Walking Dead - Prelude to Woodbury project

[Jockjay]

Mate, seriously.

I'm getting the 'give me everything' mantic walking dead pack tomorrow. Cheers Santa.
So all of wave 1.

Plan is to blog my progression in both painting and gaming. But your painting is well up there, mine pales in comparison. Looking forward to your next stuffs. Also interested in your rust technique!

Thanks for the extra excitement for me getting my stuff!

Jay.

[aiteal]

Thanks

Painting the vehicles is really quite simple, I base coated in brown, dabbed on some orange with a sponge, then 'salted' the vehicle.
Basically I sprayed the car with water and poured on table salt, sea salt and baking soda. Once it dried it will look like this

Leave it to dry for an hour or so, then spray with your top coat using an airbrush (mine is just a cheap 10 quid Chinese airbrush from ebay)
Once dry wash away the salt with warm water and an old toothbrush and your done
You can add in some extra stains using vallejo smoke

The trailer I pretty much did the same way, but after washing away the salt and leaving to dry I weathered it with cheap dry pastels (4 quid in one of those discount book shops), Simply scrape the pastel to create a powder, dab it on with a brush and then fix it with isopropanol/rubbing alcohol (5 quid for a big bottle), just dab some on and leave it to evaporate and your pastels will stay on.
I tried out a little Decoart crackle glaze after that but at anything over 6 inches away the effect is kinda lost on the eye
It looks good close up though.

After that I just do washes with vallejo smoke

[aiteal]

Some of my walkers so far.

[Jockjay]

Nice!

[RedGobbo]

Really nice set of walkers. Thanks for the weathering tips, I will definitely try this technique.

[Ballardian]

Very nice, your pastels tip is spot on, you can use them in the same way you'd use pigment powders, but for a fraction of the cost (some matt varnish over the top helps keep the in place).

[aiteal]

First dozen zombies done and some barriers from the scenery set

[sean_68333]

Well done.

I like how dark you made the skin.  I went with a much lighter color so I guess mine look more fresh.

Good work on the barricades as well.

[horridperson]

Great looking figures!  Bryan and the car look stunning.  The walkers and scenery are sharp as well but it looks like you went to town on the proto-Governor.  I have to get more TWD sets  .

[Zombie Ste]

Really great work! I am trying to paint some cars for my first TNT game and I don't have a clue how to make such great old paint + rust effect. Any pointers for beginner  ? I already tried three or four online 'rust effect' tutorials but with rather disappointing outcome (mainly because of my poor painting skills).

I've always been scared of doing the old salting thing, plus after a bad experience with a GW air brush and several wasted cans of gas and paint pots,  I now prefer to do as much as I can with a brush.

Now I use modelmates rust effect,  and find it both fun and easy to work with and gives a nice convincing finish.
I use the dark and lighter tones for varying up the tone, but you could probably achieve a similar effect just using the mid tone rust effect in various concentrations and using inks once it's been varnished if you're on a budget.

To the OP, your terrain is looking really nice, would love to see an everything so far set up group shot 

[Sir_Theo]

Can I ask how you did the bases for the Walkers?  Really nice and effective.

[aiteal]

Thanks folks

Can I ask how you did the bases for the Walkers?  Really nice and effective.

I "cheated" and used the GW technical paints, agrellan (sp?) earth, then some astrogranite bits, i washed the earth with sepia wash as it was a bit light. Pretty quick and easy.

[uti long smile]

That rust really is great. Must give it a go.

[chickenbane]

Fantastic work!

[aiteal]

Thanks guys, tonight I have Lee Majors, starring as Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead