Death Guard

I was tidying one of the shelves that I store my W40k stuff last night on when I came across a plastic bag containing an additional ten Plague Marines, nine squad members and another Lord/ Sorcerer. I had put them to one side months ago as a potential squad for The Purge and forgotten about them. So adding them to what I already have I can now play twenty-two Plague Marine Squads so I think I will have to pick up more paint to get them all finished. The squads are very cookie-cutter due in part to the nature of the figures I own and the few options available in the Codex entry for Plague Marines. I am now aiming to put down the following for the big game:


Seven squads of:

7 Plague Marines (2 Melta Guns, Aspiring Champion, Power Weapon)
218 points

Seven squads of:

7 Plague Marines (2 Melta Guns, Aspiring Champion, Powerfist)
228 points

Six squads of:
7 Plague Marines (2 Plasma Guns, Aspiring Champion, Plasma Pistol, Power Weapon)
243 points

Two squads of:

7 Plague Marines (2 Flamers, Aspiring Champion, Powerfist)
218 points

When I added this up it comes to an eye-popping 5016 points in total. It looks like I am going to have to build two Plague Towers to try to improve the transport options of the Plague Marines along with half a dozen Chaos Rhinos. I already have two Chaos Dreadnoughts and a half-completed Defiler who needs a second to join him. Throw in a couple of Chaos Lords and Sorcerers and the points will be creeping up for 8k before I know it. Now where did I put my Rotting Flesh paint…