A Monstrous Batch Paint - Black Plague Zombies

As you know, I am participating in the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge.

To get me a much needed points boost and to get me over the line of my 750 points goal, I decided to paint up the remaining zombies in my Zombicide Black Plague Box Set.  There was 44 to do in total and these would be entered into the Monstrous Themed Round, it was indeed a monstrous effort and took me just over a week to do!

You will see my tally on the table for 2018 miniatures painted it has had a much needed +44 boost!

I primed them with Vallejo IJA Tsuchi-Kusa-IRO Vallejo 74.611.  The zombies were given a quick and easy rubbish base coat, dry brushed with Zombie Flesh, then the brilliant Army Painter Quick Shade was applied!  I love this stuff as it makes the zombies look amazing! I then use a flat mat varnish to tone down the gloss effect, then add eyes and blood... done!

I am going to paint up lots of my board game NPCs this way and pay more attention to the player characters.

The Horde Painted - All 44 of them!

Primed with  IJA Tsuchi-Kusa-IRO Vallejo 74.611

Base Coats Going on

Base Coated and Dry Brushed

The Final Result

Fatties

Runners

Taking a Dip Part 1 - Black Plague Zombies

The Army Painter has had their quick shade "dips" around for quite some time now.  As always I have been very late to the party.  I recently picked up some of this brilliant product at MOAB 2017 from War And Peace Games

The stuff provides a very hard glossy coat to your figures protecting them and the shading is exceptionally good.  The shine is easily reduced with some Matte Varnish.  I use AK Interactive Ultimate Matte Varnish do reduce the shine once cured.

A very quick tutorial/guide on how I painted them.  I mostly use a much simplified version of Sorastro's Guide.

I painted my figures with a very rough and rubbishy base coat.  I gave them an even more rubbish dry brush afterwards all over with the Army Painter Zombie Skin I focused on mostly the skin however dry brushed lightly the clothes etc

Once the paint was all cured they looked something like this... Rubbish I know.

10 Year old me would be proud of these

After this the fun part started.  Using a brush I applied the strong tone and they looked something like this...

Once the quick shade dries it is extremely glossy and looks something like this...

Shinier than an English Rugby Supporter's head

I sprayed a heavy coat of AK Interactive's Ultimate Matte Varnish and applied some pink eyes and some Blood from the Blood God from that company that rips you off.  It gives a result like this...

Zombicide Black Plague Zombies

You can see how a rubbish paint job which was rough as guts all of the sudden looks very nice.  The figures are well protected and great for the rigors of an intense zombie slaying session.

All in all this is a very quick and easy way to paint zombies and other gaming pieces.  Certainly not my finest paint job but they will look great in game.