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Friday, 28 August 2015

Shambling Zombie (Tooth & Sword)

A first for me - painting a Chibi-style mini!

I backed the Tooth & Sword Kickstarter by Meridian Miniatures last year, completely enchanted by the style of the range. After quite some time, I have now finally found some to start tackling the minis with some tickling of the hairy sticks. Consequently, I decided to start down the 'easier' (in my own mind) path of painting a Shambling Zombie, using my usual Zombie skin recipe. The various other characters will follow after painting the first few Shambling Zombies.

Painting wise this was easier than I though, all I had to do was simplify what I do to suit the appropriate raised surfaces. The eyes are a little more complex than my usual zeds (who get flat VMC Silvergrey) - here I worked down from a more grey colour to the Silvergrey to create a slight sense of depth across the flat surface of the eye. The Chibi style will take a little getting used to in terms of technique. I think I will tackle more Shambling Zombies first just to get me in the right mode of thinking for painting for Tooth & Sword!

The base is by Fenris, and was chosen as round shoulder is my preference over slotta-style chamfered edge. These are 25 mm round shoulders to fit in the design for the Tooth & Sword game (more on that in a future post...).

On a side note, finishing this mini means that in July and August I have matched my painting output for January to March and April to June. :)

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10 comments:

  1. Blaxkleric28 August 2015 at 12:50

    What a cute little brain-eater you've painted there PulpCitizen. Absolutely full of... eh, life ;-)

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    1. pulpcitizen29 August 2015 at 01:31

      Cheers Blaxkleric. :)

      I do love the cute-factor of Chibi!. :)

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  2. Kieron29 August 2015 at 01:15

    Well that's...eclectic...

    Nicely done, just a bit surprising. :)

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    1. pulpcitizen29 August 2015 at 01:32

      Cheers Kieron. :)

      A bit of a departure? Totally agreed! There will likely be more in the next few months. :)

      It will be a learning curve (for example I don't like how it looks like there is a fine dark line around the eyes).

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  3. Michael Awdry29 August 2015 at 02:13

    Now that's a bit different, in a good way mind.

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  4. Deserter30 August 2015 at 14:43

    Lovely work - not my favourite style of miniature but you've done such a good job on him! Looking forward to more!

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    1. pulpcitizen31 August 2015 at 12:18

      Cheers Chris. :)

      Definitely one that doesn't appeal to all tastes, but I hoping that something cool will accompany the paintwork on this one and the rest of the range. :)

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  5. FourEyedMonster3 September 2015 at 07:08

    Cute mini ... nice blend on the skin tone too. :)

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    1. pulpcitizen3 September 2015 at 11:35

      Thanks FourEyedMonster. :)

      The skin was painted to match how I do my other non-chibi Zombies.

      I have another 4 of these Shambling Zombies to tackle before too long I hope. :)

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