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Post by sedge on Feb 17, 2024 22:41:30 GMT
I will post a photo of the whole lot when I've got the zombie ogres done.
The new GW zombies fit in fine with the Fireforge Games zombies I painted - they're sitting next to one another in my display cabinet. I painted the old GW zombies many years ago, and they're obviously a different generation of model, so probably will stand out a bit. But in a unit of that many models, it shouldn't matter much.
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Post by masterofnone on Feb 18, 2024 21:57:35 GMT
Your miniatures look really good, all of them. I am curious about what techniques you use - are you using contrast paints a lot? Regardless, would you describe what do do?
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Post by sedge on Feb 18, 2024 22:20:13 GMT
Your miniatures look really good, all of them. I am curious about what techniques you use - are you using contrast paints a lot? Regardless, would you describe what do do? Thanks! I haven't used Contrast paints before, but some of my models probably look that way as I often use a wash as the last step in painting an area. For the zombies, they were sprayed Mechanicus Standard Grey (my favourite primer for most models), and each area was basecoated - Rakarth Flesh for the skin, various colours for the cloth and hair, Morghast Bone for the bone, white for the eyes, and so on. Very little got a highlight - from recollection only the wood, which I painted Dryad Bark then layered over Gorthor Brown. I then washed the entire model with a mix of Lahmian Medium + Agrax Earthshade + Nuln Oil + Drakenhof Nightshade. The final steps were rust effects and basing. Most conventional painting has a basecoat, then wash, then layering/highlighting. Doing the wash last helps to blend colours together and covers up messiness, but does dull any highlights you do. I do sometimes add highlights later on, especially characters, and often for teeth/claws. But for Zombies, having them all dirty and dulled fits the models better. I do approach different armies in different ways, so my Dwarfs and Dark Elves have drybrushed highlights on their armour, while my Warriors of Chaos have stark edge highlights. But "dirty" armies like most Undead units, Beastmen and Orcs & Goblins, I paint very similarly. If there were any other models you were curious about how I painted, I can talk through them. I learnt many years ago to keep notes of all my painting recipes to refer to when I add more models to that army.
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Post by masterofnone on Feb 18, 2024 22:27:43 GMT
Your miniatures look really good, all of them. I am curious about what techniques you use - are you using contrast paints a lot? Regardless, would you describe what do do? Thanks! I haven't used Contrast paints before, but some of my models probably look that way as I often use a wash as the last step in painting an area. For the zombies, they were sprayed Mechanicus Standard Grey (my favourite primer for most models), and each area was basecoated - Rakarth Flesh for the skin, various colours for the cloth and hair, Morghast Bone for the bone, white for the eyes, and so on. Very little got a highlight - from recollection only the wood, which I painted Dryad Bark then layered over Gorthor Brown. I then washed the entire model with a mix of Lahmian Medium + Agrax Earthshade + Nuln Oil + Drakenhof Nightshade. The final steps were rust effects and basing. Most conventional painting has a basecoat, then wash, then layering/highlighting. Doing the wash last helps to blend colours together and covers up messiness, but does dull any highlights you do. I do sometimes add highlights later on, especially characters, and often for teeth/claws. But for Zombies, having them all dirty and dulled fits the models better. I do approach different armies in different ways, so my Dwarfs and Dark Elves have drybrushed highlights on their armour, while my Warriors of Chaos have stark edge highlights. But "dirty" armies like most Undead units, Beastmen and Orcs & Goblins, I paint very similarly. If there were any other models you were curious about how I painted, I can talk through them. I learnt many years ago to keep notes of all my painting recipes to refer to when I add more models to that army. Keeping notes is way more accurate that I would ever hope to be Thanks for the run-through. I don't have any GW paints so understanding the colours used is a bit of a guessing game - I know some from Youtube though. The Lahmian medium is a clear medium that gives some consistency to washes, isn't it? Kind of makes me think that the mixture you devised for the wash might work a bit like contrast paint. I am also experimenting something similar using mediums from other brands, like Liquitex and Kimera. What I do like is oil washes, they are very versatile.
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Post by sedge on Feb 19, 2024 12:46:53 GMT
Lahmian Medium is like a wash paint without any pigment, so it's clear. It's good for thinning down washes so they're not so overpowering. You could water them down instead, but for some reason mixing water into GW washes really messes them up and ends in disaster.
In non-GW terms, the wash I used for these zombies was: brown ink + black ink + dark blue ink, diluted. The dark blue ink (Drakenhof Nightshade) is a great colour to use for "evil" models, as it provides a sinister tint to flesh.
This particular mix wasn't the only one I use - for these "dirty" types of models, sometimes I'll randomly mix in some green ink, pink, sepia or other inks to slightly vary the tone between models.
It's different to contrast paints, as those add the pigment/colour to an area, whereas I've blocked them in already, but it does the same in adding shading and tinting things slightly.
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Post by masterofnone on Feb 19, 2024 17:36:48 GMT
Lahmian Medium is like a wash paint without any pigment, so it's clear. It's good for thinning down washes so they're not so overpowering. You could water them down instead, but for some reason mixing water into GW washes really messes them up and ends in disaster. In non-GW terms, the wash I used for these zombies was: brown ink + black ink + dark blue ink, diluted. The dark blue ink (Drakenhof Nightshade) is a great colour to use for "evil" models, as it provides a sinister tint to flesh. This particular mix wasn't the only one I use - for these "dirty" types of models, sometimes I'll randomly mix in some green ink, pink, sepia or other inks to slightly vary the tone between models. It's different to contrast paints, as those add the pigment/colour to an area, whereas I've blocked them in already, but it does the same in adding shading and tinting things slightly. Great move from GW's perspective. Why let people thin their inks/washes with water (free), when we can make some extra fat profit?
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Feb 29, 2024 3:12:27 GMT
Great zombie horde. You might say that you've done a "dead impressive" job.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Mar 7, 2024 12:24:41 GMT
More Zombies! These are 36 of the newer Games Workshop zombies - 15 from Cursed City, 20 from the "Deadwalker Zombies" kit, plus 1 zombie cat also from Cursed City: The grave markers on the back of some of them are amusing... but overdone. Like a few in a unit is okay (as in the Deadwalker Zombies kit) but the fact all the Cursed City ones had them was a bit silly. I cut a couple off, but they weren't simply to remove, so I left the rest on. The tree roots going through them are similar - fun in places, but not on every last model. Having said that, the Deadwalker Zombies kit is great regardless, and there are some really characterful looking zombies in there. I can now field a unit of 116 zombies (a few unit fillers in there). I have 2 zombie ogres and 2 zombie horses still to add to the collection at some point. What an epic zombie unit.
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