jonnys strip and dip project

[jonny]

dont fear i will not be removing any of my own clothes! i will however be building up a 2k army using armypainter dips, strong tone and trying out there primers and varnish.
the stripping section is me having to clean my 300 strong zombie unit ready to repaint...........bah its going to take some time i belive-or not as the case may be if this goes to plan
feel free to comment on the progress or ask any questions you have along the way. i will be going for block colours with no highlights, i know this will not be a superbly painted army but it will idealy be neat and tidy ready for battle asap.
currently the army looks like on paper

50 zombies
50 zombies
50 zombies
40 skellys
30 grave guard
terrorgeist
and just one vamp
tho i will be sure to keep you up to date with the list as it evolves.

 

[Bishop]

Blech! Stripping and repainting 300 zombies sounds like WAY too much work, and not fun at all.

Good luck!

 

[untitled_musketeer]

I have to concur with Bishop here. This is a serious pain in the plums! If you're going to win at all it's with the dip. I'd be good to try and create some sort of rig that would allow you to dip say 5 or 10 at a go and shake them. It might speed things along a bit.

All the best, I'm as eager to see how your sanity stands this task as well as the end result!

u_m

 

[Santawraith]

I would have to say that is false advertising then.

I love the army painter's primer's there bone primer is the same shade as bleached bone. Just for the added info.

that is alot of zombies to strip and repaint. I don't envy you there but look forward to seeing all your hard work in the end result.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

I saw the thread title and just for one moment......erv:

Anyway, sounds good. To be fair that many zombies sounds like a pain, but it would be even worse to paint them all, so dipping does sounds easier. Good luck!

 

[Malochai]

Ouch ... That is going to be so much fun. Could you please let me know how easy the dipping part is? I plan on using the method for my skaven hordes

 

[jonny]

thanks guys for your support on this one. i was just intending to do 150 of the zombies so they were ready for a game or two. however i feel i should rise to the challange and try to re do the full 300. im away with work currently but should be able to get my hands on the hordes early next week.
i will even time the project to see if it is as easy as its claimed and note any difficultys or indeed shortcuts

 

[Gatsu]

I used the army painter strong dip in some models of skeletons, works good, but my mate varnish does not works so good eliminating the glow of the dip

Anyway good luck with your horde, with colours are you going to use for the zombies, dark greens, browns, none of them?

 

[Graf Wulfen Blut Schlosses]

I used the army painter strong dip in some models of skeletons, works good, but my mate varnish does not works so good eliminating the glow of the dip

Anyway good luck with your horde, with colours are you going to use for the zombies, dark greens, browns, none of them?

Over the last couple of days I have glued and painted 20 zombies, using basic colours and then dipping them into Army Painter Soft Tone Quickshade. This works very well, I would use the Dark Tone for Skeletons (basic white paint on bones) as this works a treat. I have previously used the Dark Tone but diluted it a little with methylated spirits, this makes it slightly runnier and less dark. I strongly suggest trying a couple of test figures first, this worked extremely well on my Plaguemarines and Nurgle Daemons (I love my digusting/dirty armies to look gritty and grimy). If you dilute it, put it into a seperate resealable jar (I use Moccona coffe jars with the glass and plastic lids). Once you have used a bit of the Quickshade, you may need a taller container (I dip mine, which is slow but does work well, I haven't tried painting the Quickshade on yet); especially for the models with spears etc.

 

[jonny]

ive got some colour schemes in my head now. all the skellys will be done with armypainters bone colour and a strong tone over it. ive been on ebay and got a can ready for when i return to the uk alongside some matt spray also from ap. regarding the other colours i wanted to achive a regal colour so opted for purple, also this is my partners fav colour so i figured it may well get her to help out with the project a little. possibly some red for the smaller cloth colours as it will go well together.
eyes are a solid gw snot green then perhaps a lighter shade to make em glow.
zombies, ghouls and vamps im not too sure on the colour-perhaps gw chardon granit? i think it will be appropriate colours also i could use it for the terror geists skins. perhaps its too dark. any suggestions will be welcome.
thanks again for all the responses i cant wait to get started now

 

[jonny]

well im now back in the sunny uk, by sunny i mean its realy like sylvania hear, bah.
ive been putting some odds and ends on ebay and have rummaged threw my bits only to find a finecast konrad in there and 3 manfreds, i will keep konrad and use him as a vamp and the mannfreds will be rehomed via ebay. you may well ask how i have 3, thats is due to me previously working for gw.
ive got my break fluid ready to start the cleaning process up on friday and in the meantime i will build the terrorgeist tonite if my jetlag allows. will add the pics once he is asembled.

