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More wood for the fire so to speak.

One punk was finished so I just completed the other 3 the exact same as they are VIP I want them to stick out.

Also the zombiecop called in reinforcements.

Also painted the same as each other. I think I will do all the. IP the same as there are still sailors and Santas who would all be dressed the same and the construction workers can also look the same.

It works. As a board game I think people inherently expect sameness anyway.

Best wishes and thoughts are totally with you and the family, with your Dad especially. Wishing him a speedy recovery.

Zombie horde is seriously growing now bud.

@grimdork, rightey-oh, plus once everything gets matte sealed I can make them a bit fifteen with blood splatter.
@Cam, thank you, Dad is recovering well, still needs the doctor to decide on surgery or breaking up the kidney stones with ultrasound.

Well we had a nice family day so far as we went to the pool for three hours, and then out to lunch. Lilly got a stomach ache even before the food got to the table so lunch was taken to go. She's feeling better now , but still not up to full zombie killing more yet. Swung by miniaturemarket.com with my son as we went to do the shopping that we were all going to do after lunch. Didn't get anything this time, but they have a little forewarning of a sale on their website (summer ends 8/18/15), which I think is about the same time they did their big clearance sale last year before restarting it as the Black Friday sale.

Might still get a game in tonight, if not then definitely some painting will happen.

...Zombie, Zombie, Zombie...ie ie ie...oo, oo... do do... etc...

What's in your head? Braiiiiiiins of course...

Anyway, nice work.

All the best to your Dad, and the little one's tummy.

Look for a Sale on Tuesday then? Will do

I hope your father has a swift and complete reccovery. Kidney stones are nasty business. And a swift recovery for your daughter. Kids are resilient.

A good friend of mine had the ultrasonic treatment. It does work very well. And no post-surgery problems.

Zombie-Cops. There is a metaphor there... I'll leave it at that.

tummy is a frail item on such hot days like these...you don´want me to draw you a picture on what we flush these days...

and best wishes to your dad... stones in any intestines is very painful...so i hope he gets better soon...

and the marching Z´s look amazing... if somewhat uniform...and i´m not talking about the cops here^^

Well a bit of progress today on the zombie front.

All the sailors are done now, I guess shore patrol didn't go so well


And here I thought they were Union workers , oh well same mentality

Last but definitely not least are the four Santas of the zompocalypse.


Well that's all 20VIP completed, I'll have to see what I can finish tomorrow before my class starts up.

Also will be bits diving to see what I can find.

Great stuff. And I'm *still* seeing that squid-pirate

Color choices for everything are really spot-on.

Thanks Grim, the video really made my painting skills work decent with these guys. Almost afraid to matte finish them at this point, will probably test it on a few at first, then the gore and slime will happen.

The colors are just popping due to the strong tone use. No skill required

Regarding the Santa's...I think the lot would greatly benefit from heat bending their arms in different poses....due to color scheme and stance these are the most uniform looking models of them all...but all around very clean paint jobs! Tho those 'stache sailors are a new dimension of frightening...

I like the Santa Zombies, mainly because their just plain creepy .

I do agree with Vik though, other poses would look really good with these. I imagine one could be dragging a sack across the floor, with presents spilling out the back.
Or another carrying an old teddy bear. Basically anything that make's them look creepier.

oh yes please! a santa bag... filled maybe even with zombi fast food? aka arms or a leg looking out?

Wait a minute, there is something suspicious here. Cop Zombie. Construction worker Zombie. Sailor Zombie... Will there be an Indian Zombie and a Cowboy Zombie?

@redharvest, well as soon as they make those ill make a YZCA display
@Vik, I was definitely thinking of a Santa bag, full of snacks left for good old Santa.
@hk1x1, I just wish I could make a Santa sitting on his chair for little zombie kids to sit on his lap....creepy

So I've got some time this morning before kids get moving so I will be painting and searching for bits to send out to Vik and Grimdork for some projects they have going on. Already found Grims orclings that I never use....



But the next set of zombies I hope to get will be the VIP set 1.

Butcher and hotdog man...lol...
And I bet that this E.R. zombie could have a reference to a college of yours frfrom work...
These "orklings I have never seen? How tall are they? They look cute.. but why are there so many flat ones???

