Army Painter Spray For Zulus

[johnm]

Which of the armypainter browns should I use for Zulus?

[grant]

Which of the armypainter browns should I use for Zulus?

I don't think any of the browns are dark enough for the Zulus. I am considering the same question for my Fuzzy-Wuzzies.

I have decided I will likely go with a white and then airbrush the skin dark, followed by hand painting.

Th other option is to use a graffiti artist's spray. There is a brand called Montana Gold, that has hundreds of colours. Luckily I can get them at a local high-end art shop.

[Parus Ater]

I know it sounds odd but blue washes work well on African skin, around the deep recesses.

[Stuart]

I second that Parus, someone told me this a few years back and it works great, I did get lazy though when faced with 300 Zulus and airbrushed them Bestial brown and then gave them a Strong tone AP shade/varnish, so if you have an airbrush johnm then this method worked quite well as well and got them on the table super fast, well apart from the patterns on the shields.

[johnm]

I've been using Armypainter leather brown spray, after looking at angus Mcbrides artwork. Seems to work well with army painer shade. Well it works for me lol

johnm

[mudcow304]

I've been spraying mine black and then brushing with Vallejo Charred Brown followed by Citadel Dark Flesh. The results aren't the neatest but I'm happy enough.

[jazbo]

Use the "leather brown" spray. Block on the other colours, then splash on some AP dark tone with a brush - it looks great.

[johnm]

I've just tried using Citadel Ogryn Flesh wash over AP Leather Brown, and it works well

[mudcow304]

Is there any chance that some of you chaps could post a pic or two of the results of your reccomended methods please? I'd love to find a technique that takes less time than mine as I'm at risk of missing a deadline for a game atm.

[jazbo]

mudcow - I have just put up a blog post with some pics of my army painter Zulu's:

http://colonials.6sided.net/2012/01/11/workbench-warlord-games-plastic-28mm-zulus/