Something Wicked This Way Comes 2: Electric Boogaloo

I remember failing to make a Nurgle Plague Tower some time ago:

https://deathzap.co.uk/2019/02/22/something-wicked-this-way-comes-part-5/

That project burned out for me, I think because I didn’t have too many skills yet in the trash bashing arena, but another attempt is bubbling away in the back of my brain. This time round however I set my sights on adding the Soul Grinder to my trash Nurgle army.

Living near the seaside means big plastic crabs are plentiful on the local high street so I nipped out and grabbed one. I also gathered some of the spare baby heads I had left over from my beasts/spawn and a Barbie my wife bought me for Christmas:

The crab’s legs were somewhat floppy so I chopped them off and built a sturdier base I planned on hiding under a pile of rubble between the legs.

I made the base out of a foam tile, and the pile of rubble, it was easy to work with and I didn’t have anything else to use.

With the crab’s legs glued back into place and with Barbie’s torso shoved into the top of the crab everything started taking shape. I knew I needed a gun and chopping up a Triceratops and shoving a marker lid down its gullet worked a treat.

I knew Barbie’s head wouldn’t do the trick but I had a spare bat skull from Halloween, the same bat whose rib cage and wings went into my Unclean One:

That bat was a particularly useful purchase!

Here’s where we were up to as a rough sketch:

I replaced Barbies arm with a sword made from the same foam tile as the base, and then I set about texturing everything.

I made extensive use of felt tip pens for vents and pipes down the back and filled a few gaps with Milliput.

Part way through painting I felt like it needed a little more textured , so I added more piping with hair bands and straps of fabric by cutting up a sock the dog had stolen.

My usual painting process ensued, very watered down splotches to base coat, washes and drybrushing.

Finished and in all her Nurgly glory!