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Surely, the Plague Father has truly scorned the living. His putrescent maw has wrought forth an abomination that will surely be the end of this world.
Upon the bad winds of plague and decay, it decimates the field of battle. The carnage and destruction it leaves in its wake is only surpassed by the maddening silence it leaves behind.
It's herald is a whisper, it's victim's deaths are unending, and even the dauntless are broken.
It's sickness spreads to flesh and cog alike. It's infectious winds bring soldiers and war machines to their knees in agony.
Yet, there is nothing. No cries of terror, no lamentations of dead, no wails of anguish.
Silence. Pure deafening silence is all that is left.
I pray that the Emperor's light shall have mercy upon our souls.
For this monstrosity knows nothing of the sort.
Though our fight is righteous, and valiant in effort, our lines are broken, and our soldiers are dwindling.
I leave this message as a warning to those foolish enough to seek out rescue, or vengeance, for our lives.
For, as you hear my prayers and fear, I know I will not last the night.
May my life be worthy of song, and given in the name of the Emperor.

Daccat's fight is lost, as well as it's sons.
May your world not share the same fate as ours.

- Colonel Gaius Toldor, Daccat 2nd Infantry Regiment

This thread is going to be a little progression for myself to build, flesh out, and eventually paint a Daemon Prince.

First of all, I am currently in the concept/start phase of the project. As in such, I would like to take the time to invite you to help me design and create this character!

This project has started, simply for the fact that I can not STAND the GW model for a Nurgle Daemon prince. I've never been a fan of the "it's diseased... so it HAS to be fat and bloaty... right?" thing that sculptors always go for.

The concept for my latest CSM army is a hint of Iron Warrior-esque metal morphing, with a LOT of Nurgle goodness.

That being said, I would love your guys' opinions/critiques/ideas on bringing this Daemon Prince to life (if you could call it that.)

Without further adieu, I give you the concepts for

Golgotha The Whisper
Harbinger of the Unending Death
Herald of the Bad Winds


Also, mind that these concepts are not finalized in their details (such as armor design or color) and that they will probably turn out alot better than the quick scribbles done on a smoke break in the cold.



The first concept piece is the torso.
I'd like to stay with the "Marine that exploded in Dark Apotheosis" torso, keeping the mangled power armor feel.



As the concept shows, I would like to make the armor slightly deformed as it has taken place of the flesh over the ribcage. The stomach section will be hollow and the only visible things will be an exposed exposed ribs coming from underneath the armor, and an exposed spinal cord running from the neck down to the pelvis.



The second concept is that for the right arm. I'd like to do a very LONG, but metal, power scythe type weapon. Much like Typhus would have (more polearm in appearance, though)



The index and middle fingers will be the long "unnatural" fingers from the daemon prince hand, as is, whereas the rest will be that of average length. To emphasize the mutation of his ascension.



The third concept is for the left arm, which is the abomination's power fist.



The mutation of machine and flesh is REALLY going to be accentuated with this arm, and will probably be based off of the arm of a Helbrute (gotta love the mouth hand, haha)


The final concept is that for the jet pack (in place of large wings)



I want to make a twin turbine jetpack system for it to appear mechanical in nature. The extra tanks with piping is to suggest putrid fluid that it will spew like a crop duster across the battlefield from the thruster ports of the pack (representing a creative form of vector strike)


The over all paint scheme will be different from the concepts, here. My army's color is a bit more cream/tan/offwhite, than the yellow-ish color you see here. But, all of the metal and armor will be painted up in a full weathered and rust-tastic fashion! So, use your imagination on putting the pieces in place.

These are the concepts I have so far!
I'd love to hear your ideas and critiques for what I have so far.

But, more importantly, I'm probably going to need help deciding what I shall do with the legs (get creative!)


Thank you for your time, and I can't wait to hear from you.

Your pal, Sinism

I like the digigrade style of the Daemon Prince, but for the feel you're going for, you could keep the thighs and replace the shins and feet with sentinel parts, greenstuffing the transition and muscles over the pistons.

I like the idea of the sentinel legs! I might have to incorperate some of the piping and shape into the legs. Kinda like bone? Thanks for the idea!

Heres a building update!

I have worked up a sculpt for the Jetpack to be growing out of the back of the daemon prince. should I leave the "blades" on the sides? Or are they a bit much?





Thanks for the advice so far!

- Sinism

The jetpack looks very promising. I would keep the blade "wings". I think they create a feeling of dynamic and fast movement. But looking at them i think one of them in the second picture is a little bit to thick.

I like the whole concept so far - especially the torso. But it won't be easy to sculpt and assemble. As the spine is the only connection it is prone to breaking. I would add some cables running down the inside of the ribs. That would help with stability and strengthen the "techy" look.

The only think that bugs me in your concept are the arms. With the style of the torso he looks famished - only skin(/armor) and bones. The arms are to fleshy i think and missing the bone aspect. I would add that to them. Either by adding bone shards and spikes poking through the flesh or make them flesh and bone too. You could even try to sculpt cables slightly visible under the skin to add to the techy look.

As for the legs: I like the sentinel legs too. Go for them.

Im kinda half way through finishing my own nurgle deamon prince sculpt, I am in no way an expert but the arms look a little too orky to me. It might just be the power claw and the green skin tone but something to be aware of I guess.

The deamonic jetpack on the other hand is a fantastic idea, I'm going with fel beast wings for mine but they're not going to arrive till feb (Curse you ebay!!!!) Seeing your deamon jet pack has given me pause to think.....

I understand the arms issue. The concept that I drew up wasnt the greatest representation of the idea I have. I dont intend for them to be so "orky" and will definitely be sculpting them to look more "flesh metal" like that of the helbrute, or over grown like a soul grinder. As for te blades, the photo of it from the front makes the one on the right (in the photo) DOES appear to be a bit thick. But, thats just the angle of the photo, te two were made from the same impression mold. Thanks for the input, guys! I cant wait to show some more updates!

- Sinism

I started some of the green stuff sculpting on the daemonic power fist. Thought I'd share it wirh you guys! (mind the cell phone photos)









As you can see, its based off of the arm of the helbrute model. (Cause who DOESNT like a mouth hand, right? Haha)

Love to hear what you guys think!

-Sinism

Looking good so far. And i can only agree, mouth hands are cool.

A nice addition to the arm would be a power cable going out of the power (mouth-)fist and curving into the arm where it fuses with the skin/runs under it.

Some additional things to consider: (and beware - i'm a perfectionist )
1. Depending on the style for the whole model the upper arm may be a little bit to thick compared with the power fist itself. But that depends on how large you will build the torso.
2. I like the concept of the decoration and trimming on the power fist but it could be a little bit better executed. It may be because of the quality of the pics but the decorations are looking a little bit uneven and their edges could be smother. It won't matter that much once painted but now it looks a little bit - well - "rushed". Just a little smoothing over the top and around the edges is all that is missing.


I'm looking forward for more progress.

Your artwork is really good, and the idea you have for a decaying prince sounds like fun.

Maybe add some blisters or bubble things to the arm, to make it more Nurgle-like?