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right last step, optional but they do add a little more little more life to the model. it involves GW technical paint but if you cant get a bottle just mix up a bit of red and flesh wash and water it down slightly, this last step is to add blood effects either from wounds or onto clothing, if your doing blood effect on clothing i would also suggest using a little more red wash to soften the edges and blur it out across the fabric until you get a look your happy with.

And as I final note I neglected to mention during all these steps you will require Tea, nice strong, possibly milk with two sugars, it is the staple diet of most modellers

Great tutorial.

 CptJake wrote:
Great tutorial.

Cheers CptJake, im still picking up a few things here and there and experimenting so I would love to hear any suggestions or things people have tried, best thing about painting is there are so many ways to do things and new ways to get the right look


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 KillusMaximus wrote:
Did a speed paint color test for each of the factions. About 20-30 minutes a model. They look more shiny in the photo than they are in person.

Woah Killus, I like the use of colours on these and only 20-30 mins each!! damn i spend that long just painting a gun sometimes!!

BlessMyBeard wrote:

I like the mods you've done here. I think I might have to scrounge a spare marine head for one of my own Rebs now. I also like what you've done with that Dreadball MVP.

 CptJake wrote:
Great tutorial.

THIS!

I really don't want want bright pink Plague, and this method is ideal. It looks awesome and detailed, but is within my technical... reach, shall we say.

Thanks Jaydee, you've saved me a whole load of headache.

Now er... How are your Stage 1s and 2s coming along?!

Thanks for the tutorial mate.

Yeah, I picked up 'Blood for the Blood God' the other day and the first thing it hit was my Plague. It is a great asset.

Is BftBG good to get? What exactly is it supposed to do-I guess the only technical I really took a look at was the earth shade.

It basically dries clear if you put it on thin, and opaque if wet, and shiny either way. There are other ways to achieve a blood effect, but this is by far the fastest and easiest.

 monders wrote:


THIS!

I really don't want want bright pink Plague, and this method is ideal. It looks awesome and detailed, but is within my technical... reach, shall we say.

Thanks Jaydee, you've saved me a whole load of headache.

Now er... How are your Stage 1s and 2s coming along?!

 carlos13th wrote:
Thanks for the tutorial mate.

no problem guys I hope that it's helpful and i cant wait to see how your little nasty mutants turn out

oh and I've already done my stage 1's and 2's Monders they were some of the first things I got out of the box, there should be a few pics posted earlier on this thread but I don't think I posted this one

Ahhh yes, I remember THAT guy!

Quality work there pal. I'm actually looking forward to painting my lot now!

In the lull between the holidays and the start of the new school year, I managed to sneak in some painting time. Here are the results.


Three Stage 3 Plague guys, along with one of the SW zombies that I'll be using when the zombie rules are available. A pretty simple paintjob, just basecoat, highlight, wash. I might go back and try something different with the eyes.



Enforcers. I played around with a couple of paint schemes before I decided to go with this one. One of the reasons I'm getting out of 40K is that everything is bright, primary colors. Th Enforcers strike me as a professional military outfit, and would choose colors and patterns appropriately. They don't show up well in these photos, but I have rank and unit insignias on their shoulders-- waterslide transfers from Company B.



Rebs. I'm sticking with neutral tones for most of these. So far,I have enjoyed painting Rebs the most.


Reb Commander. The color scheme was partially inspired by Captain Marvelous, a Japanese superhero my son likes. I'm not happy with the eyes, so I'll probably go back over those this weekend.


Marauder Captain. I like this model, but I have a huge 40K Ork army and I'm not looking forward to painting greenskins...

The marauder captain looks great, and I love the HALO Enforcers.

Marauder Captain. I like this model, but I have a huge 40K Ork army and I'm not looking forward to painting greenskins...

Don't paint them like orks then, go with a fleshy tone, or maybe a brown or red. Several people have been talking about doing that, I might myself for a change.

Looking good in any case, are those bases resin or something you've done custom?

 GrimDork wrote:

Marauder Captain. I like this model, but I have a huge 40K Ork army and I'm not looking forward to painting greenskins...

Don't paint them like orks then, go with a fleshy tone, or maybe a brown or red. Several people have been talking about doing that, I might myself for a change.

Looking good in any case, are those bases resin or something you've done custom?

