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@Red Harvest, nope, at least right off there won't be any weathering as I like the timeframe of right after the outbreak of the zombie apocalypse more. Where people are holding up and hiding out waiting to be rescued, and have yet to start building fortresses and the buildings haven't been abandoned yet.

Miffed that Miniaturemarket hasn't started their sale yet. I stayed up till 1 am waiting for it to load. But I guess it will kick off tomorrow, just wondering why they'd put today's date on it. Some of the local schools around them started back today, others right near it (my kids) start back tomorrow.

Yeah the sale thing ticked me off too. My guess is that they're going to deploy it during the day, or possibly hour by hour in stupid lightning sales like they do on Amazon meaning I'll probably miss out on anything I want. Oh Well, saves money.

I bet it'll start when the store opens. That'll be 10am your time?

well... it was me against three management damsels...and i knocked them...well...they laughed at my jokes and scribbled furiously on their notebooks...i take that as a good sign...and we four lived to tell the tale...the undead are not known for story telling....which is a blessing as i doubt it would be with much variety..

and...was something like that your reference?


then i think your´s looks even a bit more convincing, as there was before and after the governor a mighty bit of battling...so more decay and soot and grime is rightfully shown...

That's the pic Vik

The sale is live....well it's dead to me as there's nothing that I want.

Taking it easy right now, late night painting, early morning cleaning at church.

I can't tell over 2300 lines of excell on my phone. So far it's just maybe gekkosized but I can't get the site to load where I'm working for crap.

Are you planning to convert the entire Zombicide board to 3d terrain? Seems like you've got quite the project ahead of you.

Well that WAS the plan Barzam, but while the DUST buildings work great for the corner buildings (including the one where it's one room in the middle of the board), making them all interchangeable is proving a pain in the . The solid long walls of buildings that go edge to edge work fine IF I don't make them modular and reconnectable, but because of the male and female parts of the buildings it just doesn't line up right. I'm thinking of making a couple of the boards (scenarios) that the kids and I play more often. Then I can take some liberties, especially with where door placement occurs, as the only doors for dust are part of a big panel piece. So on scenarios where doors are needed in certain spots I think that's where I will make the windows where the boarded up slats can be.

Back from church work, eating, then will get ready for the full time gig. Then I'll give painting a go. In the mean time I got an update from mantic on the KOW2 pledges, they ALMOST got enough stock to ship everything, but they get the rest of the kickstarter exclusive model over the next few weeks and "begin" shipping the week of August 31st . So much for their vaunted we always ship on time spiel. They didn't get/order enough form what was listed in their pledge manager . But they have enough to ship stuff to stores .

Heh. I'm not too worried about it but I think I am gonna tryto stop backing kickstarters for anything but the exceptional 20 models for 20 dollars pricing, should they continue to do that come Warpath.

Even those kickstarters I think I'll pass on unless they are a proven company, have the sculpts already (not drawings) or is someone I know. As for mantic.....once I have my rule like I'm pretty much done with them.

Bummer, but understandable.

I'm gonna wait to see what they do with warpath and how well the DZ infestation revamped rules come out.

I didn't put anymore into infestation. Mantic got my $1, but that's it. I passed on the bikes and the forgefathers in the end, even when they reopened it and I had money to spend. I figure if I want to play a GW knock off then I can use my GW figures to proxy. I have more than enough marines, and the enforcer style doesn't get me excited. The forgefathers are great looking, but once again it's a genre where I have enough scifi guys in power armor to begin with. Never got into dread all. I had ordered it, but then canceled it because I failed to read a line on their advertisement, and I felt put out . Besides I have my beloved Bloodbowl for sports mayhem. They previewed some metal add one for the orcs In the newest email turning the orcs I have plenty of into skulls by doing metal arms with bows. Seems stupid since they have a plastic skulk from dungeon Saga, but once again ALMOST.

Well in the meantime I did paint today, got stuck on yellow it seems.


8 more zombies (5walkers and 3runners) after our last game it seems like I'll have to focus on fatties soon too.

Nice zombies

Well, the plastic skulk(s) they have in the warlord of Galahir expansion may or may not be cost effective to make into regiments. Given how much they charge at retail for single figures even made in boardgame materials you'd be looking at probably 5-8 bucks a pop to build a regiment out of 1-2 poses. The metal arms are probably cheaper, though I never cared for hybrid kits.

It's a free country though, you needn't like Mantic stuff if you don't want to

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Back from church work, eating, then will get ready for the full time gig. Then I'll give painting a go. In the mean time I got an update from mantic on the KOW2 pledges, they ALMOST got enough stock to ship everything, but they get the rest of the kickstarter exclusive model over the next few weeks and "begin" shipping the week of August 31st . So much for their vaunted we always ship on time spiel. They didn't get/order enough form what was listed in their pledge manager . But they have enough to ship stuff to stores .

Guess who's doing the KS exclusive mini... Prodos Games. Who haven't finished fulfilling their own KS either lol.

A pox on prodos games and their house......too late, they seem to already have a few of those going for them.

Not a lot accomplished gaming wise today. I got four models painted, but not toned, and about another half dozen or so partly painted. No pics due to incompleteness and laziness.

