This is another project I did roughly two years ago.
I was playing through the core book campaign of Rangers of Shadow Deep and needed a flesh golem for one of the scenarios. I had a few options in my pile of shame, but I chose this one since it was already primed and ready to go. It's also quite big and fits the theme really well. The fly-arm is probably one of the giant flies that the warband will encounter in a later scenario and I like to imagine that the gnoll shaman just stitched random parts together to see if it would work.
I also got a better photo setup by buying a really cheap lightbox. The difference is enormous.
Look at this lovingly disgusting model. It's one of the Gellerpox Infected from the Kill Team Rogue Trader box set from Games Workshop, and I absolutely love it. It has great details like the maggots and flies in the wounds, and the exaggerated features were a joy to paint.
I've always been quite intimidated by large areas of skin. Stark highlights never looked quite right when I did them, and I didn't trust myself to try smoother transitions. But after batch painting 20 gnolls, I wanted a change of pace and spent a bit more time and effort on this project. I tried to create a smooth transition on the skin and played around with a few new techniques while I was at it.
I primed the whole thing with GW Wraithbone and used various shades to tint the skin and claw. This looked way better than I expected, and I'll be sure to use this for future nurgle troops. Super quick and efficient.
I then followed with a coat of Contrast paint and layered everything up with 'traditional' paints. Contrast paints have a lot of potential that I still need to unlock. Especially when combined with other techniques. Too bad that they are so expensive, which makes me reluctant to just buy a few for experimentation when I could buy several other paints for the same price.
I'm really happy with the end result and will apply the same techniques when I paint other disgusting fleshy monsters.
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