The problem with Zombie games is that you need so darn many of the things. Painting them becomes a logistical nightmare. Here’s a tutorial on a zombie speed painting technique.
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How To Achieve A Natural Metal Finish
If your miniatures games involve airplanes — especially early jets — you need to paint your models with a natural metal finish. Swanny Models has a good article with ideas on how to create a natural metal finish.
Painting Stubble
The painting geniuses at Slave to Paint have this guide to painting a five o’clock shadow. I wouldn’t go to all of this trouble on my wargames miniatures, but I also have on occasion painted individual role playing figures for sale on EBay. This would be a good painting technique for such “character” figures.
Keeping Track Of Your Paint Schemes
The Paint Machine blog, in a post on painting Landsknechts, has hidden a great tip on keepign track of your paint schemes: at each stage of the army, take a digital photo of the models and the paint used. That way, if you have to add figures, you have a record of what colors you used.
Restoring Dried Out Paint
What wargamer has not had the frustration of finally getting time to sit down for a painting session, only to find that the paint is dried? While a completely dried-out paint is gone, the partially dried out ones can still be recovered. This video shows how.