpal]

Yes it is possible. I took normal plastic Chaos SpaceMarines and converted everything myself.

Here are some examples

[Dan296]

wow those are really nice!
i wouldnt worry about it. the box of plague marines is $35 for 7 marines, while the plastics are $25 for 8. do they think were made of money!?!?!
o wait...they do....dam...

[Vorpal]

Thank you. All my Death Guard look like that.

[JoeGuardsman]

Yeah you got some skills homes. I really want to do something like that but I have too many friends who do Nurgle already.

[Stubber]

Stubber is impressed...

Do you work for a design studio somewhere?

[NearSightedFarseer]

that is some very impressive work, puts my work to shame

[Vorpal]

No , I don't work for a Design team or anything. I just dont like really any of GW's models so I either sculpt my own using there ideas or just covert the HELL out of theirs

[Perturabo]

Man those are some sweet models-the conversion work and the paint job!

As for using the plastic ones,go for it-you dont have to convert them if you dont want to or cant.If you can a few greenstuff sores or big bellies help,a small oamount of polystyrene cement can be used to "melt" armour and give running sores/acid burns.

Or if you have a few extra pennies buy one box of the Death Guard figures (or buy some bits from it) and mix and match stuff, whether its full figures or just an head,arm or somtthing else, that way every minature can have somthing from the Boxset on it!. I combined/expanded a box of Death Guard and a Plastics box into two full squads of Death Guard, with both of them looking suitably Nurgley!

Originally Posted by Perturabo

Man those are some sweet models-the conversion work and the paint job!

As for using the plastic ones,go for it-you dont have to convert them if you dont want to or cant.If you can a few greenstuff sores or big bellies help,a small oamount of polystyrene cement can be used to "melt" armour and give running sores/acid burns.

Or if you have a few extra pennies buy one box of the Death Guard figures (or buy some bits from it) and mix and match stuff, whether its full figures or just an head,arm or somtthing else, that way every minature can have somthing from the Boxset on it!. I combined/expanded a box of Death Guard and a Plastics box into two full squads of Death Guard, with both of them looking suitably Nurgley!

Indeed... Excellent job. And I concur with Peturabo. You don't need to buy one box per squad. In my entire 3K army for Emperors Children I have two actual EC boxes in the mix, and they look suitably slaaneshy! Especially with Death Guard, how you want them to look is almost totally up to you!

[boundy]

Thanks but wordbearers is the way for me thanks for all the help guys amazing conversions btw!

Originally Posted by boundy

Thanks but wordbearers is the way for me thanks for all the help guys amazing conversions btw!

Wordbearers eh? Thats cool. Looking forward to some pics!

[boundy]

well my first one is ready just need to touch him up then bam! but i going on hols for a week so they may be a delay

[hairyyahoo]

there was a guy in the uk wd a while back doing a death guard army, and he was using normal csms as his troops selections and the DG minis as special units to give them a bit of contrast. and as we all know, if something is done in the dwarf its good for the rest of us!

[Imperial Commander Gent]

Well, if that is what he was doing, he couldnt have been playing Death Guard. It specifically sayss that you have to use Mark of Nurgle on every model in the army. Units that cant have it, cant be used. Now, he could be doing a chaos marine army where he runs units with the MoN, but then they are elites choices!

Originally Posted by Imperial Commander Gent

Well, if that is what he was doing, he couldnt have been playing Death Guard. It specifically sayss that you have to use Mark of Nurgle on every model in the army. Units that cant have it, cant be used. Now, he could be doing a chaos marine army where he runs units with the MoN, but then they are elites choices!

I think he meant the models, not the statlines, abilities, etc... Like he used appropriately painted CSM models as Death Guard/MoN troops, and used the Death Guard squad boxes for chosen, possessed and the like. Am I correct of hairy one?

[hairyyahoo]

spot on m'lord, spot on. after reading my post again i realise it was a bit confusing, apologies.

what i ment was that he was using regular plastic csm minis as his line troops and the DG metals as elites. he added some zombie heads to the plastics to a more nurgley look.

[boundy]

juicy well i'm bk so i shud have the pic of my wordbearer up soon until then.
hmm must have bin an impressive site

[IVSothicIV]

well, getting back to the topic I say no. wait. I mean yes. Just convert the hell out of them and scrape off all the 8 pointed stars....carve in three circle and mutate the crap out of them....

[infantrysfc]

Hello just got on this site and I say yes you can 2 reasons I have been playing a death guard army for about 3 years and am about 50% win loss ratio kept getting blasted with no heavy fire power and have 2squads of mettel and 2 squads converted plastic all painted the same and my termanators were converted space marine just sanded off the confused eagle and painted the mark of nurgle on them Since the new codex came out I still intend to play my same army and still will hold to the death guard mantra of no heavy weopons even though i use the new models

[Dragoon King]

The Death Guard box is sweet, the Nurgle Havoc box is also. I picked the Havoc box up for 25 bucks, but normal CSM make for good conversions, especially the new stuff.

[Rellik]

those pics are freaking awesome

[dunny dnb]

Originally Posted by Vorpal

Yes it is possible. I took normal plastic Chaos SpaceMarines and converted everything myself.

Here are some examples

this is really great work, i love it! great job.

@OP. im sure the question has been answered over and over and all, but i think one of the best parts about our hobby is being able to take something and completely change it into something else, like in this instance, taking regular chaos marines and making them death guard specific. theres so much opportunity for your own touch and feel and really making your army, your own!

spread the plague!