Here's a few WIP shots from the last week or so. I got four units of 10 Plaguebearers each kitbashed and converted. Then I did quite a bit of sculpting on them to get all those mismatched bits fit in seamlessly. Added in many buboes, pustules and hanging bellies. Also of note is that most of the hands, swords etc. were first glued in very close to their bodies and/or hanging down (rather than heroically waving around skywards), then the gaps between sculpted shut. This gives many of the miniatures droopy and sullen look, very withdrawn and passive. I think this suits the army's theme quite well, and is also a nod towards the aesthetics of old sculpted miniatures, back when the limitations of molding and casting of metal miniatures had a huge impact on their visuals too.
To the bases I glued in little rocks and this nice plastic place mat that looks like an endless swarm of tapeworms. Small lumps of Green Stuff were put on the bases and textured with a sharp rock. Then the miniatures got drops of superglue on their feet and were pressed deep on to the GS. The GS was then further textured by pressing in small round holes. Looks nice and really secures the miniatures on the bases. Then I glued in some beads and sand. Might sculpt / glue in tiny maggots and other details later. I'm thinking about painting the bases grey, and then adding some nice colour such as a bright orange or cyan to them with a wash or pigment powder. I'm going for this rocky gravely look, that's still somehow living and organic and rotten.
Sure, I wanted to have a Great Unclean One for this army, and decided to sculpt one. First time using aluminium foil for creating the base structure. Started bulking out the body shapes with Milliput and Das modelling clay. The latest layer is actually a 50/50 mixture of these two. Never tried this one before, nor have any idea how this might work or not.
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