Shockmaster's Death Guard

[Shockmaster]

I decided to start one of these threads in the hope it gives me the motivation to keep painting, as due to being a slow painter and someone who likes painting rather then loves it, I have been known to stall on a project or two over the years when something new comes along to distract.

Not much to show so far but these are my first three Plague Marines, planning to start the fourth tonight.

[Checkmate77]

Great Paintjob @Schockmaster, I really like the purple, it goes really well with the green armor. 

 

For me, I would have made the metal portions look more aged and rusted, but to each their own.  GREAT JOB!

[happyslugger]

Nice, I went with purple on mine also, will try and get pics up at some point.

[Shockmaster]

Thanks guys, I generally prefer to give my minis to have a darker look then GW goes for and I like to keep a limited number of colours, ideally no more then half a dozen so the army looks somewhat unified, less busy & distracting.

 

I wanted the mutations to really stand out, be the focus but I was not a fan of the more fleshy pink GW had gone with so messed about with a few shades of purple until I settled on my favourite.

 

On the idea of added rust on the metal areas, I tried a couple of techniques but could not find something I really liked, I may still go back to change that at a later date but for now I decided to just keep it simple and give all the metallic areas a heavy brown wash to give them a dirty but still functional look.

[Eire]

I like it! Looks great and I wholeheartedly agree about the less busy and distracting approach. I've been thinking Pallid Hand with washes over top, super simple, with very minor accents for the mutations and guns. Looks like you did something similar just with darker tones. Very cool.

[MoGuy]

 

 

I wanted the mutations to really stand out, be the focus but I was not a fan of the more fleshy pink GW had gone with so messed about with a few shades of purple until I settled on my favourite.

 

I can dig that, however, I think that those non-fleshy-colored mutations always look like blobs of plastic. Maybe add some Blood for the Blood God or Nurgle's Rot to them to make them look more organic?

[hushrong]

Concuring with others here! I like that shade of green and then that purple! It is pleasing on the eyes.

[Shockmaster]

 

 

 

I wanted the mutations to really stand out, be the focus but I was not a fan of the more fleshy pink GW had gone with so messed about with a few shades of purple until I settled on my favourite.

 

I can dig that, however, I think that those non-fleshy-colored mutations always look like blobs of plastic. Maybe add some Blood for the Blood God or Nurgle's Rot to them to make them look more organic?

 

 

Thanks for the tip, I will pick up one of those next time I am near my local Warhammer store to experiment with at a later date.

[Checkmate77]

For a Rusty look, I use Typhus Corrision and then drybrush Ryza rust over it, looks awesome.

[Shockmaster]

Finally got chance to play my first game of 8th with my limited collection of Death Guard, loved it, highlight of the game was my Bloat Drone finishing off a wounded Dreadnought with a rough probing.   

[Marshal Loss]

I hope you bought the Dreadnought dinner afterwards

 

Models look good, keep it up

[Shockmaster]

Not much of an update as unfortunately real life has been getting in the way of hobby time but I finished my first Bloat-drone, a Herald of Nurgle to lead my Daemon detachment & the three Plague Marines are now a unit of five.

 

[CMDR_Welles]

That purple really stands out and contrasts nicely.