Plague Marines Warhammer 40k 2nd edition

Plague Marines in second edition 40k
Building and painting seven metal and plastic models from the mid 90s
Discussing the rules a bit
And a song at the end
Time to rot and decay ya blady traitor
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[@JDotKazaam]

Styrofoam Toothpick Space Cactus! The pinnacle of all terrain pieces.

[@pizzalord3n]

The stars align

[@Bluecho4]

Even the camera's auto-focus tried to give us a good look.

[@MarkGreen-uy9em]

Here here😊

[@ollyrukes]

Plague Marines. Marines of Plague

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

Chaos space marines of plague

[@ironbomb6753]

🤣👍

[@unkelTP]

Of the plague they marine.

[@TheGrayfrog100]

Back in the day, when Chaos teamed up to get rid of the Emperor and his like! Then they could have fun eradicating each other until only one (Nurgle) remained.

[@FlyingMonkeyDevil]

That's not wooden casing on the bolter. That's a slab of bacon for after-battle snacking. The heat from the firing bolter cooks the bacon as the battle rages. The smell of cooking bacon encourages them to end the fight as quickly as possible in order to sup. Meanwhile, the sound of sizzling meat strikes fear in the hearts of their enemies. This is canon

[@Tom_Quixote]

Better than what GW comes up with these days.

[@roadrunner9840]

Love the gradual build of a toothpick cacti 🌵 In the background!

[@MonkeyTechPriest]

I see you couldn't resist the spiker cacti. Spikers are the scariest thing from the rogue trader rule book.

[@acledfloyd]

Yay Plague Marines! They are my favorite models in all of 40K. I love how the design has evolved over time.

[@TheSpoonisme]

I love the monopose Plague Marines! Their faces make me think of classic Silurians from Doctor Who

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Yes!

[@Froge69]

Perfect timing, just cooked my food and can now sit down and enjoy this

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

I knew 🤣

[@daiatnara971]

Great squad (and space cactus!) - those monopose plastics really came up a treat, you'd hardly know the squad wasn't all metal.

[@sodapopbrosky]

Papa bless! 🪰🪰🪰

[@bulbasaur153]

Using dripping water as the backing track for the Plague Marine song was neat.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

It's not water 😉😜

[@lukewatts4180]

"Flatulence of Papa Nurgle" is a top-tier phrase :)

[@christopherthompson4026]

Honestly my favorite channel. Love the old hammer content! My youth brought back! Never stop. Gonna do some vehicles?

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thank you. I will do some vehicles eventually.

[@euansmith3699]

Plag-yew-ee Marines! "A Tapas of Traitors" 😄😄😄 The foam and cocktail stick plants are coming on a treat. The base-murkins are a nice touch. The musical accompaniment on the outro song is great.

[@arandomlostsoul753]

Those old metal Chaos models are superb, and I'm only getting more envious the larger your old-school Chaos army grows. This was also a fantastic paintjob. Love it!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thank you. Very kind. This collection is a real labour of love.

[@viklore8091]

I didn't know that there were monopose plastic plague marines!

[@Triceratopping]

technically the Plague Marines from the 8th edition starter boxes were also monopose...

[@thorshammer8033]

Cool, love these old school minis of my semi youth :)

[@PucknellProductions]

Loved these models

[@manofaction1807]

Blight Grenade spam is way too fun, then you add in the Predator tank, and your owning a board and tabling opponents.

[@sulun1658]

I believe one reason the Plague Marines could have the wood addons to bolters and such is the inspiration from trench warfare and WWI. Brilliant video as always and the song is a treat of goofy 2nd edition proportions!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Ah yes that makes sense. Cheers.

[@Del_S]

Modern Plague Marines are brilliant. But I like these. And the pre-"Everything's A Subfaction" days where they could be part of a chaos undivided force, it's more fun. Especially since modern rules encourage squad sizes that don't please any Gods.

