I'm trying to think up ideas for Nurgle marauders. I want mine to be something other than just the rank and file guys.

One idea I currently have is the marauders, with zombie heads (a mix of mantic and GW probably) with scythes from the zombie sprues for great weapons.

Though part of me does not like the "Roid Rage Muscle Body" of the marauders, especially for Nurgle. I'd be tempted to greenstuff them so they look a bit bloated, but I'm not sure how well that'd turn out. I may have to do a test run of that. So I may not end up doing this "bloated body idea", and it might be expensive to have someone do.

I've also considered Empire flagellants, zombie heads, and zombie scythes for GWs (I like the idea of scythes for Nurgle).

I've also considered possibly using Plague Monks as a basis. I'd shave off the tails, of course. Sculpt around the feet to look like simple shoes (so nothing too fancy, more to obscure the rat feet). I'd use zombie heads, but if I can pull it off I might make look like (some at least) have hoods, not sure on giving them hoods.. alternately I might get them something like 'scarfs' as if they were plague victims who were 'covering their mouths' or something

That's the extent of the ideas I have.

Marauders with zombie heads and scythe bits won't be that hard, and not that pricey, but it might not have any "oomf" to it.

Empire Flagellants could work (I need to see some pics of each sprue first) quite well, but might be the priciest of the three main ideas. Though I could see it working quite nicely.

The plague monks I also like, but I'm a tiny bit nervous that the 'simple shoes' may be an eyesore. I also wonder if the conversion will be less convincing due to the stooped nature and people identifying them with skaven... where the Flagellants at least are also human. However, this idea would actually be rather inexpensive as the plaguemonks are actually rather affordable (and I have a lot of zombie heads). I'd mainly need to order all the scythes, but having made Plaguemonks before their staffs could allow for some easy conversions into great weapons.


Writing this post has helped flesh out my thoughts and ideas a bit. I'm really now debating between flagellants or plague monks as a basis for my conversions. I'm not sure which to use.

So here is how it lies:

Using Plague Monks?
   Pros:  Cheaper, staffs might make easy GW conversions (even cheaper).

   Cons: Covering feet might be ugly, 'ratty' stoop and association might make less appealing.

Flagellants?
   Pros: Human bodies. Tattered clothes very nurgle like. Might not be hard to pull off conversions at all, as the flails could easily be made into GW (one even has a bit to be a scythe... could hunt for those)... and might not be difficult to make into scythes either.

Cons: Expensive



Thinking about it, the Flagellants would probably look a lot better. Though a 50 man unit would be $195 if paid at full retail, and not counting any bits or tax (thankfully the friendly local game store does offer a discount).  A 50 man unit of PM would cost $105 (though I'd have 10 left over). Is it worth the extra $90 (before discounts/tax) to have (most likely) look a lot more convincing and cooler unit? I'm currently leaning towards, yes.

What do you folks think? I'd like some input on what you think of the two ideas. Which do you think looks better, which do you think will be easier to pull off, is it worth the extra $90 (and I could afford it if I am making a unit). Should I use zombie heads or no?

Middle rune is easier to see in person.

Sometimes my camera acts stupid, and makes it hard to get a good photo, so I've had to to use parts of two photos tonight. The banner is more like the left in person, the rest (including head on top) is closer to the right (though a bit less bright, and the chain mail is not flat silver).

Silly camera...


I've gone back and touched up the banner a bit, it was a bit bright. Added a shade, and relighted a bit over that, and then did a little green glaze. Makes it look a bit better. Will take another pic soon possibly.

OLD ITEM

Here's a picture of the Sphinx I painted last summer.

These are two different warrior blocks, and were the first units I did. The top one shows the color scheme of the armor and shields as it ended up. I'm working on freehand for the banner for that unit tonight. In the case of both units, the pictures show my old basing which I have since switchted to the swamp/slime look which actually works very nicely.

A unit of Warhounds, ditto on the basing. I have three units currently painted up, but I don't feel a need to post a pic for each one yet. Not until I get a nice picture of each unit later at some point.

This is a pic of the sorc lord, I wish I had a better pic (did a bit more work after this too, and changed basing). The head is supposed to be insect like, with the eyes of a fly.

Nurgle chariots and Nurgle warshine. I since took the slime effect to the sides of the shrine as well as it just looked odd otherwise. You can see the swamp basing on these guys. Each one has a bile troll with it.

Hellcannon, painted to match the Nurgle armor scheme. More swamp basing. It may be hard to see, but just under the front claw there is a little hand reaching out of the slime as if the hellcannon had pounded someone into the muck and was crushing/drowning them!

Chaos Dwarf crew for the hellcannon, given the same color scheme as my Nurgle guys. There is one of each type of Chaos Dwarf here. From left to right: Helm, Hat, and Mask. The helm guy is from very early on (late 80's if I remember right) and predates the hat style. The hat crewman is the limited Adepticon model from Adepticon 2011 (a tip of the hat to Robert Klemic for picking one up for me as I didn't attend... no pun intended).

This is my Battle Standard Bearer. The freehand isn't that intricate, but hopefully it is good. 

I need to snag a picture of my Nurgle Sorcerer (hero level) yet. 

The project for tonight will be to do some freehand banner work for the standard for my 2nd Nurgle Chaos Warrior block. I'll post before/after pics when I get home from work.

Welcome! Starting a blog so I can people can see whatever I am working on regardless of game, army, etc. I'll post my recent project's stuff soon (Nurgle Warriors of Chaos).