"How Do You Paint Skellies?" Topic
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 ochoin  | 24 May 2026 4:16 p.m. PST |
Just finished painting this unit of skeleton warriors for Dragon Rampant—my Evil horde horde at last has some more rank and file. theminiaturespage.com
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"TMP link I was aiming for a simple "ancient dead" look: bleached bone, worn bronze/iron, faded crimson cloth, and dry, desolate basing. They're intended purely as gaming figures rather than display pieces, but I'm rather pleased with how they've turned out. I'd be interested in hearing how others approach undead troops: How do you paint your skeletons? Clean bone, grimdark, verdigris armour, glowing eyes?
Do you base undead differently from your living troops? Graveyard earth, dead grass, tombstones, something more fantastical?
For Dragon Rampant: what unit profiles have worked best for your skeletons? Heavy Foot, Bellicose Foot or something more imaginative? I think I'll want these as Light Foot (you can't get more 'light'….)
Do you prefer uniformity in undead units—or a more mismatched, scavenged look? |
| JMcCarroll | 24 May 2026 4:32 p.m. PST |
Prime white, stain wash brown, dry brush white.
Swords, shields, armor your way. |
| ZULUPAUL | 24 May 2026 4:36 p.m. PST |
White base, sepia wash dry brush lightly with off white. I prefer my skellies as just bones with weapons although I do have many with ragged clothing, I always think that the dead would have been stripped of their armor.
Paul |
| HMS Exeter | 24 May 2026 5:19 p.m. PST |
Prime white. 100% strength bone/linen/French vanilla. 50% chestnut wash. 10-25% black/charcoal wash. Light white dry brush. |
 John the OFM | 24 May 2026 5:52 p.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 24 May 2026 6:39 p.m. PST |
Flat white base covered with a yellow-brown wash. |
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