Death Guard WIP: Pandemic

Cassarus · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:13 am

Lovely work like usual!

nurglephill · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:42 pm

Lovely stuff as ever Svart.

Rep for you!

minamoto · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:24 am

Ohh you finished that possesed allready - I must have missed totally - I really love the possesed, would look great on a table to have a complete unit

The "normal" marines are top notch as always!

DonUlfo · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:41 pm

I love the details on the plague marines. Very inspiring.

Svartmetall · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:08 pm

*sigh*

Well, this is a difficult update for me to make; the reason there hasn't been the flow of new Nurgle I'd intended here is that I've been hit with depression again, and it's pretty bad this time. Just after I came down with mild-ish depression a few weeks back due to current-job-induced stress and other stuff, I got hit with an entirely unwelcome and unwanted house move that's going to be happening at some point probably just after Christmas, which has really sent me over the edge (I hate moving house at the best of times and do not want to leave the house I'm currently in at all, but for various reasons this is pretty much unavoidable for me right now). So I'm a bit of a mess right now, I'm afraid, and can't say when I'll next have new Nurgly stuff to show people here.

Sorry.

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nurglephill · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:39 pm

Gosh that sounds pretty damn crappy Svart

. Still your stuff is SOOOO worth waiting for

So long as you promise to come back take all the time you need baby

Good luck and keep us updated on how its all going!

Svartmetall · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:45 pm

Well...I'm starting to pull myself out of the hole. Which is a good thing

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So, while not back to full Nurgly capacity just yet, I decided it was long past time to address something that had been bugging me for a while about the paint scheme I've been using for Pandemic. Namely, the flesh tones. Due mainly to me not really knowing what the hell I'm doing when it comes to painting, I went for a safe greenish hue for the flesh on the models I've painted so far; however that gave very little if any contrast with the armour colours, and this has been pointed out over time by more than a few people.

So, I'm trying a more realistic pinkish flesh tone for the troops. Here's a contrast photo with one of the current colour scheme and a test piece model on which I've tried the basis of the new one, albeit with no ink or washes on it yet; I just want to get feedback on the general idea before I go any further.

It was a bit of a shock at first to see pink on my guys, but I think it might be starting to grow on me; bear in mind that neither the armour nor the flesh on the model on the left have any ink or wash work yet. The plan is to use red and maybe a bit of purple wash in the recesses, and in some places to use yellow inks to give the impression of lesions and so on. Maybe a tiny bit of green ink/wash to give some unity overall, not sure yet. It would be tempting to re-do the flesh on the already-done troops so the whole army matches, assuming I can get a pink-based flesh tone that I'm truly happy with.

So, any and all C&C is welcomed...

Wertyg · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:21 pm

MAD greenstuff SKILLS !!!

Work on your painting more. Don't ruin those OUTSTANDING conversions with weak, noobie drybrush painting.

Circus Nurgling · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:30 pm

Glad to hear you're pulling yourself out of your hole. I lurked in your relicnews thread for a while, so it's good to see some new stuff from you.

By the way, I like the new gs texture. What is is suppose to represent? Popped bloatiness? looks like there was some bloating going on there, but someone popped it with a bolter round and it scarred over. Was that what you were going for?

Sink · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:46 am

Nice, I like your greenstuff work a lot!

Svartmetall · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:35 am


	Circus Nurgling wrote: By the way, I like the new gs texture. What is is suppose to represent? Popped bloatiness? looks like there was some bloating going on there, but someone popped it with a bolter round and it scarred over. Was that what you were going for?

Erm, which exact texture do you mean? If you can point out a specific pic I'll tell you...

Cassarus · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:22 am

I think the new skill looks good svartmetall!

Pontus · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:09 pm

Some garishly pink sores in the flesh would make some really good contrast for the pale green armour. I'm really digging your sculpting work, really looking forward to more stuff. Take care pal.

Circus Nurgling · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:06 pm

Svartmetall wrote:


	Circus Nurgling wrote: By the way, I like the new gs texture. What is is suppose to represent? Popped bloatiness? looks like there was some bloating going on there, but someone popped it with a bolter round and it scarred over. Was that what you were going for?

Erm, which exact texture do you mean? If you can point out a specific pic I'll tell you...

The PM on the left, with the bolter and chainsword (in your last pic update).

Svartmetall · **Posted:** Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:21 pm

Well, now; before the depression kicked in, I'd started working on more Plague Marines. For a while now I've had the idea of making 77 Plague Marines, all full conversions, with Apocalypse games in mind, and the detail shots I posted a month or two back were from some of the newest batch...I'm up to 54 Plague Marines in all so far, and here are the rest:

This picture should illustrate why I call these two plasma gunners Jules and Vincent

All 54 of the buggers:

A higher-resolution version is here.

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