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Amoena aka a girl likes games
Finland
Espoo
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Please excuse the pictures. I took them with my phone during the process and I didn't thought about using them here. I just took pictures because it's a habit of mine. However, after I had painted the zombies, I realized that I could use them in a photodiary.. and here it is!
Day 1:
My boyfriend showed me a Last Night on Earth zombie painting tutorial, and it gave me confidence that maybe I could success at painting too. I had never before painted anything, I had thought that my hands just aren't steady enough to paint something as small as these figures, and also because I am not the best when it comes to patience... Anyway. This is what I had when we started from:
As you can see they were already primed. My boyfriend primed them so they would be ready for painting once I get back home from work. Isn't he thoughtful? I painted the skin first. I chose to paint the skin green even though I think that zombies are gray. I thought that green would look nicer.
Day 2:
The next day I painted the clothes. I didn't put much thought to it, I just mixed a color and painted some pants and them some shirts until everything was painted. Yeah. They don't look so stylish but I don't mind. My zombies just don't have fashion sense.
Day 3:
On third day I painted the hair and added some minor details. My boyfriend told me that I shouldn't paint any details, but I added some dirt to the clothes just to keep myself busy longer. My boyfriend was painting heroes at the same time, so I didn't want to stop painting until he had finished painting too.
And yeah, I accidentally painted a hipster zombie. Just look at this:
Day 4:
Dipping! Dipping was fun... and smelly. We didn't exactly dipped them though, just brushed the wood stain on them and then brushed some off with a dry brush. I think it worked well too.
Day 5:
Lastly I painted the bases. At first I painted the brown bases with dark brown.
I didn't like it. I thought it was way too dark and that it didn't really make the zombies to stand out. So I repainted them:
Much better. The orange also matched the original bas color quite closely. And it made the zombies to stand out better. I was very happy that I decided to repaint them. I thought about repainting the green zombies lighter too, but my boyfriend was so fond of the green I had used that I decided not to.
Day 6:
On last day the zombies got varnished. My boyfriend had some spray varnish so it was really fast and easy to do. Here are the zombies in their zombie pool after varnishing:
Day 7:
I took some better pictures!
I can't believe how great they look, especially considering how easy it was to paint them... and considering that this was the first time I painted figures. Our Last Night on Earth looks awesome now, zombies painted by me and heroes painted by my boyfriend.
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I've wanted to have a go at painting for a while now - you may have motivated me to give it a shot. And if (when) I screw it up, my wife is an artist and would likely bail me out.
