Nox Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) With the new Nurgle releases I've been inspired to dust off some mothballed Nurgle units I've had lying around for some time and with that I figured a painting blog would be fun. Here are the models I currently have which I will be painting up in the coming months. Glottkin 10 Plaguebearers Herald of Nurgle 3 Nurglings 3 Plague drones Gutrot Spume Lord Of Plagues 10 Blight Kings For once in my life I will do my best to avoid going out and buying a bunch of new models and then succumb to some sort of painting depression brought on by having a seemingly insurmountable heap of models to paint (fingers crossed) So I intend to paint everything I have above before getting a new and juicy Great Unclean One for instance. I'm a very casual gamer but I do enjoy a game or two with friends so I thought I'd start painting things in an order that would allow me to start fielding the army as soon as possible. So I'm thinking I will try out a 1000 pts army containing Glottkin, Gutrot, 10 Blight kings and 10 Plaguebearers. I suspect this is probably a pretty bad list so if you have suggestions on other list made with the above units I'd love to hear about it. Now enough talk and let's start of with the first pics of the blog: I started off with Nurglings because I wanted to get a feel for the painting scheme I will be using for the green flesh on my Plaguebeares and my Glottkin: For the skin I started off with Ogryn Camo which I followed up with a recess shade of Biel-Tan Green. Then after a glaze of Waywatcher Green I layered Ogryn Camo back on (here it helps to thin your paint with Lahmian medium to make it easier to get a smooth result) then I added Flayed One Flesh to the Ogryn Camo mix to smooth highlights on open areas of the skin like the top of the head, shoulders etc. Finally I did a finer edge highlight of Flayed One Flesh. Next up will be five of the Blight Kings so stay tuned for that =) Edited January 8, 2018 by Nox 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynamicCalories Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Nicely done! I haven't actually painted any of my Nurgling bases yet, I tried some out using primarily washes last year and decided I wasn't too happy with the end result. I like the luminous green of these, so I may go back and try something similar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) Here's the first test model I did for my Blight kings. I plan on doing 5 Blight Kings in this manner and the other 5 I will do in another color scheme. Edited January 9, 2018 by Nox 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynamicCalories Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Saw this on Facebook, lovely stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzaangor Management Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 These are great. Ironically a very clean painting style for Nurgle... Did you paint the axe head's cutting surface all silver / steel or is it the way it's catching the light? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGPO Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Great work on the blightking, when I first saw it I thought it was the GW studio model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) Thanks guys =) Yeah I'm trying to copy the 'eavy metal style. I enjoy trying to figure what paints were used etc. 2 hours ago, Tzaangor Management said: Did you paint the axe head's cutting surface all silver / steel or is it the way it's catching the light? It's mostly because it's catching the light though it is fairly void of any corrosion since I figure the cutting surface would be quite worn from use =) Now that you mention it however maybe I should add some blood on it. I edited my earlier post now with cropped photos that better fit this forum format. Edited January 9, 2018 by Nox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr3g Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 What a painting style ! I love the colors and how you apply them ! Very good job !! May I ask you for a tutorial for the Blightking ? These miniatures are amazing, please continue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 39 minutes ago, Gr3g said: What a painting style ! I love the colors and how you apply them ! Very good job !! May I ask you for a tutorial for the Blightking ? These miniatures are amazing, please continue I'll see what I can do about a tutorial 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal4m4nd3r Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 The crispness of your lines and apparent brush control in truly inspiring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangDoll Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Really nice painting ! Neat and bright ! Your army will be beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turragor Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 On 1/9/2018 at 10:53 AM, Tzaangor Management said: Ironically a very clean painting style for Nurgle... I like clean! Even for Nurgle. Agrax bathing was always one of the things that put me off Nurgle, and I finally found my own take on that to start with this new excellent release. OP's Nurgle is my kind of Nurgle! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Turragor said: I like clean! Even for Nurgle. Agrax bathing was always one of the things that put me off Nurgle, and I finally found my own take on that to start with this new excellent release. OP's Nurgle is my kind of Nurgle! Thanks, I love your candy themed nurgle though =) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turragor Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Nox said: Thanks, I love your candy themed nurgle though =) Aww thanks - wait and see what I have planned for the bases! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthlorianStoners Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 These look amazing, like I thought they were studio pics at first. well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Thanks for all the kind words! Not too much progress last few days but I got the rest of the Blight Kings crew built and I've almost finished the pale green flesh, only missing the final highlight really. Hopefully I will be able to finish these guys up during the weekend. Edited January 12, 2018 by Nox 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr3g Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 They are so .... Disgusting Hahaha I love them really, they are so cool, your painting work it's incredible !! Good job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus of Paint Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I'd love to know what paints you used for that turquoise armour (and that green you used to tint that shoulder pad horn)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandano Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Great stuff! I really like the look of the leather on the Blightkings. The boots and pouch, great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Circus of Paint said: I'd love to know what paints you used for that turquoise armour (and that green you used to tint that shoulder pad horn)! for the armour I used the following steps: Basecoat: Incubi Darkness Recess Shade: Nuln Oil Edge Highlight: Kabalite Green Edge Highlight: Sybarite Green Edge Highlight: Gauss Blaster Green The green slime is Moot Green. I also used Moot Green mixed with Lahmian Medium to tint the base of the shoulder pad horn. I then went back in and painted a few thin layers of Biel-Tan Green shade in the recesses of the horn to make it appear a bit more natural. After I've finished this group I aim to write a more comprehensive guide to painting with pictures that better illustrate the different stages. Edited January 12, 2018 by Nox 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr3g Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 12/01/2018 at 8:47 PM, Nox said: After I've finished this group I aim to write a more comprehensive guide to painting with pictures that better illustrate the different stages. Can't wait for it and to see the new blightkings !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidan Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Outstanding work I can only echo what everyone else has said before me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysandestolpe Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Amazing! Love the still picture video there. I will steal that idea. Im super stoked to see more of your work and i have subscribed to this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) Been slacking a bit with the painting the past weeks and on top of that paused my Nurgle while I helped my brother out with some quick color studies for his iron jawz: After those were finished I moved onto completing my first unit of Blight Kings: I have taken some pictures along the way and I will hopefully find some time this weekend to write up a mini stage-by-stage tutorial on these guys. Overall I'm quite happy with this unit but I got a lot to learn about painting stylized metal using metallics. I did to not achieve enough depth with my brass areas and my silver could be a bit more crisp. This project really made realize I probably have a need for gloss nuln oil and reikland fleshshade to add some depth to my metallics without making them dull. Next up I'm painting three plague drones which I hope will a bit less complex than these blight kings to paint =) Edited February 14, 2018 by Nox 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Gotten started with my plague drones. Colours might look crazy now but they will be more desaturated after shading and highlighting is done. Thinking of doing the eyes in a different colour, yellow perhaps. Any suggestions? G 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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