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Almost forgot to mention! It's a bit of a plug, but I thought some of the guys who read this might be interested in the Kickstarter for Zombicide. It's a board game from the guys who did Super Dungeon Explore that's already made it's funding, so it will be out come September or so. It comes with over 70 hard plastic, varied, 28mm zombies and survivors, which look hugely convertible. If you back em now, you get 108 minis, including 4 exclusive survivors, for less than the price of the game when it ships. There's male and female zombies with several sculpts for each type, and special zombie types too. Not everyone's cup of tea, but thought it would be a shame for people to miss the opportunity!

Minis are under the cut:


And I thought this guy in particular could easily end up in the QA with a head and arm swap and some foot surgery:


Like I said, not for everyone, but just wanted to get the info out there!

We now return to your regularly scheduled post-apocalypse...

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And bugger, I totally missed Remi's post, sorry about that! Thanks a lot for the kind words - you're really dead on with the pose I was going for, which made my day a little bit! It was just trail and error to put together, with a lot of reposing and doing similar things myself to try and work out how someone would stand like that. Thanks so much again!

Oh Wow! Those are sweet! I'd like to see them next to something for scale though...seems too good to be true at 28mm no?

Not too far off actually:

Oh..That's not bad at all!

Therrre greeeaaat ! ok i will stop now .

thanks for the info scarps , very tempting those , gonna check em out a bit more ..

omg scarp watch equalibrium, its a nice watch, and you are right.. it has alot of F451 ideas involved


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^those are cool zombies thanks for the link

Nice apocalyptic minis.

How on earth did you make such tiny tiny books - or is there a tiny book sellers on the net?

Speaking of apocalypses I swear I already live in a post apocalyptic wasteland. I really should take some pics and do a photo essay.

3 days left on the kickstarter, so sign up if you fancy it!

@Weety - Thanks a lot! And Cornwall's not that bad, is it? Though I could always use reference photos for terrain making
The books are actually real - I just put them in the microwave (about 600w, two hours or so) to shrink them down. Try it out!

They're actually made pretty much how they look - tiny strips of card folded around the thin end of a sculpting tool with little bunches of paper snipped from an out of date BNF superglued in. Try it out! It's the painting I'm not sure how I'm going to tackle...

Today's update is a scrappy conversion, but a functional one - captured gangers in necro need a marker for rescue scenarios, and I wanted something fairly utilitarian, in case he needs to represent gangs other than my own. He'll eventually have some jewellery chain between the manacles, but I thought it would be easier to put that on after I've painted the lacerations on his back (the QA don't play nice!). Hope you like!

Scarper wrote:EDIT:

And bugger, I totally missed Remi's post, sorry about that! Thanks a lot for the kind words - you're really dead on with the pose I was going for, which made my day a little bit! It was just trail and error to put together, with a lot of reposing and doing similar things myself to try and work out how someone would stand like that. Thanks so much again!

LOL... no problem, man. I saw the quick response and my eyes bugged on that kickstarter game... I definitely want that game... although to play and/or chop up, I'm not entirely certain yet. Most likely to play... now if I can scrounge up some loot to get the high-level donation and collector's ed minis...

-Remi

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Love the hostage pose! Again, spot-on!

... and I just dumped $100 for that goddamn Zombie game...

Nice, the captive is looking good. I can't wait to see it finished.

dsteingass wrote:Oh Wow! Those are sweet! I'd like to see them next to something for scale though...seems too good to be true at 28mm no?

Ive actually gotten to play with the "1st production masters" (Cmon was showing the demo game off at adepticon) The "normal" zombies (Walker/runner) are about the same size as GW basic infantry, the "fatty" is a little larger but not much. I've pledged in to the KS and am really looking forward to the game and painting up the minis inside.

Awesome idea to build a universal captive, I might steal that one day. I assume the head will be hidden under a hood to make it more versatile and threatening?

cool model ^ what model did you base this off of btw?

