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Monday, May 31, 2021

Survivor Neema and Zombified Neema

 


I'm rolling right along with the figures from the Toxic City Mall from Zombicide, miniatures I hope to use in a resurrected (no pun intended) game of All Things Zombie.  My son told me you do not see a lot of miniatures painted up as people of color, so I was glad to tackle "Neema" from the set.  Like a lot of Zombicide minis, she's a little on the exploitive side, but I'm glad how she turned out, especially with my once again experimenting with skin tones.

Sunday, May 30, 2021

Survivor Raoul and Zombified Raoul

 


Another figure from the Toxic City Mall Survivor set from Zombicide.  This guy (these guys) is Raoul "the Contractor" and he looks like he's better prepared for the apocalypse than a lot of people.  He's got an assault rifle, pistol, tactical vest, and even a small coffee cup.

I like how this guy turned out a lot, and feel like I'm getting better with the zombie skin tones.

Comments welcome!

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Survivor Kyoko and Zombified Kyoko

 


The Zombicide supplement "Gaming Night Kit #1" features two miniatures of the same person: "Kyoko" an Asian woman with thigh-high boots clearly meant to look like Lucy Liu as Alex Munday in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle."  One version has her armed with a flame thrower while the zombified version has her with a katana.  I'm not wholly comfortable painting Asian skin tones, but tried to match the color they used on the illustration.  I do really like how the gray zombie skin turned out, though.

As a side note, I've never thought that flame throwers would be a great weapon on zombies.  Too easy to just end up fighting zombies that are on fire.

Monday, May 24, 2021

Zombicide Invasion

 

In my hometown, it is the time of year that a lot of people finish their education, pack up, and head on to their next destination.  Which means a lot of garage sales, et al.  And in this case, I managed to score a ton of Zombicide box sets for a ridiculously low price.  Most of the box sets have been opened and a handful of miniatures have been painted, but there are enough zombie and survivor miniatures to keep me busy for a long, long time.

Which is good timing for a couple of reasons.  I have been doing some solo wargaming during the pandemic, games like Hardwired and Operation Last Train.  During the pandemic doing a zombie game seemed a little on-the-nose but now that things seem to be easing into a better situation, getting a All Things Zombie game going again sounds like it might be fun.

Taking the miniatures already painted out of the equation, there are 136 miniatures in this collection: 11 survivors and 125 zombies.  Now to see if I can climb this hill.