Zomtober 2015 - Week 4

 Zomtober zombie count: 72

     This is going to be tight on time, so I don't know if it will make the Sunday deadline, but here is my last week's worth of zombies for Zomtober. Just about finished this morning and then left waiting to be updated while I got on with my actual jobs for the day.

     The last 20 man(?) box of WW2 German zombies. I have a few stragglers left to paint to complete the project, but getting each box done at a go felt like the right way to get the horde up and running.

     The current horde in all of it's shambling glory. I'll see if I can get it properly finished in the next few weeks.

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Beyond dead man's hand

     What a weekend, two days spent in the man-cave with good music, a desk full of models, lots of coffee and a cheeky little game of Frostgrave. The last point first; I did take some photos but I got way too into the game to remember to take enough, but it is a game that I will definitely play more often, just working on a big enough group to play with.

      Next, what I was actually painting;

     This proof I have been watching too many Westerns. It started as a 4ground wagon, the horses came from Colonel Bill's, I think, while the driver was from Dixon Miniatures and then I got really carried away and put a Artizan Miniatures gatling gun in the back to give it a real kick.

     The horsemen are all from Dixon Miniatures, after it was noted that my collection had nothing in the way of horses or mounted cowboys, which is kind of what they are famous for. . .

     The civilians are also from Dixon Miniatures and will be added to the few I already have. I'm a little bit gutted about the fact I have two of the little girl, one was supposed to be a running boy.

    More gun hands, again mostly from Dixon Miniatures but there are a few Artizan Miniatures and Great Escape Games mixed in. I noticed my collection was very low on rifles and as they can be really integral to dead man's hand at times I figured it was time to sort that out. I am particularly pleased with he guy with one arm, although I can't help but think the guy at the front with two guns will be more useful.

     Also painted up at the same time but I didn't take separate pictures of are the un-mounted horses and the sleeping cowboy, although they are in the background of a lot of the shots.

Lastly, does this guy count towards my Zomtober numbers?

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Zomtober 2015 - Week 3

Zomtober zombie count: 51

      It's that time of the week again, submission day. As expected my will power to keep mass painting German WW2 Zombies has, ironically, died a death so instead I pulled out some more models from my lead pile and painted those to give me a break.

The zombie dogs are from Fenris Games and are a massive improvement on my zombie dogs from last year. The small white one reminds me of the dog from Toy Story.

These women are from the zombie vixens box, the box that just keeps giving. showing again how much I like batch painting colours.

Last up is a mix of figures from different places that I have picked up over the course of the last few months. The zombie, dwarf Michael Jackson and the zombie Japanese school girl are from Hasslefree Miniatures, the guy is another wargames factory plastic and the delightful woman in pink is from Reaper Miniatures.

     Next weekend; the last of my German Zombies (hopefully), but I have been painting up other things as well, so I am aiming for a mid-week post as well.

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Zomtober 2015 - Week 2

Zomtober zombie count:40

      This weekend was a bit more of a frantic attempt to keep the momentum up than last week was, as I had less time and slightly less motivation, but here it is; my week two of Zomtober.

     Another 20 WW2 German zombies. Just one more box and a few bits and pieces to go and I am done with this project. The biggest joy of this year's project compared to last year's, is that uniform is much easier to bulk paint than normal clothing that you are trying to make appear random.

    It's time to put my poor knackered paint brushes down for a little bit to give them a break from painting hordes of German zombies. Next week is probably going to be more modern zombies for the horde started last year and then the last week will be back to this again to finish it off.

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Foray into Frostgrave

      Whenever I start a new project (and yes, I do this a lot) I always start the first paragraph with who it is a blame for being a bad influence this time. This time is no exception, I blame the guys on the meeples and miniatures podcast for making me weak. Now that is out of the way we can get on with this post.
     
      This project was very much a raid on my lead mountain and work out what I can turn into a fully functioning warband and the depth of my pile of shame meant that I'm actually pretty pleased with what I got together. If I have worked out the points correctly, I think I have my 500 point force plus a spare tracker, who was on my desk when I started with project, which means enough for a game . . .

 Illusionist and his apprentice. 

I genuinely have no idea if these guys are any good in game, but as they were the wizards I already had on my desk they were the first ones to lead my band of men.

 Templar and Infantry. 

This is my biggest hitter and his 'apprentice'. The templar is from Hassel-Free Miniatures.

 Tracker and Warhound. 

The tracker is the only model not in my initial band.

 Two Thugs.

Cheap muscle and objective grabbers.

Two Archers.

No-one likes being turned into a pin-cushion without a reply.

      This is probably the cheapest project I have jumped into, in terms of buying specifically. I was given a box of the plastic frostgrave figures as a birthday present a few months back, the tracker was for a lion's rampant idea that didn't make sense about 3 hours after I ordered him, while the wizards were bought to expand my collection of generic fantasy heroes, all I had to buy was the rulebook and that was stupidly cheap compared to most new rulesets.
      The more I look at these pictures the more I am starting to think the colours are too bright, so they might get an ink wash in the future, but for now I need a game. And an opponent. . .

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Zomtober 2015 - Week 1

Zomtober zombie count:20

      Ok, so this isn't going to be the most exciting first post for Zomtober ever, but here we go. This year I have gone with a theme - a what if during WW2.

     It's 1943, the U.S. has just committed itself to supply troops for the war effort, plans are being drawn up for a landing in Europe for the following year, but the continent has just gone eerily quiet . . .

        This is the first 20 German zombies for what I want to be a decent horde to play an apocalypse Europe game. Plus side these guys have in terms of getting painted are that they are in uniform, so conveyer belt painting is easier. Just got to keep the momentum up now.

      I've got some zombies left over from last year, plus a few odd models I have picked up over the course of this year, so at least one of this year's post will be a continuation of last year, just to give me a break from mass painting these guys.

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Tidying up

      I'm back from a nice week off in Norfolk with the family, but before you all start to worry, I took my painting desk with me . . . This is the first of, maybe, three posts of what I managed to get finished while I was away.

First up a random cowboy I had sitting on my painting desk for the last few months. Got a lot more western stuff in the pipeline but this guy was annoying me, sitting there half started.

Next up my second unit of biddowers for Lion's Rampant. Again these have been sitting on my desk with the first base layers done since I got my first 6 done months ago.

Lastly, a couple of random figures. The warrior priest is another figure for my Open Combat warband, while the elf mage is for one of the guys I have started playing D&D with as he is not a wargamer or modeller at all and wanted the sort of figures a few of the guys are now turning up with.

As I mentioned at the start this is a quick post of the odds and sods I got finished, the real projects are going to get their own posts. Most importantly is my first week's entry for:

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