It has been another sunny day here in Essex and I've been out in the garden again working through the Skeleton Horde, the Hobbit set and a few odds and ends I've got based up. I flit from one thing to another on a painting whim so I always have multiple things on the go at once.
Today, this little chap took my fancy. He was part of the little cache of figures I found a few weeks back in the attic and was originally begun way back in 2020 when I was trying to paint up all of these magical sculpts to help endure lockdown. I rebased him with a 40k circular as he really belongs to Space Marine rather than Warhammer 3rd edition.
He came together quite quickly and he is the first figure since Silts that I feel is close to my old work. I am really pleased with how he came out and how little effort he was to complete. Ork Flesh was the base (making good use of the Ork and Eldar Paint Set) with a wash of Brown Ink over the top. I then used Ork Flesh highlighted up with Rotting Flesh to create the skin. Worm Purple (again highlighted with Rotting Flesh) for the tongue with Go Fasta Red as the base for the open sores and wounds. Bad Moon Yellow was used to create the highlights for the festering sores and Bleached Bone and White to highlight the horns. The eyes are white with Sunburst Yellow over the top. The base is Snakebite Leather highlighted with Bleached Bone and Skull White.
What made the difference for me was the use of the inks. I know I only have a handful, but I feel very at home in using them. It is clear I need to work on the shading of models as I move forwards. More depth is vital in supporting detail and highlights.
I've included the figure in my ongoing series of posts about the familiars because they appear alongside them in this old ad. Later on, more sculpts were produced when Epic took off and more Chaos figures arrived for the first two editions of Space Marine but this is the original Greater Daemon of Nurgle. But then if you are reading this blog you'll know all of that.
Oh Space Marine... what a game!
What do you think? I feel like I am improving... I hope you agree with me.
Orlygg
Love him! The bright highlighting around the wounds is particularly pleasing/disgusting.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you think so. I loved the plaguebearers as a kid and I wish I still had a collection of them. The rotting stylings of Kev Adams must have appealed to my younger self and I glad to say it remains to this day.
DeleteMy Squats in Space Marine were one of my fav armies. Such a good game.
ReplyDeleteLoving the GUO and how you've painted him. I think those stark highlights will really pop on the tabletop whether he gets used as an epic greater daemon or as a familiar for some farty-chaos sorcerer.
Thank you Dai, I have some better brushes as of yesterday and I'm looking forwards to using them. I am hoping to sharpen up the edge highlighting a little as I progress but knowing me, my next figure will be absolute dross.
DeleteAbsolutely great, such an iconic mini, I do love what you achieved here
ReplyDeleteThank you Suber (:
DeleteSuch a rotten little bugger! -He is adorable!
ReplyDeleteHello Neverness, are you a fan of Old Papa Nurgle too? Thanks for the encouragement.
DeleteHe's looking brilliant much closer to your older minis. You can see your progression already as you're getting back into the flow and you're relearning old techniques. It's also great to see such fantastic minis printed using the older paints from the boxed sets. Just goes to show what can be achieved with a relatively limited selection of resources.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Yes, I enjoy painting these older figures with the actual sets we had back then. With the modern stuff I like (Diehard and Oakbound) I'm going to get to try out some of the more modern resources available. I'm intrigued by weathering powders and the new washes.
DeleteWow, I have only just seen you are back! To be honest I stopped reading blogs around the time you stopped - and probably not a coincidence! Great to see you back on form sir!
ReplyDeleteHello Leadhead... it is great to hear from you again. Social media seemed to take away from the blogs around 2017 or abouts, at least for me. Now places like FB and X are awful places full of mis-information, adverts and morons. I'm thankful to have retrieved this old blog and got going with it again, it seems all the nice people reside this side of a internet divide these days. (:
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