On the better news, my dad has been released from the hospital and is now home. We are convinced it's due to the nurses being tired of dealing with him. He didn't want to call them for a sponge bath, having seen a few of his nurses I can understand why that's ugly, so he got up on his own and took himself into the shower WITH his IV pole . He has done a few other things which won't be named here, but just goes to prove stubbornness is what has kept the human race alive when we all should be dead a million times over. He got home last night and I found out this morning so I drove there at lunch time, got wrangled into filling their brake fluid, seems the brakes were out in the van on the way home , and my dad slept through my whole visit. Good times.

After reading other comments in the KOW2 kickstarter section I remembered I have a Dungeon Saga late pledge coming sometime in the future. Since I late pledged I have no tracking on it and don't get the updates, so it was almost a great surprise. Also seems I'm still getting Conan alerts, so I might wind up getting the pledge manager for it as well, which might mean I could still back it, but would limit what I get from Black Plague. Hard decisions coming.

ouch....it seems a certain whole generation is made up of weird persons......this stubbornness i know...

but good news.... getting out of hospital is ALWAYS better than staying there...even for one night!...Germany...can also be read as Germs ...many......so home again...good...the brake stuff...baaaad....man... he and whoever drove him back must have spent all the angles times left...lucky fellas...

I'm surprised the Health Insurance Companies here in the USA don't provide hand held stop signs for patients, stop signs that read "Stop! Wash your hands before you touch me." and in smaller print "or my insurance company will sue you." or words to that effect. So many vectors for transmission, including the doctor's nice white lab coat...

The zombie force is growing exponentially. Very realistic.

they recently made a survey...regard mobiles...touchscreen and the likes... well...we all knew it before...but they´re a germ ladden lot...yuck....^^

A British study in 2013 found that women's handbags carried more germs than a toilet seat. Don't even think about what is on a doorknob :( But Theo's father made it out safely, which is great news.

the handbag issue i knew...also...think about trouser pockets...

@Red Harvest, that's why I stay away from my wife's handbag
@Vik, I try not to think about trouser pockets...where's your mind.

Finished the foursome I started yesterday.... that sounds awkward


Then I finished six more today


Completely wiped out, and still heading to work tonight, hopefully will get to play tomorrow in the morning.

So many zombies, we're gonna need a group shot of the zombies surrounding your survivors

Completely wiped out

no wonder, finishing a foursome so quick...and then six of these just afterwards...stamina is a good thing...but it can only last for so long...

also...the pocket thing....think of it as a payback to a certain thermos story on my thread...


and....i vote for a group shot too^^

and p.p.s....damn...standards are at a very low if these four above are what makes you..."brush"...*wink, wink, wink*

I was hoping for a group shot in a couple weeks. I still have around 30(guessing) zombies left to paint up. After that there can be a group shot. I might snap a pic tomorrow if the kids and I get a game in as we have to sort the zombies out every time before game. I've been contemplating making a zombie box to keep them all contained, might have to snag some official Biohazard stickers from work to adorn the box. I just haven't decided if I want to buy a case for them, or use a regular box, or get crazy with it. Suggestions are always welcome.

@grimdork, the horde is nowhere near Shaso's army size....but they can start to usurp some of his troops
@Vik, I'm just glad no one noticed the foursome was all guys (Whoopps)

I like custom cases in theory but the one I'm making for Imperial assault was perfectly serviceable when I started.. and at it's current stage it likes to bleed paint off onto your hands when you handle it even though it's been done (to that point) for weeks.

So it depends on the case really.

For something like boardgame minis I would use something cheap to store, I mean they're dipped and sealed so pretty tough.

it was noticed.... but i kept silent about it...but who is judging
also... i think the biohazard stickers for a custom box is a cool thing...something like a IKEA box, the clear ones with some foam inside...and you´re set...

"Honey, bring me X. It's in my purse."
"I'll bring you your purse"
"No, just get it out and..."
"I'll bring you your purse."
Lesson learned many years ago.

Plano makes all sorts of cases, and reasonably priced too. I use them for storing counters, markers etc for board games ( and Infinity) rather than plastic bags. Keeping things organized means less time setting up and more time playing

Yeah I like a lot of Plano stuff. Or even cheaper stuff like the bead-organizers from Hobby Lobby. Wouldn't take them fishing (not that I would go anyway..) but they get the job done for sorting bits and unpainted models. Or sealed boardgame bits.

I like making custom cases out of the Plano XL accessory/4-pistol cases too, if you want something with foam that won't break the bank ( but takes a little effort to do).

I'll check out some Plano boxes, but also think finding a beat up old wooden box might be neat as well. I was also considering using the styrofoam refrigerated cases that we get at the hospital that they transport samples in. They are large, white styrofoam with the biohazard symbol stuck to the side. Anyway I go I grabbed some of the orange Biohazard stickers last night. The last option I could try would be fine a large lunch cooler like they use to transport organs .

In the mean time the family went swimming this morning and I got lazy time, which I needed. So I added seven more to the ranks of the horde. I wasn't to happy with these guys, but shear numbers of zombies mean there's bound to be some that were dressed funny by their mom


Also took a count on the remaining zombies. 35 left to complete so maybe a family shot later in the week.