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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: AKULA on March 01, 2009, 06:24:19 PM
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Another Horde - this time a paltry 29 zeds (the last horde/herd had 46).
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/P1030270-1.jpg) (http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/P1030272-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/P1030273-1.jpg) (http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/P1030271-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/P1030275-1.jpg)
Definitely another "quick" paint job - 2 sittings - just under 3hrs in total, not including drying time.
oh...and thats my 250.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/P1030276-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/P1030277-1.jpg)
:)
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...I blame you personally for my newfound desire to get zombies. Damn man, be less good...
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Wow...thank you. That is insane. I also think your base with 20-some zeds is just as effective as the one with 40-some.
What rules do you usually use? Favorite scenarios?
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WOW :o Impressive,and i thought i was doing well with 98 painted zombies.
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Wow, love it. I second the request to know whjat rules you use with these figures
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That's a horde for sure. Two quick questions:
How do you store them?
How do you transport them?
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...I blame you personally for my newfound desire to get zombies. Damn man, be less good...
lol
There are plenty of zeds on this thread (excuse some of the language if you open it at work!)
http://frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14481
If you are at Salute, be sure to stop by the Frothers game, as thats where my zombies will be headed.... ;)
What rules do you usually use? Favorite scenarios?
Home grown rules - 2 sides of A4 - quick and bloody.
Very much bang bang you're dead - turn movement is randomised by the use of a deck of cards - 3 types of zeds slow/shamblers (move on a black card), fast zeds (move on a black royal card ie jack/queen/king), and hordes (move on a black ace) - survivors move on a red card - vary the number of cards depending upon how tough you want the game to be... There is a joker, which acts as the "stop" card - end of turn, shuffle the deck, remove zombie knock-back counters etc.
Combat/melee results are simple too. Results against a zombie for shooting are either Headshot (remove), "Knock-back (effectively pinned until the deck gets reshuffled), or No effect. Melee is even simpler - when the zeds lose, they get removed - survivors dice when they lose a combat - either unharmed/injured (risk of "turning" in a campaign game)/ or "BRAAIINNNSSS" (zombie food).
I prefer mass skirmish games, as you can see, so players get a small gang each, and the zombies are moved by everyone, as they get "activated" by being within a certain range - either sight/smell, or sound. Zombie casualities get recycled at spawn points, scattered around the board as the scenario dictates.
Scenarios - Escape off the table/ Scavenge for supplies/ Rescue/ Defend a building - whatever you fancy - Left4Dead is giving me some inspiration the moment, but my longterm goal is to refight the Battle Of Yonkers...(Max Brooks novel - World War Z)
That's a horde for sure. Two quick questions:
How do you store them?
How do you transport them?
Transport to Salute, they will be based on 25mm round magnetic bases - available at a very reasonable price from Hasslefree:
http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=58&subcat_id=68
- the boxes will have some steel paper in them.
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Wonderful stuff
ZLF is hard at work!!!
Unlike the LZF (SPLITTER!)
Absolutely stunning
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lol
There are plenty of zeds on this thread (excuse some of the language if you open it at work!)
http://frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14481
If you are at Salute, be sure to stop by the Frothers game, as thats where my zombies will be headed.... ;)
I found the frothers thread last night googling 'akula zombies' looking for wip pics - 80+ pages of you calling each other a bunch of [plonkers] and a shedload of pics = an hour of chuckling and thinking 'damn, i need to get me some of those...'
Alas no Salute, I just got engaged so my outgoings are supposed to be going down (although I accidentally bought some clix zeds on the electronic bay... and a hellboy set, since no-one outbid me... and am currently trying to work out if there's a way i can accidentally buy the griffin miniatures stuff... hmm, maybe 'remember that magazine I used to love? It's those guys! I'm not buying miniatures, I'm trying to make harbinger something I can hold again!')
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I found the frothers thread last night googling 'akula zombies' looking for wip pics
Did you find this one?
http://frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18585
i'd hate for you to think that i just collect zombies.... ;)
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This is really horrific :o
Very nice image and:
Yes, thats what i call horde ! ;D
I realy like your multibases.
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Love the "refuse" at the back of the base, as well as the girl zombie facing the wrong direction. I am reminded of a group of bad children running away from an adult, and one of them turning around to flip the bird just before they turn the corner out of sight.
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Wish my horde was that big :'(. Also, I like the one leftside aroun' the otherside zombie girl.
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I found the frothers thread last night googling 'akula zombies' looking for wip pics
Did you find this one?
http://frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18585
i'd hate for you to think that i just collect zombies.... ;)
and the mall too...
WWWII looks to be getting shelved for a few months... again...
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You make me feel inadequate :'( , I'm struggling to break the 70 mark with my Zombies.
They look very good , have you thought of using movement trays to save time ?
I'm thinking of using CD's .
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I found the frothers thread last night googling 'akula zombies' looking for wip pics
Did you find this one?
http://frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18585
i'd hate for you to think that i just collect zombies.... ;)
and the mall too...
WWWII looks to be getting shelved for a few months... again...
oh yeah...the Mall... i need to do some more on that....
http://frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16007
;)
You make me feel inadequate :'( , I'm struggling to break the 70 mark with my Zombies.
They look very good , have you thought of using movement trays to save time ?
I'm thinking of using CD's .
70 is very respectable IMHO - i find it easier, and more fun to paint well-sculpted minis (have just ordered the new studio minis), rather than malformed ones (insert name of manufacturer as applicable). Once you get through the hundred barrier, the rest is easy.... ;)
RE:Movement trays - i don't need them, as the rules i wrote mean that zombies only move when they are considered "active" due to sight/smell/sound stimulation....the rest of the time they just sway on the spot. Also helps that the other players can move the zombies (as they naturally move towards the closest target), meaning that a "turn" of zombie movement, even with a couple of hundred individual zeds is done inside of a minute.