Painting HeroQuest: Episode 14 - The Zombies

Steps

1. 1 Base-coat exposed skin, varying the color per zombie: Bony Matter on most, Battleship Grey and Brownish Decay (a darker tone) on a few each, and Ghoul Green on a couple as a nod to the colorized Night of the Living Dead.
2. 2 Base-coat pants with Burnt Moss on some zombies and Dusk Red on others.
3. 3 Base-coat the female zombies' dresses: Grim Black on one, Peachy Flesh on the other.
4. 4 Wash the Battleship Grey and Ghoul Green skin with Coelia Greenshade to deepen the shadows.
5. 5 Dry-brush the lighter skin tones with Rakarth Flesh.
6. 6 Base-coat all the hair with Skavenblight Dinge.
7. 7 Shade the orange dress with Fuegan Orange, then dry-brush the darker pants and clothing with Deathworld Forest and the red pants with Bugman's Glow.
8. 8 Paint the male zombies' single shoe with Satchel Brown.
9. 9 Block in the shields and the female zombies' leather belts with Titanium White to prep for the next layer.
10. 10 Highlight the hair with two progressively lighter, smaller layers of Skavenblight Dinge mixed with white, hitting the raised crown areas.
11. 11 Paint the wooden shield parts and the female zombies' leather belts with Hardened Leather.
12. 12 Fill in the eye whites with Hellbound Flesh, then paint the tongues and teeth with Titanium White.
13. 13 Base-coat all the metal — swords, shield fittings, and the females' knives — with a 50/50 mix of Broadsword Silver and Payne's Grey ink.
14. 14 Paint the male zombies' open mouths with Slaughter Red.
15. 15 Paint the bases with Rakarth Flesh.
16. 16 Wash the hair, and the teeth and mouths, with Nuln Oil to add contrast and grime.
17. 17 Highlight the metal edges with Citadel Ironbreaker.
18. 18 Mix Murder Scene and Slaughter Red with speed paint medium and use it to add blood, cuts, and bruises across the skin and clothing.

Paints used

• Bony Matter (Army Painter)

  Skin base coat on most of the zombies

• Battleship Grey (Army Painter)

  Skin base coat on a couple of the zombies

• Brownish Decay (Army Painter)

  Darker skin base coat on a couple of the zombies

• Ghoul Green (Army Painter)

  Skin base coat on a couple of zombies, as a nod to the colorized Night of the Living Dead

• Burnt Moss (Army Painter)

  Pants base coat on some of the zombies

• Dusk Red (Army Painter)

  Pants base coat on the remaining zombies

• Grim Black (Army Painter)

  Dress base coat on one of the female zombies

• Peachy Flesh (Army Painter)

  Orange dress base coat on the other female zombie

• Coelia Greenshade (Citadel)

  Wash over the Battleship Grey and Ghoul Green skin to deepen the shadows

• Rakarth Flesh (Citadel)

  Dry-brushed highlight on the lighter skin tones, and base color for all the bases

• Skavenblight Dinge (Citadel)

  Base coat for all the hair, later mixed with white for highlights

• Fuegan Orange (Citadel)

  Shading the orange dress for more contrast

• Deathworld Forest (Citadel)

  Dry-brushed over the darker pants and clothing for contrast

• Bugman's Glow (Citadel)

  Dry-brushed over the red pants for contrast

• Satchel Brown (Army Painter)

  The male zombies' single shoe

• Titanium White (Liquitex)

  Blocking in the shields and female zombies' belts before the next coat, painting teeth and tongues, and mixed into hair highlights

• Hardened Leather (Army Painter)

  Wooden shield parts and the female zombies' leather belts

• Hellbound Flesh (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Filling in the whites of the eyes

• Broadsword Silver (Army Painter)

  Base coat for all the metal, mixed 50/50 with Payne's Grey ink

• Payne's Grey (Daler-Rowney)

  Mixed 50/50 with Broadsword Silver as the metal base coat

• Slaughter Red (Army Painter)

  The male zombies' open mouths, and mixed into the blood recipe with Murder Scene

• Nuln Oil (Citadel)

  Wash over the hair and the teeth/mouths for contrast and grime

• Ironbreaker (Citadel)

  Edge highlights on all the metal

• Murder Scene (Army Painter)

  Mixed with Slaughter Red and speed paint medium for blood, cuts, and bruises