Saturday, November 01, 2014

Papas boy

Here's the latest of Papa Nurgles minions in color. Turned out browner than planned, I was aiming for a dirty off-white, but I'm still quite happy with the armour. 





Here he is next to the gunslinger for a sense of scale (he's mounted on a round 30mm base).


It's nice to be back painting after the concussion - even if I had to paint it slowly with a lot of breaks. 

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  1. Looks fantastic Jeff! I like the brown a lot and the turquoise blue (? only on phone so hard to see the exact tone) is a great spot colour.

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  2. I am glad to see you can paint again; he is quite a fantastic return! I like the brown, off-white look. He is clearly a plague marine, but the scheme is unique. I really like the blue accents coupled with the sparing use of red. The little heraldry shield looks wonderful, the pointy skull with three glowing eyes and a serpentine tongue is pretty rad!

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  3. Wow! Looks very nice, I like the colors!

    The shoulder-shield is epic!!

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  4. Incredible looking, man! It actually looks like a legit 40k model kit with your wonderful paint job. I love your use of blues on your nurgle minis and the red spikes give him an old school vibe as well. /thumbs up

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  5. Cheers guys! Glad you seem to dig the paintjob!

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  6. Wow mate. What a return. Simply brilliant like all of your other stuff.

    The only thing that niggles for me is the painted Nurgle buboe on the bolt gun casing. I think the damaged pock mark is enough without the painted effect too.

    It's not your standard Nurgle theme but you still know instantly what it is. Brilliant.

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    1. Glad you like it Muppet!

      The little symbol on the bolter was a spur of the moment thing, but I did feel the bolter needed a dash of the red/orange spot colour for balance.

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    2. You're the artist mate.

      What bit have you used for the back pack? I thought it was a Killa Kan engine but it's not big enough.

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    3. No, its some worky gubbins from the flash gitz kit. There´s loads of great little biz like that in there. http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/images/FLASHGITZ%20(81).JPG

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    4. Oooh - shiny - very cool. Cheers for the tip.

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  7. This is just superb! The conversion is ace, and the paintjob is even better.

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    1. Thanks Ana! I have to admit I'm quite pleased with how this one came out.

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  8. Very nice indeed. I particularly like the tilt shield and the blue tone accent color.

    Is his left arm flesh though? It does not quite look like the other arm...

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    1. Yeah it´s flesh. Didn´t chop off the left arm completely as I really liked the shoulderplate and was afraid to damage it. Normally I dislike bare arms on marines but it kinda worked on this one.

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  9. Great model. I was a little in doubt about the scale because of the slightly larger base you are using. But since I have got a box of those Nurgle plastics myself I do know that he is huge. Awsome work. Keep 'em coming. btw, that black scroll in the belt is a nice touch. Very intriguing.

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    1. Thanks Jacob!
      Yeah they´re big - but not too big. They really are the perfect size for a truescale plaguemarines I´d say. Fits perfect on a round 30 mm base - 40 mm would be a bit roomy.

      Really looking forward to see what you make of them!

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  10. Another fantastic job, he looks great, I love the backpack. I really must get a box of those flash gits for the gubbins. I looks like you use zenithal highlighting , is that the case?

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  11. Fantastic work all around. Love the conversion, especially the big old chunky 2nd ed Boltgun it really fits the scale of the piece. The colours and weathering are wonderful. And I really like what you've done with the base on this guy.

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