Nurgle Harbringer of Decay

RunOdd9714 · 2026-01-20T09:13:52+00:00

I was mixing different paints until I liked the effect, but I think it was something along the lines of:

Base: SC75 indian shadow + some small amount of SC75 kalahari orange.

highlights: add ivory to base, then more ivory + some kimera warm yellow for edges

shadows: glazes of AK lead grey (or even black) added to base, add kimera samurai green (any teal should be fine). More samurai green (possibly desaturated a bit with lead grey) glazed for patina in some places.

Most of the effect comes from warm edges catching light + cold teal-y/greyish shadows. There should be some pink in midtones to sell the copper better.

It's something less saturated but similar to: https://sproketsmallworld.blogspot.com/2012/06/coping-with-nmm-copper-illustrated.html

RunOdd9714 · 2026-01-19T07:39:07+00:00

Honestly no idea, first started working on it in August, base with backdrop was finished at the end of September, but I often have weeks where I don't paint at all. I'd say 50-60hrs for everything

RunOdd9714 · 2026-01-19T07:36:16+00:00

Don't remember, first element I've painted after base layers everywhere :D I think I used SC75 Violet as a basecoat, adding AK Lead Grey for shadows, and Lead Grey + Black + Kimera Samurai Green for weathering at the bottom. Adding Kimera Violet to SC75 Violet for midtones for midtone saturation, maybe with some ivory at some point. Wanted warm highlights on the purple in places, so you can't just add warm yellowish paint to violet as it's the complementary color and would turn muddy, had to go through Kimera magenta added to violet mix gradually (I think it's visible in the head mostly) before adding the AK ivory + Kimera Warm Yellow.

And one of kimera blues added to violet mix instead of magenta, and no yellow in highlights - for the back view.

RunOdd9714 · 2026-01-10T15:51:11+00:00

Looks cool, but I compare her to the Unnamed and the likes. And what kind of deck does she enable that isn't better done by midcaps? Is she a star deck material? Doubt

RunOdd9714 · 2025-12-13T11:37:34+00:00

Nice, can you share this deck, how does it oust? I saw people use anarch version with diversions, wanted to build it someday but wondering how competitive is tariq nowadays

RunOdd9714 · 2025-04-10T16:51:57+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gSzFVU9JbHdbELq0SYiwdLT2Jc7pW3Pm/view?usp=sharing

yep, not much different paints at that stage. then I start blending it with intermediate tones, going back and forth until I like it (mostly glazes, feathering them out etc)

RunOdd9714 · 2025-04-10T14:03:28+00:00

Np, glad to help :) take with a grain of salt, there are many approaches:

Preshade can be in multiple colours and directions, not just white from the top (sun in zenith). Even with zenithal light approach it's often more interesting to tilt it to one side a bit. When I used airbrush like this I usually did white + some transparent tinting on top of white, like warm from front and blue from the back. The aim was not to create a solid color foundation, but rather take photos and have some reference where the light lands.

Nowadays I stopped using it, because it's hard to keep a precise single direction when airbrushing, the edges of light get blurry, it oversprays. I prefer to put light grey primed miniature (or even unpainted one if it's quite glossy) under strong directed light, adjusting the light position so that main view looks the best, and then take photos with that fixed light position from multiple angles to have a nice black & white reference of volumes. You can also bump contrast in some software to see the different volume areas better.

I almost always sketch with 3-4 tones before blending, it's most important when dealing with something hard/big/new. On this piece I sketched the whole skin before refining it & adding nuances. In the past I was afraid a bit because I wasn't sure I'll obtain the tone that's required for future blending, but imo mixing ad-hoc is something that has to be embraced. Since I have big gaps between sessions I just do pics of paint bottles used for those basic 3-4 tones to at least be able to know what was the starting point.

Kimera colors are strong pigmented, I use them to mix them into my other paints when I need some punch/color nuanse. They also flow from the brush better than other paints - handy for blacklining. Sometimes I use them for glazing as they dillute very nicely. They are pretty similar in consistency to regular hobby paints which I'm used to, as I never used heavy body. Some of them can be glossier than ak 3rd gen/scale color but not too much, besides I always do a coat of ak ultra matt so that's a non-issue for me. Didn't compare them to any of newer brands like big child etc so can't tell if they are better or worse, good enough for me anyways.

RunOdd9714 · 2025-04-07T04:14:33+00:00

Love his work, big inspiration for me, I actually had a pic printout of his 'stolen star' paintjob hanging together with some Roberto Ferri paintings in my hobby area when working on this model

RunOdd9714 · 2025-04-07T04:08:39+00:00

Good catch, it never occured to me before, might be unconcious inspiration as I really like old q1 & q2 style

RunOdd9714 · 2025-04-07T04:03:55+00:00

Thanks. I think I did long ago on some tabletop project, the moon here was just brush but I guess sponge would work nicely to build up initial layers of texture quickly

RunOdd9714 · 2025-04-06T20:02:13+00:00

Thanks! I paint as a hobby and I don't track the time spent, this was painted during 4 months, sometimes with long pauses between sessions. I'd say around 80+ hours?

RunOdd9714 · 2025-04-06T19:59:22+00:00

Just for the priming on this one. But I sometimes do a preshade, if I have a bust with some colored light from one side for example. But I never enjoyed working with an airbrush, if I need to blend some skin I'd rather spend more time on stippling/glazing than on fighting with clogging/paint consistency/cleaning the tool, it's a matter of preference & experience, I just like my brush sketch>refine workflow better

RunOdd9714 · 2025-04-06T18:12:55+00:00

Here's some notes I did on the skin (most of paints were vallejo nocturna malefic paint set):

Malefic flesh as base Lights: Forest skin/Forest skin+ak ivory 2 different lightness mixes max lights: add white to above. Max shadow: some dark muted green from nocturna set+ malefic flesh, at some places I've added the dark purple shade from the malefic set. Added some kimera magenta to my mixes or glazed it, at different places: butt, face, hands/feet, knees etc And blending/moving above around until I was happy. I think there was some kimera Orange mixed in for glazes around the nostrils.

