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Labor of love this one, forced myself to tackle 2 things I really suck at, skin and high contrast -

Awesome painting, papa nurgle will be most pleased, you may "suck at skin and high contrast" but i don't believe that that is evident here.

Very nice. I like the look of the model, the high spikes on the shoulder versus the big ass axe on his right. The only thing i don't really dig are the paint drips on the base.

PS; the ice spikes are great touches. How did you do those? (glue?)

Wow. As someone who picked up this miniature the other day, this is truly inspirational.

This is absolutly stunning, amazing paintjob which this mini deserves. Well done.

Seems like the time with Monsieur Fontaine was incredibly useful! Jawdropping Tom.

Great work. The base is very well done and brings a great deal to the model. I tend to phone my bases in, so i am always impressed with the bases that go the distance. Great color choices as well. Cheers.

Thanks very much guys -

@spincr - the icicles are made from stretched hot-glue dragged across some plasticard. Then after it dries, I cut out sections that look icicle-y.

I learned to do this type of base from Ben Komets Miniature Mentor tutorials btw guys if you want to learn how too... they are excellent, excellent vids, very useful. I have embellished a bit since my first attempts on my Contemptor, painting dirt purely with Secret Weapon pigments (great quality). I almost feel bad putting all the snow on, the top was actually quite sexy as dry dirt and wet blended rocks too lol... but I wanted to do another snow base, looking like it was the first snow in fall, a few leaves still on the tree, a lot of it melting, small icicles.

Thanks very much for looking, and it was not mentioned here, this piece is the result of a private lesson with Matt Fontaine, who teaches master classes around the world pretty regularly. I highly recommend visiting his site, and keeping an eye out for anything he puts out, he is a great teacher. As mentioned, Ben Komets is another great, and Massive Voodoo and Miniature Mentor also great resources.

Really great stuff as usual MajorTom. I must say the painting and the base are top notch.

Wow, fantastic job. That really is a showpiece!

I think the dirt part of the base is just a little too high for my liking, but other than that, wow. Really like it, good job.

MajorTom11 wrote:Labor of love this one, forced myself to tackle 2 things I really suck at, skin and high contrast

You're funnier than a rutabaga on crack

That was a joke, right?

Absolutely fantastic work. The axe in particular stands out, but the entire model is just...awesome.

Another fine example of this model- makes me want to get one now!
Not too sure on the big block base thing it's on though, but as a display piece I suppose it works.
I really like the weathering on the metals.

That is truly a disgusting looking paint job. I love it, one of the best painted Nurgle miniatures I've ever seen.

Dark_Omen wrote:

MajorTom11 wrote:Labor of love this one, forced myself to tackle 2 things I really suck at, skin and high contrast

You're funnier than a rutabaga on crack

That was a joke, right?

Absolutely fantastic work. The axe in particular stands out, but the entire model is just...awesome.

Nope, I sucked at skin and high contrast lol - now I will put modesty aside for a second and at least admit that ok, maybe my skin and contrast was better than average before, so suck is relative, but it certainly wasn't where I wanted it to be and also was something I always had trouble with. I have been painting mostly marines for a very, very long time, so besides the occasional head or whatnot there wasn't a whole lot of need to practice skin lol. That, and breaking away from a more heavy metal style to try and emulate the CMON top guys was another big goal. I still have a long way to go, but setting challenges and trying to get better is the only way to go if you ask me!

I appreciate the comments very much btw, and I am proud of the model! Just want to clarify that at the same time I was serious with the 'suck' comment lol -

ryanroberts wrote:Another fine example of this model- makes me want to get one now!
Not too sure on the big block base thing it's on though, but as a display piece I suppose it works.
I really like the weathering on the metals.

If it wasn't a display piece for sure would never base it that way! However, it is only pushed into the base with pins, so on the very off chance I were ever to sell it, or even more remote than that start a nurgle force of some kind, it would be easy to make it transferable to a regular square or round. I like to be prepared

Hey Major Tom, really like the model. Keep up the great work!

This looks fantastic. I love the putrid look of the flesh.

If you "suck at skin and high contrast" I don't think there's hope for the rest of us.

Nice work.