Hello all,
So I realized there was something wrong with the assortment of Zombies I've painted so far for Zombicide. They were all of a Caucasian 'white' skin colour. Hence in order to satisfy the demography of the states, I really need to have some variance in skin colour.
I've never tried painting anything but pale skin (due to my historic armies based in the 10-15th centuries, and the general tendency of Skavens to have fur all over) so I've thought long and hard on how to go about this. And trust me, there are not many tutorials on this subject on the net.
So, to begin with I've tried with the different Washes I had available, most of which are from Lavado-Vallejo.
The best results came from the Sepia, the Umber and the black washes. The Sepia is not that useful, but I think the umber might be representative of some ethnic groups, if used on a darker base coat. The dark wash on the other hand seems be a quick solution to the darkest 'African' skin tones.
This is the result with two applications of the wash - although this
might be too dark a tone to represent most modern 'african-americans'. I
do think this works better than simply painting the skin black but I
would appreciate comments and suggestions.
I will try a thinned down black wash with a thin layer of umber on top to get a better 'mixed' skin colour result.
All the best,
Kasper
So I realized there was something wrong with the assortment of Zombies I've painted so far for Zombicide. They were all of a Caucasian 'white' skin colour. Hence in order to satisfy the demography of the states, I really need to have some variance in skin colour.
I've never tried painting anything but pale skin (due to my historic armies based in the 10-15th centuries, and the general tendency of Skavens to have fur all over) so I've thought long and hard on how to go about this. And trust me, there are not many tutorials on this subject on the net.
So, to begin with I've tried with the different Washes I had available, most of which are from Lavado-Vallejo.
The best results came from the Sepia, the Umber and the black washes. The Sepia is not that useful, but I think the umber might be representative of some ethnic groups, if used on a darker base coat. The dark wash on the other hand seems be a quick solution to the darkest 'African' skin tones.
I will try a thinned down black wash with a thin layer of umber on top to get a better 'mixed' skin colour result.
All the best,
Kasper
Excellent post! I ran into this problem but lack the skill to wing it. There is literally nothing on ethnic zombie painting. I'm curious though, do you use the same base coat for each ethnicity? Same as a Caucasian zombie?
ReplyDeleteHowdy Raine,
ReplyDeleteYup - definitely not the most covered aspect of painting miniatures. The were all done on a completely white primed mini. I've since tried it on top of a 'Caucasian' skin colour, which worked okay (pictures will be up shortly - look out for a brown-skinned runner), but the next attempt will be on top of a thinned down brown. Hopefully that will give a better representation.
I really do like the diversity this adds to the Zombie Horde.
All the best,
Kasper