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First post. I'd like to use it to share my recent affliction from papa Nurgle. First a converted DV Cultist. He has a Tomb Kings whip arm to make the gut whip. I call him Sir Whippy Guts.









Now for the spawn. He is heavily converted from a Island of Blood Rat Ogre and a Trollbloods Mauler arm.









I'll break down how I painted this bad boy up. I'll describe colors I used as best I can but I use numerous paints from multiple ranges.

First it was primed black. The skin was painted with nurgling green mixed with a bit of leather to give it some flesh tones. I then painted Ogryn Flesh wash into the deep areas, so not to cover the whole model in wash, this saves a highlighting step and keeps the final color true. Using a wet pallet I used the same skin color but cut it with a tiny bit of white and painted almost all of the skin again, leaving only a bit of wash and original base showing. I feathered the paint on very thin so it doesnt make a hard transition. I did this again with a little more white so as to leave just a little of the previous layer. I did it one more time, about 50/50 white to skin. Lastly I picked out very sharp edges with about 75% white to skin to make the creases pop.

All the sores I washed with red then violet.

The muscle I painted blood red with a tiny bit of white. Using the wet pallet I keep adding in more white as the layers went along. While painting each layer I keep the brush strokes in line the muscle striations. The last bit was nearly white where the light would be hitting it to make it pop (gotta make it pop!)

The finger nails and teeth I painted the same as the skin, but used leather to bone to white paint. Wet pallet makes this so easy.

The guts were very easy. I slopped on a very thick wet layer of red/grey. While it was still very wet I added a yellowish green in some areas, spreading it out, basically mixing the colors on the model (wet blending) then did the same think with grey in different areas. I then washed it with flesh and highlighted with a lighter version of the red/green/grey mixture.

Lastly the tongue I played around with a bit. It was originally a pinkish red, much like the muscle. I however changed it to the more blueish purple. I used about 50/50 blue to red with some grey. This way I start very dark and don't have to wash it. I then layered up mixing in more white each layer, leaving only a little bit of the previous layer behind.

The rust I based Scorched brown then added rust brown then rust orange pigments.

The blood was done with Tamiya Clear Red. This stuff is basically a thick translucent gloss varnish. I painted and stippled around all the muscle. I went over it again with the same clear red with a tiny splash of black. This makes the red less translucent and gives the red detail.

The skeleton mouth goo was done with hot glue, then covered in the same way as the muscle with the blood effect.

The base was painted a slightly lighter and redder version of scorched brown mixed with a bit of leather. It was then washed with mud, then drybrushed with a lighter version of the base color. The little mushroom thingys were painted leather, washed violet and then highlight with leather then a final highlight of leather/bone. Then the base and feet were covered in a dirty brown/green pigment, then a lighter dirty green pigment.

Lastly I put a gloss varnish on the tongue and guts.

So there you have it. Simple!

Superbly grotesque!

I am both enthralled and revolted by the tightly coiled intestines spilling out of that spawn. Your guts look very realistic, and the colors chosen for the figures complement one another well. Thumbs up on some characterful models!

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
Superbly grotesque!

Yes sir, I raise your Superbly Grotesque to a Delightfully Disgusting!

Wow! That looks great. Wish i had the skill to make that for my nurgle army. Looks amasing

Oh Gandfather will be pleased! *coughs up a lung*

brilliant work!

You did a fantastic job! Kudos on your GS skillz, how long did it take you on the cultist?

timwrightii wrote:

"What are you going to do? Bleed on me?!"

These are both well done. Good gore effects and fun concepts.

Exalbaru wrote:
You did a fantastic job! Kudos on your GS skillz, how long did it take you on the cultist?

It's a long thread but you should hop on over to my clubs forum. You can see a lot of the project in progress. Tons of pics!!!

