first zombies (continued)

[goodcop2000]

(03-03-2012 04:55 AM)phantomninja Wrote:  Once again, good job. How long did it take you to paint these 3 zombies?

About 6 hours total. I'm still a slow worker but I think it will get better as I learn more. I'm still experimenting - for example I only had a bright yellow so it took me a couple of tries to mix paints that I was satisfied with for blonde hair (the mix I used was the yellow with some white added but thinking back maybe I should mix light brown in instead).

Also I stopped after the base paint job and went back to the forums to read samuraitrev's guide to washes and highlighting. When I made the wash I went with a burnt umber that was darker than everything on the zombie and watered it down but I should have added more water. It's hard for me to judge the volume of the water vs volume of paint.

I tried to use a darker green wash on zombie #1 but I didn't like how it looked on his shirt so I ended up adding some of the burnt umber wash over it.

Maybe I had the wrong impression. I thought you could use a wash on the whole figure. Are you supposed to used different washes over the different areas?

I then tried to do a little highlighting, mostly on zombie #2, using a lighter green on raised areas of the face and other exposed skin. I felt like my highlights were too dramatic though so I mitigated them a bit when I added the blood (which was a pretty fun part after all that work).

Also I didn't do any work on the bases until the end because I haven't found a satisfactory way to immobilize the figures while I paint them. I've been holding them by the base and painting so when the main figure was all done I still went back and added primer, paint, and varnish to the base.

So definitely time-consuming but I'm learning and having a lot of fun.