Author Topic: The Walking Dead (March 15: Barn) (Read 22591 times)

Spinal Tap · « **Reply #135 on:** January 18, 2021, 07:50:54 AM »

Michonne is especially awesome.

von Lucky · « **Reply #136 on:** April 17, 2021, 01:35:01 AM »

Nice updates in this thread - really inspiring.

Malebolgia · « **Reply #137 on:** February 12, 2022, 10:04:14 AM »

It was time for more stuff for this project!

I bought these two cheap toys at a local poundland/dollarstore, typical bright coloured Chinese plastic toys. But the scale was great for Walking Dead, so time to give them an apocalyptic treatment.
I first started with the bright orange truck. I took off the container and disassembled it. This made airbrushing a lot easier. I first went with a dark rusty brown and then used a sponge to add more orange and brown colours on top for variation. After this had dried I added some chipping medium to it with a sponge. Then I added blues to the containers, with an airbrush this is so easy. Start out with a very dark blue and work your way to a very light blue. Only takes 5 minutes or so. This needs to dry very well…and then it’s time for chipping! I took a large stiff brush and some warm water and just rubbed the wet brush over the areas where the chipping medium was. This dissolves it and you take the medium and blue paint right off. Super easy to do and gives an awesome weathered effect as if the paint has come off and you see the rust underneath.
I used some oil paints and pigments to add some more rust and finished it off with some leaf scatter and coloured sawdust (fixing it with Mod Podge, works so well). During assembly I decided to keep one of the doors open and add some boxes and bottles so it would make for a nice objective in the game too.
The container can be placed on the truck or separately on the table. Always nice to have options.
The truck itself was easier to do. I first airbrushed it with matt varnish and then added grime and dirt with oil paints and pigments. I used rusty pigments only on the metal parts and not on the body itself as I assumed these are plastic and wouldn’t rust. And I also added leaves and sawdust for an old, abandoned finish. I made sure the rear part also was covered, so it made sense if it was on the table without the container.

Then the flatbed truck. I really went to town with weathering, adding tons of pigments over the oil paints. But in the end the pigment fixer behaved weird and everything became a bit tacky. So I used Mod podge with pigments on top. And WOW that combination works fantastic! The Mod Podge fixes the pigment very well and you can easily add texture because the stuff is so thick. Of course you don’t get the typical dry and dusty look you can get with pigments, but honestly I think that doesn’t work too well for gaming any way (it comes off too easily and it will often leave pigments and stains everywhere).

So two finished vehicles to add to my tables. A lot of fun experimenting and trying to get a nice TWD look and in the end I’m quite happy with them!

Grumpy Gnome · « **Reply #138 on:** February 12, 2022, 02:25:24 PM »

Brilliant work as usual! Thanks for sharing how you got such amazing results. There is just so much to love in this thread, particularly the carnival.

Treebeard · « **Reply #139 on:** February 14, 2022, 07:59:50 PM »

They do look great.

Kikuchiyo · « **Reply #140 on:** February 14, 2022, 10:17:25 PM »

I really really like the truck

Malebolgia · « **Reply #141 on:** February 17, 2022, 11:18:22 AM »

Cheers lads! Painting these vehicles made me want to paint more Walking Dead...so I decided to paint all six of the Hunters. And once again lots of fun and fast to do. The method of zenithal priming, contrast paints and quick highlights is so efficient that I can do models within 1-2 hours. A lot of fun to do as always and nice the whole group is finished.

Chris, leader of the Hunters

Charlie

David

Theresa

Greg

Albert

Next up will probably be a gas station.

Grumpy Gnome · « **Reply #142 on:** February 17, 2022, 06:03:07 PM »

Looking good! And so fast! Great work.

Is that frosting on the clear bases from using superglue?

Malebolgia · « **Reply #143 on:** February 17, 2022, 06:47:46 PM »

Cheers. And yes, frosting because of the superglue. I might use some black wash to tone it down later, but I don't care that much. You don't really see it during gaming.

Grumpy Gnome · « **Reply #144 on:** February 18, 2022, 03:04:59 AM »

No, I do not suppose you see it at arms length on the table.

I had that same problem when I tried clear bases. It was a bit more fussy but I found slower drying hobby glue did not lead to the same frosting.

Clear bases are great for figures that are on various different terrain, indoor and outdoor.

Grah · « **Reply #145 on:** February 18, 2022, 05:45:19 PM »

Could you try putting a little bit of darkish grey/black around the feet - sort of like a noonday shadow that a person would cast. Might not work but you could maybe give it a shot with one test figure.

James Mahdeep Bond V · « **Reply #146 on:** February 18, 2022, 07:30:37 PM »

Beautify photography. Great work on these models!

Malebolgia · « **Reply #147 on:** March 01, 2022, 01:18:56 PM »

Cheers lads!
Four more done...this time the prisoners from 'Safety behind bars'. I did add some black wash around the feet after superglueing them to the clear bases and this worked really well to soften the frosting.

Prisoners