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I just ripped my marble method straight off the internet (and that was for furniture too).

For an alternate method you can look to Nerdfest09, he did an "all wet" kind of method to marble with good results.

Good job, Big H.

Nice work. Like the wulfen colours, good choices.

Joining the others in liking the axe on the chaos guy, suitably non-standard

Dr H wrote:I just ripped my marble method straight off the internet (and that was for furniture too).

For an alternate method you can look to Nerdfest09, he did an "all wet" kind of method to marble with good results.

Good job, Big H.

Thanks Doc !

monkeytroll wrote:Nice work. Like the wulfen colours, good choices.

Joining the others in liking the axe on the chaos guy, suitably non-standard

Thanks Monkeytroll ! Non standard is what I was going for !


I got a few hours paint in over the weekend and did a few bits and pieces, only thing I got finished were the 4 random Citadel Ninjas from the late 80's. I tried to make them slightly different than just black. These fellas are tiny in comparison to new GW stuff, see the converted Sigmar Inquisitor for scale !
I'll probably flock the bases later to provide some contrast between the bases and the ninja suits.

Let me know what you think !

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Yeah..... not gonna happen tiny warriors!

It's weird you posted an empty pic. The Inquisitor is shaping up nicely thought.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
It's weird you posted an empty pic. The Inquisitor is shaping up nicely thought.

Thanks Whaley ! it's my iPhone, stuff always posts weird for some reason.

I think whalemusic meant that you can't see the ninjas; I only approximate that there are ninjas in the picture based on the ninja-shaped holes in the air where something must be.....

Great pieces!

 Meer_Cat wrote:
I think whalemusic meant that you can't see the ninjas; I only approximate that there are ninjas in the picture based on the ninja-shaped holes in the air where something must be.....

Great pieces!

haha , oh right, sorry Whaley ! I can only assume posting late at night after coming home from work cancels my humour response !

Thanks Meercat !

Meercat with the assist haha.

Looking good H. I remember those ninjas, may even have a couple still hiding around the place.

Hi Big H! Your Khorne stuff is looking really great. I'm loving the conversions and the paintwork. Nice to see some Warhammer Fantasy love in here!

whalemusic360 wrote:Meercat with the assist haha.

monkeytroll wrote:

Looking good H. I remember those ninjas, may even have a couple still hiding around the place.

How would you know ???

Fango wrote:Hi Big H! Your Khorne stuff is looking really great. I'm loving the conversions and the paintwork. Nice to see some Warhammer Fantasy love in here!

Thanks for commenting Fango ! The fantasy stuff made a change, tho there is still plenty left on Little H's side of the painting table !

Also, I just cracked 80k views ! People , I am Truely stunned, why are you bothering ??? Thank you very much for your patience and keeping with me during the "no paint" days !

Apparently this blog has all the action and excitement of a glacier moving through molasses in winter time, it’s not as easy to find quality time whilst working abroad and living in a hotel as I first thought !

Nothing finished but some WIP to show you :

Where are the zombies from? I'm not familiar with them.

Hi Whaley ! Thanks for stopping by !

The zombies are beautiful sculpts, really detailed, they are by PuppetsWar from Poland.
You can find them here :

https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=181

The zombies caught my eye as well, Big H- they're going to be really good when finished. The head on the war hammer in the first pic is truly awesome- love that green/marble/steel look, really well done!

Those zombies are cool.

Nice work elsewhere too.

Is it a surprise that I see potential in that first guy as is...with no head

Love the Jokaero, love the zombies and really like the green on the hammer!

Nice work. Nice colours.

Meer_Cat wrote:The zombies caught my eye as well, Big H- they're going to be really good when finished. The head on the war hammer in the first pic is truly awesome- love that green/marble/steel look, really well done!

Thanks Meercat !

monkeytroll wrote:Those zombies are cool.

Nice work elsewhere too.

Is it a surprise that I see potential in that first guy as is...with no head

Shocking heresy of the Headless Inquisitor !

nerdfest09 wrote:Love the Jokaero, love the zombies and really like the green on the hammer!

Thanks Nerdy !

Dr H wrote:Nice work. Nice colours.

Thanks Doc !

I got the Inquisitor and the monkey fella finished tonight in an hour or two after work, I think I ought to revisit the red glow on the vents of the Inquisitors armour , it doesn’t look quite right to me. Let me know what you think !

