Dead Fast part 3

End of Day 3 (7 days remaining)


Last night was another full on painting session and the fruits of my labours are the first finished miniatures of the project. Well, I say finished but they aren't based yet. I'm holding off on the basing for now but it is on the to do list.

With TWD being a skirmish game it means that the models are going to be handled quite a lot so I made the decision to protect the paint jobs with a layer of satin varnish. I've noticed that once varnished the highlights usually seem a little dulled so I tried to highlight to a slightly lighter colour than I would usually to preserve the contrast.

And the walkers, I made a bit of mistake here - I applied Blood For the Blood God (gloss translucent red) before applying the varnish which meant it was no longer glossy afterwards. I ended up doing a second layer of BFTBG over the top and whist now glossy again some of the bloody bits are darker than I would have liked them to be. I'll know for the next lot anyway.

I have also made a start on the second batch of walkers from the starter set. For this batch I have gone for a more grey flesh tone. I have mixed different combinations of Russ Grey, Rotting Flesh and Cadian Feshtone.The colours haven't really come out very well in this photo but hopefully the different blends will be easier to see once I have them base coated and washed.

Wave 2 arrives
The postman brought me a whole pile of goodies yesterday. My band of 6 survivors has now been joined by 12 more and the walker count has gone up by 6. If possible I would like to get all of these done for the event but I'm not sure if I can manage that. I will prioritise the survivors that I think I might use in my group and see what I can complete in the time remaining. I now have plenty of choice for my group and I really need to start thinking of what I want to take - especially as I need to chose one model to represent me for the Survival Day. I need to build a custom character as myself and submit it by end of Sunday. I have some rules to read!

I think Tyresse will be painting priority number 1 as he looks like he is a pretty awesome character I think I should also prioritise a marksman and a runner as well. other than that I think I will be picking models to paint by following the rule of cool.

I think I need to work on my posture when I am painting. I ended up having to resort to using my foam roller a couple of times last night to sort my back out. My problem is that I have a tremor so I hunch over the model to try and brace my arms and that isn't very good for my upper back. You would have thought that after so many years of painting I would have learned by now.