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Thats quite impressive, I'd get bored after doing five

I had a change of scenery. Wife and some other moms drove down to see the kids at church camp today, so I brought up all the primed zombies, a basic brush, rotting flesh paint, my painting towel and filled a red solo cup to clean the brush every so often. Sat in front of the family room television and listened to supernatural season 5 episodes 1 and 2 (lucifer is set free). Just chilled, which is probably why I dozed off every now and again. That and the comfy club chair I was sitting in.

I didn't want to bring up all my paints and try and do a few models, so next on the agenda wi probably be to hit them all with way watched green. That might happen in the early morning tomorrow if I don't sleep in. I'm off at church and the hospital tomorrow and the kids are t back till Saturday. The wife and I are having a date day tomorrow so probably very little will happen unless I'm up early.

 Theophony wrote:
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.

never thought you were the ranger type...hmmm... more big paladin person...(which isn´t half the compliment you might think it is...) because i was always the chaotic good kind of man...making up the rules as i go along... or as a friend of mine used to call me...a bum of the woods...

and good to see that you still live in the state of productivity

Vik, I was raised in a barn after all.

Not a lot of time today. Spending it with my wife as the kids are away at camp and I'm off work today. Nice breakfast, lots of school supply shopping and just quiet time together. But then she took a nap so off to paint zombies .


The woman reminds me of the sailor moon cartoon now that I've applied the tone to it. But she's hanging out with a regular wife beating joe.


Lastly a runner with his iPod and a traveling Abombination. The model had a camera and one of those fanny packs so I guessed he was an infected tourist. I tried to do a three color Hawaiian shirt, not sure how well it came out. Dark blue, blue and white. He is the tourist version of me wearing white socks and all. (Of course I'm in better shape than him)

Well that's one of every zombie pose that I have. I'll try and get a count on them tomorrow to see what I have all painted up so far. The next few batches will probably be all the survivors and their zombivor alternates.

Nice Zombs there Theo

Nice work Ahh poor Sailor Venus, looks like after the scouts vanquished...whatever the name of the badguy was...once and for all, Sailor Moon ran off with Tuxedo whoever but poor Venus wound up with an abusive white-trash husband. Oh well, the zombie apocalypse probably spared her spawning a brood of trailer park kids and several beatings.. at least.

Theo's place has been over run by zombies!

Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Braiiiiiiiiiiins Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie ...

 Dr H wrote:
Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Braiiiiiiiiiiins Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie ...

Modded the Badger song to zombie huh?

Ha. Didn't think of that, but yes. Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie....

Here I've had Zombie by the Cranberries running through my head.

Well I just did a count of zombies for the game and I have a total of 42 done so far. By far the most of any army Ive painted in years. Also have 7survivors and their zombivor alternates completed. So a total of 56 models done in a couple of weeks. There still some work to be done on all of them, but good enough for playing games as of right now. Still to do? Matte finish spray, blood for the blood god, and some nurgle's rot slime to add. Touch up a few small things, and then basing. Still tossing the idea of just painting their bases instead of the clear bases. Clear bases make them look so nice on the board and then no need to base them, but they are going to do colored base snap on rings for the Black Plague edition and I'm worried that if I cut them off it will be hard to tell the differences between types. Also there's the cost issue of rebasing them all on clear bases. Not sure I could justify that, but still trying to decide.

Well spent time cleaning at church today and preparing for the kids to come home tomorrow. I'll have to clean up there again tomorrow night after 180+ kids and 30+ counsellors get off the buses and use the facilities. Tried to work on the mower today, but looks like the carbuerator is shot. Talked to a guy from church who does engines, so he will look at it on Monday. So the grass is getting really long.

I did manage to finish two survivors and their zombivor versions today.
Here's Doug.

And Phil. (That perspective shot happened on its own)

Zombies,,,zombies everywhere!

sometimes i have difficulties to see what characters have been the background for these....

Good stuff and regardless of the basing method, i can't wait to see them dusted and 'finished'. Looking forward to it.

And I hear you on the bases... I've got like a 90 dollar litko order sitting in the cart and it has been for months, it's hard to pull the trigger on that much money for bases of all things... but it would set me up for a looong time.

@Vik, of these last two Phil is Rick from the walking Dead, and Doug is Michael Douglass from Falling Down. Let me know what other ones your trying to figure out. It also reminds me that Doug needs tape on his glasses.
@Grimdork, hold off just a bit longer on the bases, I might have a cunning plan.
@Shaso, and there's about double that amount of zombies still to go.

Trying not to spend money on Prison outbreak and rue morge, but it's hard.

