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Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? |
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TuffSkull
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon?  Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 6:08 pm |
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hi all,
I'd like some opinions on this piece please. I painted it up last night & was dead chuffed with it. I was even considering infecting my plans for a SM display army & doing it all in a nurgle theme instead (but possibly using the SM army lists so it would be instantly tournie legal...).
However, having had 24hours to look at it, I'm getting less and less impressed with it & think it may not be worth the effort.
I now really cant decide if I like the style or not. Certainly converting the infantry for the force would bemore fun than converting ordinary SMs, but I really cant decide which way to go.
Any opinions on the test piece?
Is it good enough for display & even comeptiton, as I was thinking last night?
Or is it really not that great & not worth the effort, as I'm thinking now?
One thing is for sure - I can't afford to do both.
I have invested what to me at least is a large chunk of ?? in the multi part marines, but there's no way I'm doing it twice - not for two good armies & certainly not for changing my mind halfway through the project so I want to be sure of myself now!
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Warmaster Nice
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 6:20 pm |
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Hmmmm... tough call.
It is a really nice and original paint job and the bubols look great but I'm not quite sure about the "stripy" look. It camouflages the detail rather than enhances them but then again: it's Nurgle.
It would look great on a 40k sized force but I'm just not sure it works right in Epic scale 
I simply just don't know.
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vanvlak
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 7:38 pm |
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Great paint joB, TS.
I'd say...YES!
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 9:11 pm |
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Wow ! Great paint job ! Good tactical colors ! 
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primarch
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 9:22 pm |
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Hi!
I'm with warmaster, I think its "too plain", and the detail is obscures. Since the background detail is not apparent perhaps more slime or little mushrooms would have the desired effect.
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TuffSkull
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 9:27 pm |
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Yup, You're all saying what I've been thinking since I got up this morning. It is too busy & wipes out the miniatures own detail.
I think I was overly pleased with it last night having not really painted for 2 weeks & spending 2 weeks thinking up the idea.
Didnt work though.... shame as the posessed marines I was working on to go with it looked pretty cool 
Project scrapped.
Back to the drawing board.......
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 10:37 pm |
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Didnt work though.... Project scrapped.
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No, the idea is sound, it just needs a few tweeks to work with the flat detail of the Rhino Paul. I wouldn't give up just on the basis of that one tester if you like the way the rest of the DG are shaping up. Your general approach is good and I'm convinced it will produce the result you are aiming for.
I did a Rhino tester for DG when I did the Death Wheel a few weeks back (got a bit carried away). As it wasn't finished I didn't post it with the Wheel and Plaguebearers, but I used a similar approach to what you did, just approached it differently. Like you I found the results wern't quite what I expected and it does need some work, but don't give up on it.
email me directly and I'll run through what I did. I'm sure between us if we get our heads together we can improve on it.
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Athmos
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 10:31 am |
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Well, while i'm admirative of the technique, i must say i'm not overly fond of the look it give (it feel this "fibre-like" stroke method is best applied to daemon muscles and such features, but i suppose it's a matter of taste). It may look good as an army however (even with my taste ), i wouldn't dare to give any definitive opinion with a single piece.
I know i would personally be scared of performing extensive conversions on some very nice and expensive minis; i would say that as they are so well detailed and readily variable, being multi-part, you would somewhat loose a bit on what you invested for, hiding some of the details with conversions; it's only my personal opinion; but i would keep the little buggers as loyalist marines (with some conversions nevertheless, but less "invasive" than nurgle corruption) if only to get the most of the amazing details they features.
I happen to think you can certainly do very well with both projects, it's simply my preferences and opinions on the matter.
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Warmaster Nice
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 4:55 pm |
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I agree with Carl. Don't scrap the entire project just because the first test peice doesn't work out right. It is a very interesting and original idea but it needs a bit of work to bring out those details. Can't wait to see what you've come up with for those Chosen marines.
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dafrca
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 8:01 pm |
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| Quote (TuffSkull @ 19 2004 May,10:08) | | I'd like some opinions on this piece please. |
OK, not this might be too far off your original idea, but the whole idea is that it is a "Slimed Rhino" right?
OK so two thoughts came to mind, first, vary the color more, include some "darker" patches and some lighter patches. Add some red highlights to give a sense of detail.
Second thought, allow some of the original color to show through. Let's say the original Rhino was from the dafrca chapter. Their colors are Bright Yellow and Orange in a clone stripped patern. Then the chapter was infected and went Nurgle. I would leave the boils where you have them, then have the green patern around them and in spots furthest from the boils have patches of the original color show through. This gives the illusion of a growing infection.
OK, enough babbling for now. Either way, I did like what you did. It does look good.
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Post subject: Nurgle tester - what do you reckon? Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 8:43 pm |
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My personal opinion is that I like it, but that a whole force of these guys would be just lose the detail. I would do a formation of them. Perhaps a combined Chaos Marine force, one formation of Nurgle Death Guard, one Thousand Sons, etc. It would keep the interest for a side-project.
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