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"Fire in the Disco" - Flaming Zombies - Part 1

Don't you wanna know how we keep startin' fires?
It's my desire.

- Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six


Welcome back to The Art of Caesura!

For almost the past month, I have been in my hometown of Victoria, Canada for my brother's wedding. It was a wonderful event and our trip was a much needed respite from the daily doldrums - to which I have now returned!  

Anyway, for a further excursion from the daily grind, let's take a look at today's models: World of Smog's Flaming Zombies!


Last week marked a bit of a return to the miniatures of The Rise of Moloch (the second game under The World of Smog banner). I love dipping back into these models from time to time because they are suffused with such character and paint up very quickly. 


I previously painted up the Dismembered Zombies and the Beefeater Zombies, so now it was time for the flaming variety. 


I painted all 5 of these guys at once, and for expediency sake, I just kept them all the same colour scheme. So, starting from a zenithal undercoat, I painted them all over with a 1:1 mix of Contrast Space Wolves Grey and Black Templars as you can see in the first image above.


With the base colour in, I re-zenithalled it with a spray of white ink from the direction of the flames (second image from top). I then started working in the flames with the colours you can see above: Contrast Bad Moon Yellow, Baal Red, and then Black Templars for the smokey tips. 


I then leaped in with conventional (non-Contrast) paints; highlighting his clothes with The Fang...


...and his skin with Rakarth Flesh. I still didn't feel like the flames were incandescent enough, so I painted in more white ink into the middle of the flames...


...and reapplied a thin coat of Bad Moon Yellow. This gave the vibrancy that I was after. 


I painted the last few details (pocket-watch, mouth etc)...


...and multiplied this process by five!


These guys were good fun to paint and a nice excursion from Space Marines. 

See you this time next week on The Art of Caesura!


Reading: Lessons - Ian McEwan
Watching: Is it Cake Too? - Netflix


Next Week:
Fire in the dark.

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