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Started my Forgefiend recently, a couple WIP shots.
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Warbie, would you do me a huge favour and explain how you painted those skin tones on your zombies? Both colours, just what paint colours and orders you used 
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Or anyone else for that matter!
Warbie, would you do me a huge favour and explain how you painted those skin tones on your zombies? Both colours, just what paint colours and orders you used
Sure - I'm not doing anything fancy. GW pallid wych flesh for the white zombies and army painter necrotic flesh for the green. With the first I mix a little white for extreme highlights and then dip in army painter strong shade. With the green I do thin coats so the white of the undercoat shows through a very tiny bit on the raised areas and use the same dip. The shading is mostly all done with the dip. The highlighting is done by, after you've shaken off/removed the excess dip, dipping an old brush in white spirit, wiping most of it off, and then gently removing the dip from raised areas. Much like dry brushing except you're removing rather than adding. A little like oil painting - the dip takes a few minutes to dry so there's plenty of time. I've given up on more traditional wet blending and two brush techniques - as I can't do them at all! - and am not happy with my results by slapping on layers or dry brushing, and this way works best for me. Plus it's quick and relatively easy!
Here's a close up. So far i'm most happy with the grey suit
The downsides to this - all the shading is the same colour and dark colours don't turn out too well as removing the dip doesn't reveal a lighter colour underneath.
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Awesome post mate thanks. So would I get a similar result by using plenty of a dark wash over a flesh base, keeping the highest parts reasonably untouched, and maybe touch them up again later?
Maybe, I reckon it would turn out quite dark. I've tried with normal inks and couldn't get it right for me. The dip i'm talking about is this stuff:
It works better for me by painting it on tho and doing a little basic highlighting first. Then wipe off the raised areas to blend highlights in a bit. It's very messy and you'll need white spirits to clean brushes after! It also leaves the models super shiny, so a dull coat is needed - I use Testors.
It works better for me by painting it on tho and doing a little basic highlighting first. Then wipe off the raised areas to blend highlights in a bit. It's very messy and you'll need white spirits to clean brushes after! It also leaves the models super shiny, so a dull coat is needed - I use Testors.
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Finished my Imperial Guard yesterday, have been painting it for the ETL forum competition on the Bolter and chainsword
Caporegime
Some of these look fantastic.
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Certainly some impressive looking bits in here!!
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Thanks
I need a bit of a break from painting now, joined the ETL mid May and it ended on the 1st of August, didn't have single guard model painted before I joined the competition
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Wounded, been painting all week and I've only managed 7 figures so far ;(
All painted by me; except for the female fatty who was painted by my missus
All painted by me; except for the female fatty who was painted by my missus
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I don't paint figures anymore but do plenty of this stuff, scratch built from Balsa, peanut bird feeder and pre made barb wire due to the small scale, usually make my own at larger scales.. Christmas gift for a mate
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Awesome space hulk stuff
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Very nice stuff there anTTony and James
The zombicide models make me want to paint mine but that means each time we play it people will see how crap I am lol
The zombicide models make me want to paint mine but that means each time we play it people will see how crap I am lol
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been painting just over a month