I needed some Nurgle worshipping chaos cultists for a game of Oldhammer a while ago. My first thought was to start working on my set of Disciples of the Red Redemption, but I ended up deciding against it; too little time and I really want to make sure I get my Disciples done properly once I begin to work on them. Then I came to think of the set of The Cult of the Possessed from the Mordheim range I had lying around somewhere. The models were released in 2004 I think.
While searching for them I remembered the minis with a certain fondness. However, once I had located the box and got to work on the cultists, my enthusiasm somewhat evaporated. I was struck by their clumsy large size as well as the boring, generic modern chaos look of stars, chains and skulls. Very tedious indeed and for the most part I didn’t really enjoy painting them.
But as I have now almost finished the first five models from the set my attitude has changed slightly back again. Their vaguely oriental look actually has something going for them and I was also fairly happy with the filthy, Nurgle-look I was aiming for with the paintjob.
Well, they’ll never become favorites of mine and they work surprisingly bad together with older (Citadel) minis because of their size. Nevertheless I now have a handful of painted Nurgle cultist ready to field and that’s always something. The two remaining models from the set will have to wait a while – I need to paint some old school lead again now.
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I think they look great! I actually like the slight KKK look of them, and the second one from the right is really cool! I agree they have a fair bit of cheap “Look at us, we’re chaotic!” air to them, but I still think they’re pretty cool models. I’m surprised to say that, actually – usually I don’t care at all for anything produced past 1991 by GW.
The paint jobs are spot on!
Ha! The KKK-thing had not occurred to me – but you’re absolutely right. I guess this makes them some sort of Nurgle/green supremacists then. Thanks for the comment. Cheers Martin.