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Wednesday, 28 September 2022

#DeathGuard #KillTeam Plague Marines - sessions 1 and 2

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer Death Guard Kill Team. Technically my #NewYearNewArmy for #ArmiesOnParade. Oh man time is short, AoP is round the corner, just 23 days days from today [although these pics are from a week or so back]. I've the Plague Marines, the Pox Walkers and the Foetid Bloat Drone to do for #DreadTober and trying to fit everything in and finding the time to write and publish blog posts about them is really challenging.


And that's not even mentioning the Ravenwing! So I got on with these Plague Marines, slapping on my Vallejo Game Effects Dry Rust, with some watered down Game Extra Opaque Heavy Red anywhere I thought was fleshy or sore.


The last tranche of Death Guard was 4 marines and here I am adding the Tallyman to the mix.


And a Lord of Contagion. I don't know whether this may end up too overwhelming. On top of that I am actually throwing some paint on the Pox Walkers simultaneously, although less judicious about the photo record for them [sorry].



With the base colours on it's time for my Colvin & Co 'Burnt Umber Artists' Acrylic'. Smooshed on and used as a wash in places it gives the best grimy effect.


I'll be adding more washes - red, sepia, purple, green, strong tone etc. Anything to add more tints, colours, splotches and filth.


I want the idea that these guys just live in filth. Their plague vessel just dripping with slime, gunk, and decaying muck with not a clean spot on board.


Then, trudging through this black tar field, they get even filthier. I must admit the Lord of Contagion has much more rust on him than I had been aware of. Add to that I have no idea if I can replicate the filthy purple cloak from my last tranche of marines and he's somewhat daunting.


Right, must crack on.


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4 comments:

  1. Rory (Stepping Between Games)29 September 2022 at 13:42

    The difference the washes make is astounding, well played.

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    1. 40kaddict1 October 2022 at 00:03

      Thanks, although I think that Burnt Umber should take most of the credit. It's almost like an oil paint. I really hope when I need to get some more that another brand will work in the same way. Sadly my local Home Bargains no longer stocks Burnt Umber [or Vermillion for that matter] so I've no idea how long this will last for me.
      Anyway next updates I think are just as dramatic in their difference.

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  2. DAM29 September 2022 at 16:34

    Looking great!

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    1. 40kaddict1 October 2022 at 00:06

      Ta, it's a fun project even if the urgency and and looming deadline is beginning to add a layer of frustration I won't get everything done. I've made compromises in the past for AoP, both delivered everything I wanted to and also sacrificed elements I knew I couldn't get done. However, I think its been obvious for so long what I wanted to do and 40k gaming was not a focus that my AoP board was. The fact I'm not going to get the Gellerpox done, or finish all the Ravenwing is deeply frustrating.

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