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Dunno about Studio Miniatures zombies, but Wargames Factory confirmed on FB they are to the same scale as their other kits, to which someone replied "Romans with AK-47's" which has gotten me thinking...

 judgedoug wrote:
Dunno about Studio Miniatures zombies, but Wargames Factory confirmed on FB they are to the same scale as their other kits, to which someone replied "Romans with AK-47's" which has gotten me thinking...

That reminded me of this picture I saw today:

lol.

Although, if you have too many survivors in one box, I guess yu could mix them in with spare zombie parts and bring the whole thing up a notch.

Or you could give each character various load outs for campaigns. So your cop model can be armed with a pistol on one model and an AK-47 on the other.

 kenshin620 wrote:

Well it is a bit strange though that their female zombies are notably taller

Not to mention their original zombies are really old so have some of the worst details

I like the taller female zombies, I just need the men to go with it.

The smaller male zombies are fine if you're into Foundry-scale stuff, it's just that all the detail didn't translate. It's fine for what it is, and the cost, I just need big GW-scale zombies.

 judgedoug wrote:




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Contents of each box are three of the survivor sprues and one of the weapons sprue for $20.

I expect the weapons sprue to be very popular from their bits section on their website.

Oh wow, these look very nice indeed.

Mr Gutsy wrote:

 adamsouza wrote:
These figures look great, and I want to be excited about them, but they are literally years behind on producing them.

Looks like they might be getting released sooner than you think...

(A few of the responses by Wargames factory to questions about the kit from their Facebook page.)

-when can we buy this set?-
This kit will be up for sale soon- stay tuned for sprue pics as well. Thanks!

-How many models per box? -
30 Figures per Kit, Brad. Thanks!

-No women?! Why?-
The Women are getting their own kit, as they well deserve, Thanks!

Yeah, look at those bits. Very nice indeed.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
judgedoug: you forgot to mention the stellar job they did on DFG's stuff too.

As the women come out, I'll definitely grab a set of survivors of both sex and zombies too. Though I heard the original zombie kit is iffy?

The original zombie kit is indeed iffy. They're very small and not very detail, but you can't beat them for the price. You may want to go with Zombie Vixens for large-scale zombies, someone said Studio Miniatures zombies are good, but I'm not sure I like the look of them, and I'm not sure how big they are.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

 chris_valera wrote:
The original zombie kit is indeed iffy. They're very small and not very detail, but you can't beat them for the price. You may want to go with Zombie Vixens for large-scale zombies, someone said Studio Miniatures zombies are good, but I'm not sure I like the look of them, and I'm not sure how big they are.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, I disagree with the Zombie vixens being large-scale. I am looking at some sprues right now and they are basically true 28's with very slight features (no big heads or hamfists)

 judgedoug wrote:
Unless I'm misunderstanding you, I disagree with the Zombie vixens being large-scale. I am looking at some sprues right now and they are basically true 28's with very slight features (no big heads or hamfists)

Really? I saw a pic online, and they look bigger than GW's zombies, by about a mm or so.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

 chris_valera wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:
Unless I'm misunderstanding you, I disagree with the Zombie vixens being large-scale. I am looking at some sprues right now and they are basically true 28's with very slight features (no big heads or hamfists)

Really? I saw a pic online, and they look bigger than GW's zombies, by about a mm or so.

http://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2012/09/wargames-factory-zombie-vixens.html

Yeah, here's the pic, her arms are thin, but she towers over the new IG

Here's another site that has a review of the scale:

http://roebeast.blogspot.com/2012/08/wargames-factory-zombie-vixens.html

One dakkadakka review mentions the size on page 2:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/467241.page

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

One thing I'll warn everyone about here. If these guys are the same scale as their WWII Germans in 28mm, they're going to be very "slim" compared to GW minis. Their weapons will also be very thin, and prone to breaking if you're not careful.

After fiddling around with the Germans, I learned pretty quickly why Warlord and GW go for a more "chunky" heroic scale.

That said, I'll probably get a box just for the massive amount of weapons. Just imagine all the stuff you could use those for. I bet they'll still make great cultists, rebels, militia, or other types of minis, as long as you're clever about what bits you use.

I'm comparing the vixens to some Warlord shotte right now... 4 bodies are very tall and the zombies would be as tall with heads as the walking musketeers. A few more are slightly shorter, and then the rest are pretty small. So, yes, there are several zombie fashion models but the rest are just fine. Plus it's hard to beat the price (since there's 11 models per sprue, so 33 models in the box)

 judgedoug wrote:
I'm comparing the vixens to some Warlord shotte right now... 4 bodies are very tall and the zombies would be as tall with heads as the walking musketeers. A few more are slightly shorter, and then the rest are pretty small. So, yes, there are several zombie fashion models but the rest are just fine. Plus it's hard to beat the price (since there's 11 models per sprue, so 33 models in the box)

How many are walkers and how many are crawlers.

edit: found my answer: 30 mulipart female zombie figures + 6 bonus crawlers per box

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Ah, yup, there's a crawling torso I didn't even notice!

As to the Studio zombies, they are pretty much legs/torso attached to base. Arms and heads are there for variety.

