Post: #1

Greetings Everyone.

Since I am new to the site, I figured I would start a painting blog. That seems to be all the fashion these days

I've been gaiming and painting for a while, but this is the first time that I am getting involved with Warhammer Fantasy. I just could not resist after the new VC book came out.

I've currently got 15 zombies completely painted and based, and another 25 on the table being painted now. General paint scheme is a P3 Thrall Flesh for the flesh, reds, blues, and browns for the clothes (in various shades), dunk in the Army Painter Quickshade (currently using the lightest, probably move up to the middle), Dullcote and then base. What do you think?

Post: #2

The zombies are looking great. Have you dipped the unit? It looks like you may have done but i think you might need either a darker tone or to re-dip them. Other than that anthing dipped interests me as I haven't got the nerve to do it myself yet!

Keep up the good work,

u_m

Post: #3

(02-03-2012 10:01 PM)untitled_musketeer Wrote:  The zombies are looking great. Have you dipped the unit? It looks like you may have done but i think you might need either a darker tone or to re-dip them. Other than that anthing dipped interests me as I haven't got the nerve to do it myself yet!

Keep up the good work,

u_m

Yea, they have been dipped, but with the lightest shade of Army Painter Quickshade. I think the medium or dark may work better. The product is fairly nice, but you have to make sure and catch pools if you actually care. It gives you contrast as it contracts into the cracks and gives you basically a gloss coat over the model giving you protection. It's a pain to clean off your hands if you get it on your hands though.

My next batch will probably use the darkest and see how that comes out. I've had good success with even dipping pure whites in the darkest, so we will see how that comes out.

Post: #4

Seems good, I've seen it advertised at a FLGS, but I haven't really seen much of what it's done.

I really should consider trying to implement some sort of 'Quick fix' painting for my hordes of Zombies/Skeletons, since it really isn't realistic or smart to try and paint them all to my highest quality standard I can... Way too much time would be wasted

How much is that Army Quick shade stuff anyways? Do the .. (Cans?) of it last fairly long? Any outstanding things you'd note (Smells bad, terrible messes, anything like that?). Just curious.

Post: #5

I use Polyshade wood-stain from Walmart. It says what you can't do on the can. =D

Post: #6

Does woodstain work?

I've fancied giving dipping a go because I really like what you can achieve. Is it possible to matte the gloss down?

Post: #7

yes it is, although most of the shine fades naturally http://www.thearmypainter.com/ recommend you look in the gallries on that site for advice

Post: #8

Thanks! I'll check it out!

Post: #9

At the rate it is used up, I suspect you could probably dunk a few hundred models in the stuff for one can. Me and my roommate still have a can that is about 1/2 full from around a year ago. The volume has decreased more due to partial moisture loss rather than dunking.

Post: #10

if your unsure with what tone to go for use strong tone, and check out the mantics and warhammer ranges in the gallery, seriously the stuff has been a life sver

Post: #11

Speed painter, I am not, but I've been slowly chipping away at my Zombies. I decided that I wanted to make a quick comparison between the Light Tone I am using right now and the Dark Tone of Army Painter Quickshade. I like the darkest tone I think, but let me get some comments from the rest of the community.

Here is what I started with, two Zombies with very basic blocked out colors.




From here I dunked both models in the Dark Shade, shook off most of the excess, and bloted away some that gathered in big drops (like in the palms of the hands).




After this I hit the models with a coat of Testor's Dullcote, and here is the result.



And here is a side by side comparison with the Soft Tone.



I do think I like the darker contrast with the light skin tone more than I do the lighter contrast of the Soft Tone. What do you all think?

Post: #12

Definitely the Dark Shade; Unless you specifically want to avoid any sort of 'Grungy' feel to them, I think that looks considerably better, plus looks more dirty from their shallow graves

I would be interested though on how it plays with the cloth colours you dip, since the two you dipped in dark shade were blue pants; It might make a poor shading on brighter colours like red? I'm not entirely sure, just throwing it out there before you commit, but for sure with the darker blue/brown/ maybe greens? the darker shade looks better to me.

