Know No Fear - Death Guard

I can’t claim credit for this basing scheme…GW posted a video tutorial on Death Guard swampy bases…but they do look really good and are really fast/simple (except for the first step). First I applied a fairly thick layer of Citadel Agrellan Badland Technical paint. The thicker the layer applied the deeper/larger the cracks will be after drying (which I usually leave overnight). This will simulate the ‘land’ area of the base. Once completely dry I washed the land mass with Citadel Agrax Earthshade Shade. The last step for the land area was to lightly drybrush it with Citadel Terminatus Stone Dry paint (applied with a ‘makeup’ style brush) to push the contrast. For the swamp area, I started by undercoating the area up to the edge of the land with Citadel Nocturne Green. I then applied a layer of Citadel Nurgle’s Rot Technical paint…leaving a couple of mils’ distance from the edge of the land area to make a nice transition to dark green. I finished off the base with a  Wasteland Tuft from Army Painter and then painted the rim with Citadel Rhinox Hide.

The end result of this first Plague Marine is below…all of the same techniques/materials were used on the Foetid Bloat Drone earlier.

…sorry I didn’t wait for the rim to completely dry before snapping these (the Nurgle’s Rot however is completely dry).

The total time spent on this model, not including drying time, was about 2.5 hours (I did all of the model in one evening and finished the base the next day in about 30 minutes). To me the result strikes a good balance between table ready and competition ready…something to be confidence inspiring without spending too much effort :).

Next I’ll be batch painting common details on the rest of the models (horns, spikes, chainmail, cloth, smoke etc.) to illustrate my technique for these, followed by some photos of the complete group.