Animosity ZombAid (4 Charity, Help the Heroes)

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**geordie09**

Hello there...

On the 27th and 28th of July 2013 we will be hosting, Animosity - In the Hive of the Dead.

As part of the Campaign Weekend I need to collect as many zombies as possible to field in our Hive of the Dead Campaign mission.

With this in mind I decided to incorporate a charity effort into our Campaign Weekend. I need the good people of dakka to help me, simply by painting and sending a single (or multiple if you've got the time) zombie miniature to us. Your zombie will shuffle its way across our Campaign Weekend and then onto ebay with the rest of his undead buddies. Whatever the final accumulation of zombies makes on ebay will be donated to the Help for Heroes charity.

For every dakka member that offers to help I will add a nurgle icon and we can see a digital representation of the horde as the plague spreads through the Hive!

Obviously the good cause will benefit from everybodies efforts and our Campaign Weekend will benefit from the massed horde of undead that your generosity will provide!

The Important Stuff...

1 - The zombie does not need to be a standard GW Fantasy battle zombie, but must recognisably be a zombie.
2 - Please mount the zombie on a standard round 25mm GW base (the kind that single miniatures are always on in 40k)
3 - Please base the miniature with an urban/underhive theme
4 - Signal your intent to participate in The 40King Dead - Zombaid by posting on the thread and increase the horde!
5 - I will let you know via PM where to post the zombie
6 - The event is on the 27th of July, please post your ZombAid contribution before the 4th of July!
7 - Check out our Events thread in the meantime http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/440020.page
8 - Check out our Event sponsors,

Bitz Box - http://www.bitzbox.co.uk/
VoxNet Radio - http://voxnetradio.com/
Power Armoured Metal - http://powerarmouredmetal.blogspot.co.uk/
Nukearts - https://www.facebook.com/nukesarts

Thanks everybody. With your efforts we will create an awesome horde and an massive zombie force for ebay and raise money for charity!

I'm in and will be donating a lot of zombies!

The HORDE so far...

(NukeArts Typhus)

(geordie09)

(SpiritofKantor)

(Archie Homer)

**fishy bob**

I might want to put together a few zombies for this. Not to sound like an a-hole, but I'm not sure until I know what cause the charity will go towards. So I'll subscribe.

Good initiative!

**geordie09**

Thanks dude, feel free to make a suggestion if you have charities that you prefer!

**thesupplydrop**

This is a fantastic idea...

I'm sure The Supply Drop can contribute to this in some way don't you?

I think a very well deserved charity that would benefit from an event like this would be Help for Heroes. After all, we are playing toy battles with our little heroes while the real heroes fight real battles to keep our borders safe.

I for one know that there are several Heroes out in the Dakka world who fight for their country and play with toy soldiers in their spare time. So lets do them proud maybe and make it count for them.

Just my penny worth eh?

TSD

**sar mikael**

ill sign up! charity is a good excuse to paint another mini i dont normally play with. im sure whatever charity it goes to it will be well recieved.

**geordie09**

Help for Heroes is a decent shout

**Nukearts**

Nuke Arts is in!

**geordie09**

Nuke Arts are amazing! I should add, that when they say they're in, they mean it! Nuke will be fronting our charity efforts with a professionally painted (to display standards) Typhus miniature...

How cool is that!

Their continued support in all our Animosity efforts is greatly appreciated!

**geordie09**

It seems help for heroes may be the best option. Does anybody wish to put forth a second recommendation?

**VoxNetRadio**

Help for heroes would be a good choice! Ill have a chat with rest of the team about getting some zombies painted up dude.

Iain

**WaaaaghLord**

Definitely interested in converting something for this, count me in.

**geordie09**

WaaaaghLord wrote:
Definitely interested in converting something for this, count me in.

Sweet. Thanks dude!

**geordie09**

I've painted the first two zombies... Hopefully I'll get the others done this week and post pics by next weekend!

The infection spreads...

**geordie09**

So it begins...

**geordie09**

Okay, so its not the best image on dakka and doesn't quite reflect my best work with a paint brush, but they're zombies... they aint meant to be clean and tidy!

**geordie09**

Just a nudge to keep the thread going! This weekend saw the first Animosity Campaign Weekend and i think it went very well! In March we host the Age of the Emperor event and roll on to july in which we'll need those zombies dudes! Remember, its for charity!

**llamafish**

How many Zeds (zombies for the lazy) do we need to have?

**geordie09**

loads... as many as I can possibly get people to paint and donate!

**llamafish**

http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Advance-Orders/Advance-Order-Zombie-Apokalypse/Product/Zombie-Apokalypse-Marines-35-Figures.html

Looks like an option

**geordie09**

I've been working on the rules for the massive zombie horde game at the event. Whilst they are not ready to show as they are very much wip, rest assured they'll make the gaming side of this event very interesting.

Hopefully those that have expressed an interest in helping are still willing to do so as this will be progressing at some pace in the near future!

Thanks dudes.

**geordie09**

Received an awesome boost to the zombie horde today... thanks to Mantic games for their extremely generous donation to the cause. Remember, the money raised from the sale of the Zombie horde and NukeArts pro painted Typhus, will be donated to Help the Heroes!

These dudes will be painted to represent the walking dead of the Hive's Arbites and PDF forces!

Thanks again to Mantic! Here's a link to there site for those wishing to check out their cool zombies!
http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Advance-Orders/Advance-Order-Zombie-Apokalypse/Product/Zombie-Apokalypse-Marines-35-Figures.html

**Spyral**

Is the charity 'help for heroes' or can it be multiple charities?
I don't agree with HfH ethically.

**geordie09**

I'm afraid not dude.

I've made a commitment to the cause and will support the charity.

We'd appreciate as many people participating in the ZombAid collection as possible but if you feel strongly about it, whilst I don't agree with your position, I won't hold it against you if this decision determines your choice to participate.

Thanks for taking an interest though.

**TheFarseer**

Do the zombies have to be human?

I'm hoping to make this one. I'm not going to be able to make March.

**geordie09**

Its in a hive world, but no i guess they could be other races!

**Phiggins81**

I'm in work for the March Animosity event, so am definately up for this.

Would some WWII zombie soldiers do (I think they're Germans if that matters), they look like zombie guardsman?

**geordie09**

Hey phiggins, as long as they are based on traditional gw bases to an urban theme they will be welcome amongst the horde dude! Thanks

**Phiggins81**

Consider me in on this then. I'll post again when I have an idea of numbers and maybe WIP pics to keep this thread rolling.

**geordie09**

Thats great dude thanks.

I hope you can join us for the weekend too!

**Phiggins81**

As far as I know up to now i'm free to come, just have to check with the boss indoors