Author Topic: The Walking Dead (March 15: Barn) (Read 22636 times)

Malebolgia · « **Reply #60 on:** April 15, 2020, 07:25:28 PM »

Thanks guys!
@Voivod: what really works well IMO is to use a zenithal priming and then hit everything with Contrast paints. This gives you a very nice basecoat and shading. Then use a colour like VMC Deck Tan with some of the Contrast to create nice desaturated highlight colours. The desaturated colours really work with this setting. And higlighting in 'small stripes' gives a nice worn look to the clothing. You can see it on the rasta walker. I really like the effect on his shirt...worn and old.

Grendel · « **Reply #61 on:** April 19, 2020, 02:02:25 AM »

Which of the contrast paints did you use for the jeans? assume a zenithal undercoat and is it with grey seer or wraithbone?

Very nice models, the eyes with visible pupils look a bit odd on the zombies, i prefer to do an offwhite eye with no pupil to represent cataracts etc (and saves doing more eyes), but the pupils make them almost scarier to be honest

Malebolgia · « **Reply #62 on:** April 19, 2020, 08:01:54 PM »

Thanks! For the jeans it was super easy:
-Prime black
-Prime white zenithally
-Coat with Black Templar + Talassar Blue
-Drybrush with P3 Trollblood Base
-Drybrush with P3 Trollblood Base + VMC Deck Tan

Supereasy and fast!
For the eyes I'm still thinking of adding a yellow and red wash to them to make them more sick. Not too sure about how they are now.

syrinx0 · « **Reply #63 on:** April 20, 2020, 01:50:39 AM »

I was just using white primer with Talassar Blue for a really quick blue jeans but wasn't totally happy with the look. I will have to give your more detailed recipe a try.

The Voivod · « **Reply #64 on:** April 26, 2020, 02:52:14 PM »

Haven't worked with zenithal yet, but it makes sense. There's this look about it that makes it look textured and not smooth like a piece of metal would be.
Haven't worked with the contrasts yet.

For the eyes, I prefer to paint the eyes of zombies just a mix of bone and grey, a very light colour and then no details. I give them a dark outline (Usually black) like I do with most eyes on humans, but then after painting the "whites" (bone grey in this case) I stop.
This gives them a dead blank appearance, since the iris and pupil leaves a lot of the colour upon death. You could put in a darker grey iris after this step, but for me that's not a necessity.