Marauder - Model 2 - Conversion

For this Marauder I went a little O.T.T but I'm hoping the ridiculous right arm will really pay off once its finished. It started out as a regular arm and it kind of ended up like Tetsuo at the end of Akira.

Pieces used:

Head - Plaguebearers

Body - Empire Canon Crew

Left leg - Plague Drone Rider

Left arm - Plaguebearers

Shoulder pad - Marauder

Right arm - Blightkings & Spawn

Sneak peak at the next wave

With three (smaller) models complete it means that Im am now allowed to make three new (smaller) models. I have gone with a couple of Forsaken and another Marauder as these are the most numerous of my models. As you can tell there is still a long way to go and they may undergo significant changes from these concepts but I feel the base idea is there for each model.

Marauder - model 1 - Finished

My first wave of finished models. Took some time but happy to see them finished. Here is the first Marauder model... only 20 more to go.

Marauders - model 1 - W.I.P base colours

Marauder model number one with base coat colours. Gives a rough idea of the final colour scheme. 

Marauder - Model 1 - Under coat

The under coat and base colour for the skin, no much else has been done yet.

Marauders - Model 1 - Conversion

This my first test piece at converting an Empire figure (in this case a gunner) into a Nurgle Marauder. I replaced the gun with an axe and gave him a knackered shield. I also gave him a mangled foot and a horn bursting through his helmet.

Pieces used:

Body - Empire gunner

Axe hand - Blightkings

Shield - Vampire Counts Mortis Engine

Foot - Plague Drone Rider

Horn - random spiky bit from somewhere

Here is a comparison between the original Empire gunner and the converted Nurgle Marauder.

Marauders

The idea came to me that the Marauders should come from an Empire Battalion that was sent to take on this Nurgle Hoard and lost. The survivors becoming infected and turning Nurgly. This is a great opportunity to really play with some Nurgly bits and lots of green stuff. It also gave me reason to use the Empire models from the 6th Edition boxed set that I originally bought solely for the Orc figures.

I gained a Slaughtbrute face in the bag of bits I bought off trademe and had intended to use it for my daemon prince but it was too large in the end so I made use of it for the Marauder banner. It kind of looks like a Chinesse parade dragon. Im looking forward to seeing how this comes out.