Survivors of Apocalypse Zed

I got some new survivors from Hasslefree Miniatures and added them to my current bunch. I mounted them on clear bases and decided to re-base my other survivors onto clears bases while I was at it. So I got in touch with Viv at Knights of Dice and got a bunch of clear bases from him.

I also have two more lots of figures on their way. Some from Studio Miniatures and some via Lead Adventure Forum.

I still have a more to do but here's what I've done so far:

The new guys first:

 The older guys:

 A new crew from Old Glory.

 And these guys.

Wire Fences

I made some wire fences. I wasn't sure how to do this and a saw a few different methods using various materials. I went searching for tulle as a local shop and I didn't like it because it was much too fine. But I found a plastic pencil case which looked really promising...

 I cut up some bamboo skewers.

I drilled some holes into sick-up sticks and glued them in.

I then covered the bases with impasto medium and sprinkled some grit.

 I sprayed them.

 I painted the bases and flocked them.

I painted the poles gunmetal & then 

cut the pencil case into strips and glued them on.

A New House

I've been working on a good sized house to add to my terrain. It's made from card stock and, although it isn't perfect, I'm pretty happy with it. I still need to add a bunch of props (beds, TV, dining table, bathroom stuff, etc.) and I haven't done the doors for upstairs yet. I might also add a study to the ground floor and a cellar door.

I designed the majority of it using Photoshop. This involved a lot of time scouring the internet for images & textures, then linking & blending them together to make them look half decent. The props in the kitchen and the garage roof are from Wordworks Games. But I'll probably make a more suitable garage roof at some stage.

Now that I have the basic files sorted I can do a little bit of alteration and create another house with much less effort. Maybe somewhere a little less pristine... where the situation turned out a little bit more violently.

As you can see from the pics it's two stories with an attic. I already have some terrain suitable for the basement.

These are for use in skirmish games and when I say that  I'm mainly thinking: Zombie Apocalypse!

New Zombies

Since I've been delving into the impending Zombie Apocalypse again, I decided to update my zombies. The figures I previously used were mainly the Wargames Factory multi-part plastics. They wen't the best so I also sculpted a dozen or so figures too.

So I dragged them from the grave once again and had a look and I wasn't happy with them. The metal sculpts are okay (although the painting is sub par) but the plastics are pretty crappy. Really, it's the male zed's that are crap. The female plastics are okay. I think these were a later release and the quality is better.

So I hunted around and decided to get some Zombicide figures. They're pretty nice as far as zombies go but the poses are a bit repetitive. And what's with all the bald heads? But they come in at about $1.50 per figure and that pretty good when I'm going to need a few dozen of them. I can fix some of the  repetition issues with a bit of green-stuff and conversion.

So here's the first few figures.

They make a nice mob and they're definitely better than my older figures. But the old ones will still be hanging around for when I need big numbers.

Also, here's my sculpted figures with their sub-par painting.