First Plague Marine

[killercroc]

Here is my first Plague Marine I painted up, he was very much the "test" model as I didn't have a theme idea for these guys just painted him on the go. I really want to buckle down and focus on painting, I'm not the best painter and due to health reasons have unstable hands so painting is often frustrating but I figured a painted model even if not the best is still better than nothing at all. In the end I'm happy with the results and wanted to share him here.

I went with something non-standard as I'm kinda use to the yellow/white and sick green that are normal Death Guard colors and wanted something a bit more unique.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Looks good! Bold choice with white as that can be a hard color to work with. I really like the splash of nurgles rot on the base I think it makes the rest of the model pop.

I feel you on the painting + health issues. I've got tendonitis in my dominant hand so I've mostly been painting lefty which is a test of patience. I'm slower and less accurate but getting better. I've been trying to switch to using more dry brushing as it requires less coordination and is faster than highlighting as a result.

I'd also say that you're model looks really clean with a lot of good edge highlighting in there so excellent work!

[killercroc]

Thanks a lot!

I got the basing idea from GW's Warhammer base chart when they first came out with texture paints, their Realm of Nurgle base was exactly what I was looking for. As for the white, yeah I really liked the idea of white Death Guard but I knew it was gonna be a really hard thing to get painted. I followed GW's painting white YouTube tutorial to get it like this, great video but white is still a pain. Unfortunately the difference between white being too watered down or too thick is a fine line so it was a challenge.

I bet the tendonitis does make things really tricky for not just painting but building too. I have a heart problem with a bunch of meds and really low blood pressure so my hands shake a lot and randomly jerk which makes painting, especially the fine details, an issue. I'm glad how the highlighting came out but that's about the best I can do. I tried to do more highlighting on the shallow parts of gold on the shoulder pad but no matter how I tried I kept messing up so I stuck with just an edge highlight and the extreme ends of the gold parts. So glad to hear the complement on the edges! As for Dry brushing I use that a lot too, it's really easy for me and takes serious effort to mess up. My Nids are Dry brush then wash, it's simple but it's easy to do especially for organic creatures.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

The tendonitis is mostly just a literal pain. Haha. I've found that my dominant hand doesn't have much endurance and I'll have really sore days if I push it or do too much fine detailed work. I've found the building to not be as big of an issue but can run into issues if I'm kneading lots of greenstuff for kitbashing.

I did some googling and found that basing chart and really like the ideas there. Thanks for the ideas.

As for the highlights, I'd definitely be proud if I painted those. Keep up the good work!