Boo....you put a head on him.

Looks good, and the glow works for me. I've never managed to get glows or osl effects to look even remotely right, so wouldn't be able to give any tips anyway. It looks like a subdued glow to me, and I wouldn't expect a bright source from the back of the armour.

 monkeytroll wrote:
Boo....you put a head on him.

Looks good, and the glow works for me. I've never managed to get glows or osl effects to look even remotely right, so wouldn't be able to give any tips anyway. It looks like a subdued glow to me, and I wouldn't expect a bright source from the back of the armour.

Hi MonkeyTroll, yeah , my lad would never forgive me if I turned his Inquisitor undead !

OSL and glow effects are tricky but you can cheat a bit with bright coloured paints, I think it just looks like I missed out a shade or two between the red and the pale yellow, which is weird cos there definitely was some orange in there somewhere ! But thanks for your comment , appreciate it !

I squeezed in an hour and finished off the little thingummymabobs.

I got the zombies 90% done, but I’m unsure what to do with the respirator lenses? I’m not convinced my normal “go to” blue glow would work in this instance, what do you think Dakka ?

The first three are Mantic zombies I got out of curiosity and used them to experiment with colours, using blue and purple washes to shade the green.
The PuppetsWar zombies I really enjoyed painting, they aren’t as dark in real life , I was having problems with the light.
Let me know what you think Dakka !!

Nice, I like them.

How about a yellow for the lenses?

Very yucky... and realistic. Well done.

Yeah i'm gonna need a tutorial on that bloody rotten skin dude because they look fantastic! no joke, that's the perfect effect for the grim dark 40k to stay grim dark and not go early morning kids cartoon!

monkeytroll wrote:Nice, I like them.

How about a yellow for the lenses?

Hi MonkeyTroll, as you were the first to reply, and I’ve never done yellow lenses before, yellow it is !

Gitsplitta wrote:Very yucky... and realistic. Well done.

Thanks Gits

nerdfest09 wrote:Yeah i'm gonna need a tutorial on that bloody rotten skin dude because they look fantastic! no joke, that's the perfect effect for the grim dark 40k to stay grim dark and not go early morning kids cartoon!

I don’t have any spare models to start a tutorial from scratch but I can run through the process if you like Nerdy ? I’m sure you’ll get it !


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So, if Dakka is interested, this is my "Nazi Nurgle Zombie" Recipe.

I've done variations of this process on nearly all the Traitor Guard I painted but will most likely never use for anything ! I use a mix of manufactures for paint so you will need to experiment !

1. Prime black then zenithal white. I like more white than black as I paint in very thin layers, to be honest they are almost washes.

2. Block out all the major colours and the details, the grime/ goo / blood needs to be on top of these colours, so you need to be at your basic finish level before applying the gunge.
The skin tone needs to be as light a shade as you can, I used an ancient GW Rotting Flesh base highlighted with a 50/50 mix of pure white / Rotting Flesh. The flesh I hardly thinned so as to cover a lot of the black primer areas , otherwise it will go way too dark.

3. I then lined all the colour blocks with Seraphim Sepia wash.

4. I made up some purple paint from Revell AquaColour Blue and Red, thinned it right out and used it to line certain areas, mostly eyes and guts, it works well as bruising and general rot, but don't go crazy yet. This colour wash it also great for staining the uniform in certain places along with thinned Vallejo Burnt Umber, it shows where the goo has soaked through the fabric, I put it around wounds , the crotch and to add general shading here and there. Vertical streaks look good coming out of wounds, across equipment , into boots , the floor etc.

5. More lining alternating using GW Carroburg Crimson and Druchii Violet and thinned Vallejo Burnt Umber.You can do small dots as well to look like drips etc.

6. When you are happy use Tamiya Clear Red, thinned and adding various different amounts of the purple you made earlier or Burnt umber to taste, apply over all the wounds , bullet holes, leaking out of eyes / crevices/ mouths till you are happy !

I use a small plastic pallet, which allows me to keep a small reservoir of colours and keep mixing different shades as I go.

For boils I use a similar colour palette, I paint them yellow or white first then go in with Druchii Violet then the Tamiya Clear Red mix.

Hope this was useful !

Great zombies big h.