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Title: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: myincubliss on March 20, 2009, 10:53:47 PM
So there I was: It was a new year, I'd finally managed to build up momentum and crack on with the weird war projects that had been sat on my desk for two years in some cases...

and then I stumbled on this site.

I forget how I found it, but I remember I joined to ask Commander Vyper where a certain miniature had come from... then I stayed, and looked around...

I blame Akula (who I can't help but think of as Doctor Akula) for showing off so many pretty zeds, but it's as much my fault for being so impressionable...

Anyway, that's enough rambling, time for some blurry photos! (ever since our digital camera decided to paint everything in vibrant shades of pink we've been reduced to using the camera on my fiance's phone...)

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/20032009591.jpg)
'E's got an arm off!

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/20032009587.jpg)
Even in death can men wear snazzy ties...

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/20032009589.jpg)
What happened to Grandad?

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/20032009592.jpg)
The shambling arm of the law

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/20032009593.jpg)
And last but not least, the contender for my absolute favourite sculpt of all time - I'm endlessly amused by the idea of a zombie shambling up to someone and having their hand puppet eat them with a 'nom nom nom'... (also, he's got a wedding ring on - that almost broke my heart...)

Asis always the case, I feel I should insert a disclaimer proclaiming that I do not pretend to be a pro painter, neat is what I strive for. The highlights are pretty much drowned out in the piccies though...

So that's five down, another ten waiting for underoat along with a couple of survivors... Come the start of next month I'll get some proper miniatures too, I swear...
Title: Re: My first zombies
Post by: majorsmith on March 20, 2009, 10:54:30 PM
they look cool
Title: Re: My first zombies
Post by: dexter on March 21, 2009, 01:04:29 AM
Hi
I hope yopu don't mind ,i tried to highlight your pics but only had limited success with the  Ventriloquist here he is .

Ventriloquist
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt336/paul1066_photos/z6.jpg)

Nice job on painting him up and excellent bases , my bases always look a bit dull.
Title: Re: My first zombies
Post by: The_Wisecrack on March 21, 2009, 01:48:18 AM
EVERYWHERE BUT TEXAS IS SOLD OUT OF THESE MINIS!!!!!!
WHY WHY
i have a basket of $20 for 15 zombies. but im to stingy to even pay that.

DAMNIT

TW
(nice minis btw)
Title: Re: My first zombies
Post by: myincubliss on March 21, 2009, 10:00:32 AM
@Dexter: These photos are the result of auto fix on photobucket, they used to be even worse  :o

@The_Wisecrack: you found strikezoneonline? I was going to go through them, but in the end I cracked and bought pretty much every zombie (and then some) except for the LEs from ebay - annoyingly, it looks like someone's just listed a bunch of horrorclix for 65p a piece, when most of mine were buy-it-now's for £1-3...

[Edit:] shoutout to predatorpt who sent me some zombies and got the ball rolling  8)
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: myincubliss on March 21, 2009, 03:09:48 PM
And lo, my first survivor, started whilst watching Empire Strikes Back last night and finished this morning - pics still slightly out of focus, but now with actual sunlight!

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/21032009596.jpg)
I think I need to do something about the hat, it's come out looking a little bright...

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/21032009598.jpg)
Here she is, but with a shadow this time!

She also has a little purple backpack and a teddy bear, but I didn't think to take a photo of her backside, as t'were...

Other progress includes having undercoated everything that was based - time to crack out the small flat drybrush methinks...
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: dexter on March 21, 2009, 03:50:04 PM
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt336/paul1066_photos/zz1a.jpg)(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt336/paul1066_photos/zz2a.jpg)(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt336/paul1066_photos/zz3a.jpg)(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt336/paul1066_photos/z5a.jpg)

I couldn't get the other pics to clean up they all have a mysterious glow
but i think i know why ....

(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt336/paul1066_photos/7jpg.gif)

they're Radioactive zombies lol lol
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: Braxandur on March 21, 2009, 04:10:10 PM
they're Radioactive zombies lol lol

 lol

Would be great if you could manage to get the pictures just a bit better, but I do know from experience that it takes a while to get the hang of it. Looking forward to seeing more though since I've been contemplating buying horroclick for a while.
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: dexter on March 21, 2009, 06:11:57 PM


I've been contemplating buying horroclick for a while.
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I wouldn't leave it too long, production has stopped on Horrorclix and everyone seems to want the zombies
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: AKULA on March 21, 2009, 08:09:24 PM
I blame Akula (who I can't help but think of as Doctor Akula)

I get blamed for lots of stuff, but no one has called me Doctor before....  lol

Nice job on the zeds (and the survivor) - suitably gory.

