For my Daemon army I have troops from all four gods, and Heralds from three. Now that the Herald of Nurgle is worthwhile I thought I'd go ahead & add him to my army.
I like the plastic mini GW put out for him, but it's a bit spendy ($25). I kind f balk at the idea of having to pay that much for a single plastic mini.
Instead of ponying up the cash, I found a neat conversion that is easy, looks great, & costs 40% less than the official Herald.
I started with the Warriors of Chaos Nurgle Chaos Lord, from fantasy, and did a simple head-swap with a plaguebearer. I didn't use this head originally because I didn't like the big horns for the regular 'bearers. Here it works though.
The chaos lord mini's head is divided into two parts, a mask, and the back if the head. So the plaguebearer head fits nicely onto the body without having to reshape it at all. I did greenstuff the base of the neck, and add some fatty folds to make it blend on though.
The model is corpulent, rotting, and tall.about two heads taller than a Space Marine, everything a chosen daemon if Nurgle should be. And cheap, that's nice too.
~Muninn
Pics are good!
ReplyDeleteLooks really good :-) You know, for a disgusting daemon that is...
ReplyDeleteYou may not realize it, but that seed of admiration is your first step towards chaos (mwahaha)
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ReplyDeleteI really love seeing these simple but effective kitbashes. They always inspire me to go out and buy weird sets and build some monstrosities, even though my wallet hates me for it.
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