Need ideas for Death Guard Possessed

[LordPathos]

Hey all,
I like Possessed, I really do. I know they aren't the best things in the word but I just like something about them. Plus they fit my army theme of the closest thing to a Daemon I get are Engines, Princes, and Mortarion.
Anyways, I want to get some but I hate the current models. I know Chaos mutations are random and stuff, but I don't like how random the models are. 2 have wings, their heads are all different, some of their armor is a face. I need a little more conformity. I'm just not sure how to do that and still give them a DG feel. Something like 'just put DG heads on them' is too little for what I want.The only thing I can come up with right now is put the Possessed arms (which I like) onto DG bodies. But I feel that isn't enough of a distinction.
So any suggestions would be appreciated.
Aaaand go!

[mattblowers]

gigasnail is probably your best bet for suggestions. He has made some ballin Chaos conversions.

[nidzy]

More boils! Pus for the pus god!

[LordPathos]

gigasnail does more than just provide a brutal, almost cynical, yet necessary insights? But that's what I love him for!

[gigasnail]

well with possessed, you are positively choking with choices. i use kitbashes with parts from the possessed kits and putrid blightkings for mine. they double as spawn as well. the unit's not really the best but it's reasonably durable and they're no longer old pyrovore levels of terrible.

[LordPathos]

I haven't opened my Plague Marines yet because I'm moving soon and don't want to open stuff just to pack it back up. How many heads come in the box set? I see that some of the helmeted heads have horns or teeth coming through the helmet, that could be perfect for possessed heads if there's enough.

[gigasnail]

i don't have the new kit. it looks really nice though.

the blightlords kit was brilliant. great head and arm/weapon options. it gets really nuts if you mix it with the putrid blightkings AoS kit.

[LordPathos]

Jul 18, 2018 9:09:28 GMT gigasnail said:

i don't have the new kit. it looks really nice though.

the blightlords kit was brilliant. great head and arm/weapon options. it gets really nuts if you mix it with the putrid blightkings AoS kit.

Gotta bug you now so I don't forget by the time I get access to my pieces again. I looked at the AoS models and I really like the mutated arms they have. I couldn't tell from the pictures, but are they more than just 2 of those arms? Looks like there are plenty of regular arms with weapons, but I want tentacle or claw arms.

[gigasnail]

I'd have to check my sprues. See if I cant get them later.

[LordPathos]

CALL ME A STAR GOD, CUZ IM RAISING THE NECRONTYR!!!

I need possesed for my death guard but I hate the current models! Im thinking regular CSM bodies, DG heads and shoulders, then Genestealer arms (getting the possessed arms might be too expensive).

Thoughts? Genestealer arms too scrawny?

GOOOOOO!!!

[Threeshades]

Genestealer arms are huge compared to space marines (unless you're talking about GSC arms. Those are tiny). Itll make them look like gorillas (which wouldnt be a bad thing).

But I caution against using tyranid bits to convert chaos mutations. Tyranid bits have incredibly recoginizable characteristics. They will look like they're genestealer cult astartes or like they're infested by some kind of zerg-infestation like thing, except coming from nids rahter than zerg. They won't look like chaos mutations unless you heavily alter them and completely make the exoskeleton features disappear.

[LordPathos]

NECRONTYR!

[gigasnail]

i do so love the new death guard kits.

[LordPathos]

All I did was take the most 'possessed' looking helmets and torsos and stuck the actual possessed arms on them. Posing was a little hard because bits were obviously not made for said torso, but I like it. Probably gonna use them next week.

[gigasnail]

get the putrid blightkings kit for extra parts. you won't regret it.