I did have to pick up stuff from the hardware store today had a $7 off of a $20 purchase coupon, so I picked up the clear matte spray, a krylon paint called honeydew(looks like a match for rotting flesh) and some mineral spirits to clean my brush I use the varnish with. The krylon honeydew could be a Godsend as it was only $5.99 a can compared to the $14.99 a can for armypainter necrotic flesh. With the little paint pots being $4-5 each that's a great savings and will make doing the Black Plague boxes easier as well. Only problem I have is that it is Glossy, so not sure how the way watched green will work on it.

@Theo, interesting, I was gonna pull the trigger today but I uhh... had some indiscretions with MM's DotD and my brain's 'hey you're already paying shipping sooo...' problem.. so I can wait for a bit

I love your zombies, and love your paintjobs, but they still seem a wee bit shiny to me. Are they getting a matt varnish or similar?

I don't know why but the Doug model reminds me a little of Albert Wesker from resident evil (the games not the awful movies). I think it's probably the sunglasses .

@Graven, yes sir, I bought the matte spray yesterday, but I'm waiting to do it all in one go. I'm a little worried that if I matte spray one now to test and it doesn't work out I'll get pissed off and rage quit working on these. As I have been going at a good speed I don't want that to occur, so I want to finish and then matte varnish, and then there will be Blood (for the blood god) and nurgle rot because zombies
@Hk1k1, I've inly ever played the first resident evil, I haven't done any video games really since about 1995, but I think the Michael Douglass character was supposed to look like a generic business man to show that anyone could get pushed too far.

Kids return today. I know they will be wiped out, but it will be so nice to hear them bickering and fighting. The house has been too quiet for too long now. If they are interested we might just get a game of Zombicide going.

Me on the other hand, I think I'm going back to sleep for a while. While I miss the kids it's nice to get some rest in when possible.

If you're using the Army Painter matt spray, don't worry. I've found it works great at cutting down the shine. I was a little leery of the whole dipping process and tried it out on a couple of test orks, but they turned out fantastic. I'm in awe of your dedication at painting your zombie horde (which look great). When I think about painting my obscene amount of Zombicide minis, my eyes glaze over and I want to take a nap.

Thanks Zogg, but the matte finish I'm using is krylon clear matte finish spray. $4.99 a can. I used a similar spray (satin) for the grinch cutout we made for Christmas last year, and I hope this works out the same.

Thankfully when I started painting the zombies it was because I got a box of walking dead (20 zombies) for $10-13, and had no desire for more. Then I got bit and went brain dead, so painting in bulk is easier. Especially with the army painter strong tone which I got the big jar for $10.

My kids get home in an hour, so maybe I can go paint for 30 minutes or so.

I like Krylon in general, though they seem to have phased out my favorite iteration of clear spray, I'm sure the new name that replaced it works just as well.

So many zombies! So, this means massive games of zombies?

@shaso, my nurgle horde is growing while the Zombicide figures get double purposed.
@grimdork, Ive always had good luck with krylon

So 20 minutes of painting done before we went to get the kids, it's so nice to knock out two figures in 20 minutes.

It might be because they used the same colors and I had the zombie flesh done before hand.

Rowr! so they work as normal post apoc zombies and Nurgle Minions, good deal!

Yes, and when the Zombicide: Black Plague comes out I'll have the fantasy zombies all sorted out too. As well as Monty Python Knights.

The house has been too quiet for too long now

mate... you´re a good dad for just saying this that way! kudos to you and your loved ones...
when recently my oskar was on his first school trip i was ...well...it feels like as if you just lost an arm...

and i wasn´t sure of that was michael douglas in falling down... the uzi was a give away tho^^... not in many movies is that gun used^^

but who is hoody there?

Not sure my kids would agree about the good father statement Vik. They have been cleaning in their rooms for 3+ hours now and if they are not done by dinner (at least one of them won't be) then they lose electronics today and tomorrow. There's a few not so happy ex-campers right now, but they were supposed to have their rooms done before camp last week so no sympathies from me.

Well while they cleaned and my wife messed with some stupid "balance ball chairs" she got herself for school I decided to try and catch back up on some painting. 6 more down, 3 survivors and their alternates. I'm not sure of their cultural references (I think the one is from Suckerpunch). Maybe you guys can put the others in perspective for me.


First off is Ned. You can see Adam being worked on in the background.

Then Wanda the roller-waitress with a chainsaw.

Last is the schoolgirl samurai (forget her name right now). I tried to suggest the fishnet stockings by using black wash over the legs before the strong tone, everything's still drying here so we will see the outcome of that experiment later.

Holy balls... no electronics for a day and a half? Holy.... balls...

You're tough.


Nice work though. I think you can kind of get the idea with the stockings, especially if you look up towards the core and arms which are noticeably lighter.

Zombies galore, all looking great, love the way theres before and after figures.