How to Start a Death Guard Army in Warhammer 40K - a Beginners Guide to Start Collecting!

Let's talk about beginning a diseased army of Plague Marines in Warhammer 40K

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0:00 Intro
0:49 Why Collect Death Army
8:50 First Purchases?
11:35 Buying 40K Models
13:05 Combat Patrol Death Guard
14:59 Other Discount Sets
16:39 Building First Models
17:56 Expanding the Army
20:14 One Army List
22:33 Outro

[Unfamiliarmanic]

One of the coolest looking armies in my opinion

[Backalleywizard]

I like under the Planning an Army prompt you have Leagues of Votann listed as some resources. I get it they have a better army.

[jujuyarn]

I started Death guard with the christmas box set and I was blown away by the quality of the new models, they're in a league of their own and are a blast to paint

[CrashTheChao]

A simple box of Plague Marines is such a good start for new players. The PM box gets you some models to get a feel for the army for painting and also makes a killteam as you only need 6 models to field it AND the box has every loadout you can technically field in KT.

[pandaman]

The Blightlord Terminators also have free wargear so you should lode them to the gills with whatever you can instead of "keeping them cheap".

[isaachess]

Contracting diseases to better paint my DG is a great pastime. Shame smallpox is eradicated

[hepotitus]

People are saying to wait till their stronger as if most of use are competitive like that. Sure its fun to win, but I'd rather have an army that I like the design/concept of instead of one that will win 10% more often.

[generaljannis]

Hello Auspex! Thanks for the mention of my channel, much appreciated. Yes there is a lots of Death Guard stuff in my channel :-) Keep up your good work, nice to see your channel evergrowing. /GeneralJannis

[akumaking]

“By the way, do you know what a CLEE-TORUS is?”
~Typhus the Traveler

[FelipeBudinich]

If you are considering to build your first army, DO NOT METACHASE, the army that is overpowered today will be weak tomorrow, by the time you are done painting the landscape will have shifted again.

Pick something you think is cool based on aesthetics, lore and playstyle, not win rate. You'll be working on those models a looong while, so you better pick something you intrinsically like.

Also, you'll lose most of your initial matches, as you don't know how to play yet, and 40k is a complicated game, don't be discouraged.

[rudolfnv]

@AuspexTactics you put codex leagues of Votan on the slide for planning in army at 7:05

[smitelord]

I grabbed the Christmas box to start myself in 40k! I've only played one 1000 point game so far but I've had a fun time building and painting everything. I've got a Chaos Knight to bump myself up to 2000 between the combat patrol and the batleforce so I'm hoping to get into some 2000 points games soon to learn the game more.

[No_nameOG]

Love my little blightlords. They’re always my reserves and almost always devastate my opponent. My first DG was the biologus putrifier and he drew me right into the faction after I finished painting him. Definitely one of the best factions, for looks, strategy, and just to paint and collect.

Edit: the codex flavor text states that almost every color option is lore friendly to the DG. My armor and daemon engines have purple plating.

[giovanigourial]

Auspex after watching your vids for months and seeing comments about you being psychic I never believed it. But I had been wanting to build death guard for months, got my first models yesterday and am now a firm believer in your powers!!

[crazykev]

I bought a 8th edition book for like $10. I heard it has more lore and pictures. By the time I get everything painted, it will be 10th. I've got 2k built...

[Hurzklamurzk]

Started DG with the christmasbox + buying minis on ebay from the hachette magazine as well as from collecting boxes. Got 2500pz for round about 370€.
Really easy to get them going.

[pancakemogul]

Suggesting 8th Ed. starter sets, here, in the twilight of 9th, is pretty wild. And even if you *do* manage to salvage a box from the darkest, dustiest corner of a suburban toy store in Eastern Europe, 75% of those plague marines will be monopose with bolters.

[SLBlackJack]

Auspex is right, PLAN YOUR ARMY BEFORE YOU BUY!! Meanwhile, in order to get my 2000 point army, I bought 4000 first for good measure.

[Dryzark]

Codex: Leagues of Votann?

Not sure if typo / reused slide or subtly memeing on us…

[TheWabbaGhoul]

This is really quite one of the death guard videos of all time :D