This started as a pure "How to paint Sassy Nurgling" guide, but he had far too many cute little mates to leave it there. Enjoy! Whilst I tend to remove them from my Death Guard miniatures, I really appreciate the sculpts and will happily paint them separately.

Since I am painting a whole bunch of pretty unique sculpts, I will start by tackling the main element they al have in common, the skin. Games Workshop have approached it in different way over the years, so I have used a few different colours too, depending upon what I though suited the sculpt best.

I will include the minor elements that may be of interest below the skin.

Sassy Nurgling

1. Basecoat the skin with a mix of 3 parts Cadian Fleshtone , 2 parts White and 1 part Administratum Grey . This is quite a complex mix, but you only need to do it the one. I would advise mixing a decent amount, then just taking a small blob whenever you need it in future steps.
2. Mix you base mix 1:1 with Doombull Brown , then thin it with a substantial amount of Lahmian Medium , until it is at a glaze consistency. Now use this to glaze in some general shading.
3. Add extra definition to recesses with some thin Doombull Brown , all by itself. I use this colour purely for very deep folds, to show the break between his "hands" and his belly, plus to separate dem cheeks.
4. Around boils and areas of soreness, glaze Screamer Pink , made more manageable with some Lahmian Medium .
5. If you wanted to make any areas look extra grim, pop a small amount of Xereus Purple in there. I stuck to using this for little drips from a few wounds, mimicking the box art.
6. Now mix your basecoat colour 1:1 with White and pick out some general highlights.
7. Finish highlighting the skin with a few specular highlights of pure White .

For the boils, I simply covered them with a a small amount of Iyanden Yellow , then highlights with Screaming Skull .

Minor Unclean One

1. Basecoat with Ogryn Camo .
2. Soft shade with Warboss Green .
3. Shade deep recesses and define the breaks between skin with smaller amounts of Caliban Green .
4. Glaze highlight with 2:1 Ogryn Camo and Zamesi Desert .
5. Selectively highlight with Ushabti Bone .
6. Finish with specular highlights of 1:1 Ushabti Bone and White .

Rotigus Jr.

1. Basecoat with Flayed One Flesh .
2. Thin Ungor Flesh with some Lahmian Medium and glaze in some general shading.
3. Shade deep recesses and define the breaks between skin with smaller amounts of Skrag Brown .
4. Highlight with 1:1 Flayed One Flesh and White .
5. Finish with a few White highlights.
6. For the boils, I simply covered them with a wash of thin Kabalite Green . Then mixed in ;flayed one flesh for the highlights, finishing with a dot of pure Flayed One Flesh .

Green Nurglings

1. Basecoat with Nurgling Green .
2. Soft shade with Skarsnik Green thinned 1:2 with Lahmian Medium .
3. Shade more carefully with 1:1 Skarsnik Green and Coelia Greenshade .
4. Deep shade with Coelia Greenshade .
5. Highlight with 1:1 Nurgling Green & Krieg Khaki .
6. Add fine highlights with Krieg Khaki .
7. Finish with very small highlights, using a Krieg Khaki and White mix.

Green Armour

1. Basecoat with Death Guard Green .
2. Thin some Athonian Camoshade with an equal amount of water (or medium) and add some general shading to the recesses.
3. Mix Rhinox Hide and Caliban Green 1:1 and shade deeper recesses with fine lines. I keep this mix pretty thin to control it easier.
4. Add chunky highlights with Ogryn Camo , with a little Death Guard Green mixed in. Probably around 4:1.
5. Add smaller, fine highlights with Krieg Khaki .
6. Mix some White into the Krieg Khaki and selectively highlight corners.
7. Finish the armour with specular highlights of White where needed.

Yellow Eyes

1. Pick out the eyes with Balor Brown .
2. Highlight with Ice Yellow .
3. Glaze with Iyanden Yellow , pulling the pigment away from the centre.
4. Finish with a specular highlight of White .

Green Eyes

1. Wash the eye ant the surrounding socket with Incubi Darkness .
2. Pick out the eyeball with Kabalite Green .
3. Highlight with Sybarite Green .
4. Finish with a specular highlight of Gauss Blaster Green .

Dark Horns

1. Basecoat with 1:1 Incubi Darkness and Black .
2. Add cunky highlight with Incubi Darkness .
3. Add fine highlights with Kabalite Green .
4. More selectively highlight with 1:1 Kabalite Green and Ushabti Bone .
5. Finish with a specular highlight of Screaming Skull .

Bone Horns

1. Basecoat with Ushabti Bone .
2. Glaze the majority of the Horn with XV-88 , pulling your brush towards the tip.
3. Repeat, covering three quarters of the previous area with Mournfang Brown .
4. Now cover roughly half of the area with a glaze of Doombull Brown .
5. Finish by glazing the quarter closest to the tip with Rhinox Hide .

You'll probably want to shade where the bone meets skin, to separate the materials. Just grab some XV-88 to add general shading, then define the break with a very small, thin line of one of the latter colours, like Rhinox Hide .

Grey Horns

1. Basecoat with 1:1 Skavenblight Dinge and Ushabti Bone .
2. Mix a little Rhinox Hide into your basecoat and thin to a wash consistency. Now glaze half of the horn, pulling your brush towards the tip.
3. Now add Abaddon Black to the previous mix and glaze about one third of the horn towards the tip.
4. Glaze pure Abaddon Black on just the tip.
5. Now highlight the lower half of the horn, by mixing some :ushabti bone into your basecoat and picking out ridges.
6. Use pure Ushabti Bone to selectively highlight.
7. Mix some White into your Ushabti Bone for a few very small highlights.

Yellow Boils

On green skin, I like to separate the boils from the skin more substantially. This is just because the purple shading around the base complements the skin so nicely.

1. Start by basecoating with Screamer Pink , coverring both the boils and a little of the surrounding area. Assuming the skin is already painted and highlighted at this point, you are probably safe to apply this like a controlled wash.
2. Pick out the boils themselves with Balor Brown .
3. On particuarly large boils, you may want to highlight with 1:1 Balor Brown and Ushabti Bone .
4. Highlight selectively with Ushabti Bone .
5. Glaze with Iyanden Yellow , pulling the pigment away from the centre.
6. Finish with a specular highlight of Ushabti Bone .

Fleshy Tentacles

1. Basecoat with Screamer Pink .
2. With a 1:1 mix of Screamer Pink and Pink Horror Horror cover most of the flesh with a thick glaze. Pulling paint towards the centre always. Paint everything just outside of recesses where the dried shade has dried.
3. Paint a smaller area with pure Pink Horror . Use the same technique as above to ensure a smooth transition. This time go over around two thirds of the area, painting higher to simulate where light would hit and adding the illusion of depth below.
4. With a 1:1 mix of Pink Horror and Kislev Flesh flesh paint an even smaller area, pulling even closer to the centre and higher.
5. With pure Kislev Flesh paint a very small area. For some tentacles I add this highlight as multiple small lines to add texture.