Zombicide: Survivors in action

Hello all,
Seeing as it is a bit slow at the moment, both in regards to painting and gaming, mainly due to me defending my dissertation this monday (Yay, I get to put a "Dr." in front of my name now!), I found a few old pictures that I do not think I've shown before. And who doesn't like to look at zombies attacking brave survivors.

Dave and Wanda defending themselves against the Zombie onslaught!

I guess Wanda is praying those two molotov cocktails Dave is carrying, are ready!

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments or tips are greatly appreciated!
Until the next time; stay safe and prepare to slaughter Zombies!

All the best,
Kasper

Toxic Mall game play - 78 zombies killed in one flamethrower blast!

Hello all,
We managed a "quick" game of Zombicide the other evening. We wanted to try the new rules from Toxic Mall, the zombie dogz expansion and a few other new rules.
The mission we chose was the first one in Toxic Mall (The Big Rubble) and unfortunately this is the first mission we have played that did not feel right. There is only one way to go in the beginning and this is blocked by four toxic zombies. Perhaps we feared these too much but the result was that once we had left the starting zone there was a plethora of zombies waiting outside the door:

This seemed like bad odds until we discovered a flamethrower, and after some additional searching, some fuel for it. This meant that one lucky bastard (Uffe, I'm looking at you!) got to incinerate this mob of zombies - all told 78 brainless beings were burnt immediately. That is a new record for our gaming group and one I think will be difficult to beat.

The rest of the game was dominated by slowly progressing along the map, running over hordes of zombies with cars and shooting the rest. Uffe managed to kill enough zombies to reach the red level three times, maxing out his skills while the rest reached it one or two times.
Although the mission seemed too confined, we still had a great time and the game is much improved by the new toxic zombies (which were not as scary as we had imagined) and the dogz (which are more scary than we imagined!).



All the best,
Kasper

Zombie Dogs - Man's best friend?

Hello all,
So, despite focusing on finishing my Daemonette BloodBowl team, I actually managed to finish two of the new Zombicide Zombie Dogs from the latest Zombicide Kickstarter.

Josh stumbles across two infected doggies...

 These were merely a test but turned out all right. The models are quick and easy to paint and I still think it is best to remove the weird impaling base insert thing they come with (see this post for pictures of this weird contraption).

Showing great canine skills, Josh quickly have them performing tricks

Josh decides to the Macarena with his two new friends

All the best,
Kasper

Unboxing Zombicide II: weird doggies?

Hello all,
Well, Zombicide Season II finally arrived here in Denmark and I had a fun afternoon admiring the great sculpts and interesting missions.

The boxes are great and the content is sweet.

The only thing I really don't get is why they have made the dogs like this:

 Why the weird base? Anyways, I cut the bit of and have mounted some of the dogs on "proper" bases :-).

 Good fun was had by my son and some of his friends who were painting minis (and destroying my brushes..) while I was unboxing.

The dogs are great - and the friendly dogs are even better - can't wait to get them painted!

Anyways here are some pictures for those who didn't get the boxes yet or did not get in on the Kickstarter.

These should, with the 200 or so zzombies, keep me busy for a few weeks :-).

All the best,
Kasper

(Zomtober IV): Hasslefree Children: Sister

Hello all,
Joining her little brother (featured here), this tough little gal is this weeks contribution to Zomtober. Or, perhaps, that should be Surviber... :-). Anyways, she is brilliant little miniature but oh so tiny and I've had her almost done for a few weeks now, but couldn't decide on the last details and if I was brave enought to tempt it.

She is part of Hasslefree's HFV008 Village Kiddies. Apparently they are supposed to medieval villagers, but I see no reason why they couldn't fit into a modern environment.

Excellent details on these, especially considering just how tiny they are. The little girl felt more like painting a 15mm miniature than a 28mm.

 More details of Sarah - that has got to be her name, right? She just looks like a Sarah to me.

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments or tips are greatly appreciated!

Until the next time; stay safe and prepare to slaughter Zombies!

All the best,

Kasper

Hasslefree miniatures: Morgan, Old Lady, and Parker

Hello all,
The next batch of alternative survivors ready to be painted from Hasslefree Miniatures:

Morgan looks like a fun model, although I've been in two minds as to which colour her trenchcoat should be. Parker's hidden, tiny, face is already giving me nightmares :-).

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments or tips (commercial clicks :-)) are greatly appreciated!

Until the next time; stay safe and prepare to slaughter Zombies!

All the best,

Kasper

(Zomtober III): Hasslefree's Gruff with the last beer in the world...

Hello all,
Well, we have something depressing to showcase today. Another survivor for Zombtober, yes, but also a sad survivor. Poor old Gruff (HFA067) has just fought his way through the Zombie hordes only to discover there was only one beer left. Look at the poor bloke contemplating whether to drink it immediately or treasure it while attempting to stay alive...

What would you do - drink it now, or later and risk never getting the possibility?

Another brilliant miniature from Hasslefree - love his sad face and when my son found the empty beer box outside on the street we both agreed it would suit Gruff perfectly (even though it is a bit too large - but it isn't permanently fixed to the base). Oh, btw, Gruff led to Duff :-).