The painting on him was around 2.5-3 hours, but a little bit of that was test model color picking. Probably a 2 hour paint job, good thing I only have 40 more to go. The GS work was probably 30-45 minutes.

http://ordo-ineptus.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=model&action=display&thread=3003

I have been on a nurgle building painting kick lately too. These models are awesome... very good and sick looking... cheers man

wow nice models they look so real i am getting a bit sick looking at them

timwrightii wrote:

Exalbaru wrote:
You did a fantastic job! Kudos on your GS skillz, how long did it take you on the cultist?

It's a long thread but you should hop on over to my clubs forum. You can see a lot of the project in progress. Tons of pics!!!

The painting on him was around 2.5-3 hours, but a little bit of that was test model color picking. Probably a 2 hour paint job, good thing I only have 40 more to go. The GS work was probably 30-45 minutes.

http://ordo-ineptus.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=model&action=display&thread=3003

wow, I cant believe it was that fast. I'll check out the other board too, I've always been a fan of how people do their nurgle stuff, I think its interesting all the vaiations you see

WOW very nice!

This. Is. Going. To. Take. Forever.

3 hour zombie take 2. Does this look infected?

Greenstuff stage:










Weathering powders are da shat! Before you yell cheater just know I highlight before powders, so yes, even the boots got highlighting.

timwrightii wrote:


Weathering powders are da shat! Before you yell cheater just know I highlight before powders, so yes, even the boots got highlighting.

People who yell that tend to be those without fully painted armies...

Great work on these. It looks like a crazy amount of effort, but the results are very nice.

Absolutely disgusting.

 Elmir wrote:

timwrightii wrote:


Weathering powders are da shat! Before you yell cheater just know I highlight before powders, so yes, even the boots got highlighting.

People who yell that tend to be those without fully painted armies...

Great work on these. It looks like a crazy amount of effort, but the results are very nice.

Thanks for the reply. In the real life world, of life I'm just a really silly sarcastic over the top goofy guy so I'd figure I'd take a jab at the community a little, all in jest and good fun.

I'm very happy with the results, but even with a list with only 40 or so zombies that's 120 more hours of painting just zombies, not to mention the 20 bikers, 4 Oblits, 14 plague marines, 2 rhinos and Typhus.

ah man that last one is awesome. Love the maggots. My greenstuff is on the way can't wait to go crazy on the Zombie cultists

I. want. these. so. BADLY!!!!!

These are amazing conversions, brilliant thought up and exacuted. Well done!

Oh man I opened this thread while eating... not a good idea.

 Paint_To_Redemption wrote:
Oh man I opened this thread while eating... not a good idea.

Sorry about that. Might need a disclaimer egh.

Just finished the 3rd zombie.







Enjoy.

The Chaos star 'brand' on the right arm is freaking awesome!

timwrightii wrote:

 Paint_To_Redemption wrote:
Oh man I opened this thread while eating... not a good idea.

Sorry about that. Might need a disclaimer egh.

Just finished the 3rd zombie.







Enjoy.

Haha take it as a compliment on your awesome skills mate. These conversions look so great they did actually put me off my food a little!

Really like the gore!!! I made some guts and gore stuff on my nurgle cultist but you sir , show me that I didn't go far enougth

These are wonderful. Best use and painting/modeling of gore I have ever seen in wargaming. Keep it up, papa nurgle is pleased.

Finished up a couple more zombies over the last couple of days.















Here is a little group shot of the 6 of them so far.


Enjoy!

Wow clearly a lot of effort has gone into these. I would love to see more.

These are supremely disgusting! The half destroyed zombies certainly add to the idea of undead

Omg they are so ugly but in a good way . Fantastic work man

those rusted blades look fantastic

Excellent, another Champion of papa Nurgle. I have to say that These Zombies look awesome.
Now i know what I'll do with my next box of DV ;D .
However I can give a tip on the weathering powder, maybe you know the tip.
After applying the powder and washing it in, let it dry. After that wash it with Badab Black of Nuln Oil. Dont use to much, just enough to get the powder wet again.
Let that dry and it will get a much older look.
But they look awesome as they are, I tip my hat to you