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 

Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?

 And the Last Zombie

Obviously as it is Halloween this week, and I had to shoot some zombie targets. Naturally I also had to follow this through with some zombie minis. This resulted in putting together the last Kings of War zombie (plus a few friends), I had from my bargain box last year. As well as rebasing a few odd revenants, I used as painting testers for the wild elves. These can now all be used my zombie regiment which brings it up to seventy. 

At least I might have slowed him down a bit!

The last of the KOW zombie split between two minis. 

Cleaning Paint Pots

I came across this on YouTube video. So, I can't take credit but up now I have been digging out the dried paint with a metal dental tool. 

1. Pull the lid and attaching ring off the paint pot. These usually come off quite easily. 
2. Invert the paint pot lid by pushing on the middle. Some lids seem easier than others, But all of the ones I tried popped out ok. Pull off the dried paint ring. 
3. Reattach the lid. 

The Amazon leader ready for battle. 

Nothing fancy tonight, but a relaxing Friday night beer. 

Rob 

Walking like a zombie, like a zombie*

 Have I Finished?

So, I thought when I got to fifty, I was done but I couldn't quite stop this project. I think, I am done at sixty but then hundred sounds like a nice round number but then I would need to get another box...

* Jamie T - Zombie

Love, she sees apart from me

Possessed behind the eyes

Apart from the frighting

The moaning the biting

He seemed to be a nice guy

And I know what she thinks when she looks at me

When she looks with such despair

You're not the only one around here who needs a bit of fresh air

Cause I'm a sad sad post teen

Caught up in the love machine

No dream, come clean

Walking like a zombie, like a zombie

Ok this one I get you might not be familiar with but it is still a classic in my book. 

Anyway finished the extra six zombies and the scenic base with the Death Elemental. In a way the Banshee makes an interesting alternative to 'Official' Oldhammer life elemental. 

Rob

Work In Progress Wednesday

Trying to Finish Stuff

Work continues on the fae queen who edges towards completion. 

But I did finish the second banner for the zombie. Hurrah! Just the second special leader model to bring this up to sixty. The Oldhammer Death Elemental has just arrived, so I can now start on this model. 

And time for a new project. This one is a bit of a departure from my usual stuff and when I get onto the British and French regulars I will have to follow the 'proper' paint schemes. 

 Rob

Stabbed in the Back

 More Zombies Stumble forward

A better shot, showing the zombie stabbed with a spear. And a group shot of the next batch of six. 

Caught in Moonlight

After a bit of debate, I decided to go for a zenithal highlight that mimics moonlight above and behind. Leaving the front in shadow. A much more dramatic look for the Fae queen. 

Rob 

Monsters in the Night

Witch's Familiar

A familiar for the 3rd witch from Bad Squiddo. Who will also join the ranks of the Fae army. 

According the Bad Squiddo website, The mjölkhare is made by a witch out of hair, bones, butter, mud, earwax, blood, yarn, cloth and all other sorts of gross! She sends it out to steal or spoil the milk (a valuable resource!).

'Mjölkhare fetch some milk'

The Project that Would Not Die

Ok, so I want a few more zombies and they mostly came out of the bits box and left over zombie parts. I was thinking as they are the risen dead, they may still have source of the demise still stuck in them. So, they have arrows and spears still sticking out. As they are all quite well armoured, they may form a bodyguard for a zombie king. As I plan to add another larger figure as another focal point. This will bring the total number of zombies up to 60 so they could be split into two useful units of thirty. So, I will also need a second banner bearer. 

I particularly like the guy with a spear sticking out of his back. 

Getting on with Stuff from Salute.

As I had three minotaurs all the same, I have decided to do a bit of simple conversion on two of them to break up the silhouettes. At £2 each they were a bit of a bargain. 

Trying out a zenithal highlight on  a white coloured model.  Using a light grey as the lowlight. 

Rob

That's It Zombie Horde Done

The Full Horde

All fifty zombies done, and in the end I ended doing twenty more than I was originally planning but they were so much fun to do, I just had to keep going. It does illustrate the versatility of plastic kits, as I probably would have struggled to do ten if I had to put them together as per the standard builds. As I didn't even manage to put the first batch together before I started modding them. The weapons from the Oathmark goblins came in really handy and most of the weapons come from these sprues. It also inspired me to dig around the bits box and come up with extra zombies. 

This is the first unit painted using the airbrush and with zenithal highlighting.  I didn't stick to the standard black/white zenithal highlighting and certainly was interesting trying different colour combinations. Some obviously worked better than others. And ironically the first batch is probably my favourite. 

Standard bearer inspired by Fraser Gray's zombie banner. As quite often happens, I look at these pictures whilst writing the blog and notice something I missed or would like to change. In this case, the banner looks a bit too straight edged and will have be roughened up a bit. 

The command group. 

Again the airbrush really helped to do the object source lighting. And she looks much better after this repaint. Providing a point of interest for the zombies. 

Rob 

Nearly the Full Horde

 Just One to Go

Just the banshee base to go then the horde is finished* at the full fifty.

*And the banner but I not really counting that!

On the banner front I have been looking at other people's efforts online. And one has caught my eye, is old one by Fraser Grey (from White Dwarf something or other). But I will have a go at creating my own version before making a final decision. 

Rob

Scrapping the Bottom of the Zombie Barrel

 The magnificent Seven?

Seven more zombies needed to take the unit up to fifty. And I wanted to have a couple of KoW zombies left for future projects. So most of these zombies have been raided from the bits box with spare heads from the zombie sprues. Which leaves me two and half zombies from the original box set still on the sprue. 

A bit of a pirate look on the first zombie. 

A very cool fonz collar which was a sculpting accident. I was pushing the excess green stuff around the neck to cut it off and realised it made a great looking collar. So, left it on. 

This musician got left from the last batch as I hadn't done the necessary green stuff work. But he completes the four command figures.

I was trying to go for an arm half-hanging off, which I will paint a gory red to help it stand out. 

A zombie of many parts and probably the most unusual part, the torso is from Combat Zone ganger. 

No zombie parts on this model but I reckon once painted he will fit right in. But a left over figure in the bits box from Sharkey's ruffians. 

Rob 

Zombie Standard Bearer

 The Zombie Horde

Haven't decided yet on how to finish the banner bearer, either an actual banner or rags & skulls. He was painted using light greys and off-whites to make him stand out. 

Fun & games with zenithal highlighting on Lady Clarissa the banshee. As she summons more zombies to join the horde. The airbrush has really is the tool of choice to do these lighting effects. 

Rob