The Symbolic Themes of Flies in the Deathguard.

[@chrisroberts7000]

Excellent painting. Good to see Death Guard armor that, while corrupted, is not rusted to uselessness. On a side note, "Lords of Silence" is a great book for getting a look into the perspective of a Death Guard warband.

[@thecozypainter]

I've been wanting to read that one, I've heard nothing but good things. Thanks for the compliment!

[@deffkon_c1242]

As a Death Guard fan boy this was brilliantly done. More of this please, also this Kitbash is just perfection 💚

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! Papa Bless

[@ImperatorIke573]

Sent here by The Amber King, and I absolutely love this format! I was actually debating making videos about my love of history, 40k, fantasy, and miniature painting in this format and now I'm inspired to do so! Keep up the great work, and see you on the flipside!

[@thecozypainter]

Do it! Can't wait to see it!

[@thegreengreenie5879]

Sent here by amber king;didnt know this was something i needed. But i do. Cheers, love the video format

[@thecozypainter]

Glad you liked it!

[@thegreengreenie5879]

@@thecozypainter i also enjoyed the explanation of the historical influences on a certain aspect of the lore; with amber king and luetin, you fill that other void.

[@thecozypainter]

@@thegreengreenie5879 that's good company to be paired with 😁

[@matthiasthulman4058]

While I don't particularly care much for the painting aspect of this, it does provide a wonderful background for the subject matter. This is a cool way to do lore, it appeals to the miniature folks and the straight lore folks like myself. Looking forward to seeing your next video

[@thecozypainter]

Glad you got something out of it! Thank you!

[@wiccanthropy1956]

This is great. Educational and foul. 10/10

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! That was my goal 🎉

[@Simonsays631]

One of the most unique paint guides I’ve seen. Now I’m going to check out your other videos.

[@thecozypainter]

Thanks man! I hope you like the rest 👍

[@DuckyChair]

You deserve WAY more subs and likes. brilliantly done video, and amazing paint job

[@thecozypainter]

Thanks man! I hope to make more videos soon, I hurt my hand last year and have been basically unable to paint since then 😬

[@nothingview]

i love this combination, history and 40k. Thanks.

[@iamweapon]

Almost done painting my death guard army and I too really enjoyed the fly aesthetic during building

[@thecozypainter]

God I wish that were me. I have so much death guard left to paint haha

[@iamweapon]

@thecozypainter I actually started by painting the big boy mortarion from the Christmas box, did the Duncan Rhodes tutorial. Pretty much all of the methods you use on him you can use over the entire range, he encompasses pretty much all of their weird little eccentricities.

[@KnightofEkron]

Ngl what drew me to DG was the sybolism and themes, it draws on more mythology and magic than people realize.

[@simonbirch5726]

Please more like this. You gained a subscriber.

[@bensparks8221]

As a papa nurgle enjoyer myself i do love that flies get a big W

[@thecozypainter]

hell yeah 😎

[@sidtheragali1447]

first video I saw from your channel, liked it a lot!

[@thecozypainter]

Aw thank you! I hope you like the rest as well 🙂

[@doctordoubledakka3939]

Savage model, great paintjob and interesting info

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! 👍

[@Incineratorking]

This was amazing and i would love to see much more like this.

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! 👍

[@shanepatrick4534]

Good stuff. AK sent me over and it worked, subbed.

[@thecozypainter]

Glad you liked it!

[@jamesreed2888]

Aersome video, your painting is inspiring and the commentary was interesting. I really love how unique the death guard marines are. I bought a Lord of Contagion because I think its hands down the coolest mini GW has made. I cant decide if I want to build a death guard army, or do 1k sons or orks instead 😅

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you for the compliment! I love the LOC too. I was almost an ork player but I went with the death guard starter box instead 👍

[@bengonzalez5215]

Love this style of content. Subbed

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! 👍

[@dirtybirdsf]

Nice video, and cool conversion.

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you 👍

[@dirtybirdsf]

@@thecozypainter and very cozy, hope you make more info-dive videos like this. be great to have on while I'm painting

[@thecozypainter]

@@dirtybirdsf I want to do more videos like this, I'm not sure what my next subject will be.

