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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: cheetor on December 14, 2010, 04:54:05 PM
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I havent seen many painted versions of the Mantic plastic zombies/ghouls. I have been mostly out of the loop for about six months so I may have missed other photos, but I thought that I would put up some photos of my first batch anyway.
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/gerryf.jpg)
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/tylerf1.jpg)
They are painted to look like they are wearing hospital gowns so that their toga like rags dont look too out of place in a modern setting. I added a couple of Studio Miniatures figures to help to make the overall "patient look" as authentic as possible. I think that it worked quite well, but you guys might feel differently.
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/suef.jpg?w=252&h=307)
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/kentf.jpg)
The figures are finished to an ok tabletop standard, not for display by any means. I have more in the pipeline which will be finished in the same way, but with different gown colours (white, a "medical" green etc).
More related stuff in the blog post HERE (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/running-out-of-patients-pt-1/).
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/patientzedsall21.jpg)
Comments and criticisms are all welcomed, of course.
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No, these are great - definitely no compatability problems. Painting the rags like torn hospital gowns is an inspired idea, and works perfectly. As for the painting - I wish my tabletop standard was as neat and had as much "pop" as these! Excellent stuff! Love the guy with just legs and hips, and a spine sticking up out of the gory mess of his torso! Brilliant! Oh, and the blue is spot-on for hospital-gowns. Nicely done. The lone pink slipper on the girl is a great touch, by the way!
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Nice el cheeto! ;) I've been playing with mantic torsos and WGF legs, make for nice modern zeds and painted up a ghoul/golgo islands/GW mash up, (in the thread you know where! :D).
Nice idea on the gowns, going for the hospital white, green and peach myself.
Cheers for sharing.
The Commander
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nice idea mate - simple, but very effective as always.
8)
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i lke them! the blue robes pulls them toghether well.
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Very nice bit of conversion work and painting. 8) 8)
Christopher
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Yup, well done ... !
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Great! like that the gowns make sense in a modern setting!
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Those look great!
Those first two pics look very dynamic, like "fast" zombies, and the legs with the spine sticking out... wow! :-*
Now I know how to use my ghouls.
Thanks!!
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Thank you. I now have a use for my Mantic ghouls. I was going to part them out.
Snitchy sends.
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Great work.
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Splendid! I really like your zombie skin :)
I've been curios how the mantics fit with Studio miniatures. Its not a perfect match, but near enough for me! :)
How many did wear that stupid cloth between the legs?
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Nicely conceived and well-executed. Kudos! I agree with the general consensus that there are no matching problems.
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Brilliant idea. I think I'd attempt some in the greenish livery that is so common among doctors. lol
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Incredible!
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Thanks for the feedback everyone, very kind.
Love the guy with just legs and hips, and a spine sticking up out of the gory mess
The Mantic zombie sprue is supplied with a spine and pelvis part that can be used in lieu of a normal torso. There is also a corresponding set of mangled stumps that can be attached to the torso to make a crawling zombie.
While a headless zombie obviously breaks all of the pseudoscience rules, the figure is funny and the more variety in my models for painting the better, so I included the spine anyway. I just imagine that its an action shot and that the torso has just been blown to pieces right at that second :)
I've been playing with mantic torsos and WGF legs, make for nice modern zeds
I did some similar stuff with the WGF components that I had access to when my Mantic ghouls arrived a while back. There are enough bits and pieces on the Mantic sprues to jazz up the WGF elements to quite acceptable levels I think, and those two manufacturers components are more compatible with each other than with the slightly bigger GW zombie/Catachan stuff or similar.
I am currently in the market for trading some of my Mantic Ghoul/Zombie sprues for WGF sprues if anyone reading is interested.
Those first two pics look very dynamic, like "fast" zombies
I pointed out in the original blog post that I decided to use the Mantic zombies to plug that fast/rage zombie hole in my collection (I also used hex bases to help to denote their fast status for my games. I have base shape/size coded my various zombie sub types for ease of recognition during play). The figures are well suited to that I think. I tend to prefer my rank and file zombies to have the pigeon toed, shambling look. The Mantic figures look a bit more intense.
Brilliant idea. I think I'd attempt some in the greenish livery that is so common among doctors. lol
The remaining four batches that I have primed are going to be approximations of the following colours:
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTP_bqsMcETeCIDOJM9OXRZrp69iMyNiZ7xeoIFw_Ef00E_2Xz5)(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1WS6fFX35ixxupwcJyQR4rZYkUY3C0S8LAR09MoROfcRacw5jmw)(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcaRrkfKdnNBAiX3Rcqg4PkDkqZMXsTxhPP6abVsXpRwXljlYS)(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmQ5Xq1YwO7TqN01yvhjiHxhbgyAk3dObClAkjZMvItavcI5XuAA)
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Great work and good idea with the gowns 8)
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Excellent idea with the gowns/colours and deeply envious of how well you have pulled it off.
I will immediately steal the idea and peddle it as my own. ;)
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That's amazing. A very clever conversion.
