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Well engine problems with the mower. I think I need the carbuerator cleaned, will check with a buddy at church tomorrow who does this for a living.

no energy drinks. I don't do caffeine, except for one meal while on vacation and a dr. Pepper while n the way home it's been over a year and a half without caffeine.

So I took a couple hours to paint some more zombies. They are drying now but I never posted pics of the last two batches.

Zombies are looking great Theo, I like the one in purple shorts in the first pic.....

Thanks giraffex , the street hooker turned zombies a good sculpt, even a bit naughty.

I decided to put all the completed fits together for the next picture. Last stand, 2 against 33.... Not the best of odds. I think I need to start painting more survivors.

Great stuff

Shas I was joking mate

Damn that zombie method does work well they are looking great I guess the grass gets to live another day then again

I think your current problem with the ever growing grass is reflecting on the z's...zombies are a very interesting breed...very open for personal interpretation of the theme from individual to individual...yours for instance are greener than mine will ever be, but that is good as variations on a theme always offer new insights and possibilities...man what a horde already...better switch the guns then to full auto...

I never would have gone to a green color for zombies if I hadn't watched the painting tutorial a week or so ago. I always tried more natural flesh tones, but was never any good at them. So when I saw this quick and dirty method of mass painting I tried it....and liked it. The green will also help in the game as there will be tons of figures on the board at one time and the green is a pretty easy way of seeing that those are not the players "Actors".

On another note I stopped by miniaturemarket on my way to work.....there were zombies to be had in the form of the main box set. I had over $6 In Store credit and could kick t up today. So I am the proud owner of 71 (6 survivors, one abomination, 8 fatties, 16 runners, and 40 walkers.) more figures and now the base game as well so I could actually play Zombicide. Too bad I work this weekend, and my kids leave for camp Monday morning for a week . That will just give me more time to paint models and clear the gaming table in the basement and maybe try my hand at a solo game or two.

Also painted the skin on the remaining survivors and the Zombicide that I already had. Zombivors are survivors who die...but come back as even harder to kill. You still control them, but basically they are for playing really long games as they can take I believe five wounds before going down instead of two wounds that survivors take before dying.

Two vs that many zombies,,,,RUN!!!!

For a moment there, I thought you'd gone and converted a couple of WHFB Festus Leechlord minis..

Some nice lookin Zombie beasties there Theo

Cool, let us know how the game works out once you *do* get to play

Love your zombie method, in fact I've been doing the same exact thing with my Mantic zombies. Well almost, I do prime>basecoat>quickshade>highlights. Very fast and great for batch painting, and looks decent enough.mheres my test model, although I plan on splattering some blood for the blood God on him too:

@shaso, why run when one Molotov cocktail will kill them all and give you soooooo much experience points.
@AoV, thanks, and good luck with your wait on creaturecaster, I have a bad feeling more delays are on the horizon.
@Grimdork, the rules look really simple, and I don't think it would be too hard to adapt them to marines versus tyranids/orks/ or tau
@mymearan, thanks, your guy looks awesome. I have a bottle of blood for the blood God ready along with nurgle's rot as well. Both will get applied after I finish a large batch of zombies and survivors and do some final touches and use a flat sealer first so they both look slimy compared to the rest of the model.

Oh, I also matt varnish mine right after the Quickshade, before highlights. I find it really hard to paint and highlight super shiny model.

That's a good idea. I'll think about doing that as well.

While at the hardware store earlier today picking up parts that I thought would fix my lawn mower I saw a can of spray paint specifically formulated for plastic that to me looked very close to the GW rotting flesh color. The paint was called honeydew, and I might grab a can of it next time I'm in there. Of course next time I'll take a figure painted with rotting flesh to see how close they are. Army painter makes a matching paint but at $14 a can I think I might give this one a go for $6.

On lunch break now (8pm local time) and just sitting and reading the rulebook again. I love the fact that this is such a beer and pretzel game. Takes me back to the good old days of gaming with my buddies from school. If any of them lived close by I'd definitely hit them up for a game and just to catch up on old times.


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Just because I wanted to get them ready for priming, and I never watched any Unboxing videos or say pics of exactly what you get from the Zombicide main box.



I'm almost dreading what will come from the kickstarter .

Elsa and her zombivor version
I painted Elsa a few days ago and last night I did the zombivor. Unfortunately I choose the wrong color for the skin tight suit, did exhibit grey instead of stormvermin fur . Close enough for government work I guess and since they won't be on the board at the same time I think it's fine.

Neema and her zombivor alternative
I was a little worried about going from black skin to zombie skin, but I'll just chalk it up to the outbreak virus changing their skin tones. Maybe later I'll revisit the idea, but for now I think I'm good.

Julien and his zombivor. I need to do the hockey mask in a different color. Probably white, but that can wait till the details and gore get added I think.

