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Here are those 7 models and a bonus 8th mini, a heavy weapon enforcer I forgot to mention. I'd have finished some others but I was out of nails to mount the separate bits on for dipping.

Built three more survivors and got some skin down on a batch of zombie vixens.

Second photo includes Buck Spencer and four of the WGF models, I think they may be his new team.

Also in the background is a big stretchy city bus I grabbed at Kmart for 10 bucks. The doors open and the scale looks very close to on target .

Those survivors scale really well with that Mars Attacks guy.

The bus suits the scale really, really well. Need to have a bus depot or refueling point for a game. You know the classic survivors pull up to refuel their ride and unfortunately for them the horde arrives to chow down on some brains. All manage to survive except the guy who selflessly distracts the Zombies, but the outcast nobody likes got bit and hasn't told anyone yet......

I'm really pleased with how well everyone scales together.

@Archer something like that

I've got some solid progress on the next batch of 5 zombie vixens but back to work so meep.

Oh yeah, whoops. They had these guys up on Miniature Market this morning for $18...


I dunno that I ever plan to get into the game but after spending my points to more or less negating shipping fees, they've come out to about $1.70 per model for metal minis, and I really like the way they look. Use them as an elf kill-team in D&D applications or something. Hell, they may even be generic enough thanks to their goggles to spend some time in scifi crossovers. We'll see.

You lucky, lucky man! That looks like one hell of a deal! Why don't places in the UK have sales like that!?

Survivors look good!

True, MM is great, though there are entire ranges I have little access to due to international shipping like heresy and what not so maybe it evens out? I mean I can order heresy but shipping is high high.

Not sure when I'll work those in but for a bit less than two bucks a head, I didn't wanna pass.

Depending on how you paint the sword blades they could look quite at home in a sci fi setting with their super duper power swords. They are some really nice models from a range whose aesthetic doesn't often gel with me. Could be good as High Elf shadow warriors for warhammer.

GrimDork wrote:True, MM is great, though there are entire ranges I have little access to due to international shipping like heresy and what not so maybe it evens out? I mean I can order heresy but shipping is high high.

True, true. I would raise RedBox games as a counterpoint, but thankfully you can finally get those guys over here now which is awesome! Reaper stuff can be a pig to get hold of except from a couple of online sellers, but yeah, I guess it does all even out!

Archer wrote:Depending on how you paint the sword blades they could look quite at home in a sci fi setting with their super duper power swords. They are some really nice models from a range whose aesthetic doesn't often gel with me. Could be good as High Elf shadow warriors for warhammer.

They do seem very versatile indeed. I'm toying with the idea of getting some to use as Talons for the Court of Owls in Batman, with a few tweaks they'd fit right in. Problem is, I'm never going to need 10 models, half a dozen would be plenty.

I think they're meant to have magic weapons in their native system so I'll probably paint then like power swords.

The survivors look good.
The bus was a great find.
Miniatures Market is top notch.

Succinct.
Thanks.

Looking good mate. Like the bendy bus.

I really wanted a school bus, and will keep looking, but that thing is a ready-built huge piece of 'scatter' terrain and really fun for zombie scenarios. Check the bus, oh crap it's full of zombie passengers! Lock yourself in the bus, distract them and run to the other side to escape! Etc.

I think I'll pull the stickers off as they're making it look a lot like a toy. Also the driver has to come out.

I'm not sure that I want to repaint it, would be hell to mask all the windows up. I may just do the weathering technique where you spray black and brown spray paint at it from several feet away, gives it a nice coating of grime that will fog but not obscure the windows and make it look like it's been around for some time.

Finished five zombie vixens and got them dipped. Will look into sealing tomorrow but its liable to be cold in the morning. Maybe tomorrow afternoon.

I've got five survivors ready for paint which leaves just three of my initial 17 to paint after those. Also just 3 mars attacks survivors away from having the set of 9 or so done. After those I may push to finish a dozen or so martians as that would finish the mars attacks base game. Well, and scenery. I'd like to get that done before Dungeon Saga comes as I still want to knock that out quickly as a kind of a 'one of the first painted base games' challenge.

