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Well decided to start a fantasy army. Going with VC. I have been looking everywhere for a decent painting tutorial for zombies and cant find anything that helpful. I prime black (Hate doing white) so it must be for a undercoated black model. Considering going my own route and doing more of a medium green kinda color for skin... warboss green, Camo green, and a flesh wash Maybe a Ushabti bone drybrush to finish it off..

Anyways if anyone has a tutorial or ideas that would be most appreciated!!

Consider adding normal fleshtone to your greens to lighten/highlight.

It all depends on if they are newly dead, or have been dead for awhile.

I think that Zombies with a black base coat would look best with grey, pale green, pale yellow and pale orange tones. You could try simply layering those colors using a sponge dauber and dry brushing techniques. Perhaps a bit of flaking to make it look like the flesh is falling off.

Id like them to look like they've been dead a while

You could try grey, pale green and pale blue tones to get the "dead for a while" look haha

They way I did mine:
Flesh was Rotting Flesh (according to the GW paint conversion chart, it's now Nurgling Green).
I painted all the clothes bright reds, greens, reds & yellows.
Did the wood & boots / shoes with Bestial Brown (use something like Skrag Brown).
Did the metallics with silver or chainmail (can't remember which)
Then I washed the whole model with green wash mixed with brown wash - I advise using Athonian Camoshade mixed with a bit of Agrax Earthshade.
Then you're done! Quick & easy.
You could also try Army Painter Mid Shade dipping stuff.

You could do them like mine... but I started with a white undercoat. Making them look pale is easier with a white undercoat, lol.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-59981-27869_Vampire%20Counts.html

Why do you insist on priming black? That's going to severely limit your possible approaches

 Million wrote:
Why do you insist on priming black? That's going to severely limit your possible approaches

Ive primed white before and im just never happy with the outcome.... I don't know why it just seems to be the way it goes...


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Found this post! Going to give the first ones posted a try. The green. I wanna brighten them up a bit. Might ad another drybrush ontop of the ones he used. Thoughts?

http://www.vampirecounts.net/Thread-How-to-paint-your-Zombies