Brother Desultor Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I never really was a fan of the green scheme currently used by Games Workshop for the new 40K Death Guard, so I set about trying to devise something that looked suitably worn/rotten/decayed and at the same time paid homage to their original legion colours. After a number of trial runs I am pleased to present my chosen colour scheme, which I am very happy with. At the moment these are all I've completed. I do have a large number of plague marines, vehicles and drones ready to go but with the recent launch of the new Custodes models taunting me from the side of my hobby bench, it was all I could do to stay focused and finish this lot! Anyway, here they are in all their fetid glory. First of all is Typhus: 3 of the Deathshroud: The Lord of Contagion from the Dark Imperium box: Felthius and his Tainted Cohort (with an extra one modified from another box): The Blightlords (it seems in my haste to paint these up and get started on the Custodes, I missed out the model with the flail - ho hum..): And finally the Plague Marine Champion: Thanks for taking the time to look. Any comments and criticisms are always welcome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMDR_Welles Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I love the rust! is that a salt technique? My only complaint with them (other than no Felthius face ) is the stringy goop strands. To me its more distracting than pleasing if that makes sense? Its all very subjective, but that is my only issue. Otherwise, its a really nice collection. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5002500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Rust's looking capital. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5003021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 I love the rust! is that a salt technique? My only complaint with them (other than no Felthius face ) is the stringy goop strands. To me its more distracting than pleasing if that makes sense? Its all very subjective, but that is my only issue. Otherwise, its a really nice collection. Thanks. It's the chipping technique, in this particular case the Death Guard tutorial from Lil'legend using a chipping solution (hairspray if you're old school). I originally used Ammo's Heavy Chipping solution but it took off too much of the final colour paint. I guess it's really aimed at large surfaces such as on vehicles. In the end I used Ammo's other solution, Worn Effects, which allows for a much finer "paint removal". I'm afraid Felthius's original head was a little too cartoonish for my liking, hence the swap, and I know what you mean about the gloopy strands. I'd removed as much of the smoke, slime (and nurglings!!) as I could from most of the models but some were too much hassle. So I just added a little slime here and there with Bostik and Nurgle's Rot. In some cases it works well but in others it does look a little much in hindsight. Rust's looking capital. Thank you. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5004308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Absolutely disgusting. I love it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5004365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robofish7591 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I really like the head swap on felthius... I always thought that the original head looked like the goombas from that awful super mario brothers movie... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5004655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Absolutely disgusting. I love it. I really like the head swap on felthius... I always thought that the original head looked like the goombas from that awful super mario brothers movie... Thank you. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5004666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
barek Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Perfect. Just perfect. Please go on and give us a vehicle to. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5008100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Perfect. Just perfect. Please go on and give us a vehicle to. Thank you. And lined up ready to finish just as soon as I get some of the Custodes completed, we have....... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5008299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burias-Drak'shal Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 great work Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5008590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Res Ipsa Loquitur Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Gross. Keep it up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5009673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Finished the Plagueburst Crawler. A great model to paint but for the next one I'll not assemble it completely before painting. Thanks again to Myles of Lil'legend for providing the excellent tutorial for the rust techniques. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5011344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazzmos Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Holy wowserino, that is some amazing painting and chipping work. They look fantastic! Did you chip off the paint using a particular tool? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5025051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Holy wowserino, that is some amazing painting and chipping work. They look fantastic! Did you chip off the paint using a particular tool? Thank you. I switched between using a toothpick (wooden), a small stiff nylon brush, a cotton bud (Q tip), a small wire brush and a compass point. Anything that would take the surface paint off and give a variation to the result. Even an Iwata air brush cleaning brush! (from their cleaning kit). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5025163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mick Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Really amazing rust effects. Great paint jobs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5025491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Lunkhead Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Makes my stomach churn...... Brilliant Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5025957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikedhalo Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 One of the best Death Guard I've ever seen - Fantastic!!! Your Rust is outstanding! And the slime... wooow Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5026159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Love that paint scheme. Nice work Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5026242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corswain Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 That’s some nasty looking Death Guard, in the best possible way. There are some great Death Guard armies out there but I think yours is the closest I’ve seen to how I picture them when I read the novels. It’s corrosion, rather than disease. I love it! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5026280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 Thank you for the compliments - very much appreciated. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5026377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtleknife Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Looks awesome I love the colour scheme. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5030904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteySödes Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I love these! Would it be possible to get a group shot? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5031075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 I love these! Would it be possible to get a group shot? I’ve almost finished 30+ plague marines so will be photographing them soon. Will try and get a group shot done then. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5031233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Group shot of all models completed so far as requested. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5032677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Desultor Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 And the final batch of figures. First of all are the ones from the Dark Imperium boxset. Each photo shows 2 figures - the one on the left is the vanilla model from the set and the other is my conversion of the model: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/344071-death-guard-an-homage-to-their-original-legion-colours/#findComment-5032719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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