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I don't think any of the of the original Wargames Factory crew survived the hostile takeover. The original digital sculptor just wasn't as talented as the current one.

The big guy is awesome, but I do hope he has at least another option, other than flip flops and shorts.

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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.

I can confirm I'll be getting a set!

Jake

Crossbow, Cricket bat, chainsaw... It's good to know all that time we spent data mining and arguing over the weapon contents didn't go to waste, they actually listened.

Very nice! This is the first WGF set I've wanted in a long while. I remember posting repeatedly to the related WGF thread years ago.
Really a good example of giving the public what they want.

I have my concerns about the body and legs being one piece, but there's lots of room for customizing with heads and arms so it shouldn't be too much of an issue. A followup set with females would be great!

Eilif wrote:
Very nice! This is the first WGF set I've wanted in a long while. I remember posting repeatedly to the related WGF thread years ago.
Really a good example of giving the public what they want.

I have my concerns about the body and legs being one piece, but there's lots of room for customizing with heads and arms so it shouldn't be too much of an issue. A followup set with females would be great!

They stated the female sprue is in tooling right now and is a few months away. This is officially "Zombie Survivors: The Men" set.

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?

 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?

Original set is pretty crappy. That was amongst their first releases. Rather fill the modern zombie ranks with a bag o zombies or zombicide zombies or studio miniatures zombies

'bag-o-zombies' are too small to fit in.

 kenshin620 wrote:

 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?

Original set is pretty crappy. That was amongst their first releases. Rather fill the modern zombie ranks with a bag o zombies or zombicide zombies or studio miniatures zombies

Bag o zombies are too small.

The original zombies are kinda bleah but if you can get them for 25% off or more, they are worth it. Maybe mix with some Mantic zombie bits.

CptJake wrote:
'bag-o-zombies' are too small to fit in.

iIt is true that they are 25mm figs. However, but if you leave on the thick bases the come attached too and glue that on top of regular miniatures bases or washers, it can bring them up around the height of most current 28mm figs. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a nice way to make zombies fast to fill a horde. My preference is not to use them alone, but to use them along side other zombie figs. I painted up about 20 or so of them a couple years back to help fill out the hordes for our annual Halloween Zombie game. By this year other club members had painted up enough unique zombie figs that I was able to give them away to a local gamer.

Here's a picture from one of our game two years ago. Not the best clarity, but it shows how they (the ones dragging their right foot and extending their left arm) look next to other zombie figs.

The WGF Zombies aren't terrible. Mixed in with other zombies they wouldn't be bad .I made the mistake of buying 10 boxes of them when they came out, and I never used more than a single box worth.

I have , and use, over a thousand ZOMBIES!!! by twilight. Regular, Babes, Clowns, Dogs, Children, and 6 types from Humans. The scale is a little smaller, than say zombicide, but they are just generic fodder you use in hordes.

The amount of spare guns there is impressive. That gun sprue will be very popular I think. Tons of great weapons on it. Hope they offer it individually at some point.

Eilif wrote:

CptJake wrote:
'bag-o-zombies' are too small to fit in.

This is true. They are 25mm figs. However, but if you leave on the thick bases the come attached too and glue that on top of regular miniatures bases or washers, it can bring them up around the height of most current 28mm figs. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a nice way to make zombies fast to fill a horde. My preference is not to use them alone, but to use them along side other zombie figs. I painted up about 20 or so of them a couple years back to help fill out the hordes for our annual Halloween Zombie game. By this year other club members had painted up enough unique zombie figs that I was able to give them away to a local gamer.

Here's a picture from one of our game two years ago. Not the best clarity, but it shows how they (the ones dragging their right foot and extending their left arm) look next to other zombie figs.
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Honestly, I can easily pick them out because of the size difference, they look like kids to me. I guess that is not a bad thing but I am going to avoid using them, between the size and the limited pose they are just not for me.

I do have some of the Wargames Factory in my horde. As mentioned, they are not the best but I thought they painted up decently. Some of the ones in the center of this part of the horde are WF figures.

Yeah, if they were to be removed and put back on the table in droves... I wouldn't mind. I'm done trying to paint dioramas or competition pieces.

Here's some shots of the Wargames Factory old (2009?) zombie release. See, they're not bad, and definitely worth 25 cents apiece or whatever.

http://wargamesfactory.com/announcements/andrew-taylor-does-zombies


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Another old review: http://thescreamingalpha.com/?p=1322

The Fat Guy Zombie, on the left, looks like the Fat guy survivor

Not a zombie fan, but these still look very interesting, particularly if the weapon sprue is available seperately.

Dammit, no fire axes? Now how am I supposed to make Axe Cop for Zombicide?

 Fenriswulf wrote:
Dammit, no fire axes? Now how am I supposed to make Axe Cop for Zombicide?

Good catch! A lack of fire axe is disappointing. I wonder if it'll be on the lady sprues.

And there should be a figure in a cat suit so I can game Axe Cop killing bad guys while they sleep.

Those look amazing. I will end up grabbing some...

Im still dreaming with the similar kit for fantasy adventurers...

 adamsouza wrote:

Holy crap, those are some nice minis. Hard plastic, loaded with options and dirt cheap, too! *drools*

Yeah.. I don't need 30 survivors myself.. but if I can buy 1 sprue of the people and a scattering of spare weapons from the other sprue off someone, I would in a heartbeat.

I was actually thinking of getting a box of the female zombies, and a box of these and trying to find someone to split them with since I don't need a complete box of either.

The hard part of this set is it only has one weapons sprue if the post above is correct, that makes it harder to split.

Jake

Yes, but there are plenty of weapons on the body sprue already.. I count 24 arms for 10 bodies.. I don't know if that is 12 arm sets, though..

I understand that, still makes it harder to split the pack though. You'll have to agree to who gets what and probably split up some of the weapon sprue. Do-able, but harder than if it came with an even number of of the sprues.

I do hope I can find someone to split with though.

Jake

 porkuslime wrote:
Yeah.. I don't need 30 survivors myself.. but if I can buy 1 sprue of the people and a scattering of spare weapons from the other sprue off someone, I would in a heartbeat.

Is it even worth splitting? I mean $20 MSRP for a box, so about $15 from most online discounters.

Yeah, these guys are an incredible bargain. Even if you don't want to use them all as survivors (or gangers, or police, or whatever), a little cutting and greenstuff makes them zombies.

My mind is still blown at the quality/price for these.

$20 to make 30 survivors who to be fair, look as good as any hasslefree, studio mini or zombicide survivor...

I'm absolutely frothing at the mouth for this kit to be released.
Really hope the Female survivors won't be far behind ( Also hope they won't just consist of "Playboy ceterfolds with guns").

Also wondering if anyone might know how well the Studio Miniatures plastics (zombies) might match up with the WGF Male Zombie kit?
I got 80 of the Studio Miniatures plastics and have a ton of bitz left over and figured they might ( if compatiable) improve the WGF males.