The Zombie Horde

Now Up to Seventy

Finished the few last Kings of war zombies miniatures. Including a few revenant bodyguards for the emissaries of life and death. 

Rob 

I am Starting to Enjoy This Little Project

 Officially Now a Horde

Had to break out the larger photography base today, to get all of the zombies in one shot. I have decided to take this unit up to forty miniatures. With the addition of some tarted up old Cheapside zombies will still leave me with a couple of spare sprues. I am now working on a standard bearer and musician for this unit. 

These Cheapside zombies were a mix of some old skeletons (can't remember which suppler but they were bloody awful) and parts from Oathmark's cultist sprue. Plus a couple of scarecrows from Kings of War. These were made ages ago and all of them needed painting again so I am including in this month's tally. 

This Cheapside zombie got a bit of extra attention as I grafted him  onto the base of one of the Kings of War zombies. They have an option to do half zombies (either from the waist up or down). 

Rob 

Yet More Zombies

At the Bottom of the Bits Box

I am now beginning to see the benefits of zenithal highlighting and the zombies are the first time I have really attempted to do this on mass.  Obviously having an airbrush makes all the difference. 

My zombie captain a.k.a. Slicegut-ish.  I didn't try and copy the helmet from the Citadel miniature but did add some armour plates. Overall, I am quite pleased how he turned out and he is definitely a mixture of parts (Five different figures/manufacturers) from different miniatures and companies. 

After I took this picture, I decided that he looked to well armed, and so changed the sword for a slightly more worn version (now six different figures). 

After the success of the armour plates on the captain, I thought I would try some barded armour. It looks a bit like a life jacket but once in the with the rest of the horde. 

Really this miniature is a simple head/weapon swap and a minor bit of reposing. But I really like the final look of this miniature. The left arm which was sticking straight out which was cut and reposed. Giving a slightly awkward angle but fitting for a zombie.  Again we are back to having only three different bodies on the sprue, two of which have at least one arm attached. So, the first step with nearly all of these miniatures is to take off the arms and repose. 

Rob 

Zombies Stumble On

 Zombie 3rd batch Inc. Rotstagger

Work continues on the zombies  and the 3rd batch been finished. They have  grey / greenish hue by using some Citadel Gryph Charger Grey contrast paint. Still a bit darker than I was planning but they do match in with the first two batches. I still want to go lighter with the next group. So, will use a grey rather than black undercoat and see how that turns out. 

Horde like appearance

1st, 3rd and 2nd batch of zombies

Do Not Adjust Your Set

Spend a couple of days away and and ending up trying some rather good new beers including the Sign of Spring by Stonehenge brewery. This particular beer is naturally  has a greenish hue but has had some green dye added. Still tasted good. 

Rob

Rotstagger & Mates

 Zombies with Fashion Sense & Armour

As each zombie is now converted from the basic figures, its taking a bit longer to put them together. I have pulled a few more bits from the Oathmark Revenants set, to give them a bit more armour and variety. A couple of the zombies now have stylish waistcoats and I tried to create some ruined chainmail. I think I will use a finer point next time to make the indents. It looked ok to the eye but looks a bit coarse by photograph.  

Rotstagger done, now I need to try and make a Slicegut. 

Rob 

More Zombies Delivered

 Still More Zombies Needed

Now starting to look like a horde and I plan to get this group up to at least thirty. Leaving a few sprues for other projects. Actually this month has been quite productive for me even with the work trips. Although not many elves got painted this month. 

This batch turned out darker than I was planning, mainly because I washed them with undiluted Nuln Oil. Then I spent the rest of the time trying to make them lighter. The next shambling of zombies will be a lighter grey. 

Rotstagger is now built, just need to add his green stuff waistcoat and other accessories. 

Rob

More Zombies Needed

Step Forward if You Like Brains

First batch of zombies now completed and I have got bitten by the bug (or is that zombie) to do some more. 

The second batch of zombies have all been cut, modded and armed with crude weapons. To up the variety of figures and give a more WFB classic look. This time I have gone for dark red low lights and grey highlights to change the range of colours. This should contrast nicely with the greens / browns of the first batch. 

The Ultimate Zombie

Now I think the zombie below is probably the best zombie from the old Citadel C18  zombie range, so I am going to see if I can recreate him using a bit of green stuff  and the KoW figures. 

The classic C18 Zombie

Salute Pile of Shame

As Salute 2023 approaches I am attempting to finish figures and scenery from Salute 2021.

• Scenery: 2/3 Finished hut and tomb,  just the Rohan watch tower to finish. 
• Oathmark Goblins: 25 /30 Still one sprue to finish.
• Odd Plastic figures: 1/3 Only the minotaur is painted but I have started the Japanese ogre (several times).
• Resin Monsters: 2/2 Griffon & Earth Sprit finished!
• Oakbound Metals: 6 /10 Still two Spriggans (trolls) and two badger riders to go. 

All the painted stuff has featured in at least one blog post, so if you want to see them then go and hunt them out!

Although the griffon has sat on the shelf for some time, when I finally got round to painting him it didn't take long. The airbrush certainly helped to get the base colours on but also to do a dark to light brown colour blend on the wing tips. 

The other change from 'normal' was to properly wet blend the skin on the lion part of the model. It still looks wrong whilst painting on the very watery colours but the final result has come out as I wanted it to look. 

This figure has been dropped a couple of times in the time between starting it and finishing it. But seems to have gone back together alright. Obviously not as robust as either metal or plastic figures but at a fraction of the price (I think he was less than a tenner?!). It is a compromise I can live with.  

He is now ready join the woodland host against the enemies of the Fae queen. 

Rob

Zombie - WIP

Zombies March On

Over the weekend I got the first batch of zombies mostly finished. They were painted up very quickly with a mixture of contrast paints and washes. The detailing on them is very good and the washes really bring out the detail. 

I used a mixture of greens and browns for the zenithal highlighting. I think will use some greys next time to vary the skin tones. One more session and they should be ready to overwhelm the forces of the living. 

After zenithal highlighting, the zombies came off the sticks
as they were too much of  pain to paint quickly.

Ready for painting

Rob 

An Unexpected Bonus

 Only 39?

Not had a lot of hobby time in the last few weeks but did manage to get a bit of paint on  a few figures and even finished another wild elf.  

Like many people in the UK today, the family and I popped home to see our mums on Mothering Sunday.  After a very nice lunch, an afternoon stroll was called for to work off some of that excellent food. Whilst walking around the town, my daughter wanted to pop into a charity shop that happened to be open. 

Once inside I noticed a box of zombies from Kings of War. I had a quick look inside and all of the figures were still on the sprues and everything seemed in order. So forty (Actually it was thirty nine but still very much a bargain) zombies for a tenner is a bargain.   Even with one missing this means each zombie only costs 26p each. I plan to mix these up with spare weapons etc. from the revenants set which will give a nice mix of armed and unarmed  cannon fodder. 

Presumably an unwanted Christmas present, as the set is dated Nov 2022. 

Anyway this will be a welcome addition to slowly growing undead horde. Once I paint a few more elves. 

A great looking Celtos Wild elf.

The Kings of War Zombie sprue

Time for some zombies...

I also want to try and finish a few of those figures which I bought at Salute 2021 before I go to Salute 2023. 

Boris with green zenithal.

Rob