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Merry Christmas Everyone!

Just finished some Zombicide playing. Tempted to place a Santa Zombie on the Tree while no one is watching.

For next year I am just lining up projects right now, and setting goals. One of those goals has been an outstanding goal that I think has been gnawing at me for a long time. I've not bought a miniature case in almost 30 years, all my models go into cardboard boxes for storage, but I have been wanting to do something for all the zombicide stuff that I have. While checking out a local military surplus store (looking to see what the size of the .50 calibre ammo cases were for possible reuse, I think I stumbled onto a wicked cool idea. I've talked about finding some sort of wooden crate to keep the Zombies in and the shop had military surplus wooden Ammunition crates fro $14.99. Some were for fragmentation grenades, some were for other ammo, but the ones that drew my attention were cases for the 105mm High explosive depleted uranium shells for howitzers. It had all that info branded into the side of some rough sawn wood with rope handles on each end. The whole case was about 1' wide, 3' across and 10" deep. Wooden lid with metal hinges and a rotating hasp lock, plus it's stackable . The inside spacing on the crate is 32"x10.25"x5" which I think will work out for the boards and stuff. Also coincidentally it will be the perfect size for the sheets of foam that I grabbed last year to line the inside. All in all I think It would be fun to show up to the local shop and walk inside carrying military cases with official writing on the side. Also It will give me a chance to try out a wood burning kit I picked up a long time ago as I might try and burn the Biohazard symbol into the side of it.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas. Full bellies, full bags of goodies, and full houses full of happy kids.

Muahaha I like this idea, let us know if it pans out I think the only thing to top it may be an Infinity case designed as a cosplay infinity gun with a barrel mag where each model has it's own custom bullet case that fits into the mag

The zombie war crate sounds excellent

while that sounds like a cool idea...probably one of the coolest...would there be a radioactive leftover still inside the cases?...

and merry Christmas to you sir...my kids would have gone ballistic with a zombie Santa in the Christmas tree for sure...my wife wouldn't have minded too...i think^^

Santa-Zombie would be a laugh!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Santa-Zombie would be a laugh!

Thought I showed them a while back. All four attacked the tree, they weren't found until today when the tree came down. The kids loved them....the wife.....not so much.

You linked them before, I remember saying something about themlooking like the tentacle-faced guy from whichever Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Festive!

lol...something so traditional like Christmas can do with a chuckle due to slight slack of disrespect...all iconic personalities can take such a joke in my opinion

 GrimDork wrote:
You linked them before, I remember saying something about themlooking like the tentacle-faced guy from whichever Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Festive!

Davy Jones lol.

That's the one. My brain is blah ATM stuffy cold of doom and snot.

 GrimDork wrote:
That's the one. My brain is blah ATM stuffy cold of doom and snot.

Those are the first symptoms of turning into a zombie. Too bad the restaurant/biker bar near us that sold brain sandwiches closed down last year or I would have gotten you some to help you through your transformation. no joke as they were famous for the sandwiches for the last 40-50 years, but I think the ownership changed a few years back and it became more biker bar than nostalgic place to eat.

Ahh stuff like that is a bummer but times change and we must do alike or get left behind

Well, this has been the wettest december on record here in Saint Louis. Earlier this weekend they said we received between 4-8" of rain everywhere here. That tops the spring/summer of 1993 when I was helping my cousin move all his equipment off the farm from the flood. Levees are breaking and cresting. Luckily the rain has now stopped and the temperatures have been 20 degrees fahrenheit above seasonal temps as well or we would of had feet of snow over the last week. Our basement has gotten soaked, not flooded, but must spend the morning moving the gaming table and alot of other things to extract the waters. our house is 77 years young and has not had real issues like this, but most of Saint Louis has been getting so innundated that even if you never had issues before, your having them now.

The good news is that I was wanting to change up my gaming area and painting area set up anyway, this has just made it a priority .

The UK has been getting the same sorta weather here. We've had huge volumes of rainfall in the north of England. Particularly in Cumbria and York. You can't really plan for that sorta thing though. Interestingly some genius thought it'd be a good idea to open the flood defences because they were worried about them breaking so now we have more angry folks there than usual.

Lot of rain here too (go figure, what with the *massive* distance between us ) but the house is holding up from leaks as far as we can tell. Kind of on a hill.

Hopefully your basement rescue and hobby reassignment goes well.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
The UK has been getting the same sorta weather here. We've had huge volumes of rainfall in the north of England. Particularly in Cumbria and York. You can't really plan for that sorta thing though. Interestingly some genius thought it'd be a good idea to open the flood defences because they were worried about them breaking so now we have more angry folks there than usual.

