A Couple Zombies and Some Civilians

Zombies need something to chase/eat so I picked up a few civilian miniatures; to the left is a pack from Reaper called something like "Modern Children". The girl in the front looks a lot like my youngest daughter who thought I had the miniature "made" for her. I need to find one to do for my oldest dayghter now...

Below is one of the EM4 Troopers that I painted. It is hard (for me) to try to get the dark colors to photo well and it seems my hand lent itself as an adequate backdrop.

I need to try to take a few pictures during the day and see how that turns out...

I've only done 2 zombies lately, the left is a skeletal trooper, to the right is a modified Heroclix; I think he'd work well as a "Left For Dead" mini.

On The Work Bench...

I recently purchased some 15mm miniatures from RebelMinis that I am working on, I really like the quality of their miniatures. I purchased:

• Zombies
• Aliens
• Aliens with weapons
• Civilian Contractors
• Civilians
• 2 Modern US Soldiers (freebees - much appreciated)
• Zombie Hunters (I finished painting this weekend)

I've found a cool use for some of the plastic safety lids on milk that I hope to write up here next.

On my quest for painting more miniatures than I bought, I am a -25 for the year (I count packs of 15mm as 1 for the bought/painted calc's).

GZG 15mm "Moderns"

I picked up a few packs of GZG (Ground Zero Games) moderish miniatures and spacefarers and they are pretty nice but much larger than the Rebelminis and Mechwariors that I have (see pic below). I need to find some suitable 15mm decals to put on should pads...

GZG, SPUG, Rebelminis, GZG, Mechwarrior CMG

I also picked up a couple of vehicles that I am really impressed with. I had to use a small bit of putty to fix a problem on the command vehicle, but other than that there weren't any issues. Note that both models required pinning to keep the pieces together.

Command vehicle looks a little large with the GZG troopers, but looks spot on to me with the Rebelminis.

My first foray into 15mm...

I am a lurker at the TMP (theminiaturespage.com) and have been really impressed with how detailed some of the new 15mm moderns/sci fi figures are looking these days. Ones made by Ground Zero Games, Rebel Minis and even the clicky Mech Warrior looked cool to me so I purchased some which are shown below.

15mm is not just a smaller 28mm and it has taken me some work to try to find how much detail to add and such. For example, I based my minis on some 1" washers which looks totally out of place. I found some 1/4" which look a lot better, which you can probably tell from the pictures.

Cool Find: Burger King Star Trek Shuttle - I gave it a new paint job (it had some nice detail that came out well with a black ink wash) and I think it looks pretty cool as a troop transport. Shown below with some clicky Mech Warrior Shock Troopers I repainted (5 to a base for about $0.25 per mini with shipping).

With some Spriggan Miniatures SPUGS (space bugs):

15mm Mech: shown with the clicky Mech Warrior troopers is a 28mm armor from the AT 43 game that looks good as a mech for 15mm (was small for 28mm imho)

Rebel Minis Special Forces: I really like these guys, incredible amount of detail

New Project: Modern Humanoids

I was a big fan of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" series (the earlier years) and the coolest part was that monsters were real and lived among us. So if zombies are real, monsters being real in a gaming/miniatures setting is not a great leap.

Shown left are some cool Trolls from Newbold (http://newboldworld.com/) scupted by Bob Olley. These guys are large, but that's how Trolls are supposed to be. Really nice figures with very little flash; the company sells miniatures for charity and they clean them up before they send them out. I recently bought some Space Trolls that I need to get painted up to.

Dwarves are done by Bob Olley (http://www.olleysarmies.co.uk/) and were really fun to paint. Check the site out if you're into dwarves.

I have a few other humanoids to paint and will hopefully add them soon.

2008 Miniatures Painted

I was a net -20 (minis painted -minis bought) and painted 70+ over all. Zombies and their victims/slayers comprised the biggest number. I also starting painting some WOW (World of Warcraft) minis from the board game which has some nice minis. I also re-found my box of Heroquest and painted the heroes.

A couple of new manufacturers entered my horde: Recreational Games (http://www.recreationalconflict.com/) who have their own line of miniatures for zombies and hunters (Lead Bones) and carry other peoples lines like Killer B's. I also purchased some from Black Cat Bases (http://www.blackcatbases.com/) that have some really cool Buffy-esque humanoids that I hope to be painted soon.

Goals for 2009:
1. Finish off the year at a +minis painted vs minis bought.

2. Add another modern force to my Dr Who UNIT troopers (I have DDD Brits and Germans, Black Scorpion US Marines and D&P Italians).

3. Play a Zombies game with my miniatures and write up a batrep on my blog.

More Pictures:

LNOE Hunters (Nurse hopefully done soon):

Hero/Horrorclix -I will really miss this game as it provided so many cool minis. Some of my favs completed last year are shown below:

Hasslefree Miniatures (http://hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/)- Zombie Before/After, really a great idea. Nice minis and even nicer people.

Mongrel Miniatures (http://www.mongrelminis.co.uk/) Northern Alliance - departure from Zombies, but paint up really nice. I also picked up a pack of IDF paratroopers and an Arab militia.

Some minis purchased from Recreational Conflicts (picture did not come out that good):

EM4 - I bought these from a former retailer that gave me a great deal. The minis are really nice

Black Cat Bases - evil kid in front with 2 of their guard dogs. Horrorclix to the left and Hasslefree to the right

What doe we want? Brains! When do we want it? Brains!

My zombie horde is growing large enough to add some heroes. A member of TMP (theminiaturespage.com) told me where I could order some of the miniatures from the "Last Night On Earth" boardgame. I got 14 zombies (mixture of 3 poses) and 7 (?) heroes for about $20! They take paint well (my pics don't really show it) and are nice sculpts for being cheap.

Mail Truck

The US Mail Truck was a $5 find at Walmart. It is from the DUB City line and looks pretty nice! Definitely one of my better vehicle finds.

Figures (L to R): Hasslefree, Horrorclix, LNOEx2, Zombiesmith