For my first post, I wanted to talk about my current project. I have been slowly planning, assembling, and painting a small Nurgle-themed force. I'm not much of a converter, so the troops are basically just a mix of chaos space marine and plague marine bits, which shouldn't be confusing as all my troop choices will be plague marines. But that does mean they are mostly without boils, guts, etc. I am instead focusing on making the armor look as nurgly as possible.
For the paint scheme, I tried to go for a weathered, rusty effect that suggests a certain lack of upkeep - i.e., that these marines have not washed their armor since the fall. I start by painting the armor catechan green with a boltgun or tin bitz trim. Then, a generous wash of chestnut ink, trying to pool the pigment near the armor trim. Finally, drybrush with camo green to dull down the shine. The power fists and swords have sort of a lacquered bone theme: a coat of chestnut ink over rotting flesh. Pretty simple. Here's a sample where you can see the steps from first coat to inked and based model:
I haven't done much work yet on my Chaos Lord. He still needs a saddle in the back (about all the modeling I can manage with my limited green stuff skills) before the model is primed. Here he is on his daemonic steed:
Lastly, I am still deciding on the name for this warband. I'm currently leaning towards Children of Despair, or maybe the Sons of Pestilence. Any thoughts?
-Wintermute
***Next up: Updates of the fully painted squads, as well as my WIP daemon prince, chaos dreadnought, and chosen.***
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