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Thank you very much for the kind words, gobert & Boss Salvage!

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Here we go again. A few more WIP pics can be found from my blog. The link is down below.

Maggotkin of Nurgle (pt.4) - painting the Plaguebearers, continue sculpting the Great Unclean One

Got some colours on them Plaguebearers. I've heard quite a few times how it's always a good idea to paint a test model with the intended scheme before committing fully to painting an army with it. Well, I just started my run with 40 test models. Wet blended in 3 different washes / contrast paints in every group of 10. In hindsight I definitely like the ones with cyan-magenta-dark blue base colours the most. Maybe should have painted every unit like that? Or maybe not. It's nice to have variation. And when things don't go exactly right in the beginning, it's always possible to do changes later. So I continued with painting just one unit first to see how it goes.

I had an idea of how I wanted these Plaguebearers to look. Necrotic, mouldy, rotten and algid flesh. Autumnal yellows and oranges. Feint blue greys and dirty magenta. Not the regular set of greens that Nurgle models sometimes get painted with. Grey unrecognizable bases, that could be organic, stone or even demonic? And I wanted to have fun and relaxed time painting, so went for lots of careless washes and drybrushes, because that's what I like doing the most. Only did a few important details with more care (like the banner, some pimples, nails and eyes).

I also added some flabby layers of skin and other details on the Great Unclean One.

Paint on the little daemons looks fantastic. I appreciate the process walk through on your blog, both because it's cool but also really helps me understand the colors and passes that go into the end result. Contrast paints have got me dipping my toe into the glazing process that my favorite painters have been doing for years, but I'm very much new to this more dynamic style of mini painting.

Absolutely disgusting!

Those turned out great. Agreed that it is very helpful to see the colors used. I think I should do the same thing myself, as I often end up forgetting how I originally painted something that I add to years down the road

Yeah, really interesting to see your process - this mix of 'mass production' and picking out the relevant details works out extremely well on these. My favourite details are the single blue eye orbs and the quite playful "Misery" lettering on the banner, they seem to have an appropriately nurgly good time while rotting away ...

Lovely beast bashes. Very unique creations.

Lovely work on these plague bearers, the varying tones came out great and tie together really well and add even more individuality to them. Great stuff!

Thank you very much for the kind comments, fellow Dakkanauts! Much appreciated.

Got all the Plaguebearers and the GUO painted already several weeks ago. Here's a few chosen pics. More can be found from my blog & the new instagram account I just created.

Maybe I could feel this post coming, because I was on your blog a day or two ago checking for updates

The throng looks amazing, stupendous work and I really love all the colors. And those banners! Another classic MM touch.

Good and weird MM. Really like the reverse-bloodthirster head unit, the hole faces reminds me of the giants from Dark Souls 2. Very creepy, well done.

Thanks I hate them all in the best way. So original, so disgusting, but not just because they're gross. They're more than that. They're disturbing! And that's a compliment.