Wednesday 21 December 2016

From IannickM : Oldhammer Nurgle Champions (10 Points)

I figured I'd get a first submission in fast, as I find getting on the board early, even if for just a few points, is a big psychological boost! So I spent the last two evenings furiously working on two Chaos Champions. Yes, 2 figures in two days is a furious pace for me!

So what we have here are two classic Nurgle Champions from the old Citadel Realm of Chaos range, both released in 1990 to accompany the magnificent Realm of Chaos The Lost & the Damned. I've mentioned a few times how in my humble opinion this is apex of Warhammer Fantasy, and the style and composition of those Chaos Champions figures is unrivaled to this day. Of course, it does help they are surrounded by a healthy dose of Nostalgia awesomeness, and that every time I paint one of those Old School wonders I go back in time to the late 80s!

First up we have Vustix Moritus, Chosen of Nurgle, one of my all-time favourite Nurgle Champion. I went with a yellow ochre palette on the armour and I'm so glad I did! Nurgle is often painted in muted greens and browns, but some yellow just gives him a dash of colour while still keeping a sickly look! I loved painting him, there's no other way to say it.




And second we have Puzar Tuphus, Champion of Nurgle. I gave him a more classic brown look. He's a fun model but I'll admit he's far from being my favourite Nurgle Champion; he's a bit more subdued than what the Citadel gang of the time accustomed us to. But he did paint much faster than good ol' Vustix above, who has more details than a French Grenadier! 



My plan is to one day have a complete Nurgle unit made-up of Champions, like I did with my Khorne regiment, but it might take a while as I intend to paint each one individually. They deserve as much, poor bastards waiting for almost 30 years for someone to give them a proper paint job!

So a good 10 pts and I'm on the board! Yeah!

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These guys are absolutely terrific Iannick! I particularly like the yellow armour and green skin that you've come up for them. All of which is wonderfully counterpointed by those wondrously icky pink tentacles. 

I hope we get to see a few more from this new contingent of OldHammer goodness over the course of the Challenge.


27 comments:

  1. Love the colour scheme and the really soft blends on these. Also really like the old school figures themselves. Very nice work.

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  2. Those are both wonderful old models. I really like what you've done with the yellow. It's very unique for Nurgle. Nice work.

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  3. Lovely Oldhammery goodness there, Iannick, nicely done!

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  4. Yellow can be a tricky color. These really turned out great!

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  5. Super! I really like seeing these "oldhammer" miniatures.

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  6. Great job with a very difficult yellow. Congratulations to a good start!

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  7. It's always fun to see your work and these do not disapoint. Great starting entry

    Ian

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  8. I find it hard to paint a decent yellow. So I take my hat of to you. Nice to see oldhammer done properly.

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  9. That yellow is outstanding, really nice job on a tricky colour. And I'm with you -that range of chaos champions really is the best work GW have done.

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  10. great work on the yellow armour. I got to love a bit of old school warhammer

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  11. That's a great colour choice!

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  12. Nice work on the yellow armour Iannick :)

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  13. Very nice and old figures. Great painting work.

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  14. Lovely figures, I can't paint yellow to save my life, it always goes wrong, yours on the other hand looks marvellous.
    Best Iain

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  15. Old School Nurgle FTW!!!! Love it!

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  16. Love the armor, Iannick!
    I remember these fellows well from the 80's and they look better now with the colors you've chosen!

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  17. Thanks guys for the comments!! Apparently I need to paint more yellow, it's a success ;-)

    Curt, yes you can expect a few more Oldhammer goodness in the next three months!

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  18. Love it! Great work on the shading and blending. I have to agree on Vustix Moritus--what a great model with so much personality. Love his holstered pistol! It just screams Oldhammer for some reason.

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  19. Great start Iannick! The first sculpt is one of my all time favorites from Citadel. Plenty of character in that one

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  20. Lovely work! That armour came oit nicely and works perfectly with the green of the other items.

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  21. Classic figures painted in the classic style. Great stuff!
    Cheers

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  22. Great work, and very nostalgic! Brings back some old White Dwarf memories.

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  23. Congrats on getting on the board. You did a great job on the green face. These guys would qualify in Dragon Rampant for the extra points for Old School figures!

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  24. Oldhammer rules - great work Iannick.

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  25. This is as these miniatures should have been painted by GW back in the days, great stuff!

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