Nurgle Marine Mutant

This was my entry for 40k single mini at UK GD this year. I did most of this one back in June I think - it's a while ago now!

The inspiration came mainly from a piece of artwork in the chaos marine codex (the old codex now I guess!). If you want to check it out, it's on page 63, the 'rise of daemon prince periclitor' or something like that hehe...it's a black and white artwork, it should be pretty obvious which figure I was looking at.

To make the mini, I used a plastic space marine torso and legs to start, then cut the legs at all the joints and re-arranged them in the position I wanted using pins etc.. Then I sculpted the nurgle armour over the top, using the plastic marine as the basic structure. I wanted the nurgle marine to be a lot bulkier and more heavy-looking than normal marines, so it helped to have the plastic one inside, because it meant that it automatically became more chunky. The armour is sculpted with a mix of greenstuff and milliput yellow-grey - the rest is plain greenstuff.

For the painting, a lot of inspiration came from Cyril's nurgle marine from the Ravage Mix Open last year - different shades of green and so on. I wanted to try something more complex and ambitious with the weathering, making the damage more extensive. It was a bit of an experiment - there was a lot of frustration and heartache involved haha, and I wasn't happy with the finished result, but hopefully it looks ok!

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