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Post by jennifer on Oct 29, 2016 19:51:13 GMT
I don't have suitable rotting flesh paint. Just pretty much Americana Flesh Tone paint I use on all my adventurers. I'd like to get some recommendations for cheap $1 craft store paints that have a great color for rotting flesh for zombies and ghouls. I'd like my zombies to have a different color skin than the ghouls (so I can distinguish between them easily on the table).. with the ghouls having a green tint to their skin. Don't know if any cheap paints like this exist but I don't want to spend several dollars on small miniature specific paints (e.g. reaper, citadel), if I can avoid it. But if I should, let me know and I"ll just buy them. Thanks!
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Oct 30, 2016 15:36:02 GMT
Howdy,
A drop of this and a drop of that. Mixup your own. Skin is something that really benefits from subtle variations, so mixing your own is recommended anyway, regardless of what color is your base.
Kev!
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Post by Meph on Oct 30, 2016 16:24:33 GMT
^This...
I mix my paints all the time.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Oct 30, 2016 17:43:25 GMT
i started doing that right fromt he get go. but i suggest that you clean up your old empty bottles. then use them to store massive amount of paint, all you need to do is paint the top cover to know which color is in there. i created out of white and black. 5 shades of grey. out of brown, yellow, black and white... 3 shades of brown all the way to tan. i also have now a bottle of pinkish color because white and red is awesome. think i almost did an orange bottle as well.
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Post by misterc on Oct 31, 2016 16:10:16 GMT
One thing about painting Zombies is that you don't need a consistent flesh tone, in fact a variety can look better than a uniform mob. I have had good results using a very pale blue as the base coat followed by a wash (Army Painter strongtone). My friend's zombie horde for Kings of War is a great example of different flesh tones vaultoftheundead.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/zombies-for-mantic-games-kings-of-war/I'm going to have to get my Zombies painting faster though, as I just recived The Walking Dead:All Out War
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Post by margaret on Nov 1, 2016 0:30:08 GMT
Here's a link to a blog by a guy who took the trouble to find photos of decomposing bodies to get tips on appropriate colors. He is sharing the results of his searches - text descriptions, not photos - so the rest of us don't have to look at nauseating photos.
aptwargaming.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-paint-rotting-flesh.html
Citadel seems to have re-named its line since that post. The conversion chart is at
www.tabletopgamer.com/citadel-paint-conversion-chart-your-ultimate-guide/
and gives you an idea of what colors you should be aiming to mix to approximate these.
If I were painting lot of zombies, I wouldn't do all the detail he did. A good base coat, a wash, and maybe just a few little details.
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Post by jennifer on Nov 3, 2016 5:31:17 GMT
One thing about painting Zombies is that you don't need a consistent flesh tone, in fact a variety can look better than a uniform mob. I have had good results using a very pale blue as the base coat followed by a wash (Army Painter strongtone). My friend's zombie horde for Kings of War is a great example of different flesh tones vaultoftheundead.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/zombies-for-mantic-games-kings-of-war/I'm going to have to get my Zombies painting faster though, as I just recived The Walking Dead:All Out War I have Army Painter Strong Tone, Dark Tone, Soft Tone, Flesh Tone and the 4 color tones.. the eight pack for $22. They sure have improved my skills with minis. Someone on lead-adventured.de recommended them to me. I've been mixing paints.. I just am not that experienced with painting minis I don't trust myself to mix the right shade.. because the wash changes it.
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