Nice pose on that mini are they Pig Iron legs either way great job, torso Vic Lamb arms Empire flagellant head own work legs Pig Iron …. me thinks

Do I get a cookie do I

Great looking QA scavenger and the prisoner looks ace too. Where are the legs from? I need some for a similar conversion

Super conversion of a really great idea scarps , the hood really sets it apart , The bits are really unusual , reminds me of a penal legion guy waiting for the commissar .

You make mood , and drama seem effortless.

I have to say though I did think he had peed himself when first saw it .. now if only he had a mattress .

neil101 wrote:You make mood , and drama seem effortless.

Well put, that's what he does.

I have to say though I did think he had peed himself when first saw it .. now if only he had a mattress .

That happens all the time when people hear the hammer being cocked right behind their heads...
Scarp, imo you should really work that into the paintjob.

ARRRGGHH the pee stained mattress keeps coming back to haunt you ……..

That captive is genius, might have to pinch this idea. I like the idea of making captives to represent my opponent's models, for a little extra humiliation.

lone dirty dog wrote:ARRRGGHH the pee stained mattress keeps coming back to help you ……..

Excellent work on the captive Scarp, very cool idea and execution.

I'd like to thank you for the heads-up on the zombie kick-starter, and my bank manager would like to throttle you for the same reason

Top notch man, like everyone I cant wait for more =)

Hey all! Thank you so much for the comments, I really appreciate them all - will need to reply later tonight though, supposed to be cooking for my gf in less than an hour and I don't even have all the ingredients yet (Asian pesto chicken though - it's going to be ace!)

Will probs be able to reply later tonight, or worst case scenario tomorrow. Thanks for all the interest though! To keep you going, here's today's mini, and my favourite from the Copplestone line. Haven't converted him at all, and the paintjob was a 2 hour quick job, but I'm pretty pleased! I was trying out some different skin tones - I wanted to see if I could pull off a sunburned surface-dweller look. Please let me know what you reckon, and wish me luck not burning anything tonight!





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p.s. the jacket looks a little flat, but it's just the photos, honest. Need to dash!

Not bad, even more so, because it was done in just two hours. Those scavengers always tempted me, but they wouldn't fit my interpretation of necromunda. For yours they are perfect though.

Dinner crisis averted, here's a few responses:
(It was delicious, incidentally )

@Remi - Totally worth it though - I dumped for the 'abomination' deal too, and a couple of the extra survivors. Can't believe what a surge they got before the end! Glad you like the hostage, thank you

@Scrazza - Thanks a lot!

@Galorn - Would have loved to go to Adepticon and see it in action - from their demo game up on the KS, it looks like a lot of fun. Did you get to play? Cheers for the scale info - always good to know.

@Baiyuan - Thanks for the kind words! You're dead on about the hood, he'll have no facial details at all. He's got a canvas-type sack over his head, and though they're not the best pictures, there's actually a knotted rope tied round the base of it to stop it falling off. It was partly to anonymise him, but also for the dramatic effect. I'm not 100% on the pee stains - I can see how it would work, but I don't think I've got the painting skills to do it subtly enough to not just look crass

@Rogue - Thanks! LDD's actually done my job for me - Victoria Lamb body, Pig Iron Kolony rebel legs, and GW flagellant arms (with a little modification).

@LDD - Seriously good eye, I'm impressed! Those pig iron legs were only out about a week ago These are all yours:


@Illumini - Thanks a lot, they were fun to make! The legs are from Pig Iron - Kolony Rebel leg sprue.

@Neil - Thanks so much, that's a huge huge compliment. I was trying to get some fear, or at least resignation in the posture, so I'm really pleased if that came through! And I hadn't considered that changing the colours would do that - it is an unfortunate fix! Maybe he was held in the dumpster beforehand

@Bruticus - Thanks a ton! I'm hoping it'll beat just having a generic marker, and will make a nice visual centre-piece for captive rescue scenarios - You know your gangers have got a pretty grim fate in Necro if you don't rescue them, so anything to tug on the heartstrings is good in my book...

