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Ive been building some zombie sprues i got from a friend and i must say the zombie have ridiculous proportions and goofy style. They look silly and bland.

The shoulders are especially dumb.

And they charge 55$ for twenty of them.



Sorry for that rant but i feel sorry for people who bought them without closer inspection and then hated them.

Very much not my style

What do you think of them?

Cool Box-art



Not cool minis

Just assemble, paint and cover in a red wash for blood splattered everywhere. At first I did not mind them but after putting 60+ together, think they are kind of fun.

The models are certainly showing their age, but they're still pretty nice.

I would personally buy the Mantic zombies instead.

I actually like them. They're only $35 for 20. For every 2 boxes, I base 10 of them on 40 mm bases (Thus gaining 50 models for 2 boxes). It looks amazing when you do this cause it actually looks like a rambling horde moving forward. Mantic Zombies are good, but I already got 80 zombies from a friend for like 60 bucks, and I'd rather have my entire army based with 1 style of model.

They're not that hard to paint either. I just sprayed them undead flesh, bestial brown clothing/hair/wood. Boltgun metal the few metal pieces. Hit the base. Devlin mud. They look great with such a simple paint job. It really helps cause you paint so many of them.

Currently have 120 of them. Eventually I'd like to get around 200+.

Stoupe wrote:They're only $35 for 20.

Not if you live in Australia

kenshin620 wrote:

Stoupe wrote:They're only $35 for 20.

Not if you live in Australia

Then this thread becomes about how stupid GW prices are in Australia vs how stupid the models are priced by themselves.

I'd rather stay on topic.

Stoupe wrote:

kenshin620 wrote:

Stoupe wrote:They're only $35 for 20.

Not if you live in Australia

Then this thread becomes about how stupid GW prices are in Australia vs how stupid the models are priced by themselves.

I'd rather stay on topic.

The OP is from australia which is one reason why he is complaining why he thinks the GW zombies suck, I think that is very on topic

I don't really like the mantic ones to be honest.

GW Zombies are a 13 year old kit. Everything from that time looks goofy now.

How do they go together?
I know assembling skeletons I expected it to be a pain but I ended up actually loving the kit. Grave guard on the other hand are a terrible, terrible kit that really shows its age, it's the same 2 sprues over and over again so while I have 20 (so far) skeletons that are all unique I then have 30 grave guard and with the exception of the command they are identical. I hate that.
Also the heads are a pain to get to stay on.

I like them to be honnest. And as far as Mantic.... Not if you trwe them after me

I like 'em.

jonolikespie wrote:How do they go together?
I know assembling skeletons I expected it to be a pain but I ended up actually loving the kit. Grave guard on the other hand are a terrible, terrible kit that really shows its age, it's the same 2 sprues over and over again so while I have 20 (so far) skeletons that are all unique I then have 30 grave guard and with the exception of the command they are identical. I hate that.
Also the heads are a pain to get to stay on.

Wait, didn't the plastic release of grave guard happen at the same time as the skeletons?

Eh, maybe. I just hate them because I've had to assemble 30 of them and they all look identical and I really hate that. The skeletons had pretty of variety.

get more Zombie by buying more bases and put a head and an arm coming out of the ground on one base and create another zombie that's missing an arm and a head. heck, just the legs on thier own can work.

also you can use the bitz and pieces from other sprues you have no plans on using to put some more variety in there. ask your friends if they have any to spare and you can have living dead made from thier troops. unless you're obsessed with making them look nice.

jonolikespie wrote:Eh, maybe. I just hate them because I've had to assemble 30 of them and they all look identical and I really hate that. The skeletons had pretty of variety.

The grave guard have six different heads, a number of different weapons, five different shoulderpads and plenty of opportunity for different posing. Having assembled 30 myself I don't see the issue.

I like the GW zombies a lot. The parts mix well with the 6th ed skeletons and empire militia sprues. Used a few Bret. Parts on mine as well. Got an honorable mention at Baltimore Golden Demons back in '08 for my first zombie regiment.

Since then I found that Mantic Ghouls can be blended into GW zombie regements and look good doing it if they are painted / based similarly.

Age doesn't really matter. There are some classic sculpts that look great even though they are old and don't compare to the level of detail in modern scuplts. And then there are some that are fugly.

Nitros14 wrote:

jonolikespie wrote:Eh, maybe. I just hate them because I've had to assemble 30 of them and they all look identical and I really hate that. The skeletons had pretty of variety.

The grave guard have six different heads, a number of different weapons, five different shoulderpads and plenty of opportunity for different posing. Having assembled 30 myself I don't see the issue.

It depends if you build them as sword and board or great weapon. Sword and board has as much potential for unique posing as the normal skeletons. Great weapons? clones.

I think the heads and helmets set them apart enough. Granted their poses are pretty straight forward but there is only so much you can do with posing 2 handed weapons.

