++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, last 20 built. I already primered these after taking their pictures, and psrayed their three-step basecoat on. Next up is the six stages of washing. I'll try to finish these today.

BTW these guys look so bad because they had already been primered and painted by the guy I got them from. I put them in StMarc paint stripper, and not all primer came off properly. Hopefully the detail isn't too obscured. ANd if it is - oh well. ;)

 

I tried more of a rural theme with these, so lots of farming implements. I'm guessing they still use those here and there in the 42nd millenium.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you like 'm!

Replies:
 

@ Checkmate: Haha mad about poxwalkers indeed!

 

@ DuskRaider: Once these are finished, I'll definitely do a group shot of them all - a glamour shot on my BattleMat.

 

@ Grrenz: Thanks, buddy! That's so nice of you to say. Glad you like my work, and I hope I have inspired you in some way. Thanks a lot

 

@ MrBadweed: Doesn't the definition of madness go something to the effect of 'repeating something and expecting different results'? If that's true, than I am actually proving to myxelf that I am NOT mad - as I repeat the process and expect them all to look equally awesome

 

@ hushrong: haha nI love the suggestion, but unfortunately I read it long after I was already done converting the sand people dude!

 

@ Subtle Discord: Haha yeah... I guess it's a disease? Addiction to plastic crack or something? Your analysis of the process is quite apt, btw. These guys are by no means the best painting I've ever done - not by a long shot - but because there's so many of them, no-one notices! Glad you have some zombies at hand! Love to see what you do with them!

Edited March 25, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[Gederas]

Alright, last 20 built. I already primered these after taking their pictures, and psrayed their three-step basecoat on. Next up is the six stages of washing. I'll try to finish these today.

Good to know I'm not the only one who seems to use a lot of washes for their Nurgle stuff. :lol:

 

The conversions look ace though :tu:

[Biohazard]

Man you are a machine the way you’ve been churning these guys out. They look fantastic, I’ll admit I did have my doubts with the additions of the zombie parts but like Kraut I’ve been blown away by how they all work together. Looking forward to more. :tu:

[KrautScientist]

Mate, your pushing these out by the boatload is getting a bit ridiculous -- stop making the rest of us look bad! :)

 

Your Poxwalkers and your plans for mixing in some Genestealer cultists for...erm cultists, along with the excellent paintjob, is also so close to what I've wanted to do with my own Poxwalkers/Nurglite cult that I coud scream. I hope you're happy with yourself! ;)

[Augustus b'Raass]

Huff huff... so... Wednesday March 14th saw me clip out the first Poxwalker from its Dark Imperium sprue. Today, I finished painting the last 20 of a grand total of 105 poxwalkers - all of them unique. 

 

Here's pics of the last 20. I'll do some glamour shots of the whole horde tomorrow, when it's light out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

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@ Gederas: Is there another way to paint nurgle?

 

@ Biohazard: Hey buddy! Glad you stopped by! And thanks. Yeah, those zombie parts I had my doubts about them too, ut mix them in with 'true' poxwalker bits and they add to the creepiness.

@ KrautScientist: I'm making KrautScientist scream: Achievement..... unlocked? I'm looking forward to your cultists and poxies!

EDIT: Crap, I just realized I forgot to put grass tuft on these guys. Oh well, I'll do that now, so they'll be proper finished for their glamour shot, tomorrow.

Edited March 25, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[Biohazard]

Insane productivity man. :tu: I meant to say I’ve been planning on using the GS Cultist for my Black Legion as well. A box arrived the with my Forgebane yesterday. :D Will be watching yours closely to see what you come up with :)

[BubblesMcBub]

Really like those farmer poxwalkers and what will you do next?

[DuskRaider]

You're a mad man! That quick... I really can't wait to see the horde together nor can I wait to see you Cultists. I've started working on some of my own for a side project as well.

[Razblood]

@ Razblood: Wait, you haven't seen this thread before? But... but... we've been ETL buddies for years, no? I can tell you that selling your armies can be quite cathartic, but I'll try to shine on! :D

Whenever I haven't kept up with a thread for a while I prefer to start at the beginning for the sake of context :lol:

 

Makes it a bit of a bugger when you last looked at a thread 20 pages long and now it's 100+, but that's how I roll

[Augustus b'Raass]

Horde glamour shot time! 

