Eye of Terror Maggotkin of Nurgle for AoS Escalation League
We begin... but not quite at the beginning...
Plague LordI’m starting my first post of my first project on this site with a photo of a miniature that is both iconic in its own right and emblematic of what I’m hoping to achieve.
The Maggotkin of Nurgle ‘Lord of Plagues’, as he’s currently known, is very reminiscent of the design of Nurgle miniatures going back decades. The model has become a touchstone that loads of good painters seem to want to have a go at. And while I’m not a good painter, I’d like to have a go too. This model also shows off the kind of conversion work I’m hoping to spread throughout my army.
All I’ve done is give him a headswap (I think the fly head came from the Pusgoyle Blightlords kit). But it gives the model a very different vibe.
He’ll also help tie the daemon and mortal halves of the army together a bit. I’ve started building a unit of blightlords who are all going to be characterised by having daemonic heads. I’ve got a unit of plaguebearers with human(ish) heads – you’ll see them later. I’m hoping I have enough of them to be able to do a plaguebearer unit with fly heads.
In any case, this is my Nurgle Chaos Lord, and I’m quite proud of him!
I’ve added a bit of texture past to his base and undercoated him Halfords Grey Primer and the GW Grey Seer, ready for a combination of Contrast paints with a bit of more traditional painting to bring out some of the detail.
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