What colour is a ghoul???

I spent rather a long time thinking about this, ghouls are mortal and not technically undead. They inhabit crypts and graveyards and the like but aren’t zombies. I watched a whole load of YouTube videos and quite a lot of people are painting them in a necrotic flesh type colour, rather than in a colour of someone/thing that never gets out in the sunlight.

I, therefore, am experimenting with a grey undercoat for the skin tone with a flesh coloured wash. We shall see how that comes out.

I managed to get the green looking the colour I wanted, it took a while!

I basically made another base coat of Phtalocyanine emerald with some khaki, then built up from there.

A few teeny steps forwards.

Managed to get a little bit more done this lunchtime, all the black covered again, red cords base coloured, they need washing to darken them then highlighted back up again.

I tidied up a some of the pant splodges where they shouldn’t have been. They are almost there.

Then onto two units of ghouls one for me and one for my friend for Christmas.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I had left the gunners at work, because frankly, in hurricane force winds I envisaged the power going off. Strangely it didn’t. So I messed around with the plastic horde. I made a simple standard from the bits box and a rather tattered flag with some green stuff.

The standard was a simple one, based on a couple from the Narodnoe Opolcheniye or peasant militia.

These seemed to have religious figures on them. Obviously an undead militia wouldn’t have this, so I added a cloak to the crosspiece to act as the banner. I am still trying to work out what to paint on it.

The flag is so tattered that I will probably just go for a solid colour, I am thinking red.

Managed a little bit of painting time this lunchtime, needed to go and get something for my good lady wife who stood on an upturned nail, as well as getting some more horse food in.

I did manage to add a wash to the skin, mainly in the recesses, as well as adding a pinkish hue to the wounds, unfortunately it dried a whole lot lighter than it looked on the palette. I will tone it down a bit later on this evening.

I also added another darker wash onto the blanket rolls, I forgot the cloak and the head covering.

They are coming along, which is what it is all about.

Well I managed a bit more this evening.

The flesh is pretty much done, however I might put another light wash on to add some more shadows, they are there but just a bit to subtle to see. Wounds need to be repainted; I am not sure what colour to do these possibly a pale pink just to add a contrast to the pallid skin tone.

Still a bit to do but  I reckon in a couple of hours they will be finished.

I also had a mess around with some bits from the plastic zombies and some grab adhesive, something is trying to emerge.

Well in between yesterday lunchtime and today’s I managed to get a little bit done. I think they will come alive  when their faces get done (can the undead come alive?).

Still a whole load to do. It didn’t help that I was ill for a few days and then DIYing for some more. I really missed the painting. It is funny how I went for ages not managing to get started on anything and then it comes back in a rush.

To be honest I think YouTube helped. Not painting figures, but actually making terrain. it kind of kindled an artistic interest in me again.  so much so that when the new shed is completed I am going to have an 8 x 4 bit just for me 🙂 with enough room for a light box, proper lighting, my small bench saw  and all sorts of shelves and other such exciting things.

I just have to get back in there and carry on with the DIYing and get a new floor put down.

Well after what seems like an age I actually picked up a paintbrush again.

I decided a while ago to do things in order, so the undead gunners were next on the list.

This is another lovely set. I particularly like the officer in this set. One thing you don’t see many times is someone holding a powder bag. I suppose it is because in wargaming terms 3 crew seem to be a standard size per gun. Therefore you get a rammer, officer and possible someone with a ball or something similar.

I struggled to find a reference picture for Russian artillerymen in stockings so mine will be a cream colour  standard green tunic with red facings .

I have a real backlog of unpainted stuff that I need to get through before I get to my new stuff. Luckily Christmas is coming up so the stuff that I bought recently will be given to me as presents from the kids (It gives me time to get other stuff painted first).

These are probably savant zombies as they need to be able to aim a ruddy great big cannon.  I will think of a suitable flesh tone for the recently undead.