I considered painting the Marauders in the same blue-grey that I use for fantasy ogres, but they wouldn't really match the Orks which I'd planned to port over to Warpath when it gets a full release. It's only a dozen models, though, so I should be able to tough it out. The bases came from the PDC Kickstarter-- I ordered 100+ specifically for Deadzone.

Ahh nice, they look pretty good.

 GrimDork wrote:
Ahh nice, they look pretty good.

Yeah, I like them a lot. I originally wanted to use Sedition Wars bases, but to my knowledge they aren't available separately.

Ahh. I used to make my own custom city bases, but then I figured they wouldn't match DZ so I tried to come up with something else. I found clear acrylics and haven't looked back, although I still quite like fancy detailed bases, especially for the internets or individual display.

hey JoshInJapan, im liking the paint job on the miniatures so far, nice looking enforcers, I was looking forward to painting mine myself but I've let my brother give them a shot which may have been a mistake but i might buy another squad of them to do myself so its nice to see all the different paint jobs people are trying with them, its giving me good ideas

you mentioned something about the bases being from a Kickstarter project, do you mind linking me/us so I/we can have a look?

 JaydeeOT wrote:
hey JoshInJapan, im liking the paint job on the miniatures so far, nice looking enforcers, I was looking forward to painting mine myself but I've let my brother give them a shot which may have been a mistake but i might buy another squad of them to do myself so its nice to see all the different paint jobs people are trying with them, its giving me good ideas

you mentioned something about the bases being from a Kickstarter project, do you mind linking me/us so I/we can have a look?

Thanks for the kind words.

The Kickstarter was here:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1474140048/toys-for-your-toys-science-fiction-wargaming-acces

but of course it's finished. The bases (and other items) should be available at PDC Gaming

I still haven't decided how I am going to do my enforcers. Will probably use the make do enforcers to do colour scheme tests.

 JoshInJapan wrote:


Thanks for the kind words.

The Kickstarter was here:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1474140048/toys-for-your-toys-science-fiction-wargaming-acces

but of course it's finished. The bases (and other items) should be available at PDC Gaming

cheers for that, i just wanted to see the details for their Kickstarter to see what the original plans were, some nice looking bits and bobs on there so i might have to get a few from PDC gaming =) I am planning on making a custom board for Deadzone and i'm looking for scenery pieces that will match so this is a good start.

 carlos13th wrote:
I still haven't decided how I am going to do my enforcers. Will probably use the make do enforcers to do colour scheme tests.

the actual colour scheme of the enforcers is pretty good but after seeing people painting them up as iron man and master chief its making me want to be a bit more adventurous with mine too, my brother is going for a dirty white, silver and brown look which is not looking too bad but i might have to steal them off him when he's done and do the fine details since he kinda sucks at that sort of thing

hey everybody, well seeing as you took the time to flick over my painting tutorial I figured I would post some pics of the finished model including the mortar cannon.

Nice mortar. I've found Hazard stripes are a great way to really draw attention to specific parts of models among the grey/white scenery and board. The skin tones are fantastic.

 Paradigm wrote:
Nice mortar. I've found Hazard stripes are a great way to really draw attention to specific parts of models among the grey/white scenery and board. The skin tones are fantastic.

Cheers Paradigm, I was a bit dubious about painting the hazard stripes since they never really turn out that well when I attempt them but I think I got lucky with this but you are right, the use of these warning signs really do help break up all the plain open spaces.

 JoshInJapan wrote:



Reb Commander. The color scheme was partially inspired by Captain Marvelous, a Japanese superhero my son likes. I'm not happy with the eyes, so I'll probably go back over those this weekend.

I'm not familiar with captain Marvelous Josh but to me she looks very similar to the character Edward Elric from the full metal alchemist series a personal favourite of mine so I'm liking this

 JaydeeOT wrote:

 carlos13th wrote:
I still haven't decided how I am going to do my enforcers. Will probably use the make do enforcers to do colour scheme tests.

the actual colour scheme of the enforcers is pretty good but after seeing people painting them up as iron man and master chief its making me want to be a bit more adventurous with mine too, my brother is going for a dirty white, silver and brown look which is not looking too bad but i might have to steal them off him when he's done and do the fine details since he kinda sucks at that sort of thing

Tempted to go for some kind or Urban Digital Camo.

Yeah, black pants and you'd have it.

They do look very good.

Oooh those are nice. Look a lot like the stock scheme but that's nothing to complain about. Good work and welcome to dakka