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Nice work on the army so far, your painting style really suits the Nurgle units- everything looks in a state of decay which is great.

I'm starting a Nurgle-based Renegade IG/Death Guard force for Apoc (just waiting on the first Renegade upgrade kit to arrive from FW)- what colours do you use to simulate the necrotic tissue?

Very nice work though, I'll probably watch so I can get ideas for my own force.

What look will you be going for with the head, Anung Un Rama? If you don't like any heads, you could always sculpt the hood forward a lot, casting a shadow over he face.

Afterthought: the Inquisitor henchmen pack may have a nice head?

@Neith: for skin I usually start with a layer of gretchin green as foundation, then I either paint it completly or just heavily drybrush it with rotting flesh. After that I use various inks, mostly Thraka Green and Ogryn Flesh and sometimes I drybrush it again slightly with rotting flesh.

@Khaine: I'm not sure yet, I'll yet you know if I find anything.

So, I ordered the Inquisitor mage from the local GW shop, I'll probably get the Nightbringer from somewhere else.

I also finished the the first 5 of my new Plaguebearer unit. Let me know what you think.

I liek them; they look real Nurgley. One nitpick though:: the eye ont he middle plaguebearer doens't 'flow' into the face as well as some of the others; I think that, since it's such a focal point on these models, that you should really focus on getting these 100% right. Probably couldn't get it to this level though, so still kudos!

I like your ideas for Mortarion, but he wielded a scythe....

They look good Rama, I like the sense of movement they have, and I gotta say it again , it's great to see lean and mean nurgle rather than fat bloated nurgle

@Kommisar Khaine: he middle was the prototype. I managed to make much smaller eyes with the next four.

@Karl Deathwolf: ge will of course get a scythe. It's just a mock-up at this point.

@BLACKHAND: Thanks. I never was a very big fan of the fat-look.

Coming along nicely so far , really liking the plaugereaper

Thanks ~UnDeAd~

They look evil

Nice looking plaguebearers. Your cyclops sculpting blends very well with the ghoul faces, creating entirely believable daemons. Well done.

Very inspiring stuff Anung

Painting aint too shabby either

i've personally always Used VC Zombies as my base model for Plaugebearers, but yours seem to looks more sinister and scary ¬¬

but then saying that, my zombies always get 5s or 6s for running and Slow and Purposeful....
Fast Nurgle ftw!

Thanks for the kind words Tinfoil and Corpses. ^^

Since this is basically an Apocalypse-only army I can't use VC Zombies. I need them for, well, Zombies.

Cool stuff looking forward to more....

Awesome ghoul to plaguebearer conversions. The twisting, hunched bodies really evoke images of eternal disease and pain rather than the plump slothfulness in the current metals.

Kudos.

I still have a few regular Plaguebringers lying around. 4th and 3rd edition. They will find a place in my army, I just wanted a bit more variety.

On a related topic: do you guys know any diseases which would fit these guys as a unit name?

Conjunctivitis

So, my Inquisitor scale chaos mage arrived, though I have to wait a bit more for the Nightbringer. However, the body is smaller than I thought, which works just fine for me, I was afraid it might be too big. Here's a shot of the parts I have so far:



No I have a few problems I would like to have your opinions on:

- robe and hood: The way I see it, if I want to combine the parts like I did in the photoshop mock-up, I have two options. Either Try to model robe parts over the armor, which I am fairly certain I can't pull off or have him wear the armor over the robe, so that only the "legs" and his head will be covered in cloth. Does that make sense? Because I don't see any other way.

- the head: I'm still not sure how to do this. My current idea is to file down the top of the head which came with the model so that you can see almost nothing from his face. I only have a few other =][= heads lying around and none of them would work better than the supplied with the model.

- the wings: you can't see it in the pic, but the large shoulder armor extends at the back and the wings wont fit there directly. So I will either have to file it down at the back or have to put something in between the wings and the body. I don't want to cut them in half, since it's such a great looking piece on its own.

- the scythe: my current plan for the scythe is using the Minotaur weapons as shaft (SHAFT!) for the scythe and use the Tyranid sword as a blade, though I'm open to other suggestions. I hope I can get my hands on Eisenhorn's staff, but I'm not sure my brother is willing to rip it off his own conversion.

- the other hand: now this one's tricky. I had to cut o the Bolt Pistol the original model had, because that would just look ridicously out of scale but now I'm not sure what to put there instead. I thought I still had the cut-off trophy hand from the Quovandius model lying around but I just could't find it. I was considering using either an Ogre steel fist, the hand from an Obliterator, or one idea I had just a few minutes ago, a Chaos Terminator power fist, which is big enough to look like his regular hand and doesn't look weird next to his other one.

That's pretty much it at the moment. Feedback would be much appreciated.

