Suber's Zombies

[Suber]

I got the game some time ago, but it hasn't been until now that I've decided to paint the minis. This is my first contact with Z's games and ambientation, and I've found Zombicide to be the most suitable option for a newcomer .
This is what I managed to do with the survivors (these pics are awful, they make the colours -and specially the skin tones- look totally different to what they really look like in the flesh ).













But survivors are nothing but an opener for the scope of my intentions . The Z's are great sculpts, but there are a lot of repeated poses, so it was my aim to customize them a little bit. As the game is fully designed in a cartoonish way, with lots of tributes/references to movies and stereotypes, I just went on the same way. So let's go for the first round. This is the original model:



And this is what I did to the rest with some putty:















I'm still working on all the Z's (about 60-70?), but I really intend to not have two identical minis on my set. Here you have a few more pics and thoughts on the matter:

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/zombicide-pt1-survivors.html
http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/zombicide-pt2-fatties.html

I'll be posting more Z's in the ongoing days , hope you like them.

[Too Bo Coo]

AWESOME fatty conversions!

[The Voivod]

HAHAHA....
Those zombies are awesome. The last two in particular.

[Dr. Zombie]

Very nice conversions. If you have them I would love to se some work in progress of such conversions.

[zemjw]

I have the fatties primed and am about to start them. I think it's probably as well you didn't post these earlier, as I'd probably have been tempted to try something similar - although it wouldn't have turned out nearly as well

What sort of plans do you have for the other figures. Not fishing for ideas of course  , just curious

[zizi666]

Cool stuff, but those fatties are übercool ! 

[Cherno]

Very nice miniatures, is the second to last fatty wearing some kind of highlander toga?

[jdeleonardis]

Those are awesome!  Great job!

[Suber]

Haha, glad that you like them!

I'm afraid that, as I say in the blog, I only keep a couple of pics of the WIP





The Scottish guy looked like a fun idea, but sculpting the whole raggedy tartan was a pain in the ***, hehe. I'm not satisfied with the pattern of the tartan, but I'm not repainting it for the moment, he will have to wander and stumble with that for a while . Elvis was totally fun to sculpt and the donut-eater cop was a challenge I truly enjoyed (if you look close you might see the NYPD badges).
After having finished those I came up with some more stupid ideas, like a Santa (a guy acting like Santa you can see in front of Macy's or so...) or a merchant seaman; you know, stuff like that. But I didn't have more fatties!

I'll be posting what I'm doing to these Z's. The project is in a relatively advanced stage, but I still have tons of zombies to do. I'm exploiting cliches, just as the game itself does, it seemed proper to me.
Some of them are better, some of them are worse, but you can expect a few surprises .

[Wachaza]

They're excellent. 

Any problems with the material or preparation tips for the painting and conversion?

[Too Bo Coo]

The NYPD uniform is funny, two patches on the shirt, only the right side on the jacket...

[SBRPearce]

The tuxedo-wearing lounge singer is my favorite - beautiful work!

[Suber]

Any problems with the material or preparation tips for the painting and conversion?

The only problem I have experienced has been my mistake, as I have not varnished the minis and some of them are flaking off a little when put back on their plastic trays. I have to solve that!

[Too Bo Coo]

Also make sure you wash these extra good before painting....

[DoctorPete]

Those are really spectacular!