You hate the idea, but one of my uncles approached the IL, corps of engineers in 1993 when the flood was still rising and said to burst the levee on his property. It was the best situation for the overall outcome. Sucked for my uncle and his family, but it alleviated pressure off of all the surrounding levees and bought more time. I admire him as he wasn't going to get money off of doing it, but did it because all the surrounding levees were already showing signs of failure and he was looking out for his friends. They are expecting the levee to blow again now, my wife woke me up at 1 am to show me pictures on facebook of his property and the water at the top of the levee.

Much water removed. I think the carpet is saved, and many loads of unused "stuff for converting" has been eliminated without tears from myself. Taking a break to let the fans do some of the work in airing out the moisture, and the dehumidifier is back in use (not usually used in winter). I need to do some planning on how to arrange things better. I have a storage room that is roughly 6.5'x 16' which I have considered making my gaming/ painting cave. currently it houses my comic collection (puts most stores to shame ) and basic storage of things like unused furniture, and old kids clothes (out of season stuff). It would be a major undertaking to re-appropriate that room for my uses, but could pay off. The gaming table would still need to be out in the main area of the basement though. The other reasons why I have never taken over that area are: no natural light in there. It is completely enclosed with old cinder block walls on all four sides and only one light bulb in there to light it all up. I can easily fix that with the set up i worked already, but would just need to do a lot to get it there. Also there's the fact that it is directly under my oldest daughters room. I have enough trouble getting her to go to sleep as it is without my late night wake ups and going downstairs to watch stuff on netflix. I could always insulate it and maybe put drywall on the ceiling, but then we are starting a bigger renovation. Also space while it seems plentiful, would really be tight because of the with of the room. It would however get most of my stuff out of sight and free up space in the main area for the kids to have more play space.

 Theophony wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
The UK has been getting the same sorta weather here. We've had huge volumes of rainfall in the north of England. Particularly in Cumbria and York. You can't really plan for that sorta thing though. Interestingly some genius thought it'd be a good idea to open the flood defences because they were worried about them breaking so now we have more angry folks there than usual.

You hate the idea, but one of my uncles approached the IL, corps of engineers in 1993 when the flood was still rising and said to burst the levee on his property. It was the best situation for the overall outcome. Sucked for my uncle and his family, but it alleviated pressure off of all the surrounding levees and bought more time. I admire him as he wasn't going to get money off of doing it, but did it because all the surrounding levees were already showing signs of failure and he was looking out for his friends. They are expecting the levee to blow again now, my wife woke me up at 1 am to show me pictures on facebook of his property and the water at the top of the levee.

Much water removed. I think the carpet is saved, and many loads of unused "stuff for converting" has been eliminated without tears from myself. Taking a break to let the fans do some of the work in airing out the moisture, and the dehumidifier is back in use (not usually used in winter). I need to do some planning on how to arrange things better. I have a storage room that is roughly 6.5'x 16' which I have considered making my gaming/ painting cave. currently it houses my comic collection (puts most stores to shame ) and basic storage of things like unused furniture, and old kids clothes (out of season stuff). It would be a major undertaking to re-appropriate that room for my uses, but could pay off. The gaming table would still need to be out in the main area of the basement though. The other reasons why I have never taken over that area are: no natural light in there. It is completely enclosed with old cinder block walls on all four sides and only one light bulb in there to light it all up. I can easily fix that with the set up i worked already, but would just need to do a lot to get it there. Also there's the fact that it is directly under my oldest daughters room. I have enough trouble getting her to go to sleep as it is without my late night wake ups and going downstairs to watch stuff on netflix. I could always insulate it and maybe put drywall on the ceiling, but then we are starting a bigger renovation. Also space while it seems plentiful, would really be tight because of the with of the room. It would however get most of my stuff out of sight and free up space in the main area for the kids to have more play space.

Sounds to me like there is a middle ground option of using the side room as a more active supplies storage, with a work area in the main room instead.

That's looking like the best option. The one room will now house the comic collection, various totes for out of season clothes, and my old 1950s office desk/ crafting desk. Which will likely get the old household computer on it. It'll be a space for me to go and read, might even start getting the comics inventoried for sale later.

The gaming area and painting table will probably stay out in the big area.

As someone with a 50 year old house, which sits on some low ground, I can tell you that Drylok extreme is a very good friend I haven't had issues in many years. Also, regrading the land around the foundation and of course keeping the :censored: gutters clean helps. I'm thinking of replacing my 4" gutters with those ginormous 6" wide ones. Leaves catch to easily in the drain to the downspout.