@Monkeytroll - Thank you so much! And I wasn't sure about posting the KS - figured it was kind of off-topic, but I knew too many people on here who would be interested to let you lot miss out It does add up, but it works out at less than $1 a model if you got the abomination

@Two Spartan - Thanks a bunch! Hope you like the new guy


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Forgot to mention, I've got some new little fluff synopses up for these guys. Nothing special, but just a bit of info on who they are!

Lodge

Lodge was an engineer. Course, he hadn’t always been. Fought with the Desert Rats before, a ‘revolutionary group’ that quickly went the way of most revolutionary groups – vying with others for territory. Killed a fair few people, but not one of those bastards didn’t deserve it. Among the best up close and personal, Lodge led his own squad. Tried to lead by example, show his lads how to do it in person. No patience for weakness or cowardice. He was wounded when the slave caravan he was leading was ambushed by governmental forces – cowardly bastards couldn’t face them head on. His squadmates abandoned him, even as he shouted curses after them and tried to drag himself upright with the good chunk of thigh he had left. Treacherous scum left him to his fate the first time he’d ever really needed them. He learned a lesson then. Not a quick one, and not an easy conclusion to come to, but as the beatings went from hours to days he realised where he had made his mistake.
Didn’t matter who he had been anyway, he was QA now. Engineering is what he did.
He had served in the penal mines near the Quadring Penitentiary for two years, far longer than most survived. Hard time. He’d seen then how engineers were valued, how vital they were to everyone in the mines. Makeshift respirators and scratch-built structural columns saved lives, and with this salvation came privilege. The engineers, or even anyone who knew a little about the trade, could work shorter shifts, get better food, and get fewer beatings. Even the guards had respect for those who made the place safer: The convicts were manual labour, and the guards little better – as many of them were killed in mine collapses as the inmates. Lodge learned the trade from Borth, another man who had served with the Rats – he traded hard-earned lho sticks and smuggled alcohol for the knowledge he would need. Lodge had learned to make himself essential. Even if that involved ‘engineering’ an industrial accident for Borth.


Magpie
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Ah, this one. Apparently known locally as ‘Magpie’ – doubtless due to a predilection for shiny objects belonging to others. A ‘vagrant’, I understand? Charged with assault, participation in a riot, and public inebriation. Oh, and I do love this defence entered here – no memory of events, “not a violent man”? Moving. You’ll be right at home in the mines then. No violent men there. 30 years! Next!
A factory worker from Hollow State, Silon had tried to flee with his family to the relative safety of the Skew in the final weeks before the Evac. The PDF were closing on pockets of resistance around Easthollow, and civilian casualties and reports of atrocities had caused panic in the local populace. The refugee column they were travelling in was attacked by slavers near the border, and Silon panicked, losing track of his wife and daughter in his flight. He escaped alone, but had witnessed the brutal deaths of many of the others who had tried to run. Eventually finding his way to Crockfall, he lived there for several months, begging and stealing whenever he could to stay alive. Though he found other refugees who had made it through the mountains around Crater Lake, he never heard word of his family again. His years of living rough have made ‘Magpie’ a useful asset in the QA scavenger teams – he has developed a reputation for making valuable finds, though much of his share is known to be spent on liquor.

@Baiyuan - Thanks a lot! I've overused washes and been a little slapdash in areas, but I'm pretty pleased. I really wanted to get something done between studying. I do love a lot of the Copplestone models: they've got flaws, but some of them have a lot of character.

Thanks for the cookies they were delicious I like to work out whats what this time it payed of


Like the scavie really should paint some of my stuff maybe I will know or not

Like the fluff as well nice to build a story around these, although they have a lot of character from the start

damn if guys could make babies you and neil could spawn the ultimate fluff writer!!

Rogue, don't mention it, they've tried, but it was just a big embarassment...

Nice bit of fluff as always Scarp

Two hours for the copplestone ganger? Impressive sir!

Yep, 'abomination' and a couple of extras here too

Good fluff scarp haven't checked in in a long time but again looks good as always. can't wait to see what pops out of your head next.