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Hope you get power (and your life) back as soon as possible.

Sucks about the power loss and having to throw a bunch of food out. That storm system might have been part of the same one that hit my hometown (Columbia, MO) the previous day. We got some serious rainfall and wind, but thankfully that was about all (no power losses or anything).

GrimDork wrote:Nice stuff, which section had the barrels?

Sucks about the storm, pitching food is lame.

Wood barrels were over by the doll house furniture. 9 barrels for $1.99

Azazelx wrote:Hope you get power (and your life) back as soon as possible.

power came on at 9pm. About 1 am the house got down into the 70 degree range .

ZergSmasher wrote:Sucks about the power loss and having to throw a bunch of food out. That storm system might have been part of the same one that hit my hometown (Columbia, MO) the previous day. We got some serious rainfall and wind, but thankfully that was about all (no power losses or anything).

Yeah the wind damage was what really damaged everything, but The rain was blinding at times.

Spent an hour yesterday doing the base skin tones on some zombies. They still need the green skin wash and the orange suit guys had been done before but not completed. There's 26 in this bunch and all will get mobbed together like the prison guards.

Glad that you and the family are all right Theo, one of the blessings of being in the UK is our relatively consistent and reliable weather. And good to see that in spite of the power outage that you got some further Zombie work done, that is dedication to the cause.

@Thraxas, I am very happy to have the varied weather patterns here even with the scary stuff occasionally.

Well quick update, 1 hour of painting got the skin washed and dressed the zombies in their jumpsuit orange.


now my wife dislikes the game because all the female zombies are half naked and these prison chicks are no different . They all are completely topless, but luckily they are berserker zombies with a bug like exoskeleton in places....like covering the boobies . They also are all showing their panties . Oh well, she doesn't play and my girls don't care about that.

Yeah the female zombies are kinda over the top. WGF is no better though. Nice progress, glad your power is back.

More zombies Theo? I'm beginning to wonder if you're a necromancer... Don't suppose you have any books bound in human flesh and penned in blood do you?

The horde grows

Wonder? I thought that was confirmed. He's using Zombies to paint all his Zombies how else does he get so many done?........

GrimDork wrote:Yeah the female zombies are kinda over the top. WGF is no better though. Nice progress, glad your power is back.

I try to reason with my wife that this is how women dress It didn't go over well

angelofvengeance wrote:More zombies Theo? I'm beginning to wonder if you're a necromancer... Don't suppose you have any books bound in human flesh and penned in blood do you?

The horde grows

Nope, those got too messy, so I scanned them all into my computer and then sold them for a hefty profit on E-Bay.

Llamahead wrote:Wonder? I thought that was confirmed. He's using Zombies to paint all his Zombies how else does he get so many done?........

I could only wish I could train them to do something useful, but they are like kids, they hang around eating everything and driving all the same people away. Then when you think you've finally gotten rid of them they move back in .

Set up my tablescapes boards for a quick looksie.


I think it'll make a nice Necromunda table with some rejigging.

Nice table layout. Look forward to progress.

 Dr H wrote:
Nice table layout. Look forward to progress.

Well progress happened today, just not on a table.

I finished off 26 zombie berserker prisoners. Pic terrible, I need to get a photo booth set up done. That brings my zombie count to 46 for the month.

Very nice. I like your choice of skin colors-- it brings to mind the vivid blue-green of Romero's Dawn of the Dead

Are those berserker zombies less slutty or is it just the photo?

The prison set comes with only these berserk zombies or are they special or something? I kind of like their look, is there a box of just those so you can have extra? Thought I remembered something like that. I think they'd mix in well with my plague zombies.

Nice work at any rate

JoshInJapan wrote:Very nice. I like your choice of skin colors-- it brings to mind the vivid blue-green of Romero's Dawn of the Dead

Thanks, I liked how sorastro painted them in his painting guide and just followed that.

GrimDork wrote:Are those berserker zombies less slutty or is it just the photo?

The prison set comes with only these berserk zombies or are they special or something? I kind of like their look, is there a box of just those so you can have extra? Thought I remembered something like that. I think they'd mix in well with my plague zombies.

Nice work at any rate

they aren't less slutty, in fact theirs no bras anywhere, but berserkers have bug like exoskeletons breaking through their skin. It just happened that all the women got exoskeleton boob armor which covers it all. , there are both types in the prison outbreak box, the berserkers just have the special rule that they have to be killed in close combat, shooting has no effect. I snagged 2 boxes of "angry zombies" from miniature market.com off their clearance sale, they are gone now but at $12.50 per box and 24 in each box it was too good to pass up. I still have the running berserkers and the fatties to do as well, not thinking of completing them this month as I need to focus on my let it flow display.

Great to see you still kicking bud. Storming on I see!

Was loitering and prayers were with you and your family.

Table is looking brilliant. Going to be an excellent piece of terrain to play on.. And great to see the horde expanding.

Man, that table is looking incredible already.

EDC

Them tubes on the table. They gunna need rust.

Hey Theo. Terrain looks awesome. Gutted to hear about the storm effects. Glad all are safe and well.

Good to hear that all is well now. I still can't believe the numbers of Zombies you manage to get done in such a short space of time!

Breaking radio silence.......