Hasslefree describes him thusly:
Oh dear, what have we here? If you are looking for an archetypal wargamer with with more than a little attitude then look no further. This adult male is well-equipped to fight zombies on or off the gaming table.

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments, questions, or tips (commercial clicks :-)) are greatly appreciated!

Until the next time; stay safe and prepare to slaughter Zombies!

All the best,

Kasper

Zombicide - gaming with the kids

Hello all,

Had a fun little game of Zombicide with my sons - the mission was to get to the red skill level. Simple and we had to bodyguard the tiny miniature made by Hasslefree which represented my youngest son. He found it very fun :-).

Our characters (Dave (who got to molotov an Abomination), Ned, Doug, and El Cholo) put up a brave fight but in the end we were done in by "extra activation"-cards happening at the wrong time. SO sad. But enjoy the look on their face as they drew a "chainsaw":

And this is how they looked when all was lost:

A few shots from the game:

An Abomination arrives and sneaks in on the survivors...

Doug executes a Fatty

Doug and El Cholo go down, leaving just Ned to stave of the zombies...

... which doesn't last long. But luckily the kid manages to get away to hide and wait for more skilled survivors to come along :-).

Good fun was had and neither kid had any trauma nor nightmares and were begging for another game nest evening :-).

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments, questions, or tips (commercial clicks :-)) are greatly appreciated!

Until the next time; stay safe and prepare to slaughter Zombies!

All the best,

Kasper

Painting Skin - An Easy How to Guide using Hasslefree's Bob and Felicity

Hello all,
I've had a few question as to how I paint the flesh / skin on my survivors and zombies. I use the same technique on both, as I envision the zombies being predominantly recently dead and not half rotten beings (if you want to paint your zombies really quickly, have a look at this guide to painting them in just ten to twelve minutes).
I guess I was asked not because I acheive anything close to a Golden Demon standard but because I can acheive a skin tone that looks alright very quickly,
So without further ado, here is a quick guide to how I paint skintones:

First, get some lovely miniatures - I've chosen Bob (HFH056, more pictures here) and Felicity (HFA086 (c), more pictures of her here) from Hasslefree. Great sculpts and Bob shows a ton of skin whereas Felicity decent clothing reveals a normal amount (well, not normal for Kev White female miniatures).
All pictures are clickable to show the details better.

1.
The lovely couple (and their zombie friend, who will soon disappear as I got sidetracked painting her) has been undercoated white.
I almost always use white as it produces nicer colours with less effort.

2.
The first layer of  Vallejo Basic Skintone (70815) has been applied - diluted to avoid removing too many details.

3.

Another layer of Vallejo Basic Skintone . I've also at this stage painted Felicity's hair and the eyes on both. 

I used to do these last but after discussing the matter I've changed to painting them first. 

This has the advantage that you are not "bored" with the miniature yet (which you very well may be at the end of painting it) and thus have fresh eyes. You are also more likely to redo the eyes if you are not close to finishing the miniature as it is quite easy to redo at this stage - just do another layer of flesh tone.

Also, no matter how great your paint job, if the eyes are not great the entire mini will suffer so it is worth getting right. I'm not as skilled at this as I would like (too old and too impatient) but I try my best.

3. The first of several layers of diluted Vallejo Game Color Lavado Wash Acrylic Paint Fleshtone Shade 73204 (thats a long name!).
If you are a talented painted you would have accomplished this by carefully blending the fleshtones, but for the likes of me washes helps do the job my skills cannot accomplish. Several layers to avoid too hefty blobs and that "dipped" look. Although for zombies this is a minor problem - they serve to be killed, rapidly, so just give them a hefty layer.

4. Another layer of Vallejo Fleshtone.

5. A few touchups to the skin and the other details have been added. This is where you should apply highlights etc, but I am normally satisfied with the results at this stage and call it quits. Primarily because I'm looking forward to adding blood, etc. All the fun stuff!

6. The finished result - quick, but effective.

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments, questions, or tips (commercial clicks :-)) are greatly appreciated!

Until the next time; stay safe and prepare to slaughter Zombies!

All the best,

Kasper

(Zomtober II) Hasslefree Juveniles: Lil' bro (HFV008 Village Kiddies)

Hello all,
We need more survivor-heroes to combat the everincreasing horde of Zombies. Hence this little chap. He is so small my camera struggled to capture him, but he was a pleasure to paint - really love the wooden sword and his carefree attitude. Looks like not even an Abomination could trouble him!

The lad is part of Hasslefree's HFV008 Village Kiddies which is three kids - a smaller and an older girl. They are all brilliant minis but oh so small - great fun. Hasslefree's description is:

Teeny tiny village children. The personalities of these three figures is based upon our own young children. The tallest figure is 18mm high and the smallest is 14mm high.

I guess this boy is around 16mm - absolutely tiny.

My plan is to use these kids as objective markers in Zombicide rather than the cardboard markers. It adds a lot more incentive when you have to free a small kid rather than picking up another X-marked marker.

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments or tips (commercial clicks :-)) are greatly appreciated!

Until the next time; stay safe and prepare to slaughter Zombies!

All the best,

Kasper