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Nurgle from the deep - love it.

Really admire your productivity, man. Nice alternative take on the Nurgle minis - haven't seen that before!

Outrageously inspired. You have got it down.

Thanks guys! Always glad you like my stuff!

The productivity is a bit misleading. I had a 3 month break from posting stuff (work computer decided to block a load of forums so couldn't post stuff during lunch breaks), but didn't stop making stuff so ended up with a bit of a backlog. Nearing the end of that now :S

I'm glad you like my take on Nurgle. I wanted to do something that was less 'virulent world-ending plague' and more 'inexorable creeping horror'.

One of the ideas behind this setting is that there are fringe worlds between fully chaotic and fully Imperial where the Chaos Gods are ever-present, but not world-endingly apocalyptic. Sort of like a window into what the universe is like far from the titanic struggles of the 40k superpowers, where no-one's really paying much attention.

Still, doesn't mean it's not full of all sorts of horrors:

The draugar come in depth of night to steal our people. Whole settlements taken. They drag them back to the deep to twist and bloat into more of their kind.





What makes you think they spare the children?



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That last line really sent a chill up my spine when combined with the models and their scale. Beautiful concept for Nurgle, as I always love alternate takes on each Chaos god.

Thanks man glad you like my creepy little gribblies

I'm a fan of alternative takes on the Gods too. There's a really neat concept by the chap from the Convertorum blog about 'Plague-borg' techno-augmented nurgle gribblies that's a brilliant one.

Next one coming up too



It's not often the slow-witted draugar manage to capture a valravn, but when they do they fill their lungs with seawater and turn them into carrion-crows. Scouts borne aloft on leathery wings.





In ancient times, kaerls and kin lived in glory. From mighty cities their kings ruled, and their priests would speak directly to the Gods. Ships of the Alfar would come, trading riches for thralls and warriors. But it was not to last. The One Who Sleeps stirred beneath the waves, and his rotting children staggered to the shore in ever-greater numbers, no longer but a nuisance to the coastal powers.

It took the intervention of the Gods themselves to end the threat, and such was the ordnance lain upon their stronghold at Sokkvabekkr that the city itself was driven into the sea. Not a single city of old remained, and the lands of the kaerls were occupied by wolves and elk and ettins.




So that's the draugar so far again, lots of ideas for more that will be coming in the future

I also quite like the idea that there are mutants...then there are mutants...then there are mutants:



Hope you like them!

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As always, weird and wonderful stuff. Very atmospheric, very creepy.

Never seen anything like this done with nurgle stuff.
Undeniable success!

 Ynneadwraith wrote:

The little sparse bits of grass are two different colours of loose static grass mixed together, a light and a dark one juat stick a blob of pva on the base, a pinch of static grass and poke it around a bit with a cocktail stick

Simple methods usually yield the best results!

This is a neat one. I like the way the blues come to the fore with this group.

The valravn/carrion-crow is great, really nice idea, executed well.

The flying one is properly creepy and chaos-looking. Definitely my favourite.

Thanks guys! Really glad you like the creepy deep-sea Nurgle I've managed to cobble together one more draugr for the group so far, but he's just awaiting the final touches for paint.

Until then, I managed to pick up a hostiles sprue from Blackstone Fortress which is filled with brilliant goodies



By their nature, crows are often found in a motley assortment of rags and scrap plates. As befits their status in the eyes of the pure.







That's four different bases for your standard crow now


Chaos Cultist, Cawdor, mishmash of Ad Mech, Traitor Guard

If GW releases any more kits that are perfect for Crows I'll have an army before I know it

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You don't waste any time tapping those new resources. Great results, though. Keep 'em coming!

Great stuff! I like the Ulfsark hunting Beast and Udinn the best. The Fenrisians are really detailed and the paint job really works for them.

Awesome!