Scale is on line with Wargames factory with the addition of the base, which is around 3-4 mm to add to the head to toe height of the figure. The size of the mini as compared to a "Last Night on Earth" game zombie is smaller, based on the size of the base on the game piece.
Wargames factory zombies, first run, are smaller then both, but not by much.( maybe a mm or two.) The zombies themselves work alongside each other, but the bases kill it if you were to use them alongside each other.

I have all three.

The bases would need to go if you were to interchange stuff on them. Studio Mini's zombies are very detaled, compared to the others. Wargames zombies are excellent if you need a lot of them.
you could easily interchange stuff on both if you want variety.

Grind off the bases, if you want to get down to brass tacks.

I'll be getting some vixens by the end of the week or so. I'll get some pictures up here, alongside a Mantic one. ( Trying toget some of those zombies up for the Judge Dredd thing, in between a gak load of other projects.)

 Grot 6 wrote:
As to the Studio zombies, they are pretty much legs/torso attached to base. Arms and heads are there for variety.

See, that's the thing, the Studio Miniatures ones look small too. I want big zombies, like the Zombie Vixens. Wargames Factory just said on their facebook that the male zombies are up for a redo.

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

So much awesome your head will explode

Man the amount of shoutouts in those pictures is awesome.

Best thing is that you can now literally throw the book at a zombie now!

That, or the obvious Shaun of the Dead homage with the guy with the cricket bat.

Might have to convert the kid to have a police hat...
These look really good. Will definitely be picking up a set.


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Might have to convert the kid to have a police hat...
These look really good. Will definitely be picking up a set.


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Might have to convert the kid to have a police hat...
These look really good. Will definitely be picking up a set.

The survivor in the white vest looks like Steven Seagal... that makes it awesome! They should make a Dirty Harry inspired miniature next.

I don't have the pictures, yet.
But the looks of the zombies is going to be determined by the base you use. Of the three, it is looking hard that I'll be using the standard 25mm base, either slotted or unslotted.

Each of the figures comes with plastic disks of various degrees, and in that- they adda couple of mm's to the respective models.

The older wargames factory zombies are indeed in need of a slight size increase, by a mm-2 to go along with the ladies. Studio's zombies are in a crunch with the built in gaming token base. they added some of the disks, but the figures themselves are cast with a smallish chunkof base of about 2-2 1?2 mm's that adds some false height to the figures. Detail is fantastic, but the body/leg combo only gives you limit in heads and arms combos.

They're out now

Though slight price increase from previous sets, $22



http://wargamesfactory.com/webstore/dark-futures/apocalypse-survivors-men

A 10% price increase!!! Those meshuggeneh mamzers! They're just like GW!


Honestly, I think $22 for 30 minis with lots of options is still a steal. I just hope WGF never tries to find out how much they can actually charge for their sets and still "get away" with it.

I ordered a set. I'll post my thoughts on them once I get them.

Somebody should do an open box review of them here soon. I look forward to seeing what these guys look like "in the real world" outside of professional photographs.

Tends to give you a more realistic idea of what the figures will be like...

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Somebody should do an open box review of them here soon. I look forward to seeing what these guys look like "in the real world" outside of professional photographs.

Tends to give you a more realistic idea of what the figures will be like...

I'm also waiting for that. It's an odd set because the bodies are so different in clothing and even in size so it looks like not all arms can go with all bodies. Also the sample pics don't seem to have any shoulder seams, I'd love to see how they did that with some of the action poses and if an ordinary modeller can do as well. And some are very specific, I can see me using one priest, but three? I think they were thinking more along the lines of them all being the same character but with different gear.

It looks like a sure buy though. I just wish there were more cop bodies so I could make a mod of security/police guys. I don't see any other body that would work except maybe a suit or two for detectives/officers.

They are not yet listed on the Warstore but I just emailed them to see if they can get them.

Hmm MM just got them. Quite fast I must say

http://www.miniaturemarket.com/wgfdf003.html

Also... no UZI? No RPG? Three grenade launchers and no UZI or RPG?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Also... no UZI? No RPG? Three grenade launchers and no UZI or RPG?

Assuming these are for western nation citizens, I'm not sure where one could get a stash of RPGs

Could be wrong though

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Somebody should do an open box review of them here soon. I look forward to seeing what these guys look like "in the real world" outside of professional photographs.

Tends to give you a more realistic idea of what the figures will be like...

I'm also waiting for that. It's an odd set because the bodies are so different in clothing and even in size so it looks like not all arms can go with all bodies. Also the sample pics don't seem to have any shoulder seams, I'd love to see how they did that with some of the action poses and if an ordinary modeller can do as well. And some are very specific, I can see me using one priest, but three? I think they were thinking more along the lines of them all being the same character but with different gear.

It looks like a sure buy though. I just wish there were more cop bodies so I could make a mod of security/police guys. I don't see any other body that would work except maybe a suit or two for detectives/officers.

Could always say that the "normal" looking people are a deputized militia. Would work well in most situations. Cops see the town is going to hell in a handbasket, tells everyone he can trust in the town to meet up at the Sheriff's office. Congrats, you are now all honorary deputies!

You could also use the "normal" people as gang members, rioters, or even honest citizens defending their homes from whatever situation you're running your game in.

 kenshin620 wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Also... no UZI? No RPG? Three grenade launchers and no UZI or RPG?

Assuming these are for western nation citizens, I'm not sure where one could get a stash of RPGs

Could be wrong though

Uzis are not as popular as they once were either. I'm not sure why they would include them.