Prot's Death Guard Hobby Thread (Poxwalkers done)

[Prot]

So I've gone far enough I think it's fair to start an official BnC Hobby Thread!

Without Further delay, it's obvious what this is for, so let's get into it:

Links to Pictures:

+ The First 5 Plague Marines with my new scheme: +LINK+

+ The next Batch of WIP's, including Typhus, and a couple of characters, also some vehicles in this picture: +LINK+

+ Blight Haulers finished! +LINK+

+ Poxwalkerd done, and some Blightlord WIP's: +LINK+

Links to Battle Reports in 8th Edition:

+ 2000 points of Death Guard featuring the new Myphitic Blight-Haulers going up against Tyranids in Maelstrom of War: +LINK+

Edited January 15, 2018 by Prot

[Prot]

These are the first 5 Plague Marines I did since the new releases:

I did go through quite a bit of colour experimentation. I didn't want to replicate my first deathguard so at first I looked at going super bright... which I didn't like too much:

Here's a shot of that test:

After some more tests I think I made the right call. :)

[Prot]

WIP's which have been sitting around too long:

Typhus and friends....

and the new vehicles and Plague Crawler hulls:

[WarriorFish]

I agree, the more classic scheme works very well - though I'm sure you could have made the darker look just as good on the new DG models :tu:

[DuskRaider]

Wow Prot, these are awesome! I love the sickly white - green and your colors are so vibrant.

[betrayer41]

Wow these are stunning, itypically hate green DG but these are perfect

[CMDR_Welles]

The Fly shoulderpad on the one Plague Marine, how did you paint the fly eyes, proboscis and arm?

 

I've used that shoulder and the Fly head for my unit Champion, and I really like the effect you have there.

[Prot]

Thank you. It's just black, and dry brushed with some blue/green mixes of paints. Adding white, and re doing the drybrush even lighter so it pops a bit more.

I actually really like that shoulder pad and found it kind of fades into the background in an army loaded with detail unless you can put something brighter into it.

Big Update time:

So I finally finished the three Myphitic Blight-Haulers. Really fun models to paint. A little bit of work on the seems, but overall very much what you'd expect from an easy fit model.

I should have a batrep up soon featuring the fart boxes!

[hushrong]

I love the green color you have achieved for them. Normally I like dark, gritty colors for my 40k but your green conveys a ghostly-sickness look on the DG minis. I love it, bud!

[CMDR_Welles]

Those Fart Karts are amazing. well done. I cant wait to get 2 more.

and thanks for the tip, I'll play around with it once I get to painting mine.

[Charlo]

Dang dude. Looking sweet.

 

Hope the fart cloud works out for you!

[Kilofix]

Love your work Prot. I like how you’ve got a variety of spot colors on your Marines - bright green, pink, blue, orange but done so subtlety it comes together.

[Dosjetka]

I have a very strong dislike for Nurgle and his minions but I have to say you've done a fantastic job so far, Prot. Can't wait to see more. :tu:

[Prot]

The army is extremely time consuming. I find it very fatiging to paint compared to my Ultra's.... but I'm armpit deep in this stuff now!

Finally after weeks of putting him down and restarting him.... I have finished Typhus:

The 'destroyer hive' cloud of flies was really... time consuming.

The Gribbly patching up (or making holes) in Typhus was fun. :)

Manreaper....

Thanks for checking him out!

[Kilofix]

The shading and highlights on his armor, along with all the other details is excellent.

[DuskRaider]

Excellent work, Prot! The eyes on those flies really pop, looks awesome.

[Lord Commander Eidolon]

Cracking work on Old Typhus!

 

I agree the extent of the details on the new DG stuff is a time killer! I actually think painting dirty stuff is harder than clean! The only benefit is 'battle damage' and rust conceals a multitude of sins!

[Carcharodon00]

Oh wow, this is making me want to break out my Death Guard minis. Really incredible stuff here. That Typhus is awesome!

[bloodhound23]

Best Typhus I've seen yet.

 

The palette is great, and the flies are an especially nice touch.

[General Strike]

How much of my soul to commission you? :P

[Prot]

The shading and highlights on his armor, along with all the other details is excellent.

Thanks. Sometimes I worry with these figs in particular that the shading lost in the detail. You stare at these figs for hours and start to wonder if it is just getting lost.

Excellent work, Prot! The eyes on those flies really pop, looks awesome.

Thank you... I guess you could say they have buggy eyes? (I know, I know... pretty bad.)

Anyway some WIP's I got to get through...

So this is after a few passes with the air brush, a few different ink washes, and some dry brushing.

The way I look at this is as much as I like the Poxwalker figs, I don't have time to pour over these and I have a LOT of other figs to do. So the plan is to use my evenings wisely with these guys: do some metallics, get some details done, clothing, some more inks maybe and put them on bases. Hopefully I can make them look like they fit in without blowing too much time on them!

Here's some marine WIP's too. I have to do the bell dude. He's in half my lists, and I love Tallyman for so many reasons. I've also got to flesh out a few more bolter DG just to round out my squads. All the elite characters in my lists is killing my time though. The detail (while appreciated) definitely slows me down a lot.

Thanks a lot for the kind words guys. I appreciate it.

[Skeggold]

Really like the PM with the halberd, has an awesome look to him. And that typhus... 

[Prot]

Thank you!

Next up we have the Plague Surgeon, and the Foul Bloatspawn... I'm still working on the Poxwalkers.

[WarriorFish]

 

... and it takes a lot to make me say that about Nurgle models

[Prot]

Okay, maybe not the most joyous project, but I did get 20 Poxwalkers done!

(about another 16 assembled and ready to paint next... ugh)

Next up... something a little funner.....

I loved the Blightlord models a lot... great sculpts, so I ended up buying a second box and putting 10 together plus some 'spares' from the Felthius box. The press fit stuff is really impressive. Even the combi weapons could be 'press fitted' to swap between options.

I ended up magnetizing the options so I can go between melta/plasma when needed.