My Zombie Journey (terrain added 10 Sept)

[Melnibonean]

Greetings Folks,
Here are my first steps towards the Z-Apocalypse. I've had a look as ATZ and 7ombieTV and decided to go with ZTV. I'm a fan of 7TV so maybe it has something to do with familiarity.

Anyway, these are my first lot of survivors.

[Sixmilletoe]

Really incredible painting skills! Especially love the denim and blood splatter.

[Too Bo Coo]

Really incredible painting skills! Especially love the denim and blood splatter.

Seconded!  May I suggest a few washes just to give a little more depth?  Have you tried the Army Painter Dips?  You can just brush them on, which I think works much better.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

[Braz]

Very nice paint jobs.

[mindfad]

really like your flesh tones. What colors are you using?

[Too Bo Coo]

I caved and picked up 7ombietv.... nice game!  That's the really great thing about tabletop games.  Once you have the minis and terrain, rule sets can be poped in and out.  Why have to choose?  ATZ is $18 and 7Z is $8, so you can have your cake and eat it too!

[Melnibonean]

Thanks for your kind replies.

really like your flesh tones. What colors are you using?

I use the Games Colour flesh - give it a wash with Ogryn Flesh, Dyrbrush with Games Colour flesh - Light drybrush with Games Colour pale flesh (on face and fingers etc).

[Brummie Thug]

Nice job so far dude they look great

[Melnibonean]

So, it looks like the apocalypse has started (well a very minor apocalypse of 2 dozen dead un's).

Here's my first batch of zeds. Nothing special and not well painted. In my opinion they don't need great painting as they are zombies and it doesn't matter if they look crappy. I think the crapyness adds to the overall undead-hoard look.

[Braz]

@Scurv Hasslefree

[Mason]

Just caught on to this thread.

Great work, sir.
Love those survivors and the hoard looks good too.
 

Where is the fat survivor from?

@Scurv Hasslefree

Most of them, if not all, are from Hasslefree's Modern Adventurers range:

http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=miniatures~modern-adventurers

[Constable Bertrand]

Nice blood on the chainsaw. I've been pondering how to do something myself... a google search seems to fail at that point.

Do you have any tips, tutorials or reference images you used?

Cheers
Matt

[Melnibonean]

Nice blood on the chainsaw. I've been pondering how to do something myself... a google search seems to fail at that point.

Do you have any tips, tutorials or reference images you used?

Cheers
Matt

I just used an old brush and stipple a bunch of very dark red (almost dark brown) and then stippled it a bit less with a brighter red in a few places. The thinking behind it being that the darker red represented darker arterial blood and dried (or soaked) gore and the lighter red is more recent blood. I did the same on the zombies but to a lesser degree of finesse.

[Brummie Thug]

So, it looks like the apocalypse has started (well a very minor apocalypse of 2 dozen dead un's)

Every Apocalypse has to start somewhere 

Nice horde so far I agree the more gory looking the better they fit in 

[Argonor]

Every Apocalypse has to start somewhere

SIC!

Nice start - I feel more and more compelled to dive back into my plastic ocean of Zeds