Painting The Walking Dead: All Out War - Sandra

Its time to work on the survivors and Sandra is first on the list.

I'm sticking to my simple paint scheme, but instead of washing the whole model with Agrax Earthshade (like I've done with all the zombies) I will be using different washes on the survivors to make them stand out a bit more and give them a bit more character than the shambling hordes.

Sandra is getting a grey jacket, brown pants and a blue shirt.  I've also based her up so she looks like she is standing in a yard.  I will base all the survivors in a similar way so that they stand out on the table and you can easily tell the difference between walkers and survivors.

I am very happy with how Sandra has turned out and look forward to painting more of the survivors.

Next up will be Patrick.  Stay tuned as I continue to work through this project.

Imperial Skies - Assembling Italians and Austro-Hungarians

I took a little break from my Walking Dead project to help my friend Doug get started on some aeronefs.  My task is to clean up the models, assemble them, and prime them white.

These models are from Brigade Models and look pretty good.  A little time spent trimming flash and drilling a few holes for masts and I'm all done.

A quick coat of white primer and I will be done and will give them back to Doug so he can do the painting.

Italians

Giulo Cesare Class Light Battleship
It is missing its tail fins

Pisa Class Cruisers

Palestro Class Destroyer

Austria-Hungarians

Budapest Class Light Battleship

Huszar Class Destroyer

Prinz Eugen Class Destroyer

Danube Class Patrol Nef

These models look very nice.  I look forward to meeting some of these ships among the clouds and battling against them.

Painting The Walking Dead: All Out War - Zombies Part 4

I have another walker to show off today.  This one is actually my least favorite model from the base box.  I can't really put my finger on what I don't like, but it just doesn't look as good as the other models.

Oh well.  I painted it up and made a video showing how I went about it.  Stay tuned for more models as I continue on this project.

Painting The Walking Dead: All Out War - Zombies Part 3

Another Zombie on the paint table.  This is my last zombie from the base box and Kickstarter game booster.

This one looked like she was at the gym when she was attacked so I painted up her in a simple tan sweat suit.  I'm pleased with how this model turned out.

My collection of zombies has a consistent look, but still feel like a horde of zombies.  I'll share some pictures of the whole group in a future post.

What do you think of this model?

Painting The Walking Dead: All Out War - Parts 1 and 2

I thought I would try my hand at putting together some videos to share my efforts of painting my models for The Walking Dead: All out War.

Here is my first video.  I set up my camera and taped my process.

This is not the best video I've ever watched, but you do get the information on how I painted the model.  I'm pleased with the look of the models that I have completed and they paint up pretty quickly.

After my not so impressive first painting video, I tried again.  After two failed attempts that I couldn't post, I came up with this format.  I think this is much better and gives the same info that was in the first video, but has a much shorter run time.

I will make more videos as I finish up the last couple of zombies.  I'm also planning on sharing my efforts to paint the survivors.

My hobby is gaming.  I like to paint models, and make terrain.  Making videos is still new to me, but I am enjoying learning this new process.  I've got a lot to learn, but I will do my best to keep the videos worth your time.  I want you to enjoy them and find them helpful.

Imperial Skies - Turkish Fleet - Part 1

I previously posted about my first attempt at painting models for Imperial Skies.  You can read all about it here.

Muin-I-Zaffer Class Dig Cruiser

Now that I have colors picked out, the rest of the fleet should be easy to finish up.

With a couple of cruisers painted, I wanted to paint some patrol ships.  I figure a cruiser and a couple frigates will give me a decent starting force for a few test games of Imperial Skies.

The small ships at the bottom are Keyk Class Patrol Digs.  The slightly bigger ships at the top are Yarhisar Class Fast Torpedo Digs.  The Yarhisar will be painted at a future date.

Next I needed to decide how I was going to mount them on the stands.  I drilled 2 holes in the bottom of the ship and then bent a paperclip so it would fit in the holes.  I filed a notch into the top of the flight stand and glued the paperclip in place.

This isn't going to be how I mount all the ships.  It is just too fiddly.  I decided to put in an order for some CorSec Engineering stands and mounts.  These appear to be a pretty slick option, but they are a bit pricey.  I hope I get them soon so I can try them out on my next batch of ships.

I followed the same pattern for painting these ships as I did for the cruiser above..

I started with a spray coat of light brown and applied a wash of Agrax Earthshade.  I painted the structure neutral grey and highlighted that with stonewall grey.

The turret was painted black and the smoke stack was painted white.

The smoke stack got a dot of black and the windows were painted blue and highlighted with a light blue.

Quick and easy paint jobs are my specialty.

I still need to figure out some markings for the tail fins.  I got some flags along with my order from Brigade Models, but they are too big to fit on the tail fin of these models.  I tried one on the side to see how it looked.  I was unimpressed.

Instead I thought I would paint the tail fin red and free hand a moon and star.

Not perfect, but I like the look.  Any ship that doesn't have a flag on a mast will have the tail fin painted.

The completed squadron is now ready for battle.

Stay tuned to see how this fleet grows.

African Tribes for Congo

My gaming group has been enjoying Congo - Adventures in the Heart of Africa.

So far, I've been borrowing models from my friends who already had all the models we would need for our games, but I wanted to put together some forces of my own.

So... I dug out some old Zulu models (that I had started painting up for some unknown project) I had in a box and did a little re-basing and painted up some shields.  These will work well for several factions and can be used for young warriors or married warriors.

I also have some masked warriors that I got from Old Glory some time ago.  These have also been re-based, but still need some flock.  I think one of these will be serving as my witch doctor and the others can be fanatical warriors.

Next up will be some heroes to go along with these.  I'd also like to paint up some models with muskets/rifles and bows to mix up things a bit.