100.000 visitors = An Apocalyptic Final Stand (eye-candy galore)!

Hello all,
It seems the number of visitors to this zombierific blog crept above the magic number 100.000 during the weekend. I really want to thank each and everyone, but as that would take quite a while, I've decided this would be an appropriate moment to lineup all the zombies and survivors from the Zombicide game I've painted so far. Think of it as a photo-apocalyptic-thank-you from me to you :-).

The survivors prepare for a last, desperate last stand

Led by Nick and the old gang, each survivor has stocked up on weapons and prepares to unleash hell

Led by the zombie dogz and runners the zombies rapidly approach the survivors

Even the Zombie Dogz can be heard gorwling *BRAINZZ*

More than a dozen runners is a bad, bad sight

A sizeable group of fatties lumber towards the survivors, intent on feating tonight

On the survivors' right is a small contingent of the new and terrifying Toxic Zombies

The kids (from Hasslefree) are kept in reserve, although they are fully able to kick some Zombie-a**

The slightly weird, tutu-wearing uncle Ed prepares to stop the zombies from getting to the children and women

The unstoppable horde

Runners galore

How will it all end? No idea, but thanks for stopping by, commenting and following this blog. I really apprecaite it and doubt I would have gotten through half the zombies without having this blog to showcase and keep my spirits up.

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide: Toxic Runners

Hello all,
Two Toxic Zombie Runners heading your way! Nasty in-game opponents but fun to paint.

Again, great sculpts from Guillotine Games - although the hands are somewhat deformed the faces (which I guess is the most important part) are great. They even look like they are having fun, being zombies :-).

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide!: Mission Complete: All Runner Zombies Painted

Hello all,
Wuhuu, with the completion of the last batch of runner zombies from Zombicide I've finally managed to paint every single running bugger from the first Season.

Mommy?

That is twenty Runners, enough to ruin anyones post-apocalyptic picnic.

BTW, the cute little girl is from Hasslefree Miniatures - a brilliant little sculpt, but so bloody tiny!

And here they are in their cosy storage chest from Sally 4th - this is becoming quite box of trouble.

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments or tips (commercial clicks :-), it all goes towards more miniatures, you know) are greatly appreciated!

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

All the best,

Kasper

Zombicide!: Last of the Runner Zombies Painted

Hello all,
With this batch of eight (poorly) painted runners, I've finally manaed to get all the bloody joggers done.

Mommy!

 I must admit that while these are great sculpts and portray a fast-moving zombie well, they were somewhat boring to paint at the end. I might have to go back and touch up a runner here and there, but for now they are done, done, and done!

Daddy?

Yes, one chap is missing his head - I figure he is working on muscle reflexes, sort of like a headless hen... His head was chopped of and put on the base of Goth Amy...

Anyone, please!?!

Anyways, thanks for reading - if you found the post interesting then any comments or tips (commercial clicks :-), it all goes towards more miniatures, you know) are greatly appreciated!

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

All the best,

Kasper

Zombicide!: Mantic Zombie Mutations IV (Hand swaps)

Hello all,

So, more than a hundred zombies to paint will drive anyone insane. As the best remedy is to add some diversion to the horde, I searched my bits box and found an old sprue that I had gotten for free with some purchase. On the sprue were two Zombies, and various bits and bobs to put on them - all made by Mantic Games (link). Great detail, although their zombies are closer to what I would term Ghouls.

I then set about snipping and snapping, and managed to diversify eight of Guillotine Games' zombies - without them becoming too unrecognisable. The bodies are almost exactly the same size, so the conversions were easy and great fun. 

As with all my minis, the intention is to get them ready as quickly as possible and then, at some time, to return and add a few details (especially to the bases - they are much too clean atm).


This lovely couple, a runner and a walker, have each had a quick handswap - getting a weapon each.

The Runner carries a wicked cleaver, while the Naughty Nurse has a scalpel I wouldn't like to be at the receiving end of. Both courtesy of the Mantic zombie sprue.

A pretty scary couple, if you ask 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

Zombicide: Mantic Zombie Mutations I (Runner)

Hello all,

Painting Zombies. No problem. But painting more than a hundred zombies to paint will drive anyone insane. And that is just the Abomination pack - there is an additional hundred zombies coming during this year. As the best remedy is to add some diversion to the horde, I searched my bits box and found an old sprue that I had gotten for free with some purchase. On the sprue were two Zombies, and various bits and bobs to put on them - all made by Mantic Games (link). Great detail, alhthough their zombies are closer to what I would term Ghouls.

I then set about snipping and snapping, and managed to diversify eight of Guillotine Games' zombies - without them becoming too unrecognizable. The bodies are almost exactly the same size, so the conversions were easy and great fun. 

As with all my minis, the intention is to get them ready as quickly as possible and then, at some time, to return and add a few details (especially to the bases - they are much too clean atm).

I've finished painting most of them, and the first subject was this runner:

He has had his body removed, a Mantic body inserted, and then his old head restuck on top of the unholy creation.
The unpainted version looked like this:

The resulting Runner actually looks even more dynamic than the original - there is a kind of pouncing feeling about the mini.

