So here we are again with yet another Nurgle Daemons army post. Sorry to anyone that’s getting bored with this particular project, but it’s probably most accurately described as my main focus for the time being, and I know how much of a hobby butterfly I can be, so I’m taking as much advantage of my own sustained interest for as long as I can sustain that interest.
The model I’m sharing this time is the Forge World model, known alternately as Nurgle Daemon Prince and Herald, or Mamon Transfigured, Fel Icon of the Tainted. He has rules for both 40k as well as Age of Sigmar, which is a nice touch. He’s also got a little mate on the Forge World page – a slug-bodied, bionic-armed Herald of Nurgle who I have sitting here – and while I’ll get to him as well, I’m in no huge hurry as I’m still working on a bunch of metal Nurgle plaguebearers right now, with even more old metal Nurgle stuff queued up right behind them – and I don’t want to start too much more before completing a bunch of the stuff already on the go.
This model was of course started as part of Painting Decembuary, and unfortunately just missed out on completion at the end of January. I did manage to complete it during the following few days, in the first weekend of February – so I’m still happy about that. I’d have showed it earlier, but I thought it more appropriate to break up the Nurgle a little with the Minotaurs Captain, and we might have ended up with two Plaguebearer posts in a row if I showed the last post after this one…
We’ve started referring to this guy as “rustbucket” around here. I’m still not 100% happy with the rusty barrel, but I’m okay with it now after having done a bit more to it. It’s a little harder in a sense, as it’s got a fair bit of detail sculpted onto it. The tiny little blight flies were a nice touch I found on his right arm when painting him. I painted them with metallics, like Blue Bottle flies.
As with the other larger Daemons of Nurgle, he’s standing on a decent chunk of slate to enhance his stature. Rather than blood and viscera at his feet, I’ve given him a bit of Nurgle’s Rot-slime instead. The rest of the scheme is very similar to what I did with the 2nd-gen Great Unclean One. A yellow-green spray basecoat, with green wash, and then other colours blended into the skin – most notably Bugman’s Glow.
It’s a pretty nice model overall, and certainly one that makes a nice centrepiece – or by modern GW’s standard, a medium-sized centrepiece. Until I finish a more recent giant Nurgle Monster however, this guy rules the roost here.
Mamon comes with four Nurglings “built-in”. Two riding his shoulders and two enjoying the hot tub on his back. I tried to paint all four of them so that they’d stand out from Mamon’s skin, without making them all too similar.
I used a few layers of water effects inside the barrel and on the dripping fluids. I also mixed in a little bit of green wash and also flouro green paint into the resin, which also submerged one of the skulls entirely as well as raising the “water” levels on the Nurglings. Rather than trying to pop them, I pushed the little bubbles to what I felt was an amusingly appropriate point on the model, so it looks like the Nurglings are having a good old fart in the tub.
Originally, the goop in the barrel was going to be dark, but I think the luminous green I added on top of it works pretty well. What is it? We probably don’t wanna know!
Here’s a final pic, showing the three “Big Boys” of my Nurgle Daemon force together, along with a Plaguebearer to provide a sense of scale. I think the slate on these guys helps to emphasise their size and importance without being over the top. They’d still tower over the smaller figures (well, maybe not the original GUO so much), but the basing certainly gives them more gravitas without being over the top.
I really need to get another, proper group shot of this army-in-progress done soon. I expect that will be one of the next couple of posts…
Most pustulant! Great details
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Thanks mate!
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Awesome and wonderfully “disgusting” paint work!
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Cheers – thanks for the kind words. 🙂
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Very nice- great work on getting the colours blended like that. The group shot show an interesting progression in GW’s model aesthetics.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks. It was tedious at times, but less difficult than I’d expected. I really noticed those aesthetic differences between this guy and the previous Great Unclean One when I was working on them side-by-side.
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I have to be honest I’ve never been much of a fan of Nurgle, but you have nailed this! The vat of toxic slime looks amazing.
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Thank you Mike. I was always a Khorne guy first, but over the years Nurgle has also grown on me. Like a boil.
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Superb mate, he is spot on! Loving this project 🙂
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Thanks Alex. Time for a small painting pause from the Nurgles for a week or two, then back into them again. Just trying not to become too burnt out on them at this stage. I certainly don’t want to touch any more Plaguebearers for awhile!
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Papa Nurgle approves
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*Chortle*
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I like the amount of thought you’ve put into the toilet humour while painting this.
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It’s a must, innit? Both are pretty core to much of Nurgle, after all!
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Love Rust Bucket!! Well done man he’s great
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Thanks IRO. He just missed Decembruary by a couple of days, but he’s still a worthy centrepiece model!
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Absolutely. Rules are made to be broken man
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That only applies to others’ rules as they pertain to me. My rules for others must be adhered to strictly at all times! 😉
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That rotting, peeling ass…eugh. Great work!
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Now imagine the Twerking! Bring an umbrella!
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Bored of Nurgle? Surely that’s not possible? That one is an amazing model, one I’ve always aspired to but never quite found the money for yet. Great work on him 🙂
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Figures like Mamon here are more work but more interesting. On the other hand, I’ve just completed the last of 41 metal Plaguebearers, all in roughly the last 30 or so days. After those, plus Mamon, Plus the original GUO upgrade, plus the ’90’s GUO (and maggots) I need to paint something else for a little while. I’ve got some more fun options to come next, though, in both metal and resin… I’m going to try to hold fast to “no plastic till all the metal is finished”.
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Oh man, the whole thing is amazing, but that barrel on the back made me smile. Amazing. Kudos.
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Thanks Luke. I’ll have to get onto his little mate sometime soon now!
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Is Mamon the one that boosts the power of all the Nurglings around him? Or am I thinking of someone else?
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Sounds familiar, but I’m not sure which one that is. Mamon is just a bad mamajamma.
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Haha, this is sick in every good way! Great job!
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Thanks mate – glad you like it!
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Yes, he came out really good and like some others I also liked how the portable hot tub turned out as well. A good group shot of a worthy core of organizers for a giant Nurgle pool party. Invite some marines or even better Dark Eldar and let the games begin!
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….sounds like a party where nothing could possibly go wrong.
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Ok, I have to write something I never thought I would, here goes…wow, beautiful maggots…now I am out of Purell…great Work Az!
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Thanks Mark. There are a lot more maggots and pus to come, so better stock up!
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I thought I’d commented on this one (I know I remember seeing it before), but apparently not. Must have been before I really started following you. The Nurgling hot tub is adorable, and the rest is wonderfully Nurglish!
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