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Vampire Counts — Zombies

Beginner · 6 areas

The opposite discipline to the Skeletons: sickly flesh instead of clean bone, and deliberate mess instead of tidy edges. Nothing here needs to be neat, which makes it the best unit in the army to paint first.

Rotting flesh

Basecoat the flesh Basecoat
Shade it green All-over shade — Athonian Camoshade rather than a flesh wash — the green cast is what separates a corpse from a pale living man.
Raise the taut skin Layer — Pallid Wych Flesh over ribs, shoulders and cheekbones, then Flayed One Flesh on those same points.

Wounds and gore

Block the open wounds Detail
Deepen them Recess shade
Wet the worst of them Detail — Blood for the Blood God on two or three wounds per model, not on all of them — restraint is what keeps it convincing.

Grave-rags

Basecoat the rags Basecoat — Vary the rags between models — grave clothes were not a uniform, and a zombie mob benefits from looking scavenged.
Shade the cloth All-over shade
Drybrush the torn hems Drybrush

Hair and nails

Basecoat the hair Basecoat
Shade it All-over shade
Nails and teeth Detail

Improvised weapons

Basecoat the wood Basecoat
Shade it All-over shade
Rusted iron Stipple

Base

Texture the base Texture
Drybrush the grave earth Drybrush — Screaming Skull rather than a brown — it ties the base to the bone on the model above it.
Rim the base Detail

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