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Cheetor
Excellent work! :-* I would love to know the colors you used for the blue hospital gowns?
Darkoath
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I would love to know the colors you used for the blue hospital gowns?
No problem, although the man colour used might be hard to get hold of.
The gowns were painted with an old Warzone paint called "Semai Blue". The only stockist that I know of is www.princeugust.ie and after quickly checking, it appears that they have run out of the WZ paints. Anyway, after the Semai blue base coat some thinned down (old) GW Enchanted Blue was painted into the creases and folds. All very uncomplicated really apart from the availability of that colour.
I deliberately didnt highlight the gowns for two reasons. Firstly I wanted a contrast in texture between the quite rich skin tones and the clothing. Secondly I wanted the gowns to have a clean, featureless, antiseptic look. Sometimes highlighting items like that can take make them look a bit too fussy to represent the material that they are made of in my opinion. I prefer to just shade them.
I hope that helps.
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So I finished another three batches of reanimated patients back in February and finally got around to photographing them recently.
First the white gowned guys:
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/patients1.jpg)
Second a handful of pink clad dead people:
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/p3050175.jpg)
Third the familiar medical green batch:
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/p3050178.jpg)
Last, here is a snap of the whole lot with a Frothers patient from their Xmas 2009 set.
(http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/p3050188.jpg)
A handful more detail shots plus a small bit of info regarding painting the various batches are on my blog in the following posts, if anyone is interested:
Blue batch (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/running-out-of-patients-pt-1/)
White batch (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/running-out-of-patients-pt-2/)
Pink batch (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/running-out-of-patients-pt-3/)
Green batch (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/running-out-of-patients-pt-4/)
Comments and criticisms are all invited as usual :)
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Love the paintwork ! :-*
not to keen on the earthwork bases, though. :?
specialy for zombies you expect to find in Urban areas I'd go for tiled bases like the one the guy with the infusion stand has.
I read on your other post about zombie bosses that it came with the figure, but you can just as easily create that out of plasticard (scratch a line pattern in it) or even cardboard (cut out each tile and glue on the base leaving a little space in between)
ofcourse this method means you have cut the metal bar underneath the figure and glue it directly on the base (alternatively, if the bottom of the fig has an area that's chunky enough you can drill it and then pin your fig on the base for a better joint.)
My 2cts.
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Those are amazing!
Not just the painting, but the whole concept of the 'hospital patient'.
And to tell the truth they are responsible for me having bought a few sprue's of those zombies and ghouls.
Congrats!
A.
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I really should get myself back to the painting desk and start panting some more zeds.... I have droves... even lots that are already prepped and primed... Hmmm...
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Get to it Argonor! ;)
Got far too many myself undercoated and ready to go, will need to do some patient zeds to go with my patient zero Frother's mini.
Cheetor: very nice mate.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. The Mantic figures are nice to paint. Weirdly, I think that I enjoyed painting them more than the Studio figures.
Love the paintwork ! :-*
not to keen on the earthwork bases, though. :?
specialy for zombies you expect to find in Urban areas I'd go for tiled bases like the one the guy with the infusion stand has.
I read on your other post about zombie bosses that it came with the figure, but you can just as easily create that out of plasticard (scratch a line pattern in it) or even cardboard (cut out each tile and glue on the base leaving a little space in between)
ofcourse this method means you have cut the metal bar underneath the figure and glue it directly on the base (alternatively, if the bottom of the fig has an area that's chunky enough you can drill it and then pin your fig on the base for a better joint.)
While scenic bases do often improve the look of the model, I go for a standard "cover it in sand" look now. As I dont like the extra work, time and/or costs involved in heavily scenic bases I gave up on them a few years ago.
The simple sand bases are fairly neutral and look reasonable on most terrain. Its also quick and cheap, both things that allow me to get working on more miniatures for gaming with rather than stuck finishing detailed bases.
So scenic bases are just not really my thing and I appreciate that plain sand/flock/whatever bases are not to everyones tastes either. I am grateful for your feedback though, thanks :)
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My goodness, I love your style.
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Brilliant! :o
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While scenic bases do often improve the look of the model, I go for a standard "cover it in sand" look now. As I dont like the extra work, time and/or costs involved in heavily scenic bases I gave up on them a few years ago.
The simple sand bases are fairly neutral and look reasonable on most terrain. Its also quick and cheap, both things that allow me to get working on more miniatures for gaming with rather than stuck finishing detailed bases.
So scenic bases are just not really my thing and I appreciate that plain sand/flock/whatever bases are not to everyones tastes either. I am grateful for your feedback though, thanks :)
I don't use much time on bases, either.
I mostly just use some Ziterdes sand mixed with some GW sand on top of a brown-painted base, then glue some daps of fine green flock on top of that. Urban mini bases (like zeds and survivours) I usually glue on fine beach sand and then paint/drybrush with dark grey/medium grey, which gives a concrete/tarmac like appearance.
It doesn't create works of art, but with consistancy, almost anything goes, I think.