ced1106
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Introduction: After Season 3, it was pretty apparent that I already had over a hundred zombie miniatures to paint, not even counting those outside of Zombicide. I usually pass on specialized paint sets, but figured the Army Painter Zombicide Paint Set, Toxic / Prison Paint Set, and color primers would speed up my tabletop painting.
Army Painter also has a painting tutorial: http://www.thearmypainter.com/
Jeweler's files and X-Acto Knife: You will need these inexpensive tools to remove mold lines on miniatures. They can also be found at craft stores. Mold lines are the "seam" on plastic miniatures where the metal molds join when making the plastic miniature.
Engraving Pen: The rotating industrial-grade diamond tip on this battery-powered handheld tool is useful for more quickly removing mold lines from figures. The price ranges from $10 at Harbor Tools, to $20 at hardware stores.
Hardware Primers (optional) and cardboard: The optional primer technique I use also uses black, grey, and white spray primers. Make sure you use the ones for plastic. Use cardboard and tape as a surface to prime the miniatures.
Double-stick tape and holders: Most painters will use a paint pot, empty prescription bottle, wine cork, etc. and superglue, sticky tack, etc. to adhere the miniature to the paint pot. You will want 16 or 24 of these, preferably uniform size, to paint many miniatures in one session.
High quality brush: A better brush means less frustration. You want an animal hair brush of size 0, size 0/2, and size 1. You can get inexpensive animal-hair brushes at craft stores, but will eventually also want a high-end Kolinsky Sable brushes from a hobby or art store.
Two rinse cups: A first cup washes off most of the paint, leaving the second cup relatively clean to remove the rest.
Wet palette: A wet palette keeps your paint from drying, by using a container to hold a semi-permeable sheet of parchment paper on top of sponges, and a penny to avoid mold. Search on "miniature painting wet palette".
Pink Soap: Pink Soap or Master's Brush Soap are specialized but inexpensive soaps to clean your brushes, and can be found at craft stores. I find Pink Soap easier to use. After painting, rinse out the brush and dip the head into Pink Soap and store brush-side down.
Brush-Tip Pen, Red: This will be used for the zombie eyes, and is much faster than painting.
Craft Paint, Black and Light Grey, Fine Sand, and White Glue: These materials will be used for the base, and are inexpensive at craft stores.
Aluminum Foil: With double-stick tape, you can use aluminum foil and printouts of small pictures (search on "printies") for additional basing details.
Next: First impressions of the Army Painter stuff. Here's a placeholder picture of a batch of zombies being painted!
Army Painter also has a painting tutorial: http://www.thearmypainter.com/
Supplies
For those new to painting, here's a list of additional supplies you need to paint. The good news is that, with zombies, the miniatures can have forgiving paint jobs and they'll still look good on the table.'Jeweler's files and X-Acto Knife: You will need these inexpensive tools to remove mold lines on miniatures. They can also be found at craft stores. Mold lines are the "seam" on plastic miniatures where the metal molds join when making the plastic miniature.
Engraving Pen: The rotating industrial-grade diamond tip on this battery-powered handheld tool is useful for more quickly removing mold lines from figures. The price ranges from $10 at Harbor Tools, to $20 at hardware stores.
Hardware Primers (optional) and cardboard: The optional primer technique I use also uses black, grey, and white spray primers. Make sure you use the ones for plastic. Use cardboard and tape as a surface to prime the miniatures.
Double-stick tape and holders: Most painters will use a paint pot, empty prescription bottle, wine cork, etc. and superglue, sticky tack, etc. to adhere the miniature to the paint pot. You will want 16 or 24 of these, preferably uniform size, to paint many miniatures in one session.
High quality brush: A better brush means less frustration. You want an animal hair brush of size 0, size 0/2, and size 1. You can get inexpensive animal-hair brushes at craft stores, but will eventually also want a high-end Kolinsky Sable brushes from a hobby or art store.
Two rinse cups: A first cup washes off most of the paint, leaving the second cup relatively clean to remove the rest.
Wet palette: A wet palette keeps your paint from drying, by using a container to hold a semi-permeable sheet of parchment paper on top of sponges, and a penny to avoid mold. Search on "miniature painting wet palette".
Pink Soap: Pink Soap or Master's Brush Soap are specialized but inexpensive soaps to clean your brushes, and can be found at craft stores. I find Pink Soap easier to use. After painting, rinse out the brush and dip the head into Pink Soap and store brush-side down.
Brush-Tip Pen, Red: This will be used for the zombie eyes, and is much faster than painting.
Craft Paint, Black and Light Grey, Fine Sand, and White Glue: These materials will be used for the base, and are inexpensive at craft stores.
Aluminum Foil: With double-stick tape, you can use aluminum foil and printouts of small pictures (search on "printies") for additional basing details.
Next: First impressions of the Army Painter stuff. Here's a placeholder picture of a batch of zombies being painted!