Seeing as the Carrion Crow is a Nurgle corruption of Valravns, will we be seeing uncorrupted Valravns at some point? They sound like an awesome concept!

Thanks guys! As ever, really glad you like them

Speaking of new resources, I've been waiting for my Delaques to arrive as I've got plans for them too I've also got ideas for more kaerls so should be more stuff for them as well

The crows above are uncorrupted valravns although, if you want a winged variant I've got one of them coming for this gribbly lot:

Fee-fi-feathered gods, full of flame and fury.
O Thousand Thinkers find this feast for thousand feathered fiends released.

+++Translated war chant/incantation overheard in battle with shrike-mutants.+++











Mutations among females are rarer, but not uncommon. They skulk and plot like the rest of their wretched kind.







Hope you like them

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Quite interested to see how the Delaque parts will add to the mix. Keep 'em coming!

Lovely yet disturbing stuff dude

Hope you had a good Christmas

Woah they look horrifying (in a good way).
As others have said, looking forward to see what you manage to do with the Delaque bits!

Very good use of the BSF renegades!

Love all of your work. Crows fab, and the nurgley stuff is really great.

Thanks guys! Not yet done something with the Delaques, but have been busy with the last batch of Shrikes







At times, it is difficult to know where shrikes end and beasts begin...







Ingvirri and his warriors had cleared the den of shrikes a little over a day ago, driving them off deeper into the forest. At first, he'd been revolted by the macabre display, but now...he wasn't so sure. The bodies strung up among the branches were still deeply unsettling, but the more he stared the more it seemed like there was...art...to them. Purpose. He could almost imagine the careful placement of a hand, or the tilt of a head being laboured over by its grisly architect. What it was all for he had no idea...but it definitely seemed like it was for something...



So that's the shrikes I'd initially planned to do nine (because sacred number), but the little bird mutant just sort of made itself from all the bits I had left over from the others and I liked it so much it had to stay

So, lets say that shrike gangs get a little uneasy when they're not in multiples of nine, like a Tzeentchian Dunbar's Number

Hope you like them

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Awesome stuff, again. I love the little critters that are always tagging along.

Thanks dude I must say I really enjoy making the little gribblies. People have lived alongside domesticated gribblies for millennia, so I see little reason they'd stop just because they've mutated a bit

Speaking of gribblies (although not exactly little ones):



Tis but a lesser wyrm, despite its grand stature. But a fractured transliterated copy of its progenitor. Still, it's cunning animal logic and fiery breath make it a threat beyond which you are prepared to face.





Hope you like it!

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Your creativity never ceases to amaze me.
Bravo.

That thing is intense. Just awesome.

Haha thanks guys

He's been through a couple of iterations that didn't quite hit the mark (either too human or not imposing enough), but as soon as the Nighthaunt chaps came out I knew I'd found it

Also, sorry if I haven't been commenting on everyone else's threads in a while. I usually do that in work breaks, but the internet blocker's decided dakka is a 'game site' and restricted access :S

I feel like I commented on that horse-wraith on Insta? Anyway, looks really awesome all finished, weirdly immense as well, sorta like horses IRL

Truly horrifying, in a blancheian twisted, thoroughly 40k way

@Boss Salvage Yeah horses sort of look fairly sized until you stand right next to a big shire (or even just have a moderately-sized horse try and nudge you out of the way). It's only at that point that it hits home that a horse weighs about as much as a Space Marine!

@IGtR Thanks man! Plenty more of that on the way



The scope was crude, but effective enough. Bersi could even see the heavy breaths of the stag fogging the air and the steam rising from its sweat-soaked skin. Steadying himself, he carefully exhaled...paused...and squeezed the trigger.

The bough leftward of the stag exploded into fragments. "Drittr," he muttered as it disappeared into the undergrowth. It had been weeks since his group had made a kill. This year's cull wasn't going well at all.





I've also head-swapped my Wargor. Was never really happy with how the old one turned out, but this one is much better





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