Zombie game - Smith - Complete

Wow - it's been a long time since I posted an update here.  I actually did a whole bunch of painting at Christmas (when I had some sudden inspiration!) but outside of that ... yeah, it's been a while.

Partly, it was because it got cold in Hong Kong.  Without any real form of heating, you end up wearing so many layers (and still find it's cold!) that fine motor control for painting is the last thing you want to do.  That doesn't fully explain it though.  The reality is that, even after the temperature warmed up, I didn't have much motivation to paint. 

Part of the reason for this is that at some time over the last year, I changed from painting for stress relief to painting for games.  And seeing as my current lifestyle means that I don't have much time to game ... yeah, there went my motivation.

I still don't have much time to game but I do have an intention to do more painting.  Not for stress relief but just so that I can get that measure of satisfaction that comes from looking at a finished mini and saying, "I did that."

Anyway, another finished mini!

A quick paint job but I like how his trousers came out.  And as you can see, I still struggle with black!

Zombie game - Zombie Dogz - Complete

An entry in my series of "Anyone can paint"*

As with my other zombie figures, these are painted to a basic tabletop quality.  The paint job consists of a basecoat and wash followed by the blood effects.  Simple, easy, quick while still looking okay on the table.  👍

I didn't even bother painting eyes!

I also didn't bother breaking out my lightbox for these pictures as there isn't much detail to look at.  Slightly larger picture of the dogz below though.

* Not an actual series but it probably ought to be!

Zombie game - Will - Complete

This is an interesting paint job in that it was done at two different times and at two different levels.  I actually started painting it a while ago.  At that time, I was still painting to the usual careful standard that I have been applying to my survivor minis.

However, in the middle of painting this, I took a bit of a painting break.  After I came back, I wasn't very keen on revisiting this mini so I painted the rest of it to a much quicker (and lower) standard.

As a result, you can actually see very clearly which part of the mini was painted before the break and which parts were painted after the break.

Either way, glad to get this mini finished and to move on.

Also, just realised that I forgot to put the blood effect on the zombie version so that's something I'll need to go back and fix.

Zombie game - Helen - Complete

Went back to a quick paint job for my next mini.  Didn't do a good job with the face but given I was going for more of a speedpaint with this min, I'm okay with the end result.

Zombie game - Chuck - Complete

Despite my initial assertions that I would do simpler paint jobs with the aim of getting more minis painted, I couldn't help myself and reverted to type when painting Chuck.  Primarily, I wanted to do a bit of wet blending on the shirt to try and get a nice blend over the belly.

I'm actually really happy with the end result!

Zombie game - Doug - Complete

Finally managed to wrap this up.  Honestly, not sure why this took so long other than that I haven't been doing much painting lately.

Overall, I'm not that happy with how the final mini turned out (I wonder if that factored into my lack of motivation on this model...).  Part of the problem is that painting black and white surfaces is really hard and is a skill unto itself.

As you can see from the below, it's a skill which I have yet to master.

Happier with his front than his back

Not sure what happened to the back of his trousers

Zombie game - Doug - WIP Part 2

Unfortunately, not much progress this week as I haven't had much time to paint.  I wonder how many people will even be able to tell what I have done on the model this week...

sigh

Zombie game - Doug - WIP

Taking a quick break from painting Galaxy Defenders to clear a mini off my shelf of shame.  This mini was primed at the same time as the other survivors but I got bored after painting the other ones so switched to painting Galaxy Defenders.

Now feels like a good time to return to painting humans. :)

Another human mid way through a zombie transformation

Zombie game - Amy - Complete

Woot!  Finished off Amy!

This actually took me longer than I expected as this has been a really busy week workwise.  As a result, didn't get much time to paint.  Luckily, I didn't need to do much to finish the job.

Zombie game - Amy - WIP

Managed to get in a lot of work done on my next survivor - Goth Amy.

This mini shows why I'm not a very good painter.  My hands aren't steady enough and you can really see this when I try to do the freehand on the stockings.

Almost finished.  I just need to do a bit more detail work and then I'm done.

