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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9630634" data-attributes="member: 4534">It’s been a while since I’ve done any batch painting.  This is half a box of skeletons from Games Workshop.  Batch painting is kind of a two edged sword.  On one hand it can get rather tedious painting so many miniatures to look like they belong to a cohesive unit.  But on the other hand it can go fairly quickly because you're painting everything the same way with the same colors.  Plus they look awesome as a cohesive group once they're all completed.  It's like a force multiplier for making your painting look more awesome.  [ATTACH=full]401773[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]401775[/ATTACH]Since this is a unit of 20 in total, I don't want to spend a whole lot of time on each miniature, and undead are about perfect for batch painting. Let's talk about base coats.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Plate armor is Weapon Bronze from Army Painter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Scale/Chain armor is Gun Metal from Army Painter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Shield was Gun Mental from Army Painter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Weapon blades were Chocolate Brown from Vallejo</li> </ol>Once of the nice things about the undead is it gives you the opportunity to do some weathering.  In this case, weathering is quick and it just gives something a little extra to the walking dead.  For the bronze armor, I applied two washes of watered down Nihilakh Oxide from Games Workshop paints to give it some verdigris.  You can go as heavy or light on the verdigris as you want, I chose something a little more subtle for this project.  Once the second wash was dry, I applied a wash of watered down Pallid Bone Speed Paint from Army Painter.  Once that dried, I went back in and applied another wash of Nihilakh Oxide.  Rust looks daunting but it's one of the easiest effects.  You could just use something like the Dirty Down Rust Effect, but it's expensive and I don't want to us it for batch painting.  So I found some other ways that are quick and easy.  For the shield, I thought I'd try a different way to apply some rust.  I mixed some Fire Giant Orange and Hardened Leather Speed Paints from Army Painter, diluted it with some airbrush flow improver, and applied it directly to the shield very generously.  Then I dipped my brush in water, applied it to the still wet paint, dried the brush, and took some of the excess water paint off the shield.  For the weapons I went with an old standby.  Once the brown dried, I used a sponge to stipple Army Painter Gun Metal onto the weapon making sure I left some of the brown showing.  I then switched over to Troll Slayer Orange from GW using a sponge to stipple it on the weapons making sure to leave some brown and gun metal showing.  Once done, I applied a wash made up of all the washes I used previously.  I'm pretty happy with how it looks.[ATTACH=full]401774[/ATTACH]One thing I've learned about miniatures is you paint the bulk of it in a short period of time and end up spending the most time on the details.  I've still got cloth, bones, and straps to go and then the base to handle.  That's going to take more time.</blockquote>

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