One of the most characteristic things about Mantic's zombies (apart from their array of weapons, indicating a more sentient zombie-lore) is that they have various spikes, nails, and other weird stuff sprouting from their bodies. Although I was initially a bit worried that would look weird, it actually puts them in line with the Abomination and seems somehow approriate.

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

Zombicide!: Painted Runners

Hello all,
Managed to get a few more zombies painted - four of the nasty Runners. By far the most dangerous zombie type in the game - and should your party be so unlucky as to draw an "extra activation" card with the runner icon on them, well then that almost always means one or two survivors will go down.

Nothing fancy, but the sculpts can make even mediocre paintjobs look frightening :-).

The left Runner lost his arm to a hungry Fatty, not that he has noticed...

The sculpts are great, as mentioned, but they suffer from the weirdly undetailed hands that most of the Zombicide zombies have in common. I have no idea why, but with a bit of blood, that isn't really noticeable.

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

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide!: Jogging Zombies II (Painted Runners)

Howdy folks,
The good thing about getting Goth Amy painted was that I got a ton of new colours into the painting rack. This has so far produced some rather smashing Runners who do look like they might ahve been out running together when the virus hit :-).

 This is the Runner from Season 1, nicknamed the Jogging Zombie, and is one of the most scary looking minis from the original packs.

 The face is superb and the rest is great, although it does suffer from the "melted hands" syndrome.

If you have any comments please do leave one in the section below or send me a tip :-).

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide! Ipod Zombie II (Painted Runners)

Hello all,
Another Zombie painted - a runner of the type I've named "Ipod Zombie".

The Runner from the front,

And from behind. I went for a much less bloodsplattered look on this one, compared to the other Runners. Just to add some diversity.

Sneaking up on Phil the Cop....

Unfortunately the copper seems to have heard and promptly blasts our teenage, Ipod listening, jogging Zombie down.

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide! Ipod Zombie (Painted Runners I)

Hello all,
More Zombies! And this time its those feared Runners - double the speed of normal Walkers, these zombies will get their Brainzzz much faster and thereby spell the destruction of your Survivors.

Although a very quick paint job they did turn out quite intimidating.
 

Pros: Great mini - looks intimidating and scary. Fun painting - good details, little flash and no unidentifiable details. The Ipad (which I for some time thought was a stethoscope...) is a fun detail which makes them very modern,a s do the running fear. Great face (if you can describe the brainhunger as great).
Cons: Nothing really negative - perhaps the Ipad is a bit weird, especially as you need to turn the mini around to figure out what the weird wire is. Not liking the tab under  the raised foot, but in realit you do not really notice it.
All in all a great mini that looks the part it plays in the game. Also, you should paint the runners first, it is really important to be able to identify these quickly in the game,

The zombies are divided into four classes; Walkers (your average slow moving, easy to kill zombie although they spawn by the million), Runners (quick and semi intelligent, most likely candidate to destroy your Survivor), Fatties (Huge bloated master zombies - hard to kill at first but halfway through the game you'll fear the runners more) and finally the Abomination (the super-zombie-tank-destroyer-thingie).
In each tray there is two types of Runner (8 total), five different models of Walker (20 total) and one fatty (4 copies) so each tray holds 32 zombies, while the abomination gets his own little tray - he would probably just eat the other zombies otherwise. (So I got 96 zombies, two Abominations and nine survivors in the initial Kickstarter pack - that's a lot of zombies!).

Stay tuned for the rest of the zombies!

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide! Jogging Zombies (Painted Runners II)

Hello all,
Proof that exercise won't help you when the apocalypse comes a'knocking: more zombies, this time the remaining Runners. Zombies with double the speed of normal Walkers, these zombies will get their Brainzzz much faster and thereby spell the destruction of your Survivors:

These are, in my opinion, more intimidating than the other runners (posted here), yet remain disturbingly normal human beings: in their exercise clothing they look like they were having a nice jog in the park when "something" happened to them and they got a bit Brain-hungry.
Great minis - fingers are suffering from bad sculpting (?) but a large dab of blood will make that impossible to notice. No weird little detail on these minis, unfortunately.

Zombicide! Information:The zombies are divided into four classes; Walkers (your average slow moving, easy to kill zombie although they spawn by the million), Runners (quick and semi intelligent, most likely candidate to destroy your Survivor), Fatties (Huge bloated master zombies - hard to kill at first but halfway through the game you'll fear the runners more) and finally the Abomination (the super-zombie-tank-destroyer-type zombie).
In each tray there is two types of Runner (8 total), five different models of Walker (20 total) and one fatty (4 copies) so each tray holds 32 zombies, while the abomination gets his own little tray - he would probably just eat the other zombies otherwise. (So I got 96 zombies, two Abominations and nine survivors in the initial Kickstarter pack - that's a lot of zombies!).

Stay tuned for the rest of the zombies!

All the best,
Kasper