[@katiethekitten13]

Fantastic, educational, and interesting!

[@lianglonglong]

Love this format ❤️

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! ❤

[@richardgou9505]

Absolutely enjoyable video 😉👍

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! 👍

[@Matt-md5yt]

Sweet a new video on this friday and its on a group that i like

[@thecozypainter]

😎👍

[@Sameer-ox7wu]

Sent by Amber King! Love your work.

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! I appreciate it👍

[@funrun7181]

good work m8 keep it up!

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! 😎

[@Sinic818]

Great video!

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you!

[@Drakio95]

Amazing video mate, that painting is crisp as hell. Btw where did you get that diseased body for a conversion? That's really inspiring :D

[@thecozypainter]

Hey thanks man! The body is from the aos pusgoyle blightlord!

[@joselu878]

The XIVth has been hard to chew for me, but thanks to this video im starting to digging it!

[@thecozypainter]

Oh awesome! Nurgle bless 🤢👍

[@erikastjarnstoft]

This is the stuff! Great video! ^.^

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you Erika! I appreciate you as always 😁

[@Generalized615]

This is really exceptional, and this is coming from a Tau player who has to fight a deathguard player every two weeks

[@thecozypainter]

Haha thank you!

[@MrNoremac208]

Grandfather bless this video

[@thecozypainter]

Papa bless 🤢🥵👍

[@kathyledo8051]

WOW ! great video ❤

[@thecozypainter]

Glad you liked it :)

[@magnusbjornson3247]

Very nice format. Could you tell me what you used to mask the mini during the airbrush of the shoulders?

[@thecozypainter]

Thanks! It's just regular old silly putty! Easily shaped and doesn't pull up paint

[@KillerOrca]

Washington does have its fair share of fly problems, especially during the summer, so I'd say we would know a thing or two about them... Very cool breakdown though. I've never actually thought this deeply about then as part of the army beyond just being THERE

[@thecozypainter]

Yeah it was interesting to actually think about the design choices and their meaning rather than just aesthetic

[@cacboy300]

I like this a lot u need to do more Warhammer and ty for doing my second fav chaos legion the poopy stinky bois but could u do a dusty book worm bois the thousand sons cause they r my fav of the chaos legions

[@thecozypainter]

Lol thanks man! I will eventually do thousand sons, I have Ahriman and another guy in my to do pile 👍

[@ElectricTree]

What parts did you use for this kitbash?

[@thecozypainter]

The dead guy and hand holding him are from the aos pusgoyle blightlord, the bell is from a spare noxious blight bringer, the handle for the bell is from a Lord of contagion, I think 🤔

[@ElectricTree]

@@thecozypainter Thank you very much.

[@sailornibiru626]

Ayyo respectfully, this is a great video

[@thecozypainter]

Haha thank you! 👀👌

[@Sir_Gonzo]

The conversion is fantastic and the paint job is amazing. Where did the body come from? I’d love to try this.

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! It's a blightlord terminator body, the body is from pusgoyle blightlord, the bell is from a noxious blightbringer 👍

[@gabriel8227378]

Awesome painting, with great warhammer and real world lore

[@thecozypainter]

@@gabriel8227378 thank you!

[@NoOne-nm4ng]

Great vid man, I've been painting my own Death Guard as if they're covered in ice like the plagues & parasites that are preserved beneath glaciers during ice ages. Any tips for painting frozen armor/weapons or for doing snow/ice bases?

[@thecozypainter]

Unfortunately I've never done any snow themed minis yet, I don't have a lot of expertise in it. I know Darcy Bono had a cool tutorial on coolminiornot a few years back, try searching for that and see if it helps 🙂

[@NoOne-nm4ng]

@@thecozypainter Thank you, thats exactly what I needed.

[@kirailove4207]

this was dope

[@thecozypainter]

Thank you! 😎

[@ivanharlokin]

Great video, thanks. Minor nitpick (flypick?) when you say that "flies in Egypt don't always have a positive connotation", and you cite Exodus. That text has nothing to do with Ancient Egyptian culture, but is a result of a much later Israelite origin myth.

