I've had dark imperium since the first days of eighth and to be honest I maybe slightly regret the purchase! It was a lot of money (esp. as I bought it from the store like a proper fan boy) and it's a lot of models that are as yet entirely unpainted.
This weekend I managed to rectify that situation slightly and smash through building and undercoating almost all the death guard, and managed to get the first few layers on a couple of models. My process for nurgle is pretty simple and will hopefully ease me back into the process. I basically undercoat castellan green, and then do two dry brushes (one death world forest and one nurgling green), pick out all the metal, red, and brown details and then wash agrax earthshade. Hopefully by this point i'll have my eye in enough to go back and do some nice pallid, fungus ridden flesh as well.
WIP shot:
The scale on these models vs. the old plague marine kits is ridiculous. On the right you can the kind of nurgle scheme I aim for. That’s the champion from the old fine cast kits with the omnipresent bendy power sword. I do not miss that at all.
Laying in some of the base colours whilst watching Frontline gaming.
Reviewing the progress so far...
The podcast I was listening too pretty much slagged blight drones off the whole time I was working on it.. what motivation!
Last photo above for now, got some washes in and some rust on the weapons.
I’ve missed rambling on about my various painting exploits so will aim to get back to the more usual once a week type affair. Another spreadsheet may be involved. Although the thought of a spreadsheet of all the things I haven’t painted but own is slightly terrifying.
Speaking of rambling, I’ve done it a bit more than I meant to in this post so will leave it there. A report on getting back into the gaming side to follow...
