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Another small update.

The ForgeWorld Chaos Terminators have quite a lot of details. I'm not done yet with this guy, but I thought I'd share the current status. His green looks healthier than I expected. I'm not sure if I should leave it like that or drybrush with another coat of camo or something. I kinda like how he looks, but it's not very Nurgly. I'm still thinking about the claws. Either I make them more green, so they look poisonous, or I'll paint some blue and white lightning on them to serve as a contrast.



Next are two models for my traitor guard army. The right one is a corrupted Sororita Repentia which I will use as a Priest. You can joke about the safety stripes on the deadly weapon, but I think it looks awesome. I'm not sure about the other one though. I'll either use him as a Psyker or an Astropath in a Command Squad.



And last the first test model for a unit of Plaguebearers. The eye is a bit big, but apart from that I like him. Or do you guys have any suggestions on how I could improve him?

Some very nice stuff.
I do agree that the terminator looks a bit too clean-cut and not particularly nurgly, at this point.
But the plagebearer conversion looks very much in character -- I like the eye particularly. And the Sororita Repentia-as-priest is an inspired idea.

Looking good so far!

In my opinion, the Plague bearers need more work at the conversion stage. If I were looking at this out of context, I would think that they were ghouls with 40K stuff stuck on them rather than immediately identifying them as plague bearers.

Try converting the other models to stand upright, I think that this would go a long way to improving them.

check out the conversions this guy has done for his plague bearers. You share a similar intention:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=241619

All the best.

You've done some really nice work here,I particularly like your Plaugebearer conversion (may have to "borrow" the idea).
Definatly looking forward to seeing more.

Awesome stuff man really like the plaguebearer conversion it's nice to see nurgle that are'nt all fat and bloated. I think the paintjob on the terminator looks good, like the contrast of the yellow postules , keep it up!

They look awesome, I'd love to see some more termies...

The Malicious Mushroom

They look awesome, I'd love to see some more termies...

The Malicious Mushroom

@lillizzyloser: Not a big fan of those to be honest. They look too much like regular Plaguebearers. But now I remembered I forgot the horn on this one.

@Mushroom: I'm working on them at the moment. You should see the rest in the next few weeks.

@rest: thanks for the kind words. Everybody is of course welcome to steal any idea they like.

I think the big eye works good he looks sinister.. oh and i will subscribe this because it looks promising

Your painting of the Nurgle DP is great, what did you use to paint the skin?

Woha nice conversions, what kits did you use for the cultist guardsmen?

@Twisted_Trasher: I start with a layer of gretchin green as foundation on black primer. Once you have a solid green foundation you can oaint it with rotting flesh and from there you just add various inks and washes.

@Master Llyons: Catachans, Cadians, Zombies, Empire Flagelants and Skaven Plague Monks.

In an effort to update this blog more regularly I have a few more pics I want to share.

While I loved painting the big Forgeworld demons, the small Herold which comes with the Demon Prince wasn't that much fun. I'm not even sure why I don't like it, but it just won't work. I wanted to do something different with him, but I just don't like it. But since there's so much other stuff I have to paint, I'll move on for now.



Then there's the Terminator. I brushed the armor again with a mix of gretchin green and rotting flesh and now it looks a bit less healty. I don't want to add any more rotting flesh though, so that the demons will still have a distinct look when standing next to the Marines.



And I build a few more Plaguebringers, even managed to make smaller eyes this time around. It's quite a paint to find fitting swords for these guys though, since their arms and hands are so thin.




btw. does anyone have an idea where I could get Zombie horses? I want to build a caveraly unit for the Traitor guard, but it could be a bit expensive if they all ride the horse from the Fantasy Nurgle Champion I would also appreciate it, if anyone could tell me how the Death Korps of Krieg Cavalery riders are attached to their feet. Could I swap out the bodies without too much work?

