Return of the Poxbringer

Back in 2018, I painted a Poxbringer, which is a minor Nurgle Daemons leader, for Azazel’s long-ended Jewel of July painting challenge. Eventually I decided to take a long break from miniatures and sold off or gave away almost everything I owned, except for some my little daemons. I put them in storage because I couldn’t bear to let them go.

Seven years later, I busted them out once again, but some were nowhere to be found, including my poor Poxbringer, of whom I was rather fond.

Anyway, here is the Poxbringer back in 2018, though all that apparently remains are these pictures. Fitting somehow for a daemon of Chaos.

When I painted him before, I decided to introduce a new disease into my collection: the dreaded Yellow Mold.

For my Yellow Mold, I liberally applied some acrylic texture fiber paste mixed with a bit Averland Sunset paint to the area in question.  I teased the mixture so it would dry with a sort of furry or spiky texture.  I drybrushed the area around the mold with sunset, and then did another light drybrush with white paint.  I sealed the whole thing with a matte varnish to protect the pasted area, since the miniature will be handled a lot in game play.

Above is a rear view of the Poxbringer. Fortunately, I still own the poxwalkers he is posing with above.

So now an obligatory, painfully close shot. Steel yourself, John!

The purple bit is fairly subtle at tabletop distances, but it does add a little variety to the abdominal cavity.  The recipe came from the very useful January 2018 White Dwarf. I wish I still owned that issue, but at least I can still access it online.

I did entitle this post “Return of the Poxbringer” and he is returning or rather one a lot like him will be howling out of the Warp soonish. I am not going to try and recreate the same paint scheme, but he’ll probably end up looking a lot like the old one in some ways. I’m definitely doing the Yellow Mold again.

I’m putting together some plague drones and some of the leftover bits are giving me ideas about minor additions to my new Poxbringer. I don’t know if I’ll modify him at all but if I do, I’ll include him in my next update of what I’ve been putting together.

So another miniature put together for my assembly challenge and now onto my winged cavalry. When I return again, it’ll be with more Daemons and Death Guard I’ve been putting together, which seems like it is going to be my fate at least for a while.

Take care all!

— Anne