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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. Paint inside the mouth with a mix of Black , Barak-Nar Burgundy and Khorne Red .
  7. Mix some 1:2 Rakarth Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh /, so it is slightly lighter than the base mix. No highlight the skin.
  8. Selectively highlight with pure Pallid Wych Flesh .
  9. 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. Undercoat: Black
    Basecoat: Corax White & White 1:2
    Shade: Rakarth Flesh & Grey Seer 2:1
    Recess Shade: Stormvermin Fur & Gorthor Brown 1:1
    Glaze: Sotek Green & Fenrisian Grey 1:2
    Highlight: Corax White & White 1:2

Black Hair

  1. Basecoat: Black
    Highlight: Kantor Blue and Black 1:1
    Highlight: Thousand Sons Blue & Sybarite 2:1
    Highlight: Fenrisian Grey

Dark Blue Shirt

  1. Basecoat: Dark Reaper & Skavenblight Dinge 1:1
    Wash Shade: Abbadon Black & Dark Reaper 1:1
    Edge Highlight: Base Mix & Administratum Grey 1:1
    Edge Highlight: Base Mix & Administratum Grey 1:2

Grey Trousers

  1. Basecoat: Dark Reaper & Administratum Grey 1:3
    Recess Shade: Dark Reaper
    Layer Highlight: Base Mix & White Scar 2:1
    Layer Highlight: Base Mix & White Scar 1:1

Brown Shirt

  1. Basecoat with Skrag Brown .
  2. Soft shade: Doombull Brown
    Deep shade: Abaddon Black & Word Bearers 1:1
    Highlight: Skrag Brown & Ungor Flesh 1:1
    Highlight: Ungor Flesh
    Highlight: Ushabti Bone

Black Trousers

  1. Basecoat with 2:1 :black and Dryad Bark .
  2. Shade: Abaddon Black
    Edge highlight: Dryad Bark
    Edge highlight: Stormvermin Fur
    Edge highlight: Stormvermin Fur & Deepkin Flesh 1:1
    Edge highlight: 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 16
Base 8
  • Barak-Nar Burgundy
  • Dryad Bark
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Nocturne Green
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Wraithbone
Shade 2
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 5
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Skrag Brown
  • Ushabti Bone
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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