Sudsy gets sick, Nurgle MKIV gets built!

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Okay, I am in good health. Just a 40K joke, as the Chaos god Nurgle is the deity of rot, decay, and diseases. I am building this as a gift. A friend of mine, and fellow 40K lore fan, got married and I didn't find a good gift for the wedding. So I am making one. He chose a dreadnought, and his faction of choice is Nurgle/Death Guard.

I won't be painting this beast, as he wants to do so! So this be a build and prime model for me!

Starting out as I normally do, with the Patoroch templates of about three dreadnought models. A generic MKIV base, and greebles and weapons from a couple other faction specific models.

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My secret weapon! Matte clear coat on the printed card.

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That is a very interesting wedding gift. I hope that his wife does not mind (or is this a gift that his wife will appreciate as well)?
This looks like it will be an interesting build. I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out!
 
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Into construction! Got the base of the upper body together before a pause for dinner and errands. Also dug up some reference photos from the usual places, DakkaDakka, Pintrest, and Google images.
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A handmade gift, that's the best! Kudos to you. ;)
 
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Sudsy said:
Okay, I am in good health. Just a 40K joke, as the Chaos god Nurgle is the deity of rot, decay, and diseases.
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I'd rather call that "click-bait".
:animated:

I never thought about making a Death Guard as a present for a wedding. May become handy afterwards. :wink:

Ah, oh, and great start, btw. The head looks cool! I'm looking forward to seeing more! :)
 
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Clickbait for sure! I remember @ARMORMAN
announcing he became Grandpa by referencing the Blessings of Nurgle (spitup and full diapers...) a couple years back...

20241006_091601.jpgWell, it all fir back together! The epoxy didn't make the head too big to fit back in place!

On to the hips and exhaust. Going to reinforce the hip with a wood dowel since this is going to be a table ready model that might get dropped a few times!

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Also, for reference (in the US), an 11/32" drill bit is the perfect mandrel to wrap those exhaust tubes around for maintaining shape while gluing!
 
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The perfect thing for Halloween: Eyes with legs which run across the room, jump at you and cling to your real eyes! :rolllaughing:
 
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Final assembly of the hips, legs, and feet. I used dried coffee grounds from my coffee pot, and unused kitty litter for turf and rocks.

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Epoxy, glue dots, and googly eyes for corrupt mutations.
 
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