Post: #13

(02-10-2012 07:55 AM)Tawg Wrote:  Definitely the Dark Shade; Unless you specifically want to avoid any sort of 'Grungy' feel to them, I think that looks considerably better, plus looks more dirty from their shallow graves

I would be interested though on how it plays with the cloth colours you dip, since the two you dipped in dark shade were blue pants; It might make a poor shading on brighter colours like red? I'm not entirely sure, just throwing it out there before you commit, but for sure with the darker blue/brown/ maybe greens? the darker shade looks better to me.

I also, sometimes, play Protectorate of Menoth (Warmachine) with a traditional white and red paint scheme. I painted up a couple of Paladin's of the Wall and dunked them in the Dark Tone and here is the result.



As you can see, even though this is the darkest shade of Quickshade, it still comes out fairly well (or at least I think so). I don't think the Dark Tone will cause much problems when I move to lighter colored models like skeletons and the like.

Post: #14

(02-10-2012 03:41 PM)Zeruul Wrote:  I also, sometimes, play Protectorate of Menoth (Warmachine) with a traditional white and red paint scheme. I painted up a couple of Paladin's of the Wall and dunked them in the Dark Tone and here is the result.



As you can see, even though this is the darkest shade of Quickshade, it still comes out fairly well (or at least I think so). I don't think the Dark Tone will cause much problems when I move to lighter colored models like skeletons and the like.

Oh wow, that guy actually does look rather well! Worst is just a bit of it looking poor on the bottom end of his shield (I assume larger flat areas can give you a bit of trouble with that stuff?) but besides that it looks amazing, especially considering it probably took so much less time!

Is that all just one coat/colour then the shade?

Post: #15

(02-11-2012 07:14 AM)Tawg Wrote:  Oh wow, that guy actually does look rather well! Worst is just a bit of it looking poor on the bottom end of his shield (I assume larger flat areas can give you a bit of trouble with that stuff?) but besides that it looks amazing, especially considering it probably took so much less time!

Is that all just one coat/colour then the shade?

Kind of. The off white takes a few coats by hand to get it to come through properly since it does not cover that well with a single coat, but basically yes. A solid cover of the white, read, etc, dunk, and good to go. No highlighting, shading, or anything else. Block in the colors and dunk it. If you don't catch it you do get pools of the Quickshade in certain areas, typically at the bottoms of things like cloaks, hands, weapons, etc, but in even then it is not something you would typically notice from table height. Personally, I did not care enough to keep an eye on the model long enough to gather up all the excess at the bottom, nor to strip it again

Post: #16

Just a quick update. I've basically finished the Zombies. I need to dunk them, base them, and then seal them and I should be done. I should have pictures of them up in a day or two once they are all dry and such. Once that is done the next item up on the chopping block is a Winged Vampire Lord that I picked up.

Can anyone tell me just WHAT is the purpose of that bat/rat/dragon thing on his shoulder? I think I might just cover over the hole and leave it at that.

Post: #17

(02-18-2012 01:00 AM)Zeruul Wrote:  Just a quick update. I've basically finished the Zombies. I need to dunk them, base them, and then seal them and I should be done. I should have pictures of them up in a day or two once they are all dry and such. Once that is done the next item up on the chopping block is a Winged Vampire Lord that I picked up.

Can anyone tell me just WHAT is the purpose of that bat/rat/dragon thing on his shoulder? I think I might just cover over the hole and leave it at that.

Exciting

I think the little 'Familiar' thingy is just there for looks. Even in the last edition army book we didn't specifically have any sort of item it would have represented It's probably just for flair on the model, perhaps the sculptor thought it helped break up the lines, or more likely, to provide a better foil to his up-held wing that otherwise would have been completely dominant on the profile (Which could be good, if that's what you want; I hardly notice but I'm quite sure many of the painted ones I've seen have left it off themselves).

Plus it adds an additional surface area to add in another colour to the model to balance a palate or break up the lines colours would be forming for your eyes. If that sort of thing matters to you. That's all I can think of though, artistic value.

Post: #18

Ok, here is another quick update. Not quite yet done with the Zombies, but I have them dunked. Just need to finish the bases and matte seal them and I should be good to go.