Zombie game - Josh - Complete

I managed to finish up Josh over the last week.  After the wash I did last week, I decided that the skin was a little too dark so I ended up lightening it up a little bit.

Unf, the face isn't fully in focus

Are those CK pants?

Zombie game - Josh - WIP - Part 1

Well, I managed to finish off the rest of my Goblins in my Marauder team.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the finished article.  On the plus side, they are pretty identical to the other goblins I painted so its not like another picture would have been a surprise.

Anyway...

After doing a glut of "good enough" bulk painting, its time to get back to painting single mini's.  Which means its time to paint another survivor in my zombie game!

Below is a WIP shot of Josh.  So far, I've basecoated the flesh and the hoodie.  I also gave the flesh a wash.  I've generally avoided using washes on my survivor minis as I wanted them to have a very clean cartoony look to fit with the cartoonish feel of the game.  However, the flesh I used was a bit too pale so I wanted to darken the colour a little.  Hopefully, I don't regret that decision!

Zombie game - Ned - Complete

Woohoo!  Despite not getting much paint time this week, I did finally complete Ned.

You don't often see white glasses :)

Another back view - and good comparison shot to last week

Zombie game - Ned - WIP - Part 2

Some more progress, although not as much as I would like, on Ned.

Back view of the model this time as I spent a lot of time this week working on his jacket and trousers.  Hoping to get this model finished this week.

Quite pleased with the highlighting on the trousers

Zombie game - Ned - WIP

Here is the latest WIP picture - another survivor, this time called Ned.

Ned is not a nerd

Zombie game - Phil - Complete

Quick recap from last weeks post - if you recall, I had a fantastic painting week where I almost finished painting the mini.  Alas, this week has been pathetic from a painting point of view.  I will post up the latest WIP I have in a separate post but it has been disappointing as, for a short moment of time, I had a faint hope of completing 1 mini a week.

The good news is that I finished up Phil.  Not much of a change from last week other than the addition of blood and gore.

Also, I really need to get a macro lens.  :(

Say hi to Rick Phil

Wait, come back!  I didn't call you Rick!

Zombie game - Phil - WIP

I had a good week in terms of painting as I had a bit of a burst of painting activity.  Working on another survivor for my zombie game.

Below is Phil.  He's pretty much finished.  All I need to do is seal him and put in some blood effects.

You looking at me?

Zombie game - Wanda - Complete

Managed to get Wanda finished off.  I add in some minimal blood effects as this is supposed to be the zombivor version but I kept the back view relatively clean.  No reason other than that I thought it would be funny.

Skates, chainsaws and blood!

Back view

Zombie game - Wanda - WIP

After months of painting "armies", its good to be getting back to painting singles.

Painting armies, and speed painting as a whole, is necessary sometimes for the purpose of gaming.  Over the last couple of months, I've been painting up my Dreadball squads as well as some zombies for my zombie board game.  However, speed painting isn't something that you really enjoy.  It's just something you get through for the purpose of the game.

As such, it's good to be getting back to painting single mini's which is a lot more fun.  Granted, in this case, it's still a mini for use in a board game but taking a little extra time on the figure is a lot of fun and gives a much better sense of satisfaction.

Below is Wanda.  She is a waitress on wheels i.e. rollerskates.  The version I have is the zombivor version so you can see some torn clothing as well as chunks having been ripped out of her legs etc.

Zombie game - Toxic Zombies - Complete

First off, a quick note to let you know that I will be changing my blogging schedule starting from next week.  Instead of posting 3 updates across my blogs on Sunday, I will be using the below schedule.  In brief, this will allow me to spread out my posts as well as work load.

• Meister Hobbies - Sunday
• Meister Speaks - Tuesday
• Meister Games - Thursday

And now - back to your regular scheduled program!


Woot - finished all of the toxic zombies!

The blood and gore is done using a mix of Tamiya Clear Red and Black Wash.  I then go over it again with just the Clear Red.  This is a great blood combo and comes out looking really fresh and gory.  Which is great for zombies.  :)

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