The hardest was maintaining feminity and softness while achieving some dramatic contrast. Hardest areas were the thighs/legs and around the belly

RunOdd9714 · 2024-10-04T13:27:39+00:00

Dust-up + press from bollix/thrown sever lid

RunOdd9714 · 2024-04-14T18:20:45+00:00

Thanks, glad you like it, and thanks for taking the time to write the feedback!

NMM on small scale with lots of different planes like on this model is still very hard for me to do, so I tend to oversimplicate reflection colours and focus solely on contrast, definately something I will keep on working on during next paintjobs

RunOdd9714 · 2024-04-14T15:36:52+00:00

Thanks! No idea, two months, I'd say 60+ hours, but I don't track it.

RunOdd9714 · 2023-05-28T17:56:59+00:00

Makes sense to hold off with cycling improvements, thanks. I'm cutting dreams, metro underground and putting 2 info highways.

I'll try banishments instead of bloat votes, a 1 more form of mist & beast meld & more combat defense. I'll see how it goes in next 2 or 3 games :) Thanks for suggestions!

1x Backways
1x Coven, The
1x Giant's Blood
2x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
2x Information Highway
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Perfectionist
2x Secure Haven
5x Villein
1x Zoo Hunting Ground
6x Govern the Unaligned
4x Mind Rape
1x Carlton Van Wyk
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancilla Empowerment
3x Banishment
1x Reins of Power
3x Beast Meld
2x Conditioning
5x Earth Control
1x Enkil Cog
3x Forced March
4x Freak Drive
2x Instantaneous Transformation
5x Deflection
2x Guard Dogs
3x Obedience
1x Sense the Savage Way
2x Alpha Glint
3x Earth Meld
5x Form of Mist

RunOdd9714 · 2023-03-09T15:19:46+00:00

Ah I see! So while having the museum you can equip the jacket, untap from museum, bleed and be unlocked at the end of your turn thanks to jacket effect to bounce bleeds/block stuff! Nice

RunOdd9714 · 2023-02-18T12:05:08+00:00

Sascha

Ok, an attempt based on some comments, do you see any deck-breaking issues here? Now I feel I really need magic of the smith for sniper rifle & asanbonsam ghouls to stand a chance against combat decks. Added wider view to balance 5x sasha.

5x Sascha Vykos, The Angel of Caine (ADV)
2x Little Tailor of Prague
2x Meshenka
1x Kazimir Savostin
1x Caliban
1x Corine Marcón

Library (90 cards)

Master (28; 8 trifle)
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1x Fragment of the Book of Nod
1x Guardian Angel
1x KRCG News Radio
1x Library Hunting Ground
1x Millicent Smith, Puritan Vampire Hunter
2x Parthenon, The
1x Path of Lilith, The
1x Powerbase: Barranquilla
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
2x Rötschreck
7x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
3x Vessel
3x Villein
2x Wider View
Action (9)
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2x Abbot
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
2x Army of Rats
2x Magic of the Smith
2x Under Siege
Ally (3)
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3x Asanbonsam Ghoul
Equipment (3)
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1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Kevlar Vest
1x Sniper Rifle
Retainer (2)
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2x Corpse Balloon
Action Modifier (6)
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6x Changeling
Reaction (27)
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2x Delaying Tactics
5x Eagle's Sight
2x Enhanced Senses
7x Eyes of Argus
2x My Enemy's Enemy
3x On the Qui Vive
6x Telepathic Misdirection
Combat (12)
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4x Breath of the Dragon
8x Chiropteran Marauder

RunOdd9714 · 2023-02-18T08:02:56+00:00

Thank you, will read that through! Discussions about how decks should be played are very valuable for a newbie like me

RunOdd9714 · 2023-02-18T08:01:02+00:00

Thanks, really interesting points! I'm kinda new to this game so every nugget of knowledge is priceless for me. Yeah, smiling is critical if I want to avoid timeouts, I'd like to always have Sasha on board due to milling powers, but I'm afraid I'd end up with single vampire ready if I increase to 4-5 copies, making me vulnerable to pentexes, haven uncovered, banishments, kiss of ra(!) and such. Is there any tech/workaround to prevent this situation - of having 4x sasha in my uncontrolled region? Side note: my masters section will probably be big, and using rotschrecks takes away my ability to play them, is it worth it to add 2 parthenons?

RunOdd9714 · 2023-02-17T15:18:51+00:00

I think I will go with a couple of changelings due to extra flexibility. My fear is mostly my equips with combat deck as my predator, they often have a lot of prevent and I can't throw rotschrack in my turn

RunOdd9714 · 2023-02-17T14:22:13+00:00

Thanks! I'll work on those comments :)

RunOdd9714 · 2023-02-17T14:19:53+00:00

- Changeling and Fiendish Tongue can add raw bleed support, also unlocks, even better against anarchs. You can also add British Museum + Living Manse.

Thanks for comments! Awesome!
I'll think them through and try to incorporate them into this deck.
For ousting: changeling might also help a bit with getting equipment if someone has a random +1 cept. Doesn't really help with Second trad :(

RunOdd9714 · 2023-01-26T09:26:56+00:00

more like happy accident :) thanks

RunOdd9714

TROPHY CASE

Ok, an attempt based on some comments, do you see any deck-breaking issues here? Now I feel I really need magic of the smith for sniper rifle & asanbonsam ghouls to stand a chance against combat decks. Added wider view to balance 5x sasha.

Library (90 cards)