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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Kikuchiyo on January 07, 2022, 01:06:28 PM

Title: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Kikuchiyo on January 07, 2022, 01:06:28 PM
In need of some inspiration from the collective

I've settled on all the other zone hostiles but can't decide on what to use for these

I've though about using either of the following but would like some other options

Warlord Games Konflikt 47 Siberian terror squad - scale might be a bit off though?

convert some mantic ghouls - love the poses, scale seems better but I don't realy like plastics

so if anyone has any other ideas I'm all ears

Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Lowtardog on January 07, 2022, 01:58:18 PM
Pig iron miniatures produce some useful ghouls in their range
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Kikuchiyo on January 07, 2022, 02:06:11 PM
Pig iron miniatures produce some useful ghouls in their range

I did look at their infected but several of their modles look like they are in dresses or hospital gowns? Doesn't feel very ZA to me
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Mr. White on January 07, 2022, 02:20:31 PM
What about the ghouls from Mantic?

https://www.manticgames.com/games/kings-of-war/undead/undead-ghoul-regiment/
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Kikuchiyo on January 07, 2022, 02:29:27 PM
What about the ghouls from Mantic?

https://www.manticgames.com/games/kings-of-war/undead/undead-ghoul-regiment/

mentioned them above

like the poses just not the plastic, was hoping for something like them in metal
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Mr. White on January 07, 2022, 02:35:43 PM
ha! sorry. I missed that.
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: zemjw on January 07, 2022, 03:11:03 PM
Studio miniatures has loads of metal zombies, but not particularly ghoulish - https://www.studiominiatures.com/shop.html

edited to add that Reaper do metal ghouls, so they're worth checking

There was another thread here back in November 2020 about the same thing - https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=128055.0 Not sure it came to any conclusions, but worth a check if you haven't already seen it

My own vote would be mantic as well, or possibly something from the zombicide games, but neither is metal:(

Further edited to add that westwind productions do a bunch of metal zombies, including a "soviet horde"
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Pattus Magnus on January 07, 2022, 04:18:24 PM
I used GW goblins from their Hobbit movie line. The variety of twisted bodies and faces seemed like a good fit for rad ghouls and they don’t have much clothing or equipment that locks in a specific time period. They’re also hard plastic, so it is easy to do conversions. I left mine almost unchanged, so I can use them in fantasy games as ‘normal’ ghouls, but it would be easy to give them modern equipment.
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Major_Gilbear on January 07, 2022, 04:21:29 PM
How about Heresy Miniatures ghouls (https://heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_11_27)? The running ones would work especially well I think, and if you email Andy I'm sure he can sort you out quite easily with the specific sculpts you want. He has a variety of zombies too, which may be of interest.


Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: joekano on January 07, 2022, 05:43:47 PM
I don't know if you saw, but in addition to the fantasy ghouls, Mantic also makes some futuristic looking plague troops as well:
(https://www.manticgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/wp-plague-3rd-gen-troopers.png)
(https://www.manticgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/plague-zombies.jpeg)
https://www.manticgames.com/games/deadzone/plague/plague-3rd-gen-troopers/ (https://www.manticgames.com/games/deadzone/plague/plague-3rd-gen-troopers/)
https://www.manticgames.com/games/deadzone/plague/plague-zombies/ (https://www.manticgames.com/games/deadzone/plague/plague-zombies/)
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on January 07, 2022, 10:45:49 PM
The mantic KOW Ghouls are a possibility.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_hEubSMUzeM/WJJULvyDY5I/AAAAAAAABzw/qIntDZNmvAAHfnesli0aNIGZs5zxJJv7QCLcB/s1600/totenkorp2.png)
With some Bolt Action bits
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iF15qDTK6Lg/X-nVh2QuxZI/AAAAAAAAHeU/hr9jXg1okAAZJTHoAs_iOJpHKizSEoquQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/manticghouls-1.png)
Combined with other plastic kits.
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Kikuchiyo on January 07, 2022, 11:48:41 PM
The mantic KOW Ghouls are a possibility.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_hEubSMUzeM/WJJULvyDY5I/AAAAAAAABzw/qIntDZNmvAAHfnesli0aNIGZs5zxJJv7QCLcB/s1600/totenkorp2.png)
With some Bolt Action bits
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iF15qDTK6Lg/X-nVh2QuxZI/AAAAAAAAHeU/hr9jXg1okAAZJTHoAs_iOJpHKizSEoquQCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/manticghouls-1.png)
Combined with other plastic kits.

What about the ghouls from Mantic?

https://www.manticgames.com/games/kings-of-war/undead/undead-ghoul-regiment/

They do look cool, I just wish  they were metal
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Bullshott on January 08, 2022, 04:07:56 PM
I used a couple of packs of 'ghouls and ghast' from Reaper Bones
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Kikuchiyo on January 08, 2022, 08:51:28 PM
I used a couple of packs of 'ghouls and ghast' from Reaper Bones
I saw that a while back

they look great but for some reason i want mine to have clothes and look like stalkers who've spent too much time in the zone and gone mad
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Ghost on January 08, 2022, 10:13:47 PM
I bought some corelocks from lucid eye to figure the rad ghouls.
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Kikuchiyo on January 17, 2022, 09:20:28 PM
There has been so many good ideas but I'm still stuck to find quite what I'm after

I'm looking for ghouls that have some sort of reminance of being human

using mantics came close but I like the weight of metal
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Cypher226 on January 18, 2022, 09:41:45 AM
I think you'll struggle in metal tbh.  Plastic/resin 3d printed are the only options I know of that really fit the bill - Turnbase Miniatures zombies, for example, or Anvil Industries customisable minis.
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: zemjw on January 18, 2022, 09:51:21 AM
Copplestone castings do plague zombies https://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/prod.php?prod=31

and zombie troopers https://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/prod.php?prod=32

Victory Force are metal - link (http://www.victoryforce.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=VFM&Category_Code=creatures). They're in the US, not sure if that's a problem
Title: Re: Zona alfa Rad ghouls - what to use
Post by: Kikuchiyo on January 18, 2022, 10:23:52 AM
I went with Eureka zombies as most of my other minis are from them

I did find some old Necromunda scavvy zombies that look like they have post apoc gear - maybe a suitable gasmask head swap would do the trick