Sunday, 1 March 2020

From Barks: Plague Marines (20 points)

I had the lurgi last week, and coincidentally started painting these Nurgle figures. I thought they'd be quick, because Nurgle is just a basecoat and a dirty wash, right? But I was wrong- they're covered in lovely detail that I felt compelled to pick out, and I kept finding new details tucked away.


I went for a yellow and black scheme, reminiscent of hazmat suits.







3x 28mm: 15 points

Skull-o-meter™: 17
Cumulative Skullz: 37

I'd like to up my points target to 1250.

MilesR: GW figures can be really fun to paint and in your hands they turn out to be little works of art, puss oozing, contagious and somewhat disgusting works of art, but art none-the-less.  Very nicely done.  GW's are bigger than 28mm so I'm tossing in 5 bonus points.  You're also getting as I type this a scrunched up nose EWWWWW reaction completely for free.  You're welcome.

 All kidding aside, the painting really is superb - well done.
Posted by Barks at 12:00 pm
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22 comments:

  1. Moiterei_19841 March 2020 at 12:02

    Well done Barks! Yellow isn't the first colour of which I'd have thought of for Papa Nurgle, but it works surprisingly well.

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    1. Barks2 March 2020 at 04:23

      Thank you! I had the idea a year or two ago, but never got to put it into practice until now!

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  2. TamsinP1 March 2020 at 12:14

    Lovely (?) nurgle marines Barks :)

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  3. Samuli1 March 2020 at 12:19

    Great work Barks!

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  4. caveadsum14711 March 2020 at 12:24

    Great looking Nurgle plague marines! Mine are green and wash!
    Best Iain

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  5. Yarkshire Gamer1 March 2020 at 12:40

    Proper weird, in a good way 👍

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  6. Paul O'G1 March 2020 at 13:19

    Nice job mate - they look great!

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  7. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)1 March 2020 at 13:52

    Very nice work Barks!

    Christopher

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  8. StuartL1 March 2020 at 17:05

    And that is why you double check the seals on your hazmat suit. They look fantastic.

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  9. Paul Scrivens-Smith2 March 2020 at 08:07

    Lovely work and a splendidly putrescent yellow on these.

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  10. Sander2 March 2020 at 09:17

    Usually one associates green with papa Nurgle, but you have now decidedly put my mind towards sickening yellow. I have painted these very same figures thus
    I know just how much detail they actually do have and am in awe of your accomplishment in doing them this fine!

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    1. Barks3 March 2020 at 00:40

      Thanks, Sander! I think there is a lot more potential to Nurgle than just green.

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  11. Peter Douglas2 March 2020 at 19:16

    Blech, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.

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