Happy Holidays!

If only there was a tank...

Last weekend was Thanksgiving here in the US, and I spent time with family.  I wanted to take a moment and extend holiday greetings to everyone who stops by the blog.  (Even you lurkers!)  This time of year, it's always a time for family and friends, and I count many of the fine folks I have met through my blog and online as friends.

To everyone, my best wishes for the coming year!  I hope it is a healthy and happy year for you all!

Now, there is still a few fun things for this posting.

Festive Christmas Village...

First our Christmas village setup.  It seems to have crossed over with Last Night on Earth.  Pesky zombies just won't stay in the game room...

Meets Last Night on Earth!

The village is a random mix of second hand ceramic buildings from unknown manufacturers.  The vehicles and villagers are Lemax (and some have appeared in my campaign.)  There are some figures from some really cheap manufacturer (found at the Dollar General store.)  My wife is a good sport and has gotten a good chuckle out of the display.  Looks like I get to keep it!

Beyond that, I have completed two minis for the campaign.  These will be Allens wife and daughter.  I don't recall if I had named them, but I have decided on Olivia for his wife and Maya for his daughter.

Maya and Olivia

Both minis are from Wargames Factory Apocalypse Survivors: The Women.  They are pretty much straight builds, Olivia has one hand throwing a grenade/pipe bomb and is armed with a SMG, she also has a bag of pipe bombs on her back (you'll have to trust me, my photo skillz are lacking!)  Maya is the little girl build from the sprue, with a helmet head (instead of the bow) and the pistol removed and replaced with a large knife.

One slight issue I have with the Wargames Factory figures is there are a few figures that are not very flexible in their builds.  The children (both men and women sets) have basically two heads, and the girl's heads are very specific (bow in hair or helmet.) They both also have only one set of arms that fit well, which requires some work if you want different weapons.  You can try some of the other heads, but I found they looked too big.


Hopefully Allen will get to see them shortly in the campaign...

Zomtober 2014 Week Four Recap

This is the final Sunday for Zomtober, it has been a fun month!  I feel I have been pretty productive, I fell far short of my goal, but I did get quite a few zombies painted.  Technically we have until Friday, if I manage to finish any zombies by then, I will get another post up.  I am looking forward to actually getting back to continuing my ATZ campaign, with holidays coming up it will be a bit hit or miss.

This week's recap:

I finished my Season 1 figs, and finished one group of season 2.  As a bonus I did a quick repaint/rebase of a HorrorClix Executed Convict (#054, base set).  On with the show:

More Zombies!

White looks better in person

Anyone remember Fantasy Island?

White was one of the colors I chose for a group.  I know white is a tough color to utilize, but I figured the zombie wash would help, and make it easier.  I was kind of right, the white in the pictures looks much more bright than it does in person.  I know it's probably from the flash, but I don't have good light so - meh.

The season 2 figs were a fun change from the season 1, and a welcome relief!  I will continue painting them, not at the speed I was doing them for Zomtober, but I hope to get them done by 2015.  I'll throw some pics up as I finish them.  To be honest, I am looking forward to playing rather than painting in the near future - I just didn't have time for both this month!

I combined all the zombies from Zomtober for a few group shots.  Not a bad looking horde if I may say so myself!

Zomtober Horde

 

 

I have really enjoyed Zomtober, it was a great excuse to get some painting done.  Now to get these all used in some games!

All together now!

Mark needs more than a bat!

So the final tally this week is 32 Zombicide figs (24 from season 1, 8 from season 2) and 1 Horrorclix, for a total of 33 zombies painted.  My Zomtober total is 95 zombies painted.  I still have a ton of figs left to paint, but at least this made a dent in the unpainted figs pile in my house!

Thanks for everyone's encouragement this month!  It has been awesome to see what everyone has done this past month.  The zombies and survivors have been awesome to see, and the creativity of some people is unbelievable!

Zomtober 2014 Week One Recap

This is the first Sunday in Zomtober, time for my first update.  I have made fair progress, I won't get everything done from my pile, but I hope to make a dent this month.

So far completed:

IT BEGINS!

Survivor Mark meets the new horde...

WIP of the LNOE zombies

All 20 remaining Last Night On Earth zombies.  I had to redo two "test subjects" from September, and I finished off the third test figure (but I didn't include him in the count - he was 75% or more done already!)  They are not great, but they are tabletop ready.  I did block colors and a brown/black wash over the entire figure.  I went back with some dry brushing of the flesh, hair and some areas of clothing. 

To keep the figures usable for LNOE, I have done three different bases, one with green grass, one with a sand/brown finish and one with a plain concrete, but with blood splatters.  These will correspond to the green/brown/red groups for that game.  (The underside of the bases are not painted, so I could always look at that...)

Continuing work:

Zombicide Season 1 figs WIP

Zombicide Season 1 figs.  I have one group primed, a second group with some block colors done.  I am picking a single color to make the 'primary' color for each group.  The first color I selected is yellow, not that it won't be used again, but this should give an idea for what I have in mind for the remaining figs.

To summarize:  20 zombies completed.  About a billion to go.  (Okay more like 120 or so...)