[@arielmichel4688]

I Love the oldhammer minis!!!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

As do I but you probably gathered that 😅

[@Soestinight]

My spouse and I are using this song and land raider to help lull our 1 week old to sleep during the day.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

I am glad my work makes a difference 😀

[@JescoJimBo]

I would be 100% lying if I said I didn't like your songs.. I catch myself humming/singing them around the house,, which has my kids and the dog very concerned : )

[@artnickles5095]

I cam for the painting and was rewarded with the best Plague Song ever concocted. Well done!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Cheers buddy

[@fernlenker]

YES me toooooo

[@Gumlass1]

Another musical delight

[@joshuamichael1232]

I live for the songs

[@smithjones3963]

great song

[@johnfarscape]

Looks like I just found my new favourite channel, I started playing back in 88' but I was poor back then, being 10 😂, so the last few years, I have been gradually collecting and painting my dream 2nd edition armies, I went with expanding the 2nd edition boxed set, copying the box art, and expanded it to a pair of 2k point armies. . Almost finished them now, I just love the old sculpts.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

That's great to hear 😍

[@whynotusepaper468]

Amazing paint job!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thank you very much!

[@otisred7848]

God I remember all this. I remember the old stater set with the one pose space marines orks and grenchin with the cardboard cutout of a ork dreadnought. Games back then took all day.

[@ZaarZaar-]

Lovely video! Your singing is not always my cup of tea, but your happines shows in the silliness. 💚

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thank you. My singing is terrible. That's the idea 😜

[@HerbaceousM8]

i am glad to see these guys, i still run 5 of them in 10th. and some forge world ones too

[@cheech381]

oooh plaguies! Nice! All the chaos looked good back then. Next after my 1990 Tyranid warriors! This is another great vid thanks! The scenery looks great too!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@cheech381]

Always very inspiring. Keep up the great work!

[@JustinBrown-gh9vv]

I love your 2e collection. These are a wonderful addition to the set.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Glad you like them!

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

'6 more to put a smile on Nurgle's face'. Gotta have the lucky number 7 for Nurgle squads :D They look great!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

There are 7

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

@@Miniscape-wh40kPerfection

[@Rcdvst808]

I had an army of these guys back in 3rd, hardly lost a game cos they were broken. Remember the ‘rhino rush’? These guys excelled at it.

[@Dingusmaningus]

This has inspired me to paint a few newer sculpts for a killteam in this style.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Wonderful. I would love to see them when they are done.

[@Modge17]

Awesome! These monopose plague marines were the first Warhammer kit I ever bought!

[@apexapey]

"It started with one!" Exactly that model started my way to Nurgle when I saw it in a Rule book. And I thought: "When I grow up, I wanna be like that!" and so I did!

[@lordcake7062]

I find myself positively ecstatic at the prospect of you painting som proper old school noise marines! Tanks for this video btw, good stuff!!

[@brummbar9332]

Would love to see a video of the Powefist Marine and icon bearer

[@billistefansson5309]

Greetings! This Squad looks great! Mine are all Khornites. GW released a pack of the 4 original Jes Goodwin Chaos Marines, which my son picked up and painted. They are all depicted in the 2nd Ed rulebook (except the Khorne one) B

[@stevenmcgrath5114]

Music legend Miniscape ! ! !

[@BigFujiLittleFilm]

Finally got some free time to watch this and I have to say it's always a treat to see all the retro models that you paint up! I may be a guard player but seeing the various other factions is always fun!

[@darrinmcelroy9941]

Plasma Pistol Champion is one of my all time favorites. I gave him a powerfist to round it out. A few years back I stripped and repainted my 20 something 2 ed. metal plague marines. They got a small upgrade with the use of mk.3 arms and backpacks to make their armor look more retro and tie into the newer designs. They also got spiffed up with 32 mm bases. Surprisingly, I never got my hands on any of the plastic plague marines from that time. I thought they looked too mono pose for me.

[@flamingdonut9456]

🤣 Loved the song at the end! Think you pulled off the rhymes pretty well. 👍 Great thumbnail, using the box art style. Still have one of those boxes in the attic. Full of bits and old Citadel paints. Plague Marines were quite the passion of mine back in the day. Quite the regular, down the GW shop, looking for casts i didn't have yet. Considering buying some primaris and converting them up as Nurgle followers. Probably keep my old Plague Marines paint scheme of Goblin Green and Go Faster Red. If you couldn't guess, were my next army after Evil Sunz!😂 Really enjoy these videos. So many memories. 👍

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Glad you liked it and thanks for sharing stories from your hobby past too.

