What Mark of armour is this...?

[Denzark]

Hey chaps


At linky appears the old Chaos Marines. But, can anyone tell me, is the NURGLE armour, MkII or MkIII?

http://www.solegends.com/citcat911/c2110chaosmarines.jpg


Cheers all

[Gotthammer]

Mix of both (makes sense as Mk3 was just the heavy version of 2).

The helmet is 3 (goggles vs single visor), as is the single piece chest plate and the shoulder pads. Arms are Mk2, as 3 has extra plating on the bracers (seen here (http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg251/Marshal_Weiss/img47285f1a199c4.jpg)). Legs are tricky as the thighs are a copy of the contemporary Mk2 model's (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1490654&prodId=prod1140240), but the shins and boots aren't, and look more like a Mk7 style.

My guess would be that the mini is a mix of the styles, but re-sculpted from the Mk3 model in the GW link above (or maybe the Mk2 in this pic (http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a118/Gagoc/Sources/GW_Mk2s.jpg)), adding in some Mk2 elements and changing the lower legs to make them stouter for visual balance.

[fuzzbuket]

better photo
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440167a&prodId=prod890005a&rootCatGameStyle=

still avaliable from gw!

[Denzark]

It looks closest to the spiked helmet and sword fella in Gotty's last pic - even has the droopy bollock guard bit.

Awesome thanks chaps.

[faolan]

It's an older helm, as previously noted, but they're a much later style of legs, notice they're rather like the current plastic Space Marine leg majority. Also, the shoulders aren't the old II/III style.

[Gotthammer]

They're Mk3 shoulders - it's the only mark with studded rims. Mk2 has studded edging with no raised rims, Mks 4-6 have neither rims nor edging studs and Mks7+ have smooth raised rims.

[AnEnemy]

Mark 4-8 shoulder pads are indistinguishable from one another except in regards to Chapter specific details or artifice.

I have them right in front of me. Although, I have seen art that corroborates what you said. I choose to go with the miniatures over art though.