We'll see if my focus holds. Still have a lot of Infinity to do but when I get into one of these semi-batch-painting spells its best to stay away from those.

Will have the killer ninja elves soon too, probably this week. May try to work those in just because. I find random hobby purchases much more justifiable if I paint them quickly

I think I'm giving up on battle systems. Too expensive, and there's going to be too much I want from warpath, mark my words. Not a lot right now, but if they drop some nice hard plastic GCPS troops I'll probably snap up several. And the vehicles are neat.

Speaking of which... Local hobby lobby has some clearance, just got marked down again. They've got a couple of something something thunderstick 2s for $8(1/3rd price) 1:48 sce fighters but theyre level 2 revel kits and I don't really like my models to be challenging to assemble (I got s similar helicopter kit to crash, opened up the box, and slapped the lid tigh back on..too many parts...).

I did get their last shade tank for $4. 1:48 tanks for $10 rrp. Not crazy detailed but good enough. Got three now. I guess they're patterned off the patton tank. Which is , holy crap, 55 years young and still in use today by some armies. Well, if I paint one green it would go great on a mars attacks board. I thought about giving them some space marine guns too and using them as discounted army surplus vehicles for rebs, marauders, and so on.

You may not think it is all that detailed. But for $10 in that scale its great. If you have three maybe gut one and detail the interior as a burned out wreck (not that you probably need anymore terrain what with the excellent stuff you have posted previously).

Yeah they're neat little tanks. A bit old school to use with my mantic stuff though... Almost would work with 40k. Like I said may give a couple space lasers...

Here are those zombie vixens, not a great shot. Still need their bases.

The Zombie shopper....not even death can stop her

Yep Instead of Braaaainz it's BUY ONE GET ONE HALF OFFFFFFF.....

I also like the shark attacked lifeguard. I think I'll have to paint the next version of the other walker in pink more like a runner, that's more obviously a sports bra than sleeping clothes like I was originally thinking.

Up next will be the country girl, disenfranchised middle class dude, street smart whoever gone survivor, the boy with a rifle, and the fat lady with a cleaver. These have been pretty fun to paint so far.

Nice work on the lady zombies. I guess that sale was "to die for"

Muahaha ha the thought had crossed my mind..

You should enter that picture in the yearly Thewarstore.com picture contest for black friday (I think thats when it is) with a photoshop of these prices are to die for on it.

Nice score on the elves, Grim. It's a neat looking set. Almost got it myself. I got suckered by FRP's clearance again though. You're getting a lot more progress on the survivors than I did on mine. I only made a few cops and agents. They were what made that box for me.

@theo I was thinking of some kind of ad involving the super shopper anyway so maybe.

@barzam I like the cops and agents too. I like the generic survivors a lot as well but the cops and agents have the most cross system viability IMO.

If you are going to doctor up some ad copy with the shopping zombie, you could print out scale posters for your next terrain project.

Shop Z-Mart! Our prices are to die for!

^Entirely possible

I'm gonna get these zombie gals onto some clear bases and then think about painting those other 5 models. They also dropped some new pledge levels for Warpath so I'll probably be getting more heavily involved there than I had planned. Le Sigh.

Great work on those Zombies and survivors, and the bus looks amazing. I don't have a lot of empathy for any of you when it comes to shipping prices, though.

Yeah I feel terrible for you poor bastards. You've got to deal with terrible shipping rates AND cane toads...

Hey GrimDork, any particular site you get the clear bases from? I have seen a few sites with them but they seem REALLY pricey for a round piece of clear acrylic.

I get them from Litko. I think it's just litko.com. They're not remarkably cheap though. Something like $15/100 25mm rounds at the 1.5mm thickness. They're more expensive at the 3mm/gw-equivalent thickness. Larger sizes get pricier *quick*.

I still find it worth it, but I won't tout them as inexpensive.

I know you have some of the D&D figures from the box game, do you have temple of elemental evil? If so are the figs decent? MM had a box for 1/2 price because the edge was smashed, but I haven't seen the models out of the box to judge for myself.