[@michaelcoward1902]

You can tell that your marines are swollen from decay rather than cream cakes because there is NO junk in them trunks behind them!

[@larrywagner1432]

Loved Plague Marines in 2nd. I still have bunch of these boys laying around in need to some painting love. Cheers! 🖌️

[@PeachyPixel28]

I SAW THAT SPACE CACTUS. YOU CANT FOOL ME!

[@PeninsulaPaintingProjects]

I've always seen Chaos armies as shattered legions and larger warbands. Great work

[@DavidCuthbertson]

Great video. It’s lovely seeing these good old boys getting out into the light and receiving a new paintjob. 🎉

[@Rob94hawk]

I subscribed as soon as I saw 2nd edition! Best edition ever! I have these models btw.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Nice one 😁

[@danielcannon9893]

Now I want tinned sardines even less than normal!

[@pizzalord3n]

Awww yea! Awesome work bro

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thank you

[@thenapalmbrothershq5585]

I would really like to see you do an entire death guard army.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

I'm not saying no 😉

[@1garryrippon]

TOON!

[@81hewp]

Came for the plague, stayed for the song…

[@goforitpainting]

So cool 👍

[@rrohring1970]

Of course I had to stay for the song. Great song.

[@ironbomb6753]

Nurgle Cream Cakes! Gotta love that! 🤣👍

[@jameslane-pritchard5002]

I really enjoyed this one

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Glad to hear it

[@sickboi11111]

Love it

[@livanbard]

2nd edition chaos codex have the best conversion guide for chaos models. Ita a shame the Iron Warrior got retconned to bland mfs the barbarians they were in this codex were pretty cool, iron and fur was a great scheme for beginners to pick. Also your terrain efforts really paid off the video looked amazing with ruins.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thank you. And yes, it's my favourite codex from 2nd.

[@HereticalKitsune]

"Gasmask gives them a whiff of Nurgle's stink" is accurate, Mortarion's mask has the atmosphere of Barbarus, their homeworld. At least according to many remarks during the Horus Heresy novels.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Super. I was just chatting nonsense.

[@stevendibble5739]

Top content here. Praise be to the Grandfather 💚

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thanks buddy 😊

[@ka1juhunt3r]

Love plague marines! They have always had that look of being walking death incarnate, menacingly encroaching towards you, always versatile either as a melee unit or a dedicated shooting unit, blesse the holy 7

[@SkinnySkull13]

Great video, and a fun song!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thank you

[@BrushQuill]

An awesome guide! Love how they came out and the 2nd ed rules/history! Your songs always make me think of Red Dwarf and the Arnold Rimmer song! 😂

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

I have achieved the gold standard then 😁

[@fernlenker]

watched till the last Second =) OH PLEASE even a Space Marines Song!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Now you must watch all my videos ❤️

[@fernlenker]

@@Miniscape-wh40k YES i doooo =) ) just searching for my veteran Space Marine and Ork Guys now =) thank you for your inspiration! gives a big smile to my face =) ) happy easterEggSearching frohe Ostern CU

[@fernlenker]

@@Miniscape-wh40k i did =) can't wait for more =) ) but while waiting, now you helped me thrugh the night, i have a place to sort mine i do while waiting for a new miniscape video THANK YOU ! greetings Stefan

[@JPR3D]

A fellow Bolt Action enjoyer, I am not surprised. If you ever fancy making some videos on that I'd love to see them.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Maybe 😉

[@jackhammer40k_]

I’m working on a plague marine army… well a squad at this stage. 1st one since getting into the hobby. It’s based on mk iii HH marines with sculpting for all the nurgly bits. Just got some of the same plague marines in a 2nd hand job lot and it’s amazing how much smaller they are. In the same lot I have some standard mk VII marines which I’ll use to convert in the same way. Funny how we’re working on the same thing !

[@Bapa_nada]

I love the old derpy looking models

[@christopherparry7389]

So glad I stuck around for the song

[@Grosurlapatate]

Papa Nurgle bless this song.