10mm or so. Come with mantic KoW orcs. Flat ones are..dead?

@Vik, definitely a few doctors at work that could fill the part of the zombies
@grimdork, yep, flat guys are dead and squished into the ground. But they can be snuff casualties...yes???

Well we played a game or two today, my off day (1st class tonight) and I painted some more afterwards. Which was after mowing the lawn.

So these five were just finished, but I woke up early this morning and painted before the kids got up. So here's the outcome of that.

There are six here, so 11 total figs for today. Maybe more later tonight as I stay up late to see what the miniaturemarket.com sLe turns out to have.

Also dug out a small care package for a certain German friend here. Still looking for some other items to send before posting.

You tease

I find your productivity breathtaking...

And why do the mantic orks have these small orklings? Basing material?

VIK, the secrets all in not trying to make a display piece. Plus any mistakes will be covered in bloody gore later.

The orclings come one to a sprue (maybe 3, can't remember) they can be grouped together on a 40mm base as a unit of orclings, really nothing more than a speed bump for an opponent, but the point costs are cheap (I think 10points). Also they can be decent basing additions and I think can be used as gear for the Heros. I think there are zap sneaks and stab you sneaks as optional buys. I haven't looked at the old rules for a while and I'm waiting on my 2nd edition kickstarter stuff to ship.

I don't think I'll stay up late, sleep is a precious commodity right now... But I may check if I get woken up at 2-3 anyway. If they're out of stuff they're out if it.

Nice zombie progress.

Well I tried to go to school today. I always leave an hour early, today I left an hour early and sat in traffic, usually takes me 15 minutes to get there. Major accident with 18 wheeler blocked my usual route. 1 1/2 hours later I made it 4 miles (6.4km to the metrically inclined). I gave up as I was 1/2 hour late to class and still 10 miles (16km) away and not even halfway to where the accident was. We might get in another Zombicide game or more painting.

Balls!

That's lame.

I guess there wasn't a convenient alternate route, huh? Bummer. I hate missing the first day.

At least you have an excuse. I took summer classes one semester and went in on tuesday expecting to have my first two classes. Turns out they were on Monday =/ I had looked during the sign up period and was convinced they were tuesday, never even checked closer to the day of class

Similar thing happened to me as I was taking classes at the university and at the junior college at the same time, the jr. College started a week before the university . Another semester I had finally sat down with an advisor to see what I needed to take still and she scheduled my classes for me. I told her I was only available on Thursday evenings at that time and she scheduled me on Tuesday nights. She had gotten confused and thought the capital T meant Thursday not Tuesday. Needless to say it took a while but I got a full refund for those classes.

Kids are outside playing with a neighbor kid, so I'm currently chilling, my car has no AC, and it was 90degrees (that's hot for the celsiusly inclined) while sitting in traffic. Might go paint

Painting is fun, do eeet! Or just relax

Terrain and zombies, OH MY!

@grimdork, yes it is and you talking about rattlecans
@Peter, welcome, and yes zombies and terrain

Well rattle cans were used, and brushes, and of course paint.


Welcome to Zombicides version of Woodbury. I need to try and use the strong tone on the building still.


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Edit: Well I finished the other side of the corner piece of terrain for Zombicide. Including hitting it with the strong tone coating. This will be the terrain for board 2C, which is used in a few of the missions. I still have to finish the inside of the building, so this is more of a test for the outside of the terrain. Also watching red harvests latest building....build has given me an idea of the windows. I'm hoping to make the windows modular so I can swap them with a boarded up piece to use in game. That way the boarded windows can be removed to show "open door".

What's everyone's opinion of the colors.

I m a bit under stress, but for what I remember of woodborrow, this looks spot on! I'm about to head to my gallows...job interview...with management...argh

Thanks Vik , from the images I searched of Woodbury these colors are actually much darker. They had more sandstone and cream/whites, but when I tried those it didn't turn out looking too good, so I went with the darker granite color cornerstones. The wood look actually is just the brush strokes showing through the brown paint, but I think looks decent.

No worries on your interview. You'll knock them dead...or at least walking dead

Building colors look fine. Will you be weathering the piece?