25/28mm North Star - Silver Bayonet - Goblins

 Though I own most of the Silver Bayonet range, these are the first to be completed for me. Austrians up next. 

I started by copying the box art, but then changed my mind half way through.

I used a lot of ProAcryl and Two Thin Coats paints and love them both! So easy o blend with them, great coverage and perfect matte finishes.

Some speed paint effects remain - the handles, blades, wood, and buttons. I really like Speed Paints 2.0 metallics just on their own.

Primed in Citadel Gray Seer followed by a black wash, I was going to speed paint the lot but have been unhappy with how those models have turned out. After using a Contrast flesh tone on the faces I decided to redo them in my traditional layered way. Some of the Contrast runs served as a base coat and the rest I just painted it from scratch.

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25mm Essex Zombies - Part 2

 Part 1 was photographed in haste and was missing a final step. I didn't want to paint in the glossy blood bits and then hit it with dull coat which would simply erase that crucial touch. So I sealed the lot then added Green Stuff World's True Blood- Blood Effect. Terrific stuff!

So here are the ones with bloody damp wounds with better clarity and lighting:

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25mm Essex Zombies - Part 1

Nine zombies from Essex's little known (in the US anyway) fantasy range.

 

These are chunky, heavy, leaden models. Proportions are all over the place but I love them anyway. I have all of their zombies but the king!

Little blurry - esp at right where I think I reactivated the purple cloak. Something happened Ia I was getting a bunch of gray on the model when there was none on a wet/drybrush. I can redo it, but I won't.

These are quite old and I'm not sure where I even got them. Once I learned they were part of a much bigger range I bought the subjects of this post and can now merge them into the one big group to which they all belong (see bottom). I had to simplify my current basing preferences to keep them all harmonized.

These seemed a natural fit for some slap chop - just look at those craggy, pittted surfaces!

But, boy I was not loving the final finish on these. Still felt flat and way too dark despite the really bright layers in the undercoat. These will need considerably more highlighting. They also need to blend with the four models of this group already painted.

As to the gore: there are an awful lot of pitted/decayed and unidentifiable pieces of exposed bone and collapsing flesh. I did as much as I dared for what will be dried blood and bruising. But after I seal these in a matte coat, I will go in with the wet blood - the glossy one from Green Stuff World. Those teeth will be the first thing I hit.

Nearing the end here ...

Reunited at last! The gravestone at front left marks that model as unsuitable for medieval/fantasy games, but he has a twin (right front). Still he appears to be wearing a blazer and jeans, so maybe neither technically work. Still it's the volume that counts here.

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