Merging Epidemius and Nurgle Chaos Lord doable?

With the finecast models coming out the 4th of august we will finally have a finecast Epidemius. Since I quite like the idea of using a lvl 1 herald of nurgle on palanquin in my 2400 points list casting miasma.

As a normal herald of nurgle I will use the Nurgle Chaos lord simply because it is an AWESOME model. Looking at both models though got me thinking.
Would it be possible to convert Epidemius in such a way that you would have the Nurgle Chaos Lord sitting in the chair instead of good old Epidemius?

Anyone own both models and can do a size comparison? There is something cool about having the same model on a palanquin as you use on foot. (Eventhough I love the Epidemius model)

I'm sure for someone of your skills that it would be possible.
I don't have both models, but from what I remember of the nurgle lord the size is probably about right.

The problem might come in that epidemius is very much sunk into the chair. It is a separate piece but the legs have a square arse.

Having looked at the model, I think sawing the legs off epi and using them with the nurgle lord could be very viable, but you would need a real size comparison before you tried it.

Thx Rage. The cool thing about the chaos lords sprue is that the front and back are seperate parts so the square ass wouldn't really be a problem.

The axe would probably be to big to be used one handed though. The feet I'm not sure about yet. I could understand if the big man would kick of those uncomfortable greaves when he is chilling in his chair haha.
There is something scary about cutting up a 40 dollar model arghhh.

You want to buy a dodgy poor condition ebay one?
I bought it with the idea of making a Skaven warlitter out of it with a huge fat rat up there. But it just has so many nurglings on it that it was too much work.

On that vein, how about something more simple, and probably a lot cheaper.

Take a couple of bases worth of the new nurglings, along with some of the extras you supposedly get on the plaguebearer sprues, and make a huge pile of nurglings, then just have a platform on top of that the lord can stand on.

Thx for the offer but I don't want any metal models in my collection

The new nurglingbases would lend themself pretty well to a palanquin I guess, might be a tad cheaper as well, and I have some experience building palanquins by now
Keep the ideas coming

Got both kits today and must say I'm dissapointed in GW. My epidemius was send to me in a white box and without a manual.... Just got a whitebox with in there a plastic box with 3 sprues that was it....

Anyways having both kits now I'm quite confident I can do this conversion.

The nurgle lord is slightly smaller but not by too much. I might have some problems with gettting the hourglass to look normal but thats about it.


If you look from the side, the way their upperbody is posed compared to their lower body , I think I can just use the complete upperbody of the nurgle lord on the middle of epidemius and then switch their feet as well.


The hands I would like to make his axe rest in his lap one hand holding it close to the blade, but there is also the cool hourglass.... Might have to try and switch the hourglass to the other side and then switch the thumb from left to right. Hard but doable I think.....

I need a bit of advice on the posing I guess so I hope you can help me with that.
Aside from the level of skill involved to get it done what would look better:

A: Nurgle lord with hourglass in his right hand (left for the viewer) and then the Axe in his lap with the blade switched to the other side and his left hand turned 180 degrees so his palm is facing up with the handle close to the blade resting in it.
B: Nurgle lord with hourglass in his left hand (right for the viewer) and then the Axe in his lap pretty much holding it like he normally does.

Personally I think that option B will be better seeing as we know he is right handed and I can see him standing up and butchering whichever comes close in a second with that pose but there might be some counter arguements?

Alright to reward myself for almost finishing 42 slaves in the last few days I decided to start on this conversion. Have only been cutting so far, no glueing yet but this is the general idea:



After fiddling away I noticed that the legs and feet look a bit out of proportion even for nurgle so most likely I will be using the original legs of the nurgle lord cut of from about the knee. Trying to make one leg dangle a bit and one foot stick out, probably gonna have to make him lean slighlty to one side to make that look natural. I will also be using Rageaholics idea of headswapping one of the the plastic plaguebrearers heads to make him fit in more which conveniently also will increase his size a tad.
The hourglass is probably not gonna work so most likely I will keep his hands the way they are now, both on his axe ready for battle.

When I'm done with modelling the lord I will start on the nurglings. My idea is to cut out 3 or 4 of them and replace them with the new nurglings. Then I will add either a nurgling or some maggots on the base and if it looks cool also a nurgling dancing on the armrests or something simular.

So tell me what you think of it so far.

I like the general idea so far. Makes me want to do something similar for some unique looking heralds on Palanquins for my 40k army.

Using a bit of playdoh clay this shows how I envision the endresult.

He's looking pretty good like that. I was never a fan of the epidemius legs.
His pose looks surprisingly good with the axe.

Bit the bullet and started greenstuffing his right buttock needs to be resculpted as soon as this is cured but the rest of it needs very little work seeing as it either fits really well or is obscured properly by the loincloth and seat

Niiiiiiiiiiice! This going to turn out amazing. The pose looks super natural, very much a "lounging arrogance; don't make me come down there and kill you" type vibe. And extra cavorting nurglings with be great with it.

Question though: do you plan on using him as a BSB? If yes, I'd maybe want to replace the flag bits with something a little more impressive, and if no, remove them entirely. Guess I'm just not a fan of that part of the Epi model, and it doesn't quite seem to fit either way.

Can't wait to see this done and painted.

Thanks I'm pretty pleased with how he turned out myself.

Not sure yet if I want to use him as my BSB or as my General.

I will be using a Herald of Tzeentch, Nurgle and Khorne and I think the best way to use them would be having the herald of Tzeentch as BSB and the Herald of Nurgle as General but with no play experience at all I'm open for suggestions ofcourse

As BSB I think the Doomwheel banner might be a good one. I might make the Banners on the thing removeable anyway seeing as they will break of all the time when moving him.

Okay the Herald himself is finished save for the feet but they can wait for now.
Now comes the daunting task to see how I'm gonna throw some new style nurglings on the palanquin and what to do with the banners etc.

A special thank you is in place for Rageaholic who came up with the awesome idea of using one of the plaguebearers heads to better tie in the herald with his unit.

Holy crap that head turned him from cool to freaking awesome!

Although you might want to reposition it a little. Right now he's looking slightly upward, and he's already sitting at a higher level than anything but enemy monsters. If you tilt his head so it is facing slightly downward I think it'd be a much more imposing model.

Either way, keep up the work!