Well it's been a few months with zero to show. It might well be a few more months till i find some motivation to actually do things again still, but just wanted to stop in and let you all know I am still breathing. Replaced my car with another used car that immediately had difficulties, but seems to be working fine now. Also job search is in high gear now, I'm still working at the hospital, but I just need out of the department I'm in. I've stuck it out almost as long as I need, just a few more weeks. The hospital pays full tuition reimbursement, but you must stay for a year after you complete your degree OR you pay it ALL back within 60 days. My magic freedom day is December 5th of this year, technically December 4th, but I was advised to stick it out till the 5th.....Just in case. I've turned down at least a half dozen jobs over the last two months because the benefits weren't enough or because of this repayment deal, but I just had an interview in another area of the hospital yesterday that might keep me there. I'll be the inventory manager for my hospital and another much larger hospital also here in St. Louis if I get the position. $4 million dollars of on hand inventory at my facility alone and an average of $32 million in purchases a year, and my facility is a third of the size of the other one I'd also be over. What it does mean though is no more evening shifts (my wife and family think they'd like to see me more Fools!!!!! ), and a monday through friday gig with no holidays or weekends....it's almost like a real grown up persons job . I was the first candidate they interviewed and it seemed to go well, but I don't have the experience with the sutures and endomechanical devices I'd be constantly counting and ordering. Anyway, I've had plenty of experience ordering other things that I knew nothing about in previous jobs and the discussions went well during the interview.

Not much in purchasing or playing the last few months during my absence. I did stop by Hobby Lobby last night and picked up

more fantasy sized wooden barrels (9), and a bunch of wooden spools which hopefully will work well with the ziplock bag of guitar string to look like spools of heavy gauge wire/rope.

I also purchased a damaged box from miniaturemarket of Rum and Bones Mazu's Curse

I think it's 36 or so models in there with an asian pirate theme and I got them for $16. The box was damaged bad, but none of the contents were damage, which is a tribute to CMON and how well they package their games. The star of the box is a certain panda that knows Kung Fu and is in samurai armor. All of these just get added to my ever growing box of Samurai and asain themed stuff.

I have been watching a few kickstarters, and thrown $1 into Mythic Battlesantheon, but also watching the SOB:Forbidden Fortrress because I love Asain themed monsters and mythology. (I have not put any skin in that game however because you need to put down at least $25 to upgrade in the Pledge Manager, and I need to hear about this job first).

Also been eyeballing the new BloodBowl release. I have to say the models don't do anything for me, I am not a fan of the new AOS larger size models, and since the rules seem to be relatively unchanged I think it will be an easy skip for me, but making a new pitch scaled up is high on my list of things to do.

Anyway.....Not sure if this thread will stay or If I'll archive it and start from scratch. I think this is so mixed up that a clean slate would be good. As my honors history teacher said often Tabula Rasa, We asked for that after a few tests...he was not amused

Well at least you have a name for your new thread good to see you back

welcome back theo!
i´ve researched quite some pics of your gallery for numerous projects of mine as a reference...would you believe it?...found out you made a dice tower... that tabula rasa act is a frightening one... most of the time my head feels as f it is doing just that on it´s own accord without going me a notice beforehand

rum and ones, eh? well obvious choice after the whole zombicide^^...but gives you millions of options probably to use your zillions of fanatsy stuff too^^

anyways....almost thought you get paid the millions of $$ you mentioned... but then read on...:( no holidays???? er....that´d make me suspicious

anyways...anyways....good to see you creating creative juices again!.......

Hope the job works out, keep on trucking as they say. And egads, I want those barrels...I swear ive never seen them at my hobby lobby...must check.

inmygravenimage wrote:Well at least you have a name for your new thread good to see you back

Hadn't even thought of that as a name for the new thread. Hope to be back "SOON"

Viktor von Domm wrote:welcome back theo!
i´ve researched quite some pics of your gallery for numerous projects of mine as a reference...would you believe it?...found out you made a dice tower... that tabula rasa act is a frightening one... most of the time my head feels as f it is doing just that on it´s own accord without going me a notice beforehand

rum and ones, eh? well obvious choice after the whole zombicide^^...but gives you millions of options probably to use your zillions of fanatsy stuff too^^

anyways....almost thought you get paid the millions of $$ you mentioned... but then read on...:( no holidays???? er....that´d make me suspicious

anyways...anyways....good to see you creating creative juices again!.......

Well creative juices are simmering right now. At least I'm actually clearing off my table and organizing stuff into boxes......I blame Dsteingass with his basement remodel .

No Holidays just means I don't have to work on any of the major holiday like Christmas, thanksgiving, Memorial Day or New Year's Day. I have to use personal time for it, but it's a lot better than working every other one right now. Like this year I'm off Thanksgiving, but I must work Christmas .

GrimDork wrote:Hope the job works out, keep on trucking as they say. And egads, I want those barrels...I swear ive never seen them at my hobby lobby...must check.

I've shown the barrels before, they have all different sizes for doll house sets and for $1.99 they are great. I hit them with stain and since they are real wood it just looks great with 10 seconds of work.

Ooh I hadn't considered stain. And then metal over that on the rims once stain is dry. I found them finally and some large clay pot analogs.

Great to see you live and kicking. Hope to see more of you. Good luck on the job front.

Good to see you sticking your nose in again, Theo'.

I think we are all missing the best point of the job; access to many more potential modelling pieces!

Good luck with jobs.
And yes, it's best to wait and be sure you don't have to pay anything back. Know that when a big company owes you money they are far more relaxed about it then when you owe them money.

Good to see you stirring Theo- reorganize that basement!

Welcome back Theo. Hope all is well .

Still no word on the job yet, hopefully I'll hear by Thanksgiving.

In the mean time I just picked up the operation See Lowe box from Miniaturemarket and decided to revisit the zombicide buildings.




As you can see the board 1C is the starting point for this project. I've filled the voids with the wooden boards/sticks and then have covered the walls using some textured 70# paper. Both sides have been completed now. Maybee the next version I'll try tearing away some of the paper to show the exposed "Shiplap" walls.