Reaper Bones Zombies

I had a fit of Halloween enthusiasm and painted up all of the zombie and zombie-like figures in my Reaper Bones collection. Fortunately, I didn't completely lose my mind (any more than usual) and decided to use a common paint scheme for all of them. After all, rotting flesh covered with a few scraps of decaying clothes would look about the same on any animated corpse after being out in the sun for awhile.

Like a scene from a horror flick.

Notes on the paint scheme I used are presented first. Comments on each set of miniatures follow. All figures are from the first Reaper Bones Kickstarter.

Preparation
The usual steps I take for Reaper Bones, as described here. I used FolkArt 231 Real Brown as an undercoat color.

Base Coat
FolkArt 231 Real Brown. I brushed on some additional brown to guarantee an even coat over all areas of each miniature.

Dry Brush Layer
Reaper 09293 Alien Flesh. This is a medium gray with touch of warmer color - brown or maybe red. Dry brushed over each figure to provide highlights.

Black Wash Layer
Reaper 09255 Black Wash. This is a basic black wash. It does the job of settling into the recesses, but otherwise unremarkable.

Brown Wash Layer
Reaper 09254 Brown Wash. A wash that works for flesh or cloth over a black wash. This is the final coat applied to the cloth and hair.

Green Wash Layer
Citadel Washes Thraka Green. A long out of production product that I'm trying to use up before it dries up. It was applied only to the areas of exposed flesh. This coat turned out to be too green. I was going for "necrotic" not "the expression of Bruce Banner's anger management issues" for the flesh tones.

Green-Brown Wash Layer
Secret Weapon Wash W008 Baby Poop. My choice for Cthulhu-related projects. It produces an unhealthy looking tone when applied over a neutral color. The sickly color turned out to be a perfect fit for this project. Again, it was used over the flesh areas only.

Reaper Bones 77053 Zombies

Reaper Bones 77053 Zombies
These resemble the "shambler" zombies common in media depictions. Slow mobs of decaying corpses that shuffle towards potential prey. Sold in packs of three.

Reaper Bones 77014 Zombies

Reaper Bones 77014 Zombies
More "shambler" zombies, although I'm tempted to refer to these as "disco" zombies given their pose. They provide some variety when combined with 77053. Sold in packs of three - I received the two pictured as a Kickstarter reward.

Reaper Bones 77159 Ghast

Reaper Bones 77159 Ghast
Although "Ghast" is Reaper's name for this figure, it's handy as a variety of undead threats. It could represent a more powerful zombie, a ghoul, some kind of wight, a vampire that hasn't feed for awhile, or other abomination with a hunger for flesh.

Reaper Bones 77169 Flesh Golem

Reaper Bones 77169 Flesh Golem
This big guy is clearly inspired by popular adaptations of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. This figure could represent the creation of a mad wizard or ambitious scientist, a "boss" zombie, or some other physically powerful undead.

Overall, I'm happy with how this mob of undead turned out. They'll be menacing some adventuring party or other group of player characters soon enough. Although I might need to find something to feed them in the meantime...