 

[untitled_musketeer]

well im now back in the sunny uk, by sunny i mean its realy like sylvania hear, bah.
ive been putting some odds and ends on ebay and have rummaged threw my bits only to find a finecast konrad in there and 3 manfreds, i will keep konrad and use him as a vamp and the mannfreds will be rehomed via ebay. you may well ask how i have 3, thats is due to me previously working for gw.
ive got my break fluid ready to start the cleaning process up on friday and in the meantime i will build the terrorgeist tonite if my jetlag allows. will add the pics once he is asembled.

Break fluid is not only expensive but not nice for your skin. You ever tried Methylated Spirit? I find it shifts paint beautifully. It's dirt cheap and not too nasty on my sensitive skin.

 

[jonny]

ive tryed meths before tho not on models yet, do you mean the purple liquid, does it work on finecast?

 

[untitled_musketeer]

ive tryed meths before tho not on models yet, do you mean the purple liquid, does it work on finecast?

Yeah meths is great. Far less potent and just as effective. personally I've not tried it on finecast so I wouldn't like to say however I've used it on other types of resin before including FW stuff.

All you do is put them in a bath of it. I would recommend a jam jar as it can be pretty smelly. I've left metal and plastic minis in it for several months before and they were fine (I accidentally lost a jar when I moved house once).

Give them a scrub with an old, soft toothbrush and job's a good'un as they say!

 

[jonny]

wow!! i went to gw today to pick up somestuff-25 sterling for 10 graveguard!!WTF. even the guywho works there said they are expensive, then shook his head at the blood knights. think some lovely mantic ghouls mak be in order. who does top notck graveguard? ive got 20 atm
so as this is a painting log i should do less moaning. today ive assembled my terrorgeist 20 skellys and half built some grave guard. would have undercoated them but i need to base them. not to bad for 4 hours

 

[Malochai]

I know, the prices are astronomical ... Even my mum says how expensive they're getting and how they'll price themselves out of the market if they aren't careful ... :slapface:

 

[Mannerheim27]

I don't envy you one bit, but then again I'm stripping an entire Khador army that I bought just to paint it myself. Best of luck to ya bud. Keep your eyes on the prize!

Jake

 

[jonny]

things are moving along great now, however i was wanting to post some wip pic to show what ive been doing and useing. ive had a look on thr forum but cant seem to find a how to upload. anyhelp on this one would be appriciated, then i can get some tidy pics on here. thanks

 

[Tim]

I used some dip on my zombies and skeletons and ghouls, I painted it on though, the whole shake it of think not really that great. And just dipping it comes on to thick for my taste.
I used a cheap brush from a set of 10 for 2 euro or so, works great.

For posting pictures if you are in the advanced box for posting you get a button for uploading.

 

[Cuzzy]

Try putting the links between:

Oh and we've got this wonderfull tool on the site called edit (below your post, the first of the four right buttons) which can be used to prevent double posting

 

[Dark Rose]

Jonny... on the post writing java window you'll see a lil' picture of a mountain with a tiny sun up above on the top left... that's the image imbed button, when you hit that it'll bring up a prompt for a url... paste in that direct image link from photobucket and you are golden.

Hope that helps!

 

[Cuzzy]

Hmm still no luck, but photobucket has an option for posting pics.
Hover over the picture and select the lowest option, it should say IMG code, paste that on here and voila!

 

[jonny]

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[Cuzzy]

It seems it worked. I can see a big picture of two skellies!

 

[jonny]

THANK YOU ALL. hope that was not too painfull for you all, i think i shall leave my previous post up there.
now i can do a zombie plog properly, or now its a zombie log. so ive managed to get my hands on the zombies and have currently 50 of the blighters iin some break fluid in the garage.
im further ahead in my painting vs my uploading so i will add the pics in sequence so i can give a little explination here n there.
so the above is clearly a couple of regular skellys pre primer
cheers again