[@LordZylok]

I'm a little plague-man, short and stout. Here is my bolter, here is my gout. When the plague spewer comes on out. I laugh and sing, as my foes turn inside out

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Poetry

[@OddNumber1524]

*sigh* I still have those; didn't play for like 15 years and now I have 4 x 1/5th of an army instead of one

[@h.s.lafever3277]

magnificent

[@ghostcat5303]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought meltagun=wallpaper stripper

[@roadrunner9840]

When a heat gun was mentioned my concept of a meltagun changed forever... Now when I think of one I hear the hair dryer sound of paint stripping goodness!

[@scottworley5384]

Great video Sir! I still have both plastic mono pose and metal Plague Marines in my Chaos Undivided Army 2nd - 8th edition Rules. The Army could be broken up into war bands or a Armageddon battle. Once again love the videos!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thanks. Glad you like them.

[@tonlito22]

An interesting thing from the studio Chaos models of this era was how a bunch of them have Gorkamorka Ork guns. Check out the Alpha Legion and Night Lord squads in the book.

[@roadrunner9840]

Bloated Belly would be a great paint name :D

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

What colour would it be?

[@roadrunner9840]

@@Miniscape-wh40k dark sand with a peutrid pink tint 😂

[@andrewboyko8304]

Another foundation laid in the glorious name of 2nd Ed chaos

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

😍

[@mentos2424]

Thanks, now I cannot unsee “Duck”

[@awordabout...3061]

I have some of these old plastic lads, built onto old tomb king chariots as counts-as-bikers. They look silly, but they're my silly guys!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Amazing

[@Lait_Croft]

Классная песня, чувак!)😊

[@rungfang27]

15 bucks for a codex,them was the days!

[@simonmiller5351]

a request: a nurgle predator

[@bingobongo1615]

Its crazy how most chaos marines of 2nd edition are such great sculpts you could still use them today no question asked. On the other hand 4th edition fantasy chaos is… not great (except for dragon ogres, chaos ogres and that one chaos dragon)

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

I know what you mean

[@omoroburns2172]

4:25 I think nurgle is the god of numerology which i think explains the secondary number. Some personal conjecture is that maybe all 4 gods second number would be whatever adds up to 10 so slaanesh would be 6 and 4 for example.

[@stevenmcgrath5114]

Matt, try dripping green on the bas tan to emphasize the decay of the pluege marine.

[@MarkGreen-uy9em]

Omg theres a plague marine song too....how can i resist fast forward. Must......not......press😮

[@zachhughes9149]

Idk if you noticed, but there appears to be the beginnings of a bog spawning taking shape on your table back there.

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Damn I had better get that looked at

[@zachhughes9149]

It’s the sort of thing that gets out of control before you know it

[@Kroeghe]

Their helmets look like a twisted visage of a duck in vicious mockery of the eternal symbol of cleanliness, the most hygienic of birds, the WC Duck.

[@EugeneRougon]

Very pleasant video

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thank you

[@dominikfittschen2955]

Me watching this video, looking to my Death Guard i am actually painting. Same Colors Yellow and Green I knew this is a good combination 😅😅 (ok tbh my paintjobs are not nearly as good as Miniscapes)

[@alvarobarandiaran8848]

Awesome plague marines Matthew, and the space cactus in the background? This is obviously just coincidence but i have seen those Styrofoam balls a million times at my local stationery store that i get my hot glue sticks or pva or whatever from and every time I'm there i pick the baggie up and think maybe i should add those to my jungle themed table project that i keep buying materials for and never finish....and you having one slowly coming together in the background (i think I'm starting to notice you like to hide upcoming terrain projects in painting videos lol because i asked you about the terrain for your badass chaos terminators recently and sure enough you did post a video after about making that terrain, thank you for that it goes without saying) has been the subliminal messaging needed for me to man up and begin making this classic piece of terrain already like god intended damnit! Keep up the quality work! P.s. kudos on another great song too!

[@Miniscape-wh40k]

Thanks for the comment ☺️ the cactus was meant to be a bit of a fun meme, but I don't plan on making a video about it I'm afraid. I find terrain videos take more time to make and perform worse.

[@intzbk1]

I have a few of the 2nd edition plastics, these, Khorne, Eldar, and of course Space Marines. The Nurgle and Khorne one are my favorite and I'm not really a fan of the newer Chaos Space Marines.

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

I have the Dark Imperium box. I have had my fill of Plague Marines.