[@thecozypainter]

Fair point!

[@DnoFM]

Since even ancient Egyptian history and culture are measured in thousands of years I would not use "much later" words. Old testament is also ancient, and it was still produced in ancient times (and definitely influenced by Egyptian mythology). It is just that Bible "ancient" comes in the later "ancient" Egypt, which was already thousands of years old at this point. So not "after", but rather "quite late" and maybe non representative of thousands of years before it in any way.

[@blancogenesis1583]

This was great and i got educated rn lol what model is this ?

[@thecozypainter]

haha Thank you! Its a blightlord terminator conversion, with parts from a Pusgoyle Blightlord, Noxious Blightbringer, and a Lord of Contagion

[@ludwigsvardh1112]

Where did you get the conversion bits for the miniature. I've been looking at doing something similar with a a troop holding a victim like that but haven't been able to find anything like it.

[@thecozypainter]

The hand and human are from the pusgoyle blightlord kit from aos 👍

[@rapturas]

What model set is the guy being held by the head from? Thanks!

[@thecozypainter]

Pusgoyle blightlord from fantasy 👍

[@LinkiePup]

Dude, this was awesome! Could you do it for more factions in 40K???

[@thecozypainter]

I could try! I'm not super well versed in all the factions but I did enjoy making this video.

[@taintedchungus]

aos videos in the future by any chance?

[@thecozypainter]

I've been getting more and more interested in aos and the old world. Id like to finish my death guard first but that may be a pipe dream 😄

[@SheolAbaddonus666]

The mythos is thousands of years old so I may be wrong, but Beelzebub may have been the Hebrew nomenclature for the Canaanite God "Ba'al". Ba'al was just some sort of agricultural God, not necessarily evil, similar to the Hebrew Yahweh. The Hebrews didn't like the competition and called Ba'al Beelzebub to slight him, as Lord of the Flies. I think it was them basically calling him shit because that's what flies like, and the Hebrews were not tolerant of other faiths, even being commanded to kill them in some instances.

[@thecozypainter]

Very interesting!

[@savagex466-qt1io]

" Poo Poo men ! " We demand your position ! Drop pods inbound !

[@thecozypainter]

😆

[@kekkley]

Peak content

[@br42]

What model is this?

[@thecozypainter]

It's a conversion of a blightlord terminator 👍

[@nonkama-uj5cy]

Damn this is what I'm talking about.

[@thecozypainter]

😎👍

[@Hunter12365]

You sir, just gained a subscriber 😬😋🥰🤗😋😋

[@thecozypainter]

Glad you liked it! 👍

[@vegacaj971]

pretty sure the first thought i had when i saw fly marines it was just oh fly eat poopoo it's disgusting like nurgle

[@ima1hpwounder580]

Is this a kitbashed model? It looks amazing, also very informative video Edit: finished the video, got my answer lol

[@thecozypainter]

Haha yeah I forgot to say earlier in the recording that it was a conversion

[@peterwitczak3124]

Anybody in the PNW wanna play 40k? Looking to play w people who aren't socially awkward and can hold a Convo and not make it an awkward game.

[@thecozypainter]

Lol I want to get back into it once 10th drops

[@peterwitczak3124]

@@thecozypainter I'm doing a DG predator conversation right now. It's turning out pretty interesting. Using my spare beast of nurgle parts and chaos rhino parts on an old forge world predator.

[@KillerOrca]

If your in the Seattle area, Waystone Speakeasy in Ballard has a pretty solid scene

[@laserbrain7774]

Viva Cascadia!

[@thecozypainter]

Hell yeah 😎

[@timkobelt8863]

Lord of the Flies by William Golding could also be an inspiration. In the novella the Lord of the Flies is a hog‘s head impaled on a spear enveloped by a cloud of flies. It symbolizes the boys‘ decent into savagery and their simultaneous loss of civilization/humanity. This could be related to the Death Guard‘s fall from humanity to chaos, which is a similar descent from civilization to savagery :)

[@thecozypainter]

An interesting analysis; I admit I don't remember much about Lord of the flies. I think that connection is spot on!