My Cart-less Corpse Cart

[Forlorn]

Let me start by explaining

I wasn't a fan of the GW Corpse Cart but I wanted one in my army. Seeing as I just completed -3- units of zombies https://www.vampirecounts.net/Thread-RebelWithACoz-Painted-Zombies-Technique I wanted a cart to go along with them.

I decided to go with a plague theme and began searching for a suitable caster, or perhaps a master, that would be summoning additional zombies for reinforcements.

After looking at several different figures I ended up back at GW and found the mounted Lord of Nurgle which I've always liked.

I got extremely lucky and was able to snag one off of ebay for 12.00!

Once receiving the model I quickly assembled him.

I then set about coming up with a diaroma that would act as a proxy Corpse Cart. I remembered a thread on here that instructed how to do marsh bases. I'd like to thank Abbysal for the excellent "how to" thread.

https://www.vampirecounts.net/Thread-How-to-make-Stinking-Marsh-Bases

I finally decided on having the mounted Plague Lord standing on a patch of ground and following Abbysal's technique I'd have a small stream running between a second patch of ground where zombies would be rising from the earth as he commanded them forward.

First I created the area the horse would be on:

The hole is where the peg that drops down off the hoof will fit into for stability. After allowing that area to dry and harden I set about making the 2nd patch of ground and the zombies rising out of it.

Here is the what it looks like with the lord also on the stand:

Directing his new recruits forward.

That's it so far. Now to fill gaps and get to painting it.

 

[Johnny-Crass]

I love it

 

[Lord_Soth]

Fantastic !

 

[Ben E. Violent]

Fantastic. I really want to see how you paint this.

 

[Adam_Barrow]

Wicked. Great looking model.

 

[Monkey's_Uncle]

That's very nice!
I love that model, and you've just shown me a way I can use it in my VC army.

Thank you sir.

 

[Santawraith]

Loving the conversion makes me think of a few idea's for a coven throne I was trying to put together in my head. so thanks.

 

[Forlorn]

Loving the conversion makes me think of a few idea's for a coven throne I was trying to put together in my head. so thanks.

Please post pic here Santa when you can. I'd love to see what you've come up with!

 

[Forlorn]

That's very nice!
I love that model, and you've just shown me a way I can use it in my VC army.

Thank you sir.

Thank you! Glad I was able to help!

 

[Legion]

Very cool idea. Nurgle fits so well w/ the zombie theme. And you sure seem to have a fetish w/ zombies! :lol:

 

[Il Maestro]

Such an original idea with fantastic execution - can't wait to see it painted!

 

[Forlorn]

Had a storm and the humidity finally broke. Time for priming!

So I primed the base black:

After it was dry I based dark flesh:

I then sprayed Bone:

Then washed Ogryn Flesh:

After it was finally dry I sprayed white:

I then washed the white Ogryn Flesh:

Now waiting for the wash to dry...

 

[Forlorn]

Very cool idea. Nurgle fits so well w/ the zombie theme. And you sure seem to have a fetish w/ zombies! :lol:

I have my eye on the new plastic plague lord as a zombie'ish general.

He'll have a head swap as I don't really care for the head he comes with..not ghoulish enough. The head is off the Corpse Cart Sprue and is one of the zombies heads.

 

[Forlorn]

Been working on this between flocking and dry times on the Realm of Battle Board.

Here the zombies have a Baal Red Wash into their wounds and the base color of Dheneb Stone

Here is the base after having been painted with Graveyard Earth and washes of Devlan Mud

Next will be the water.

 

[Reaper]

Really nice job! Is the base finished or will you paint it more? I would think that black wash would fit, and maybe a bit of greenish look? Just ideas

 

[Forlorn]

Really nice job! Is the base finished or will you paint it more? I would think that black wash would fit, and maybe a bit of greenish look? Just ideas

There will be a mix of devlan mud, chaos black, and dark angels green for the water that runs between both pieces of ground. I may tone down the mud areas a bit more with Devlan Mud.

 

[Forlorn]

Now that the board is taken care of I can get back to this..

I washed the land again with straight Devlan Mud to tone down that red look and painted in the water. I then coated the water with Ardcoat to give it the wet look.

Overhead shot to show the wet look. When I applied the Ardcoat I painted it on following how the water might flow so the dried lines would follow the land. Hope that makes sense.o_o

And a few angled shots to show the colors in the water. I worked to achieve a color seperation of algae and a muddy look until I got a mixture of what I liked:

Next will be to fill in the gaps of the Plague Lord and get him ready for priming.

 

[Chaos_Born]

Wow that water is brilliant, and the mud looks a lot more natural now. I would say though, it could do with some foliage or something to break up the flat mud a little.

Still, great job so far

 

[Friendly Dead]

Loving this

Was thinking along similar veins...

Also the part of me thats a cheap and lazy bastard is thinking thats its great zombie unit filler when you dont need the cart... or wait do chariot bases match infantry bases?

Never mind. Solid idea. Good execution. Waiting fer the finished thing

 

[Bellygrub]

That looks good. To good. Who painted that mud for you. WHO DID IT!? WHERE IS HE!?

Sorry. Sorry. I didn't mean to go all Christian Bale on you buddy.

 

[Legion]

Good looking stuff! Really like the water - very nicely done.

 

[Reaper]

The water is great! Looking forward to see it completed

 

[WilsonUndead]

I may have to just steal this idea, or at least take it into consideration. I'm on the same page with the GW corpse cart, and this looks really cool. that water looks great btw

 

[Forlorn]

Wow that water is brilliant, and the mud looks a lot more natural now. I would say though, it could do with some foliage or something to break up the flat mud a little.

Still, great job so far

I thought about it while at work today and decided to take your advice. I added grass tufts to one side of the base. It's funny sitting and deciding which tufts to use.

I'd appreciate everyone's thoughts. I am undecided if I should add tufts to the other side as well. I wasn't sure if it'd look right with the figs or if that side should remain bare.

 

[Forlorn]

And thank you everyone for the kind words and encouragement.