You might have to model up a zombified horse out of skeleton horse from warhammer fantasy and cast a few copies in resin. I know it's a long process but you would end up with something pretty unique

My modeling skils are DEFINETLY not that good. I'm happy I can sculpt things like "one giant eyeball". Horse body parts are completly out of the question.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

Among the things I really want to have in this army at some point in the future is my very own model of the Demon Primarch Mortation. I even have a pretty good idea what parts I want to use, so I used photoshop to make a "concept sketch". Your thoughts?

Genius, I personally don't like the robe thing at the bottom but it will give it a decent height which will make it more impressive on the table. Have you thought about putting the carrion wings on one of the new sanguinary blood angel dudes? their power armour seems to show stripped muscles which would fit with the bare flesh wings and then you could arm it from there, just a thought but the p'shop mock up is looking good so far.

If its me , i would cover the leg up completely , and make some sort of entrails hanging emerging from the robes

Carrion wing always seem quite suitable for nurgle daemon princes. Just for the record: IIRC, the epic mortarion was fully cloaked and holding a scythe. While the armour is definitely an improvement (not to mention this is 28mm scale so you need more detail), the scythe is so iconically Nurgle that you should include it IMO.

The carrion wings are one piece btw; if you want to mesh it with the armour, you're looking at some heavy-duty cutting greenstuffing. Good luck with the conversion, looking forward to it!

When I used the carrion wings on my celestine I just kept wings together and Greenstuffed it to the back of the model, the nub on the wings fitted fairly well to the hole in the back of the armour that is for the backpack. It left quite a hump on the back but it was no bigger than a backpack and looks fairly good, kind of like a lump of muscle where the wings ttached to the back. I havn't seen the epic mortarion but I like the idea of a scythe as well.

The fear of blood creates fear for the flesh...

Lunahound...sometimes you seriously frighten me

I would give him a scythe/manreaper instead of the sword.

Also maybe use the night bringers head for that gaunt look as going by his description in the book he seems to pretty much rock the Death look.

Thanks for al the feedback guys (and gals).

@BLACKHAND: I really want to use the Nightbringers lower body, because I want him to be tall, but not as huge as the regular demon prince. I've seen pictures of the new BA character, but I think the wings might be a bit small. Apart from that, the wings are the one piece I already own.

@Luna: To be honest, I never was a big fan of the whole entrails-hanging-out thing, that some Nurgle models have. It looks good on my greater demon, but I don't like it on more human models. Looks a bit ridiculous. Interesting photoshop though.
The leg will be covered up.

@Khaine: I didn't even know there was an epic model for him. Everytime I google search I only come up with some selfmade models or artwork from the TCG.


@TaintedMess: This is still in a concept stage, I just added the techpriest head, beause I needed something with a hood. I'm not entirely sold on using Nightbringers head, because I want him not to look too much like him.

@everybody: Yes, of course he will wield a scythe, but I'm not sure where I could get one yet. I'll probably build one out of a stick and a Tyranid blade.


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@BLACKHAND: I read your post wrong. I want to use the nightbringer and an Inquisitor scale model as base, a regular Marine would be much too small.

The epic model was basically just the grim reaper:

Bottom of this page for a glimpse of the old mortarion on solegends

And he's even on dakka!

I definitely feel the power armour is an improvement over the epic model though; keep it!

Thanks Khaine. I'm really not impressed by that model, I'll go with my concept. Does anyone have a picture from the Inquisitor Chaos Magus next to a Nightbringer so I can make sure it fits?

Still not sure what I could use for a head though. I'm afraid if I keep the Nightbringer head he'll just look like a C'tan with a chestplate.

@Luna: You totally took the background of that shopped picture from the giant fish level in Ocarina of Time!

On topic... I'm really diggin this whole army, an anxious to see what you'll do to pull of a Mortarion conversion. Best of luck to ya!

Who is the chappy on the right? That stance looks wicked and I needs one for a close combat conversion.

Also, your painting style is wicked chief. You have nailed the whole creepy, oozy, general decomposing feel that Nurgle armies seem to have in trumps.

Thanks.

It's a regular GW Adeptus Sororitas Sister Repentia with a horn glued on the head.