Super Halloween Zombiefest!

[Unforgiven]

Hey everyone, I have given myself the goal to finish assembling and painting my 80 + zombie strong horde for Halloween!

I'm going to try and have it all painted by very late at night on halloween!

I just received 2 packs of zombies from wargames factory, they also gave me 2 sprues of celts! so I got more zombies (thank you wargames factory!)

I will WIP pictures as soon as possible

If anyone wants to join this thread if they are doing some creepy halloween minis, terrain etc. Come on! the more the merrier

[supervike]

80? by Saturday night?  UFF....I doubt I could get ONE done by then!!

Best of luck to you!

[Galman]

I would, but I have not recieved mine yet 

[Unforgiven]

I'm very sure I wont make it, but I'll try my best to do the most that I can 

[AKULA]

Have fun - once you get into a routine, it can actually be quite easy to paint a large run of figures, particularly when they share certain traits.

 

[Commander Vyper]

It's always zombie painting time in this house!

Good luck, if you make it very impressed, obviously depends on finish but my last session, I painted 28 to my standard in two days three nights, with a further 20 part painted.

Post up if you don't kill yourself in the process!

[Galman]

Well I didnt get any Zombies painted, but I got one of my Zombie hunters done, does that count?

[Unforgiven]

yes it is, post all your zombie related wip or finished stuff 



at the moment I got about 18 zombies assembled...I think...Pics to come tonight if I'm not too busy!

[Bako]

Good luck, if you make it very impressed, obviously depends on finish but my last session, I painted 28 to my standard in two days three nights, with a further 20 part painted.

Post up if you don't kill yourself in the process!

 . I only manage an average of less than one a month!

[Unforgiven]

first pics:









Still gotta remove mould lines and stuff...
Still debating as to if I should paint them grayish or brownish,

How did you manage to paint your zombies AKULA, I like how you did them.

[AKULA]

at the moment I got about 18 zombies assembled...

Still gotta remove mould lines and stuff...

and this, in a nutshell is the downside of multipart figures....TIME....

Still debating as to if I should paint them grayish or brownish,

How did you manage to paint your zombies AKULA, I like how you did them.

I started painting zeds May last year, so the way I finish them has evolved over time.  Started off very pale grey, went through a brown phase (dried up ones), and have now settled on an inbetween stage.

For speed painting of large numbers:

(1) Base coat with spray paint - a medium brown, or light grey (nothing too dark and overpowering).
(2) Paint flesh - I use a mix of Citadel Elf Flesh, Foundry Tan (Brown), and Slate Grey.
(3) Do the eyes, hair, clothes.
(4) Touch up the flesh, where you've made a mess with (3)
(5) Wash with Citadel Devlan Mud wash - gets in all the creases, and gives a more dark, forboding look.
(6) If you've got time add some highlights/drybrush, the skin again, and creases in the clothes.
(7) Add gore!  TCR (Tamiya Clear Red) with a bit of black/brown mixed in - use an old brush though!  Also useful for hiding bits you've missed!


If you paint 10-20 in one sitting, by the time you've finished the last one, the first one will be ready for the next step.

If you paint a horde base (a whole load of zeds stuck close together), prime them in the colour you want the base to be, otherwise it will be a nightmare to finish the base off!

Plenty of guys on here paint zeds, and have their own ways of doing so - Vyper, for example, will have his own way of painting, which suits him - the important thing is that you find a way that you are happy with, and can replicate on a mass scale.

Have fun!

 

[Unforgiven]

Thank you very much, after school today I'm going to try to assemble as much possible.
Hopefully decorating my house for halloween wont take long...

[HerbyF]

I just finished painting 4. & that took me 2 days.

[Unforgiven]

Today's work:


at 4 i sat down in the living room, started cutting out parts from the sprues..start gluing.

just finished around 6:45.

Tonight I will do some cleaning off mouldlines and such. I will try to finish cleaning them and then base and prime
them tomorow so that tomorow night I can start painting!

I'm done assembling zombies! yay

[Galman]

GO  GO GO!