 

I'll focus from outward inward, ending with a shot that will give you a feel of what it's like to be overrun by a horde of poxwalkers

 

Here they are in all their 105-man strong glory:
 

 

 

 

https://i.imgur.com/qFJUO2h.jpg

 

and here's the gonzo shot:

 

Meanwhile, I've all put them back on their shelf, on which they just fit:

 

Hope you like! C&C welcome!

 

Onwards to some plague marines!

Cheers!

 

Replies:

 

@ Biohazard: Ooooh nice! Well I haven't bought them yet, so I'll most likely be looking at yours for inspiration first!

 

@ BubblesMcGub: Plague Marines! And then probably some Myphitic Blight Haulers.
 

@ DuskRaider: Great! I'll head over to that stunning thread of yours for a dose of inspiration!

 

@ Razblood: Ah I see! With your hands in the air like you just don't care, most likely. Welcome back then! 

Edited March 26, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[BubblesMcBub]

They looks amazing as a group!

How much converting are you gonna do on the marines?

And gave you decided you army leader yet?

[DuskRaider]

I can't believe you cranked these out so damn fast... that's absolutely nuts. Chances are you'll probably have started your Cultists before I do, I need to make a couple of overseas bits orders before I can start piecing things together. 

 

What's next, Plague Marines?

[hushrong]

Golly gee! That is a lot of poxwalkers! Definitely looking forward to some battle pics of them just running things over.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, decision time. I need your help and insight.

 

For armour, I'm going to have to decide a colour scheme. I'm aiming for a Nurglified version of the original Death Guard Legion scheme.
I've learned a lot from the poxwalkers, and will probably end up doing armour in a similar way:

1. three basecoats:

• 'shade' (shadows/upwards zenithal spray),
• 'base' (downwards zenithal spray), and
• 'highlight' (vertically downwards spray),

2. thinned wash of probably Sepia but perhaps Fleshshade all over,

3. thinned wash of thinned Agrax in the recesses, and lastly  

4. light drybrush. 

 

For the first step, I made some testers using some (Chaos) Space Marines bits I'll never use, and I'd like your opinion.

 

In order of 'shade', 'base', 'highlight':

1. Steel Legion Drab, Karak Stone, Screaming Skull

 

2. Karak Stone, Rakarth Flesh, Screaming Skull

 

3. Death Guard Green, Karak Stone, Ushabti Bone

 

4. Waagh Flesh, Karak Stone, Flayed One Flesh

 

5. Death World Forest, Karak Stone, Ushabti Bone

 

Now I'm actually thinking I would like to see one where the order is Steel Legion Drab, Karak Stone, Flayed One Flesh and one Death Guard Green, Karak Stone, Flayed One Flesh, so I might throw two in paint stripper.

 

Again, there's no washes here or anything yet, just the first stage of the paint scheme. 

 

Let me know which one you prefer. 

 

Cheers!

Replies:

 

@ BubblesMcGub: Probably a ton of converting, as I need the squads to be diverse, yet having a particular weapon loadout. The army leader will be Mortarion for sure. I already ordered him from a discount store, together with some Terminators, some characters, and three PBCs.

 

@ DuskRaider: I just ordered the cultists and they'll arrive in two weeks. So get cracking! ;) Next up will be Plague Marines. Where can I find the recipe you posted? I seem to not be able to find it in your thread.... 

 

@ hushrong: They're mostly meatshield for the PBCs, so probably not much running with them!

 

:Let me know which one you prefer. 

[Chaplain Raeven]

Tough choice, since the difference is very subtle. I would pick marine #3, I like a more vibrant green

[SkimaskMohawk]

Honestly a lot of the colour seems to come from your highlight. You can see a bit of the greens, but only in really out of the way places. I'd personally go with one of the first two since it's closer to the off white they had, without having those odd appearances of the shade. ANy washes or pigmentation you'll do will inevetiably show up better on either of those imo

[Greenz]

Sweet unholy Nurgle that’s a lot of poxwalkers!!! How you painted them up so quickly, and didn’t lose your sanity is beyond me. Good on you brother!

 

It’s hard to tell on my phone here, but I’m partial to #3 and 5. Though with the 5 of them side by side, #3 definitely catches my eye the most.

