X vs Y. Nurgle Soul grinder VS Plague hulk UPDATED 7TH ED

When i first started my mono-nurgle list i was immediatly drawn to the plague hulk (Imperial armour apoc). At first glance, it seems ok. But when you look into it, is it really better then a nurgle soul grinder? In this post i will weigh up the pros and cons of each model (i will not include stuff that both models have)

Plague hulk:
Pros:

• Has a fancy template weapon which in some ways is better then baleful torrent for the grinder, in addition to a weaker version of plhegm bombardment - so it has more template weapons (at AP3 as well)

Cons:

• Initiative 2 (worse then soul grinder)
• Balistic skill 2 (worse then soul grinder)

Soul grinder
Pros:

• Can have a variety of ranged weapons
• Has a harvester cannon, which is good against flyers and light vehicles

Cons:

•  More expensive then plague hulk with upgrades (by about 20-30 points as you are going to want to take baleful torrent or plhegm bombardment)

The comparision between baleful torrent and rancid vomit are intersting (the flamer weapons on the grinder and hulk respectively). While baleful torrent has torrent so has longer range, rancid vomit has a lower AP and a flat roll of 3+ poisened which is better against a wider range of targets. Rot cannon does not even compare to plhegm bombardment, bombardement is better in everyway. The main thing the grinder has going for it is access to skyfire, giving it more things it can potentially kill.

So while the grinder is more expensive it will be killing a bigger range of things (higher initiative, more range on flamer weapons, higher strength on plhegm bombardment and can harm flyers) over the course of a game, the hulk is a more specialised against hordes and marines with its multitude of AP 3 template weapons, at a cheap price. I would say both have their merits, and i will have to test out the plague hulk (150 points is tempting) to fully see if it is superior to the grinder or not.

Cheers.
Until then

I'M BACK BABY!

I'm back. Sorry for the huge break in posts lately, i've been busy. After 3 years of it's release, i've finally started to paint my Space hulk miniatures (2 models so far, but 2 on the way). Here they are:

I'm pretty pleased with how they came out, what do you think?

Also my daemon prince is done! After a few weeks i have managed to sit down and paint. Here he is...

I love this guy, he kills good and looks good. To do the wings i painted them elf flesh then washed them carroburg crimsom and then seraphim sepia. Check out the army so far...

My nid beating army is almost fully painted, next a converted nurgle soul grinder (maybe a plague hulk?) will be added to my army, look forward to that.

Until then.

Model love

Just a quick update. I have had a game with my new winged daemon prince.

He destroyed everything.

In a 1000 point game the daemon prince (now named Vorax) took to the skies and murdered 30 space wolves by the end of the game, and only took 2 wounds. It may have just been luck, but i am already liking this guy. I am going to be green stuffing the wings to make them more nurgley and will take pics of it soon. I am saving up for a second nurgle prince with wings (but this time i am going to heavily green stuff the plastic daemon prince, so they look different). Look forward to that. Until then.