TUTORIAL: How I Paint Nurglings

Hey Folks, OMJ here.

As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to show you how I painted my Nurgling for my Nurgle Chaos Lord display base. These are fun little models to paint and take no time at all, think maybe a hour to a hour and a half. I used GW paints for the whole process.

Step One: Basecoat.

I used Rakarth Flesh thined down 1:1 with Lahmian Medium (In fact I thinned all paints and washes used in this process with medium). It took at least three thin coats to get a nice flat surface before moving on to the next stage.

Now you can used any colur you want for the basecoat, depending on what colour you want your Nurglings to be. I didn't want to go green as my Chaos Lord is green so I went for a pasty looking colour instead. For the other Nurgling on the display i will be using Deamonette Hide as i want a more purple figure to contrast with this one and the green of the Lord.

Step Two: Washes

For this I used Ogryn Flesh from the GW old range, but your could also use Reikland Fleshshade. this was painted thinly over the entire model then left to dry. Actually I have pinched my girlfriends old hair dryer and use that to speed up the drying process. Once dry I reapplied the wash to the deepest recesses to further darken them. Did this one more after drying.

Step Three: Highlight.

With Pallid Wych Flesh I hit all the parts the light would hit (light source being from above) and left the shade to the undersides and recesses.

If you are using a different basecoat then you will need to use a complementing highlight colour too, I will be using Slaanesh Grey on the other Nurgling.

Step Four: Bruising

I want my Nurglings to look like they a all bruised and decaying, so to do this I first used thinned down Druchii Violet. I hit all the folds and deep recesses. As this is thinned down a had to do several applications to get the colour I wanted. Then I did the same with some Carroburg Crimson, this time I focused on the open sore, the boils and the deep recesses.

Step Five: Horn & Mouth.

For the mouth I hit it with some Agrax Earthshade, made sure it was nice and dark the let it dry. Once dry I painted the teeth with Screaming Skull.

For the Horn, I applied some Seraphim Sepia to the top three quarters in two or three layers, once dry I hit the top third with Agrax Earthshade. I also applied a little Earthshade around the base of the horn to shoe where it meets the skin.

Step Six: Tongue.

I basecoated the tongue in Pink Horror, then gave it a wash with Carroburg Crimson, then highlighted with Emperor's Children.

Step Seven: Finishing Touches.

The last bits were the boils, open wound, slime and eyes.

For the boils I based then in Zemesi Desert and highlighted them with Golden Yellow (from the old range). For the open wound I used a little Blood for the Blood God and for the slime I used Nurgle's Rot. The eyes were done by first using some Agrax Earthshade to dark the sockets, the used a tiny bit of Golden Yellow to bring out the eyes.

Done! Here is a quick pic of him on his mound.

Hope you like.....


Until next time.


Old Mini Junky