Nitros14 wrote:

jonolikespie wrote:Eh, maybe. I just hate them because I've had to assemble 30 of them and they all look identical and I really hate that. The skeletons had pretty of variety.

The grave guard have six different heads, a number of different weapons, five different shoulderpads and plenty of opportunity for different posing. Having assembled 30 myself I don't see the issue.

Since the Torsos are in two constituent parts and there's five types of each, I think that makes 25 possible combinations... Then if you use heads from the Black Knights or Skeleton Warriors boxsets you can get a fair variety. I'll admit that the bodies look uniform but, imo, it's the closest thing that VCs have to an Elite unit so that's kind of acceptable. The Great Weapons look a little bit boring though.

I have always liked the plastic GW zombies, I have assembled 80 and will probably do more some time. The faces are very detailed and there are tones of pose possibilities even more if you add in some militia or men at arms parts. I have always found that the mantic zombies are some of the worst they do, though you do get more for your money with them. Mantic ghouls are not bad, but GW zombies are better hands down.

I am planning to take a box of GW Zombies and the Garden of Morr and making a bunch of unit fillers for zombies (and some of the other garden of morr parts for other unit fillers. I want to try to stretch that zombie box into twice its number or more worth of zombies and have my blocks look epic. Like a bunch of zombies breaking out of a graveyard.

I personally have to side with the nay sayers I think the gw zombies look goofy and just not as creepy as I would like.

Mantic zombies.

The gw models look like they have downs syndrome.

To be truthfully honest, I can only tolerate the Games Workshop zombies during specific instances: depending on an array of factors.

For instance, what I mean is that, IMO, the Games Workshop zombies are an opportunistic set. If I’m looking to flesh out my horde of ‘zeds quick or if I’m looking to add another 50 walkers fast, for an upcoming ATZ or Apoc. game, I’ll overlook the horrible aesthetics of the zombies in favor of these pros; which, in the case of GW’s set, is that they’re plentiful (you do get a sizeable horde in one box for skirmish games) and relatively easy to paint/put together.

Alternatively, if I do have time and patience, I’d suggest rather to purchase non-Games Workshop kits because, quite frankly, they’re not complete garbage.

Lapidus wrote:Alternatively, if I do have time and patience, I’d suggest rather to purchase non-Games Workshop kits because, quite frankly, they’re not complete garbage.

That doesn't make them good. I haven't found a single plastic set of zombies that doesn't look like gak. Which is really sad, considering the huge amount of people who love the idea of zombies and like to use them in all manner of things that miniatures are used for (tabletop wargames, tabletop skirmish games, board games, etc).

Please don't link the mantic zombies - yes, they're better than the GW zombies. Yes, they still look like gak.

I really wish Avatars of War would do a set like they did for the other regiments. 20 zombies, lots of extra bits for customising, lots of poseability. I'd buy a few sets to bulk out a regiment of a hundred.

I've seen some really nice conversions people have done with zombies and empire troops. Basically buy 1 box of each, swap bits around in all models and you now have a freshly turned zombie horde!

-cgmckenzie

-Loki- wrote:

Lapidus wrote:Alternatively, if I do have time and patience, I’d suggest rather to purchase non-Games Workshop kits because, quite frankly, they’re not complete garbage.

That doesn't make them good. I haven't found a single plastic set of zombies that doesn't look like gak. Which is really sad, considering the huge amount of people who love the idea of zombies and like to use them in all manner of things that miniatures are used for (tabletop wargames, tabletop skirmish games, board games, etc).

Please don't link the mantic zombies - yes, they're better than the GW zombies. Yes, they still look like gak.

I really wish Avatars of War would do a set like they did for the other regiments. 20 zombies, lots of extra bits for customising, lots of poseability. I'd buy a few sets to bulk out a regiment of a hundred.

Not to thread-jack this thread, but I’d like to direct you towards a set of 28mm plastic zombies which don't look like gak. Albeit, they're not advised for use in WFB games, rather for skirmish games or 40k.

Further for the record, I hate mantic's zombies as much as GW's, but who am I to pass judgment; I'm not a WFB person after all.
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Edit: The link is broken. Although, for notably beautiful skirmish zombies check out Studio Miniatures or, the old stand by, Hasselfree minis.

I never said there weren't good zombie miniatures out there - I'm quite aware of the good metal miniatures several companies produce.

I said there's no good plastic kit. Metal models produced for skirmish games are no good for something like Warhammer Fantasy. There's never enough poses to stop you having lots of clone models, and the price makes it very prohibitive - moreso than buying GW models.

Your link works if you remove the '//url' at the end. However, those are modern day zombies. You don't see many inhabitants of the Warhammer world in button up business shirts or jeans.

The lack of a good plastic kit for Fantasy zombies is criminal. Mantic are cheap, and numerous, but terrible sculpts. GW zombies are expensive, not as numerous, and terrible sculpts (though, to be fair, are almost 15 years old).

We really do need someone like Avatars of War ro tackle them, because no one else seems interested or competent enough.