Sunday, January 9, 2011

Ghostbusters: My first zombie!


Yep- I believe this is the first zombie I've ever painted- and just four years past the great Zombie Fad of 2007. I decided to go with a "warm" zombie, his flesh still "pink" with some remnants of humanity, rather than the ashen grays of the re-animated dead.
The only difficulty I had (and will probably have with the others) is figuring out where clothing ends and skin begins, and where skin ends and internal organs begin. I think it will all become more clear as I add paint. (This figure actually didn't have much of any exposed insides.)

Flesh recipe (since a lot of folks ask): Base coated with P3 Khardic Flesh, then a wash of brown ink. Retouch with Khardic, then Foundry flesh 5B, GW Elf Flesh, and Foundry flesh 5C. I went a little heavier than usual with the Elf flesh and Foundry 5C to give my zombie a more pale appearance.

I have a couple more zombies  to go. My zombies come from Reaper Miniatures pack No. 3471. I think this is a great pack; you only get three zombies when most games require hordes, but if you're looking for just a few, these work nice. The rags they wear are obscure enough that you can use these zombies for both modern and fantasy games.

3 comments:

  1. OH NO!! You know what happens when you have one Zombie...the slightest scratch and thers another and before you know it..:-)
    Looks very nice
    Cheers
    Paul

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  2. Looking forward to seeing more of the zed horde ! Great work ...

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  3. Mostly these will be for the shelf, but I do plan on playing a few games with these using a self-made variant of Tusk (dinosaur hunting rules.)

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