Heya Rama heres my two cents,

- the robe and hood, If the armour is detailed and looks good, go with it. you can always GS a robe over it at a later point when your Gs Fu is stronger.

- The head is kinda hard to see in the pic but if its mostly covered by hood do you need to file it down? my only thought is once you've filed it off you can't go back. Make the hood deep enough and use enough badab black when you paint and it will look deep in shadow anyway.

- I used the same wings in my celestine conversion and had a hard time fixing them to the model as well. As the space wasn't too far I filled it with GS and sculpted more feathers and bones in. If it's quite a gap in your case shave off some armour, you won't see it with the wings on and the hood can extend a bit to cover any mess.

- I think the scythe will be fine with the minatuar shaft ( hehe) and nid blade, you can always GS a few chains and skulls later to add detail. Saves choppin an Eisenhorn up just for a staff!

- Not sure about the other hand but a termie fist would be armoured like the rest of the model and I do like the clawed fingers on the chaos models

My last tip would be to get your hand on some blenders, or at least thats what my local art shop calls them, they are a silicone rubber tip attached to a paintbrush shaft (hehe) and you use them after roughing out your GS cloth. They smooth out any wrinkles and fingerprints and generally make your cloth look like..well cloth

Cheers Rama hope some of that makes sense

Can we get a scale shot on the terminator PF next to his hand? would be great.

robe and hood: The way I see it, if I want to combine the parts like I did in the photoshop mock-up, I have two options. Either Try to model robe parts over the armor, which I am fairly certain I can't pull off or have him wear the armor over the robe, so that only the "legs" and his head will be covered in cloth. Does that make sense? Because I don't see any other way.

I regularly wear plate armour, and while the tabard usually goes over the breastplate, people have been know to wear them underneath to show off the breastplate or to prevent the cloth interfering with the pauldrons. So yes, it's definitely possible and realistic

Head, wings and scythe sound ok as far as I can tell.

the other hand: now this one's tricky. I had to cut o the Bolt Pistol the original model had, because that would just look ridicously out of scale but now I'm not sure what to put there instead. I thought I still had the cut-off trophy hand from the Quovandius model lying around but I just could't find it. I was considering using either an Ogre steel fist, the hand from an Obliterator, or one idea I had just a few minutes ago, a Chaos Terminator power fist, which is big enough to look like his regular hand and doesn't look weird next to his other one.

A second blade or axe? Or maybe you could model an open hand and add a small carrion bird/nurgling? The terminator fists would look fine as well, I'm just trying to add to the confusion

So, as requested here a few picks of the parts together:



I've tried a few things.

- Ogre fists are out. They look ugly on the model.

- My brother suggested I should just the entire Obliterator arm, that's the upper picture. I'm not entirely convinced to be honest. Though the fleshy parts would fit well with the wings.

- the second pic is how the Terminator fist would look like on the arm. So far my favourite.

- the 3rd is a photoshop mock-up to see if I couldn't just use the entire hand with the axe handle, which result in me glueing fewer parts together, but the hand is pretty big, so I'll probably stick with the regular one.

- the last picture is shopped to see how the Obliterator fist would look like on the models regular arm.


@BLACKHAND: I want to file it down so the head is a bit smaller, which I think would work better. It's supposed to be a bigger Marine/Demon, not an -][- scale mini.

@Rose_Mountain: there you go.

@Khaine: thanks, that's waht I wanted to hear. I don't want to give him a second weapon though. And if, I would need another hand.

I think the scale of the terminator fist is better then the obliterator fist imo

Termie fist looks great IMO! I'd consider inverting it though, to make him look like he's summoning daemons or beckoning his enemy forward.

Would a shield be an option if you don't want an additional hand weapon? He looks more or less at ease right now, so a shield facing backwards would create a very 'open' pose, if you get what I mean. Failing al that, wouldn't a right oblit arm be an option? If you don't like that either, his hand is in a correct pose for a firearm; scratchbuild him a Samaritan

I like your idea Khaine. I think I'll go with the hand turned the other way around.

The Scythe is going to be a real pain though, I can already tell.

I've been working on the left arm. For some reason the guy had a Tau shrinkhead on his shoulder plate which I just removed. It was real pain, but once the torso is attached to the wings you won't see the part anyway.

Speaking of wings, I totally forgot that the other arm also has a large shoulder pad, so I'll have to find a way to put something between his back and the wings and I hope it won't be only greenstuff.

Since I'll still have to wait for my Nightbringer a bit longer, I may start working on the head next.

I've run into a bit of a problem. The way the arm is attached to the torso, the scythe would go right through his wings so I had to cut of the lower arm and will pin it back in another position. I just put the parts together for testing, let me know what you think.

Looking sweet.

I am really liking the pose. The hood could be a little smoother; but only along the sides and back. I like the roughness of the edges. Other than that it looks amazing!