May 4, 2013

Zombicide Conversions - Mantic Zombies - part I

Hello all,
There are so many Zombies included in the kickstarter set that I really needed some diversion to persuade myself to keep painting and stop feeling swamped by Zombies

Zombicide Zombie Painting many swamped babes

So I remembered a free sprue of Mantic's excellent plastic Zombies. I got this for free with some internet order years (?) ago.
Zombicide converting zombies mantic plastic conversion

The details are really crisp and although the Mantic Zombies are wee bit bigger than Zombicide's (perhaps 30mm compared to 28mm?) I thought this might work, and would definitely be fun. I used to do nothing but convert back when I still played with Skaven Army, but since then I havn't really chopped up anything.

Half an hour later, with the superglue hardly dry, these chopped up monstrosities were among the results:

Simple Hand Swaps:
Zombicide converting zombies mantic plastic conversion
Two walkers turned out to be intelligent enough to use these lethal instruments of death, or perhaps they've just forgotten they were carrying a large sacrificial dagger and a nasty-looking meat clever...
Zombicide converting zombies mantic plastic conversion

This Fatty must have been a Freddy Kruger fan:
Zombicide converting zombies mantic plastic conversion fatty Krueger
 We'll rename him Fatty Krueger immediately...
Zombicide converting zombies mantic plastic conversion

 Wanda got a few trophies for her base - I'll try and make it look like they have just been chopped off...

Zombicide converting zombies mantic plastic conversion wanda

Head Swaps:
Zombicide converting zombies mantic plastic conversion
 These walkers should provide some diversity. The one on the left looks best now, but I think the other chap will be scary once I get him painted. the head is a bit too big, but once the screaming starts, who is going to notice?
Zombicide converting zombies mantic plastic conversion


Thats it for now - the second part of the conversions (body swaps) will be up shortly.


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

2 comments:

  1. Very nice conversions, Kasper. Anything that adds diversity to the horde has to be applauded.

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  2. Howdy Vampifan, thanks and I agree that one needs a bit of diversity to get through the painting of a bazillion zombies. Only problem is that most of them won't fit in their tray anymore... oh well.
    All the best,
    Kasper

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