How to paint this exciting and varied Warhammer Underworlds warband. Lots of exciting opportunities to experiment with undead and zombie skin tones.

Necromancer Skin

1. Basecoat: Rakarth Flesh/Ushabti Bone/White 1:1:1
   Soft Shade: Rakarth Flesh
   Shade: Baneblade Brown
   Deep Shade (if needed) – Gorthor Brown/Dryad Bark 1:1
   Chunky Highlight: Base Mix
   Highlight: Add White to previous mix
   Tip: Add small amounts of Dark Reaper or Sons of Horus Green into the shade-stages to vary the tone of the skin.
   Tip: Add soft glazes of Ushabti Bone to midtones if needed. Add thing glazes of Wazdakka Red around ears, knuckles, elbows, etc.

When it comes to the zombie skin, I used the same basecolour for multiple models. This way, basecoating them was quicker as a batch. Then, I just varied the shading to give a different effect. Zombie skin is very versatile in this way.

For example, see these next two skin recipes...

Zombie Skin 1

1. Basecoat with a mix of 3 parts Cadian Fleshtone , 1 part Administratum Grey and 1 part White .
2. Mix a small amount of Screamer Pink into the base colour and add some general shading. You can always slowly increase the amount of pink in the mix if the shading isn't distinct enough.
3. Now mix a little Druchii Violet into the above paint and shade more selectively. You may even want to go back with some pure Druchii Violet to shade the eye sockets, would etc.
4. Mix a little of the base colour 1:1 with :whiye and add fine highlights to the skin. This stage is to accentuate the musculature.
5. Finish with selective highlights of pure White .

Zombie Skin 2

1. Basecoat with a mix of 3 parts Cadian Fleshtone , 1 part Administratum Grey and 1 part White .
2. Basecoat: Cadian Fleshtone, Administratum Grey & White 3:1:1
   Shade: Base mix & Doombull Brown
   Smooth out: Base Mix
   Glaze mutations: Xereus Purple, Calgar Blue, Straken Green,
   Glaze boils: Yriel Yellow, Casandora Yellow
   Highlight: Base mix & White
3. Zombie Skin 3
4. Basecoat: Ionrach Skin & Screaming Skull 1:1
   Shade: Nurgling Green
   Shade: Castellan Green
   Recess Shade: Rhinox Hide & Castellan Green 1:1
   Glaze: Krieg Khaki, Screaming Skull & White 1:1:1
   Edge Highlight: Previous Mix & White 1:1
   Pin Highlight: White

Black Cloth

1. Basecoat: Black & Kantor Blue 4:1
   Layer Highlight: Basecoat mix & Administratum Grey 1:3
   Edge Highlight: Administratum Grey
   Pin Highlight: Grey Seer

Brown Cloth

1. Basecoat: Doombull
   Soft Shade: Khorne Red
   Shade: Khorne Red / Black 1:1
   Highlight: Doombull / Zamesi 1:1
   Highlight: Zamesi
   Highlight: (if needed) Zamesi / White 1:1

Green Eyes

1. basecoat with Kabalite Green . Be careful, but let it run into recesses around the eye a little.
2. Pick out the eyeball with a small highlight, using a 1:1 mix of Kabalite Green and Ice Yellow .
3. Finish with a specular Ice Yellow highlight in the centre.

Brains!

1. Basecoat with Pink Horror .
2. Shade with a mix of Druchii Violet and Berserker Bloodshade . I thinned the mix with a little Lahmian Medium , to ensure pigment settled in recesses.
3. Mix a little Kislev Flesh into some of the Pink Horror , the pick out raised detail.
4. Add a little ;white to some of the above paint and pick out specular highlights.

Blonde Hair

1. Basecoat with Tallarn Sand .
2. Wash with a mix of Reikland Fleshshade and Seraphim Sepia .
3. Pick out strands with 1:1 Tallarn Sand and Ushabti Bone .
4. Highlight selectively with Ushabti Bone .

Paving Stones

1. Basecoat with Skavenblight Dinge .
2. Shade between with a 1:1 mix of Rhinox Hide and Black .
3. Glaze Stormvermin Fur towards where your highlights will go.
4. Drybrush with a 1:1 mix of Stormvermin Fur and Administratum Grey . This is to add texture to the open areas.
5. Pick out edges with edge highlights of Administratum Grey .
6. Mix your Administratum Grey 1:1 with White and more selectively highlight.
7. Pick out a few specular White highlights, if you like.

Dirt

1. Basecoat with Thondia Brown .
2. Pick out raised detail with Steel Legion Drab .
3. Finish with a few specular highlights of Karak Stone on the most prominent points.