I will for my 2016 army painters challenge contribute with a selection of fantasy miniatures. These days I no longer concern my self with projects, games or deadlines and simply paint for the fun of it.
First up I have painted the Zombies from my Black Plague Zombicide boardgame. The miniatures are not bad actually, provided that you do not find the comic book style deterring.
As there are quite a lot of miniatures in the box(es) I decided to cut all the corners I could. I shall briefly describe my process here:
1) Black undercoat.
2) Quick drybrush with various earth shades to let the details stand out and give the miniatures some basic colour to work with.
3) Light drybrush with green grey. For some reason I find this colour adds a lot of 'zombie' to most other colours.
4) Skin painting: Khaki, flesh, skin wash, flesh again, done.
5) Blood spatter and dirt sprinkling. Utilising a tootbrush the miniatures are sprinkled in various (darker) browns and a bit of red ink (mix in a bit of brown - red looks too red).
6) Bases. While doing the bases make sure to stain the minis a little too - I add some good sploshes of diluted base-paint here and there to make it look like mud/dirt.
7) Eyes and teeth - I first paint them black with ink and then add a white dot for the dead eyes. The teeth are picked out in white.
Dusting up - The whole miniatures is given a very light drybrush with a sandy colours (Iraqui Sand for instance).
9) Tamiya clear red/smoke for extra blood. I like my zombies bloody and add this here and there
ad libitum. Or
ad nausea... That is basically it. In essence this technique simply paints the skin of the miniatures and relies on 'weathering' to finish them.