The carpet, word of warning. If it was wet, it may develop problems later, so watch it, and sniff it, carefully.

All great advice Red, thanks. I've got 17 years experience from builders square, Home Depot, Lowes all with expertise in building materials and flooring, so that is all sorted. The gutters are an issue on our front porch, they have robe redone, but our foundation is Truely solid, but with the shear volume of rain we had and for the duration time nothing was going to stop the hydrostatic pressure from forcing water in.

I need people to remind me not to buy more Mantic stuff. miniaturemarket has a sale going on with their clearance right now and I'm tempted buy the Mars attack alien bundles. I survived last week by buying damaged dungeon saga boxes, but willpower is failing.

Oooh but the Martians are fun I'm borderline having too many Martians as it is though so I won't be venturing to the store

I think the ridiculous amount of rain finally caught up to me too, the roof over my gaming room (and back porch) is that flat rolled roofing or whatever, the surface treatment is getting old and it's cracked a bit. Can't find any places where water actively sits but with the volume and consistency we've had lately I guess some of it finally managed to seep through down onto the insulation and foamboard ceiling tile things. Not as bad as basement water but there were electrical wires right underneath where it was getting damp/wet so I'll have to rectify that shortly. The whole experience has reminded me just how wobbly my poor gaming table is, barely survived the move for me to put the ladder in place

Anyway....

Resist the Martians, Theo, you've got so many dungeon whatsits now!

I've resisted the martians

Stopped by Miniaturemarket.com to pick up a clearance paint set. $17 or so with discounts, it comes with a brush and 10 paints, so good deal as i needed a new brush.

http://www.miniaturemarket.com/catalog/product/view/id/43475/s/ffp0704/

I guess the demons are after me because its a demon paint set, and they had another item on the shelf for half price.
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/catalog/product/view/id/49042/s/gf971049/ $45.00

Always loved that critter in D&D.

That Demogorgon looks pretty badass! Though it sadly doesn't say how big he is. Look forward to seeing him posted on here! (Please do a scale pic)

I didn't love that model for the large amount of scales, seems like an amalgamation like demogorgon could have a few more textures thrown in... but I'm sure it would still be nice to paint.

 GrimDork wrote:
I didn't love that model for the large amount of scales, seems like an amalgamation like demogorgon could have a few more textures thrown in... but I'm sure it would still be nice to paint.

Nothing dry brushing and a dip wouldn't solve!

@AoV, I was wondering about it as well, but when i picked up the box it felt substantial, so between the pic and the weight I didn't hesitate. Roughly tacked together with putty on his scenic base (which is 6" in diameter) he is just under 7" tall.
@Grimdork, I'm actually scared of painting this and messing it up. Even though it is a Chaos Demon the sculpting on it is absolutely fantastic. The musculature is amazing and the casting is near flawless. There is one small bubble on his knee spike, which isn't really visible from the front, and the right set of tentacle arms and the building pillars seem to be cast in a more rubbery resin. I figure that was planned so they could pull it out of the mold.

pic, because it happened.

his left arm is not attached because it is so heavy that the putty would not hold it in place. The zombicide black plague zombie by his foot is for scale as is the paint bottle to his left. Both should give a good idea of how large he is.

hulk in the background is an old gw paint pot higher off the ground and still looks shrimpy......and he's 3.5" tall

Soo... Nearly Imperial Knight size.. Holy crap!

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Soo... Nearly Imperial Knight size.. Holy crap!

Unholy Crap

Funny you mentioned Knight sized....


My partly finished Dreamforge knight was already having a face lift. I thought he could reinforce my infinity monkey boyz.

Demogorgon FTW! Well, not really. Can't root for the truly bad guys.... That's a GF9 min? I heard the resin they use can be brittle, so a heads up on that. No idea about how to paint it.

Well I haven't seen brittle with it yet. The heads took turns popping off and hitting the table then concrete floor multiple times, and i was sure that one of their teeth were going to break, but they never did. I didn't like the green/ yellow color scheme that they did. I'll have to do some reseatch into the occult to find something else. I vaguely remember seeing a purplish and pinkish with brown fur that I thought was great.

See, when the description didn't mention a size and there was nothing in his photo for true reference, I was thinking maybe three inches tall, tops. Some of those resin D&D minis are not very big despite their large price tags.

What you've shown though? For $45? He may well have come home with me too, shoot. I also like the look of it better in your photos, their stock paint job and posing just don't do the thing justice.