Spent yesterday and most of the night at the hospital with my son. He had a allergy onset asthma attack that we were having problems controlling. We had to leave in the middle of church to take him. Went to the local children's hospital which is part of the hospital network I work for, and waited for what seemed like forever. The last couple times we had to take the kids there it was in and out in an hour or so. This time it took 5-6 hours and none of us had had lunch and we were all done by the time he was released. A good hour or two was because the computer system went down, but otherwise it was not the usual visit. He is doing fine now, but we needed to get him steroids to get his lungs back up to full strength, especially since all three of them leave for church summer camp this morning. Didn't want to have to drive 3 hours to pick him up again because we didn't get it treated yesterday.



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Just finished Raoul's zombivor as well. Forgot his beard before putting on the strong tone. Remedied that now

Nice work on the zombies and survivors. Sounds like a rough night good to hear he's OK now.

oh...theo... that must be awful...poor kid...and it sounds like this is a never ending story... so bound to reoccur sooner or later...damn...next time you shhouldwear your working clothes... with your name tag and so on... peeps are more likley able too wave you through the whole waiting procedures that way due too collegiality...you have to use every ounce of good connections you can use...as often peeps with a wade of cash do this too...


your z´s look cool...as do the surviors... and you really are very productive...as for the two damsels turned Z... well...elsas different cloth color is fully justified by the zombifcation... but i think afro american skin needs a different base coat to begin with when you make models like neema...

I was dressed for work so they all saw my logo. I missed work last night because of the delay, so they only hurt the company by taking their time. We still had great service when they came in, but it just took so long for each different person to come in.

Getting 180+ kids on buses right now. The. Will do a quick clean up here then off to home.

alive and zombified versions cool

Yeah Shaso, you can come back as a good Zombie. Still fighting the good fight even after death. The zombivors came out in one of the expansions so not all the actors have alternate zombie versions, unless they are sold separately and I'm not aware of it. Very possible.

Played my first game of Zombicide. Not sure if I did everything all right, but the basics were really simple to follow. I did mission 00, it only takes 2 times and about 20 minutes. I ran with the four survivors that I had painted up. Raoul, Julien, Neema and Resa. Took about 6 turns to complete the mission and only Neema took a wound. In return she killed 5 zombies while the three others killed 5 between them. I went with them using all noise free weapons. Fire and axe, crowbar and frying pans(2) for most everything. The sawed off shotgun got used once and the pistol got used twice I think. Raoul whiffed on three swings with the frying pan at a critical point, and a lone zombie survived long enough to bite Neema. We'll have to keep an eye on her.

10 dead zombies later the survivors reached the mission objective and Raoul the not so mighty flipped it and got 5 experience points. Everyone was still in the blue band range for experience. Very helpful to keep everyone close together there. In game turns the more experience you get the higher in the bands you go. Start in blue then yellow, orange and finally red. As you flip the cards to determine zombie spawning the highest experience band color determines how many zombies (and what type) show up. By keeping everyone at blue you encounter fewer and seeker zombies until you all get close to advancing levels. Kind of like old D&D, sucks to be a first level wizard when surrounded by 15th level fighters while going after dragons.

Also painted up a couple of civilians that come in the angry neighbors expansion. I got the two sharpshooters painted up and toned, they are drying now. Also primed all the contents of the core box.

Has anyone ever had the noise effects make a difference? I don't know if our group tends to stay clustered more often, or just play very linear/choke point style maps, but the location of noise counters other than the survivors (who each count for 1) never made a difference. Is that just a Prison Outbreak issue, or do other versions have the same deal?

I could see where they could make a difference if you wanted them too, but I think in a regular base game there won't be that much of a distraction. Unless you split up. I was purposely trying to not use noisy weapons, but at some points I considered using the guns more because of trying to clear a square I front of me so the actor with the crowbar could advance next turn. Pop a door open quietly, and enter the building without making a bunch of noise.

Well before I left for work I basecoated the zombies from the main set and hit them with the waywatcher green. I o my got one each of them covered, but here are the sames for those zombies.

The guys that make Zombicide have a very different idea of how women dress. Every female model (zombies)has exposed g strings. Those guys really must want to crack open a cold one. (Bad necrophilia reference from CSI).

Got a few more basic guys done. The ones from the main set aren't quite as nice as the expansions, but at least there's lots of them

Looks pretty solid, you're gonna have quite a horde on your hands

Well a horde of Zombies is just fun .

In other news I got the refund from Conan KS. So as of right now that's enough for 2 of the Zombicide:Black Plague knight level pledges. There's really no "additional" buys that I want from that set. I'm going at least the double knight so I get 2 sets of the month Python characters and two of the ratabomination. If I can swing a third knight level then I'm going to do that and have extras of the kickstarter exclusives to sell/trade off.

Hordes of zombies *are* fun. I really need to get to work on my scifi zombies so I, too, can have a proper horde.

Totally keep forgetting that I'll be getting the expansion set with each knight level pledge, which means 20+ zombie wolves in each set. Plus the added-added bonus of having myself in the game.

Nice! Wolves are good too.

Spent the last hour or so base coating some zombie skin.

71 zombies starting to rot.

I should have taken a nap. I almost fell asleep twice...in mid brush stroke. Time to get up and get blood flowing before work tonight.

Nice work, now that's batch painting!