1 Survivor and 30 Zombies

Hi, everyone. I've been painting this weekend. I did one Survivor, Reaper Minis' Karla Anime Hero from their Chronoscope line.

I decorated her base with a piece of that scrapbook paper I used as flooring in some of the buildings. Sorry for the crappy pics. Lighting is playing hell with me today.

I finished my Victory Force Minis Zombies, today. 30 of them. Been working on them for about 4 days.

Pic above shows some of the ladies. 

A few more ladies with a couple of the guys. I ended up with 8 females out of 30 Zombies. The guy on the left reminds me of the Fonz. 

This group has some interesting minis. I like the gowned patient and the old guy with the hat. The guy on the end looks like the dad from American Chopper to me.

Another cool little group. Nice poses, and characterful minis.

I painted the delivery guy in UPS type livery.

The guy in the middle is my favorite. He has a propeller beanie.

Most of these critters just got a block paint and washes. On this guy I freehanded an anchor tattoo on one arm and a heart on the other. (below)

Beanie guy's hat is divided into quadrants so I painted it red, yellow, green and blue, with a purple rim and golden propeller. 

I got some duplicates in the order, but only a few. I ordered 3 random 10 packs, and ended up with mostly unique minis, but got 2 American Chopper guys, 2 Fonzies, and 2 skinny ho's wearing  a towel. Not too bad. That level of duplication is hardly noticeable. I'm very happy with the variety of poses, and there are lots of really cool little surprises on the minis.

 These minis were fun to paint. They were all block painted and then washed with either devlan mud or a similar colored magic wash. The wounds and blood got a Reaper triad of Bloodstain red, clotted blood, and carnage red. The flesh was Reaper Tanned Shadow and Tanned flesh highlight. Once sealed, I went back over the wounds with Tamiya Clear Red. The bases were covered with sand and painted black to simulate asphalt. About halfway through the basing process I picked up a jar of black sand and didn't have to paint the sand anymore (DOH!). I used a yellow or white paintpen to put lane lines or other markings on the bases, also.

Well, that's it for now. The Horde is growing. I've finished 8 Studio Mini Zombies, and 31 Victory Force Minis Zombies. I already had 14 Last Night On Earth Zombies and 79 other mixed brand zombies (mainly HeroClix). 132 ready, and 60 more in queue for painting. Thanks for looking. 

Finished The Last 2 Buildings for the Cityboard

Hi, everyone. I finished (? maybe) the last 2 buildings for the Cityboard. One is a Motel and the other is an Apartment building. They are both from the Sarissa Precision 28mm CityBlock line. It has been a lot of fun to work on these buildings. The interiors are finished with WorldWorks Games textures and I made or downloaded signs from the internet for exteriors.

Pic above is the Roche Motel. I found the signage on a model RR shop and really liked it. Minis are an EM4 plastic trooper on the sidewalk and a Heroclix on the roof.

Shot of the rooftop. Made from WWG print-out.

Side view. More model RR signs. The "hotel" sign comes WWG, I mounted it on some Sintra. The mini is from Black Orc games.

Pic above shows rear of building. Model RR sign and a Studio Minis Zombie. I thought the sign was especially appropriate with this mini.

More Model RR Signs and an EM4 plastic ganger.

Interior view of the upstairs of the hotel. Textures on walls and floor are WWG. LNOE mini.

Pic above: Ground floor of the Hotel. I used a WWG door for variety. Floor is a piece of scrapbook paper. Walls and stairs from WWG.

Peekaboo shot into interior. HorrorClix mini, one of my favorites.

Next is the Sarissa Precision Residential Building. I love this one. Beautiful, sturdy detail. I'm using it as an Apartment Building.

An EM4 plastic ganger confronts a HorrorClix Zombie. I added some scratchbuilt trash bags and ruined furniture to the front fenced area. I thought about putting in flower beds but decided that wasn't very Zombie themed.

View of the rooftop. WWG pipe roof. HeroClix SWAT guy. Made the signs myself in Open Office. The "Quarantined" sign plays into one of the joke signs elsewhere.

Side view of the building with a LNOE zombie and a HeroClix SWAT. The "Splint" billboard is from WWG. The Downtowner Billboard is one I made. Googled a cityscape clipart and made the sign in Open Office. I always see those "If you lived here" signs so I used that, but since the building is quarantined, some smart-ass changed "home" to dead. Kind of feeble I know but I'm easily amused. :)

The rear of the building. Signage from MicroTactix Twilight Streets set. HeroClix Swat getting ready to grenade a Reaper prepaint zombie (front) and two Black Orc Games zombies. LuckyJoe making clicking sound as grenade arms. "Eat this, scum suckin freaks". You were right Dangerous Brian. :)

Top floor of the Apartments. I may subdivide it later like the ground floor. The walls are papered with scrapbook "wallpaper". The floor is WWG from Shellendrake Manor. A Black Orc Games Zombie is about to die for good at the hands of a plastic EM4 Trooper.

Close-up shot of the ground floor interior. Walls and doors from WWG, floor from scrapbook paper. Mini is Hasslefree Mini's Gruff. The doors can open and close. In the front of the building there are some scratchbuilt trash bags, a bloody matress and a broken love seat sofa. All made from Sculpie. I added some bloodstains with Tamiya clear acrylic red. 

View of the interior from the side. Doors are open...

View from the rear of the building. Doors are closed. Oooh, I hear you saying. Doors that open and close. :) Sorry cold medicine is kicking in and making me more goofy than usual.

Well, that's it for now. Got nine buildings ready for the table with playable interiors. I can now die happy. Still got a lot of Zombies and Survivors to paint, and I've got some Ainsty Street furnishings coming. Thanks for looking.

Painted up some Last Night on Earth Heroes

After painting the LNOE Zombies, I had to paint the Heroes. There are eight Heroes in the basic game with another 4 Heroes available from their website for $12. I might have to pick those up, also, though I think $12 for four 28mm plastic minis is a bit steep. Anyway, the heroes minis are pretty nice, with some good archtypal character types. Beautiful female nurse with a shotgun. Stalwart priest/preacher with a bible and torch, pretty farmer's daughter with a chainsaw, teenage schoolgirl with an axe and handgun, a guy with a flaregun and can of gasoline, a jock with a baseball bat, a uniformed modern sheriff with a flashlight and large bore handgun, and a drifter with an axe and meat cleaver. The poses are dynamic and sculpting is very nice, better than many metals I have seen. Sizewise, they're a little smaller than Clix figures, Heroscape, and GW.

Here's a pic of the Nurse with a Heroclix Thug for size comparison.


Another size comparison pic with a converted Horrorclix zombie


Schoolgirl and flaregun guy


Jock and Priest


Nurse and Sheriff


Drifter and Farmer's Daughter


Thanks for looking :)