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Herald of Nurgle, BSB

This guy has a funny story.

Funny, “Oh hell..”. I had finished the conversion of Skulltaker. Carefully filed off the Khorne symbols, created a little Nurgle crest on his chest, done my best putty work on the neck and making sure the head looked awesome. Everything was exactly how I wanted it.

Except that he was supposed to have a banner. Damnit.

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If you look at the model, you can see that there isn’t really a great place for a banner to go. I had a little panic moment – what was I going to do? I took to the internet to see about solving my problem, when an idea came to me from my Ork Warboss in Mega Armour – attach the banner to his backpack (or something). I quickly found this stunning example of nurglings (scroll down 5 photos). I sculpted a similar work of art, stuck it on an Ork shoulderpad, glued a little Goblin banner in it’s little LEGO-like hand, and BAM, instant BSG.

Despite the accidental nature of this conversion, I think it’s fantastic. A touch of whimsy in an otherwise Very Serious Army. 🙂

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5 Comments

  • Duke
    December 4, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    Cool idea, though I wonder it it’ll look odd and/or be unstable with the banner pole ending in his fist like that. Can’t wait to see some paint on him!
    Also, those Tzeentchy looking guys in the background look nice.

  • Craig Fleming
    December 4, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    I’m not certain what you mean. If you imagine a LEGO dude’s hands, holding like a LEGO shovel upright, that’s what it looks like with the little nurgling guy. I don’t think it looks odd. But it is a little unstable – I solved this by afixing a non-permanent pin under the shoulder pad.

  • Duke
    December 4, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    When I think of a banner pole, it’s usually long enough to reach the bearer’s feet, so that they could two-hand it. Zooming into the picture, it looks like the pole ends just below his fist. My concern is that this would make the banner look unusually top-heavy for the little guy. Imagine trying to hold up that banner with just your fist.

  • Craig Fleming
    December 4, 2013 at 2:36 pm

    You are entirely correct.

    But really, I’m going for a look like this: http://goo.gl/1qvHhG. Cute, chibi, anime sign holder. 😛 So DAMN YOUR REALITY. 🙂

  • Duke
    December 4, 2013 at 3:24 pm

    Mah realitah!

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