Death Guard WIP: Pandemic

ANTHRAXUS · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:42 am

I'll agree. There really isn't a bad weapon in the bunch. But my favorite is also the middle one.
Everyone has their own "vision" of Nurgle. Some are swollen and slimy, others are old and rusty.
You seem to have found an excellent combination of all of these !!
GREAT JOB !! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.

nurglephill · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:45 pm

the fourth weapon is my favourite

Svartmetall · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:26 pm

Lord Borborygmus is turning out to be a very fiddly beastie to put together - doing all those individual teeth was a bit of a nightmare - but here's where I am with the Daemonic dude's head right now:

...I think he's finally coming together decently now, in terms of starting to resemble the concept sketch somewhat

One little touch I really like is that there's a stretch of exposed bone there with no skin on it, which will probably only be really clear once he's painted up but will hopefully add a nice bit of character detail to the overal sweep of the lower jaw. Compared to the mouth/jaws, the rest of the head should actually be relatively straightforward; I've painted the inside of the mouth because, much like Jaws, there was going to be no real way to get a brush inside past the teeth once they were in situ so I had to paint it before the roof of the mouth went on. I've also started to bulk out his shoulders a little so they'll match the head slightly better.

I've also decided on the weapon I want to go for - it'll be the blade of the bottom sword with the femur-bone handle of the top one. For some reason, I think my sketches look better inverted...

...not sure why that is; I may actually make the weapon next as a break from the intense green-stuffing required to do the mouth; I've never really scratchbuilt a weapon before, so it should be interesting (though of course that means I may suck at it :D).

All C&C welcomed; as always, there'll be more when I have it

Tapeworm · **Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:45 pm

Wonderful work as always, Svartmetall! I'm really looking forward to seeing this Guy finished! (And if you decide to make more than one, let me know!

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Voark · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:59 pm

This demon is shaping up very nicely, i am still amazed by some people's greenstuff skills. I myself tried shaping more difficult forms with it (like your work), but i ussually end up just making a mess of it...god know's how many times i re-did flowing hair on a chaos lord for one of my friends, after numerous tries we decided to scrap the idea, 'cause it looked like he had a flowing turd on his head, I'm severely lacking in the genital department.
As for the weapon, i figure you can make the basic shape out of a few layers of plasticcard, sand it into the right shape and put some gs on it for the finishing touches...even though it will be your first weapon, i think you'll do fine.

Great work Svartmetall, goodluck with the rest of the build.

Voark

Tapeworm · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:44 pm

Have you thought about using Brown stuff for making the weapon? It cures a lot faster and is more rigid than Green Stuff.

nurglephill · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:28 pm

wow, thats superb work!

good luck with the rest

Svartmetall · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 9:53 pm

I went to the AmmoBunker Open Bash this weekend just gone, and that's inspired me to actually finally get the current ~1,500 points' worth of Pandemic to a playable state...and this involves vehicles. Rhinos, to be precise...so here's the initial idea I've had for a way to Nurglify a Rhino:

I want to avoid the "I stuck bits all over the outside of the model" look that so many vehicle conversions have and really give the model some depth by going inside with conversion work and having things visible quite a way past the normal surface level of the model. If that makes sense. Areas of this kind of work in various places on the model should hopefully give them a nicely 3-dimensional look...

And here it is with a bit more progress made; slime-mould-like tendrils worming their way out from the holes in the armour and over the body (I removed most of the previous smooth bits to replace them with mould tendrils since they looked a bit too generic tentacle-y to my eyes, if you get what I mean), a bulging mass of tumourous flesh poking out of the right rear 'shoulder' and a custom Nurgle icon on the door:

The Nurgle icon in close-up; I'm kind of pleased with how this is turning out (another set of very thin tendrils need to be added, but I want to let these cure overnight before adding those):

As always, C&C welcomed, more when I have it, yada yada :p

Ironjens · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2009 10:49 pm

Wow, I'm seriously impressed, having just had a rage-inducing bout with my own greenstuff. How the hell do you get it to stick to the surface and not to your tools, even if I try vaseline the stuff prefers my sculpting tool over I find you tittilating and mildly arousing I try to stick it to. I am deeply envious of your skills but I guess it's all about practice, practice and practice.

I love your idea of doing layers of icky underneath the armour, it's a refreshing take on nurgle, and especially as you're such a skilled sculptor you pull it off nicely. And that icon is looking really good. How do you manipulate the really thin tendrils to go where you want?

Good luck with the rhinos!

Tapeworm · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 2:47 am

Once again, you have pulled off something that I have been trying unsuccessfully to do for years! This is wonderful and you have given me some insight into what I was doing wrong. Thank you Sir!

Squiggoth · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 8:35 am

I like subtly nurglified tanks.

Cassarus · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 8:41 am

Looks great!

nurglephill · **Posted:** Tue May 05, 2009 5:03 pm

super fab work

Svartmetall · **Posted:** Thu May 07, 2009 11:22 am

The finished icon:

The really small tendrils on top I think give it just the right amount of depth.

nurglephill · **Posted:** Thu May 07, 2009 11:42 am

your right, although only small they do make all the difference

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