[DuskRaider]

Here, try this:

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/335253-duskraiders-40k-death-guard-a-return-to-the-past/?p=5019552

 

By the way, never throw anything in the stripper. You hand it to her with a $20 and she'll do it herself.

Edited March 26, 2018 by DuskRaider

[KrautScientist]

Hmm, I find it hard to choose a favourite, mostly because I think that whatever comes next (i.e. the washing and the higlighting) arguably does more for the end look of the models than the basecoat -- to the point where you could probably end up with models that are virtually indistinguishable, even though they use a different basecoating recipe. But then, I am not really familiar with advanced airbrushing techniques, so what do I know?

 

I will say this: It seems like the one aesthetic choice to make here is this: Do you want to start of with a fairly standard "unspoiled" Pre-Heresy Deathguard look, then work from there and corrupt it as you go? In that case, one of the options without any green would be preferrable. Or do you want to hint at an underlying sickness and infection from the very beginning? Then one of the recipes using green would be the right choice. Personally, I guess I'd go with a fairly straightforward off-white/bone colour, because there's still enough you get to do afterwards to make the models look suitably icky.

 

But, again, since my own technique is so completely different, your mileage may vary ;)

[Sagentus]

I think it depends if you want to look like the pre heresy death gaurd colours then i would say no. 4. Or if you fancy going for something more like the newer colour scheme i would say no. 3 is your best bet :-)

[Punk possum]

I'm with GRC on choice 3 but Kraut scientist is bang on the money so much depends on shade and highlight that it's really hard to say for sure, are you planning to take the test dudes on a stage or two?

[Mechanist]

If going for a definite pre-heresy base then I would avoid green and narrow down to off white start. sure you can add patches of green to small areas and have the green pauldrons and legion markings but the bulk of the armour should read as off white/bone under the grubbiness. 

[hushrong]

Man, 4 & 5 really hit the spot for me. The armor isn't white, it seems stained and it's shadowed segments really show it off. Something about those two just really knock it out of the park for me.

 

And meat shields for a plague burst crawler? There is no task more sacred for the pox walkers. I also love the PBC, that tank brings the hurt.

[Panzer]

Hmm, I find it hard to choose a favourite, mostly because I think that whatever comes next (i.e. the washing and the higlighting) arguably does more for the end look of the models than the basecoat -- to the point where you could probably end up with models that are virtually indistinguishable, even though they use a different basecoating recipe.

 

Same. ^^

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, thank you all for your input!

I have to apologize to you as I wasn't thinking straight. As some of you stated: the step that will determine the colour the most will be the washes and the drybrushing, so asking about the base colour was not smart.

The stupid thing is, I totally forgot that DuskRaider (of course) also made a very nice tutorial on how he did his armour, and I decided to just follow that (except I skipped the first steps and just sprayed Ushabti bone and washed with sepia before drybrushing Ushabti again). So I did that, and this is the result:

 

 

Not too keen on the complete white scheme, my buddies told me to make the pads green. Unfortunately I seem to not have Castellan Green (will pick up tomorrow) so I had to make do. Here he is with 'too light' green pads.

 

 

What do you guys think?

 

A BIG thank you to DuskRaider for his fantastic tutorials - without him, I would probably still not be painting for myself - those tuts really gave me the conviction to start paitning again. THANKS BUDDY!

Cheers!

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@ GreyRavenC: Aha, so from that I gther: green needs to be in there. :)

 

@ SkimaskMohawk: Yeah actually the way I figured the most colour would come form a combination of the drybrushes and washes I would give the armour. 

 

@ Greenz: Yup, it kinda boggles my mind still as well. 105 miniatures in 11 days...
 

@ DuskRaider: THAANK YOU for reminding me. I snatched it like a pro and set to work on following it - waddayafink?  ;) Also, $20??? What is she doing?

@ KrautScientist: You are right of course, as always :) And yeah, I want to go with the standard look, so no green. 

 

@ Sagentus: Haha #4 was actually the one with the filtiest Green underneath - go figure! 

 

@ Puk possum: The intent indeed was to take the test dudes to stage two, but as I found the recipe I'm after, I just threw them back into the paint stripper so I can use them for a future Space Marine project. :)

 

@ Mechanist: Cheers, that's good advice - thanks!

 

@ hushrong: Isn't there? Meat shields for what seems to be the mainstay of any self-respecting Death Guard army nowadays. 

 

@ sfPanzer: Thanks!