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Title: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Sinewgrab on 26 October 2020, 03:49:50 PM
Look, I'll admit it is kind of a horrible idea, but when all this has settled to where we have vaccines, treatments etc, so that we can game again safely, I would like to do a game where I have the players attempting to do stuff in spite of large hordes of birds.  A Corvid plague...

I thought I had found my source, but apparently, when Zombicide sells out of something, they never bother producing it again, so neither of the Murder boxes csan be found.

Any ideas out there?
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Ming on 26 October 2020, 05:10:27 PM
Eureka do some crows, not cheep!
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Sir_Theo on 26 October 2020, 05:12:52 PM
Reaper do this model in their Dark Heaven range
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Deserter on 26 October 2020, 06:10:56 PM
There are loads of options!

From GW they have the Crebain (from Forgeworld for Lord of the Rings) and then in the AoS Beastmen living spells box there's a few sets of crows (I'd say these two are best for flying options). edit: whilst looking for links for the others I found a great figure/flock from Northstar that I'd somehow missed previously, should work nicely and provides a flying option: https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=11991

Reaper has a flock of crows: https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/monster/latest/03479

https://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/online-store/deadmanshand/dmhcurse/curseungodly

Great Escape Games has a couple of great options, the Storm Crow for a bigger more warped crow and then the Murder of Crows for a set of 10 creepy crows, plus Corpse Carrion if you decide to expand to Vultures, despite not being Corvid!
(finding this link has reminded me that I still want half a dozen figures from The Curse of Dead Man's Hand for my Dracula's America project!)

Bad Squiddo offers Ravens, also sculpted by Phil Hynes of Bears Head Miniatures, who sculpted the crows for Great Escape.

https://badsquiddogames.com/shop#!/Ravens-8/p/103028943/category=21735086
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Sinewgrab on 26 October 2020, 09:27:51 PM
The Reaper and the Northstar have potential.

The Crebain is ridiculous for the price - $33 plus shipping for two resin crow stands?

It's a start, though.
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: wellender on 27 October 2020, 03:23:20 AM
Zombicide has sets of crows.
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Sinewgrab on 27 October 2020, 04:25:15 AM
As I have found, Zombicide is also sold out everywhere, and is impossible to buy, with no sign of them being reporduced.  The best I have found is someone selling the originally $23.99 set for $79 plus shipping.

I understand capitalism, but come on.
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Tarnegol on 27 October 2020, 05:44:10 AM
Splintered light do 15mm ravens which serve me as 28mm crows/rooks/choughs.
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: ecurtz on 12 November 2020, 01:24:22 AM
Would one box of the Zombicide crows be enough? I backed most of the KS campaigns and I'm sure I have some around somewhere.
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Sinewgrab on 12 November 2020, 03:10:10 AM
It might be - I can't imagine I would need more than 15-20, and there should be 15 in a box of the Zombicide.
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Iv.An. on 12 November 2020, 08:44:25 AM
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3537196
and
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3966049
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on 12 November 2020, 06:07:04 PM
Probably of no use, unless you want a giant graveyard...
(https://www.renedra.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Gravestones-sprue-lrg.jpg)
https://www.renedra.co.uk/product/gravestones-ravens/ (https://www.renedra.co.uk/product/gravestones-ravens/)
One per sprue (at Salute they had a tree filled with ravens).
Title: Re: Looking for Crows for post-apoc game idea
Post by: Umlaut on 22 November 2020, 08:00:33 PM
Monday Knight Productions has a few metal crows and they are cheap.