Hi all!
This is my first post for Paint Hammer, very honoured to be asked to blog on here. Hopefully you enjoy my content in the future.
When Rich announced the first Paint Hammer challenge I couldn't resist- the Nurgle Lord model he chose was, in my opinion, the perfect model for a challenge like this as it has a huge amount of potential. Anyone who reads White Dwarf will have seen the multitude of Golden Demon, John Blanche, White Dwarf team and Design Studio conversions of this model, both for Fantasy and 40k!
I wanted to do something completely different, and convert the model to fit with my Kislev army. The huge size gave me a few ideas- I could try to turn him into a hugely obese Kislevite, a "bear" of a man. I like the idea of making him into a Kislev Priest of Ursun, the Bear god.
I started off by choosing a head, and removing all of the boils and scabs from the model. The arm positions also needed altering slightly, and I carved a bottle from a piece of round plasticard rod for his hand.
The next step was to smooth out all the flesh and armour plating to remove to wounds and corrosion. At this point I also started to work on the neck, adding in a few extra chins to blend the head into the obese body!
The long coat started with a "skeleton" made from plasticard to give me the basic shape of the coat. I then sculpted the collar and shoulders of the coat and blending this into the plasticard.
Some large scars were added to his belly- the rites of passage for any Priest of Ursun is to tame a wild bear- something I imagine Vasily is easily large enough to accomplish!
Upon the recommendation of a few people on Twitter (thanks!) I added a back banner. This classic Kislev icon makes it very clear he is a Kislevite, but also hints towards a celebrated military career before he became to fat to sit on a horse, and turned to alcohol to drown his sorrows.
I'm especially proud of the paint work for the hairy chest, belly and neck. I've never attempted to paint hair like this before and I'm please how this came out. Most of the hair was done with very fine brush strokes, and the more dense stubble around his neck and chin was achieved with a series of glazes.
let me know what you think!
Cheers,
Jon