1/21/18- Enjoying the new AOS Nurgle Book- Tallyband

Hello All,

The new Maggotkin of Nurgle book is out and I am really excited. 

As a long time Nurgle player I was a little apprehensive of the changes to some of my favorite battalions- Specifically the Tallyband. In my opinion it was the only (pre-maggotkin book) straight Daemon battalion worth taking as the regeneration rule was frequently the only thing standing between me and getting tabled.

Recently I discussed this formation with a friend and went over the differences between the old and new Tallyband.

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I have completed my deep dive on the new Nurgle book. 

I am much relieved that the book is not as bad as I first thought.

The Tallyband took a hit in some ways but got better in others. 

It is easier to put together (design a list that uses this formation)

Old/New Requirements

GUO: Once Required is now Optional

I can still add some punch but I don't have to tag along...

Herald: Once optional now1-3 are required- and you can use the new heralds if you want. 

Units: You needed to choose 6 units selected from Plague Bearers, Heralds, Beasts, Drones, and Nurglings 

Now its simply 4-6 units of Plague bearers and/or Drones and 0-3 units of beasts or Nurglings. 

Special abilities: (in hero phase)

heal 1d3 wounds per unit within 21 inches of the GUO

vs.

heal 1 wound per unit anywhere on the battlefield. 

(In both cases plague bearers return 1d3 models to the unit)

The secondary ability of the Tallyband has completely changed. Now it can add contagion points that are part of the strange summoning rules that I am still trying to get my head around.

Points: 

100 (200 post 2017 general’s handbook) 

vs.  

220

Conclusion

After looking it over I have decided that the new Talleyband is not better than the old version nor is it worse. It is merely different. It is definitely more flexible but at the cost of combat efficiency. Dropping the GUO allows the the battalion to be put together cheaply, but it still costs 700 points for minimum units/unit size (one herald and 4 units of 10 plague bearers) 

Overall I think the changes work and makes the formation “Good” without becoming a must take battalion.

Some of the other Battalion options are just as good (some may even be better - only time will tell) and I look forward to finding out!

Till next time

RGH

The Glottkin painted at last

Hello all,

Early On

Last September (2016) I was invited to join the Victory Gamer's group for an Age of Sigmar 15 week campaign. I decided to play my (Then very basic and badly painted) Nurgle Daemon army. Over the weeks of this campaign I built and painted (not to mention repainted) a ton of units for this and a mortal Nurgle army. I will post a complete list with Pictures once I get it all together.


One of the pieces I purchased for the Mortal arm of the army was the Glottkin. This was before I discovered just how awesome the Harbinger of decay is.

This guy is amazing in the game.

During The Campaign

Anyway it sat in its box for some time before I decided to assemble it in December. Unfortunately before I finished assembling it the campaign was over and I lost the urge to tackle it. So it sat on a shelf, assembled, but not painted (or even on a base.)

Post Campaign

One day in February I applied a few layers of paint with my airbrush (Primer and a few base coats) and started working on the other brother Glott, but only for a little while before I moved onto something else. and that is the way it stayed until mid April when I learned that I would be moving soon and would have to pack it up for a while (4-6 MONTHS) no way was I going to leave it in this state for that long!

I started painting like mad on it and last week I finished it to a state I am happy with.


I give you


The Glottkin! (Or Nurglings day out)

I used Water effects with white paint to make the splashing effects.

I am quite pleased with how the big fellow came out. Let me know what you think.

As a teaser for next time here is a quick video of the army I took when I was repacking it.

Right HERE

Till Next time!

RGH
 

War vs. Sean (An AOS Battle)

Hello All,

Last month I got a chance to play Age of Sigmar with my friend Sean. He has been dealing with a lot of issues over the last 18 months or so and is unable to get out much so when he contacted me about getting a game in I was happy to do it. 

Here is what happened.

We decided to play a mission of our own design. A sort of hing of the hill with a cool Confrontation hill as the center piece of the game. We decided on an Ice theme so I used my Frostgrave collection on the snow FAT Mat.

Sean: Chaos Undivided (Slaves to Darkness)

Me: Nurgle Mortal (Slaves to Darkness & Rotbringers)

Points: 1250

The lines clash early in turn 2 

The Slaghterbrute is stopped by the Blight Kings!

Scrum in the middle!

Here come the Chaos War Alters 

The Slaughterbrute is Dead 

Threading the Needle 

The Fight moves off the objective

CAV Attack!

Meanwhile on the other side

The Final fight

In the end we lost track of points earned for the center so we went by units destroyed. Nurgle pulled it out in the end. We called it a Minor Victory.

Till next time

RGH