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HeroQuest (1989): Zombies

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    20 Apr 2026
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Undead Skin

  1. Basecoat with 2:1 Rakarth Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh /.
  2. Mix a small amount of Barak-Nar Burgundy into your basecolour and add geral shading to all of the skin. I would recommend thinning this paint with Lahmian Medium , to add transparency and make it easier to layer.
  3. Increase the amount of Barak-Nar Burgundy in the mix, so it is roughly 1:1 with the base colour. Now shade the skin again, being more selective. Focus more on recesses and downward facing skin.
  4. With a fine line of pure Barak-Nar Burgundy , shade the deepest part of the recess. Rin this around wherever the skin meets other materials.
  5. Now is a good time to paint the eyes and a few other key details on the face. I picked out the eyeballs with :Citadel/AverlandSunset, then added a dot of Ice Yellow . Paint inside the mouth with a mix of Black , Barak-Nar Burgundy and Khorne Red . Pick out the teeth with Ushabti Bone and finish with a Wraithbone highlight.
  6. Mix some 1:2 Rakarth Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh /, so it is slightly lighter than the base mix. No highlight the skin.
  7. Selectively highlight with pure Pallid Wych Flesh .
  8. Finish with very small/specular White highlights.

I followed these same steps for the green tinged skin. Everything was the same, apart from I used Nocturne Green in the shading, instead of Barak-Nar Burgundy .

White Hair

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Corax White and White .
  2. Wash with a thin mix of 1:1 Rakarth Flesh and Grey Seer .
  3. Shade between hairs with lines of 1:1 Stormvermin Fur and Gorthor Brown .
  4. Highlight hairs with White .

Black Hair

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Overbrush with 2:1 Kantor Blue and Black .
  3. Highlight with 1:1 Thousand Sons Blue and Sybarite Green .
  4. Highlight selectively with Fenrisian Grey .

Dark Blue Shirt

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Dark Reaper and Skavenblight Dinge .
  2. Add general shading with 2:1 Dark Reaper and Black .
  3. Increase the black, so it is now roughly :1:2 Dark Reaper and Black , then shade more selectively.
  4. Edge highlight with a 2:1 mix of the base colour and Administratum Grey .
  5. Selectively highlight with Administratum Grey .
  6. Mix a little White into the Administratum Grey and finish with some specular highlights.

Grey Trousers

  1. Basecoat with 1:3 Dark Reaper and Administratum Grey .
  2. Add general shading with a 1:1 mix of the base colour and Dark Reaper .
  3. Shade more selectively with Dark Reaper .
  4. Edge highlight with a 2:1 mix of the base colour and White .
  5. Increase the amount of White in the above mix and highlight more selectively.

Brown Shirt

  1. Basecoat with Skrag Brown .
  2. Add general shading with Doombull Brown .
  3. Shade more selectively with a 1:1 mix of Word Bearers Red and Black .
  4. Highlight with 1:1 Skrag Brown and Ungor Flesh .
  5. Selectively highlight with Ungor Flesh .
  6. Finsih with specular highlights of Ushabti Bone .

Black Trousers

  1. Basecoat with 2:1 Black and Dryad Bark .
  2. Shade recesses with some thin Black .
  3. Edge highlight with Dryad Bark .
  4. Highlight more selectively with Stormvermin Fur .
  5. Add small highlights with 1:1 Stormvermin Fur and Deepkin Flesh .
  6. Finish with a few specular highlights of Deepkin Flesh .

Wood

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Dryad Bark & Mournfang Brown .
  2. Run some thin Dryad Bark into recesses. Don't worry about doing this on woodgrain, just deep recesses and where the wood meats other marterial.
  3. Highlight with a 1:1 mix of the base colour & Karak Stone .
  4. Selectively highlight with Karak Stone .
  5. Optionally, selectively edge highlight with 2:1 Karak Stone & Wraithbone if you want to go the extra mile.

Steel

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil .
  3. Enhance the shading with glazes of Agrax Earthshade . Mixing a little Black in and being more selective with a second pass.
  4. Highlight with Ironbreaker .
  5. Finish with selective Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.

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Citadel Painting System 31
Base 12
  • Barak-Nar Burgundy
  • Corax White
  • Dryad Bark
  • Grey Seer
  • Kantor Blue
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Nocturne Green
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Thousand Sons Blue
  • Wraithbone
Shade 2
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 16
  • Administratum Grey
  • Dark Reaper
  • Deepkin Flesh
  • Doombull Brown
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Skrag Brown
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Sybarite Green
  • Ungor Flesh
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Word Bearers Red
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 3
  • 70.858 Ice Yellow
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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