Keep them coming!

 :)
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: Bako on March 22, 2009, 01:49:11 AM
Ah, but isn't it obvious? Surely you with all your chemicals and pastes, and work-lab must be a re-animator/doctor? ;)

Nice Zeds, keep em coming!
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: Predatorpt on March 23, 2009, 12:06:21 AM
Nice work! They look great  :o
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: BigMecha on March 23, 2009, 03:36:46 AM
That looks awesome!

are these zombies from Horrorclix?
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: myincubliss on March 23, 2009, 11:16:34 AM
That they are! Impressed with the Dugas sculpts, less impressed with some of the others - some of the heads seem to be a pea with two pinholes for eyes and a scratched in line for a mouth...
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: Pil on March 23, 2009, 12:05:09 PM
They look good, but the piccies are indeed pretty bad 8)

THe ventriloquist really is a pretty cool sculpt, shame the horrorclix models are so large :(
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: myincubliss on March 31, 2009, 11:13:50 PM
More progress, more poor quality pictures!

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/31032009004.jpg)
Good thing he's got a hardhat or the fallen rock on his base might have done some damage...

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/31032009005.jpg)
In space, no-one can hear you... moan?

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/31032009006.jpg)
Snacks! A mini absolutley dripping with character spoiled by a lack of facial detail. Hence the OTT blood smear.

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/31032009007.jpg)
Orange because... well, honestly I' just bought some orange paint, and thought I'd better justify it's purchase to myself...

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/31032009008.jpg)
Another dodgy faced mini... Whenever I picked her up during painting, I got 'woman in the red dress' (by the Sugababes, I'm reliably assured) stuck in my head. Sad but true...

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/31032009009.jpg)
Green hair. Why not. In hindsight, the jokes died out after a couple pictures. Must be something in the water...

In other news, my first brute zombie conversion has some paint on it, and everything else is piled up in various stages of construction and undercoating... Focus!
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: dexter on April 01, 2009, 12:57:28 AM
i like the green haired zed figure .Is it the one that had green seethrough skin?
I'm tempted to use it as a radioactive zombie .just for a bit of variety in the horde.
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: myincubliss on April 01, 2009, 05:50:07 PM
It was indeed the radioactive zombie, nicely sculpted body...
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project) [updated 20/04]
Post by: myincubliss on April 20, 2009, 03:18:09 PM
Whilst undercoating my studio miniatures zombies, I realised I hadn't updated this thread with my progress in a while. To rectify that, I dutifully snapped off a couple shots for internet perusal:

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/20042009046.jpg)
My first brute zombie, lovingly converted (with much swearing and hacking). I experimented with a 'fresher' skin tone on this fellow, but it didn't really work out the way I planned. C'est la vie...


(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/20042009047.jpg)
My second brute, a horrorclix repaint. Nice characterful sculpt...


(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/myincubliss/20042009048.jpg)
My third brute - 'angry? No, I said you wouldn't like him when he's hungry...'


And that's about it on the zombie front - as well as the comic shop building, I've been working on two survivors... for about a week now, and I'm really no closer to finishing them (it's procrastination rather than perfectionism that's slowing me down on these). Hopefully I'll finish them whilst painting up the next lot of zombies, then I might treat myself by painting the 'zombie king' that's been sat undercoated on the shelf...
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: myincubliss on April 20, 2009, 04:49:55 PM
I was just getting focused on wwwii as well... it's weird, I've always loved zombies, just never really considered gaming them until now...

The other curse of LAF is there's just too many cool projects going on everywhere, hence my current stockpiling of doctor who minis, and someone's heroclix collection winging it's way to me thanks to the electronic bay...


I keep telling myself if I buy enough zombies, I'll have to stay focused and paint them all - that's how it works, right?
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: The_Wisecrack on April 20, 2009, 08:20:49 PM
LOVELY BLOOD EFFECT

how ?

and no lol, you would think that if you kept buying that it work like that. i currently have 24 zombies ready to paint! and have only painted 3 of them!!!!!

TW
Title: Re: My first zombies (an ongoing project)
Post by: myincubliss on April 20, 2009, 09:21:36 PM
I fear there should have been a winky face after the joke  ;)

Blood is TCR magic - got mine from Taiwan and it was worth it - mixed with black ink it comes out lovely, but be warned it tastes godawful and knackers brushes (and if you're too rough, occasionally scrubs paint off minis)