*To hasten the spraying, I mount my figures on flat mdf sticks with double sided tape.
This allows you to spray a number (up to 20) of models at the same time. Preshade
1. Prime with chaos black spray. 2. Using a mix of 4 drops Vallejo white surface primer and Vallejo thinner. We pre-shade the models in 45 degree angle.
Basecoat
*colours used
1. I premix Vallejo skin tone & Vallejo thinner in a bottle as my base colour mix.
2. I spray the model with this mix. The colour should go on nicely in 1 coat due to previous pre-shading step.
3. Next add a drop of Vallejo red to flesh mix in airbrush and spray the areas where you like bruised or fleshy tone. (Note: this is up to individual to decide, but i did mine on tentacles & open wounds)
4. Add 1 drop of Vallejo camo dark green to flesh mix and spray the horn areas.
5. I also did an over-spray to add a greenish hue to whole model.
6. Add 1 drop of Vallejo black to mix to complete the horn tips.
Washes
This method uses 5 standard gw washes: 1. Carroburg Crimson 2. Athonian Camoshade 3. Druchii Violet 4. Agrax Earthshade (not in pic) 5. Reikland Fleshshade *i always dilute my washes with GW Lahmian Medium for control. 1. Wash the whole model with diluted fleshshade to give it its fleshy tone 2. Wash the horns, head, boils areas with diluted camoshade 3. Wash crimson and violet washes for the tentacles & wound areas 4. Wash earthshade for the face area and any other area
Special "green sauce" wash to give it a toxic look 1. Mix some gw air moot green and lahmian medium. 2. Wash the boils and open wound areas.
Boils 1. Mix Sybarite Green and Gauss blaster green, base the boil 2. Add scar white to highlight.
Simple highlight to catch audience attention 1. Add scar white to fleshtone and highlight certain areas like tentacles, muscles, face, horn 2. Finally dot pure scarwhite on certain areas like tip of horns, tentacles, face.
*finished colourful zombies with some plague marines in background for flavour
Hope this quick and fast method helps you speed paint your zombies in a colourful way!
About the painter:
Rico Chia has been a miniature painter for many years, bringing models to life with the use of colour. He has won a couple of Golden Demon categories in Australia, is based in Hong Kong, and is now looking to create models for others to bring to life.
He is part of a company that shares a world of unique characters, Mirico, a boutique collectibles brand from Singapore. Working closely with a family of artists, Mirico strive to bring their customers the best unique collectibles. They've just launched their first miniature bust and you can find out more about the company here: Mirico