Nurgle Oldhammer Warband part 5

Finally finished. He turned out every bit as good as I had hoped.

Nurgle Oldhammer Warband part 4

Well, the initial painting on the banner is done. Now I need to go back and dirty it up. I have to say I am proud of how it turned out. I think this is the easiest banner I've painted. I don't know what got into me.

This is the painting that inspired it.

Nurgle Oldhammer Warband part 3

Now that I have finished the leader of the unit I'm moving on to the banner bearer. I've started by airbrushing the basecoat as well as doing some shading on the banner. Next I'll use oil washes to add further shadows to the armor and banner as well as adding some filth to the banner.

Nurgle Oldhammer Warband part 2

I've finished my first oldhammer chaos warrior for my Nurgle warband. After messing around with the lighting I final managed to get a decent picture of him, although I'm still trying to figure out how the professionals' photographs come out so amazing. I was originally going to go for a realistic look with this mini, but I just couldn't help using an "oldhammer" paint scheme. So, it turned out to be a "realistic" oldhammer look.

Nurgle Oldhammer Warband part 1

So, I've been really enjoying looking at pictures of miniatures from the 80's and early 90's lately. I've recently found a great forum (http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/index.php) that has everything I've been looking for in a miniature community. At my own game store there are very few players that enjoy or remember Warhammer in the 80's and 90's, especially the miniatures, so its nice to find that I'm not the only one that misses the days of 3rd edition Warhammer. In the spirit of this new found community I've decided to create a Nurgle warband using the Fantasy chaos line from the 80's and early 90's.

Since I am very poor right now, having lost my job, I have searched my mini collection for some of my older miniatures. I've lucked out and found a few chaos warriors to paint. I'll be starting with a mini that I converted and painted in the early 10's.

Originally I converted him by cutting off his mace and replacing it with a sword blade from Archaon the Everchosen, as well as giving him Archaon's shield. I have now replaced the blade and shield with new ones more in keeping with the appearance of the model.

I've decided not to strip him before priming him since the paints I used were thin enough to not clog any details. I'll be using an airbrush to prime him and I'll paint him primarily using oil washes.

Chaos Sorcerer of Nurgle finished.

So, I'm very happy with how he turned out. I just really wish I could take some better pictures. The oil washes were a joy to use and came out great. Hope you like him.

Chaos Sorcerer of Nurgle part 3

So, I discovered from looking at image online that this model's stomach is supposed to be covered in his robes so I had to repaint it. I also started on the fire and worked on the metals and the base. Next I'll be finishing the fire and working on the staff and that should be all.