Sunday 29 October 2017

Zomtober Week 5. The end!

Only managed to get 3 survivors finished from the Walking Dead All Out War game this week. Have been busy painting......the kitchen LOL. So yeah not had much time this week as the other half is hosting a Jewellry party for a friend which originally was meant to be the week after but has been brought forward a week..

I did get the next 8 cleaned, based and primed. In the end I decided the textured GW paint was to expensive and use my normal Milliput method of basing. I have ran out of varnish so when I get some will be adding a bit of flock and some tufts to add a bit of greenery.

I decided to go for a brown bases being as most of the Walking Dead is set in rural areas and will fit in on my own post apoc board. I have some barricades done already and a few cars. I plan to pick up some tents from Renedra and have got some trees I need to base up as I prefer 3D terrain over the card stuff provided in the game. Mats i'm still not sure on yet. I need to put my thinking cap on about them. I'd love my own boards but then its always vs Time to so!

Sophia and Carol

Abraham currently the only version and was a Kickstarter exclusive but is currently available for Mantic Points.

These guys again but based, I have dirtied them up a bit and much happier with them now.



Whats next well more Walking Dead All out War figures. There are a lot more Survivors in the next row I am doing. We have Rick and Carl. Derek, Patrick and Sandra some Survivors from Woodbury or raiders I think that Rick and Co cross in the comics.  A guy called Leon who I am trailing back through the comics to find and 2 more zombies. So another 8 in total. I am hoping to have as many as I can finished by Christmas.


Thanks to all who participated this year there has been some awesome efforts by many of you all. Well done!

Fantorical - Blaxkleric
Saturday Mornings - Ivor Evans
28mm Victorian Warfare - Michael Awdry
Miniature Mayhem - Terry Silverthorn
Cheaphammer!!! - Kieron
Lead Reckoning - Fred Jackson
Never Mind The Jankers - Roy Williamson
The Wargaming Addict - Wargaming Addict

36 comments:

  1. Great stuff, Simon, and what a great grab that Abraham looks too. Many thanks to you and PulpCitizen etc for hosting another highly successful "Zomtober"; until next years...

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    1. Indeed. Zovember is next month for me at least.

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  2. Well done getting to the end of ZOmbtober, with these guys, they do look good.
    The choice of base colour to go for is always a compromise between ,aimly urban or rural types.

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    1. Cheers Joe it shall continue in to next month they really are simple figures to paint. Yes indeed. They mostly seem to be in rural and the brown kind of goes with my own post apoc board.

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  3. Well done. They look great. Seriously great additions.
    I have finished mine as well. Will post tonight as out soon all day.

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    1. Excellent good to hear you got another one done. Thanks my friend. Shall lookout for tonight's posting.

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  4. Great finish Simon, I do love that Abraham miniature.

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    1. Cheers Michael yeah one of my faves and a must have for me. Judging by the releases we are not far off seeing a new version of him I reckon after Christmas.

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  5. Fantastic work on these three, Simon. I have really enjoyed watching your work on this project. Keep on painting the rest of them.

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  6. Excellent work on the latest Survivors; they are all loo excellent, and you certainly look to be powering through your TWD stuff mate. :)

    A great Zomtober mate. :)

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  7. Really great, that's a nice Zomtober! I share your same concerns about 3D boards, but still have to give a thought to mats. Ahhh, choices to make...

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    1. Yeah I looked at the Deep Cut Studio ones at the last show I went to. Sure they look nice and all. But they're just feels like something is missing. But I can't quite place it.

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  8. A very impressive collection there mate. Zomtober was a success fro you.

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    1. Cheers dude. Certainly topped up the years total a bit.

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  9. Great work Brum, on the subject of textured paint, I make mine for about £5 for about 3 or 4 jam jars worth of paint. Poundland is a terrific hobby resource for what you need.

    Brown (or whatever colour you want) acrylic paint
    Premixed filler
    PVA glue
    Fine sand (I use Chinchilla bath sand) I get it from the Range for about £2
    Distilled water (tap will do but gets a bit smelly after a while)

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    1. Ps I think Abraham looks amazing!

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    2. Cheers dude. I am going to stick with milliput I think. Old habits die hard lol. Will try and remember to try that thought when making scenery.

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  10. You're a bad, bad man. Again! (either that or I'm extremely open to subliminal advertising!). TWD game arrives at work next week ;)

    Some great work on those survivors and zombies this month. Looking forward to seeing the rest of them appear over the coming weeks!

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    1. lol cheers dude. Enjoy it I found it a lot of fun. Its hard to beat the AI especially with random events!

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  11. Good stuff Simon! I see what I have to look forward too down the road! Did you get the whole shebang on the Kickstarter?

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    1. Cheers Terry. Sadly no I was on the fence and didn't have the funds really tbh. This is just most the wave 1 stuff with the mantic point extras in.

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  12. Brilliant Simon! I absolutely love your choices of colors on your figures! I'm starting to reference your photos for my figures :)

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    1. Thanks Ivor. I am sort of improvising with the zombies but copying Sophia and Carol.

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  13. Glad to see that there are still some survivants, glad to see they look great, superb job Simon!

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    1. Thanks Phil. There has to be survivors how would they outnumber all the zombies they have to fight! (Well in my collection at least!)

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  14. Great work on those figures; I really like them!

    Also, thanks to the organisers of Zomtober; it's a useful way of giving common purpose to a bunch of like-minded people.

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    1. Thanks Hugh. Yes indeed it is good to feel spurred on by others work as well.

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    1. You were the straw that broke the camel's back - Prelude to Woodbury has been ordered as a intro to The Walking Dead. Thanks . . .

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    2. Cheers Mike! Sorry (not really muwhaahahaa)

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  16. Sophia and Carol both have a good bright colors that will contrast nicely against the zombies. And nice work on Abraham too.

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