Zomtober is HERE!

Well that came quick. Here we are at the start of October which also means a couple of other things...many call this Orktober & focus on Orcs, however I am still doing the Zomtober, focussing on Zombie Apocalypse type things.

 

So even though its the 1st day of October, this would also count as the first week of October....please, lets not do math!

So as I am working to complete the Original Core game of Zombicide, here are a couple of Fatties

 

Nothing fancy on their dresses as I am still working on my slap chop painting & trying to get that 'sweet spot' of base white. I was quite happy with how the dresses took the speed paints this time round.

 

So the next batch will also consist of some more Fatties...stay tuned! 

Racing towards Zomtober!

As October draws ever nearer, I am still focussed on getting the remainder of the core Zombicide zombies finished this year. Then I want to run a campaign (if I can find the players committed enough!)

With that in mind, I've completed another batch of Runners.

Seems I had 1 left from the previous batch who got missed, so he joined the undead femme fatale's of this heat.

 

Again I used a combination of speed/contrast & normal paints to complete them.

 

I am still not 100% happy with the slapchop I am doing & think its because I am not using enough white..something to work on. It's not too bad on the zombies as they have their muted undead flesh colour anyway.

 

Another thing I tried this round, is making some discarded (or dropped) cans of food.

 

I have a bunch of labels printed from when I was doing Objectives. I found I had some rounded rods of sprue from some figure line which fit the bill.

 

Granted I haven't gone so far as to make the tins hollow, that will take some thought & time, though it isn't impossible. 

 Off to play Thunder Alley this eve & Necromunda on Thursday, so its going to be a busy week. 

The Adventurers Pyramid of Horus Characters

Today was spent finishing all the characters for the Adventurers Pyramid of Horus.

It was a good paint day & using a combination of Speed / Contrast & regular paints completed them all!

 

Here we have Chantal Sarti & David Gore

 

Maki Watanabe & Rasputin

 

Adbel Wahab & Jose Ardila

 

Lastly Delroy Chartier & Edgar Rice

 

With these finished, its just a matter of allowing the matte spray a good time to dry & then they will be packed up for return to their owner. 

Zombicide Runners & a Return to The Adventurers!

What is that they say about the best laid plans? With September now here, my calendar is full with planned events.....& then Covid.

Well with the worst past I have been able to get some more painting done.

First up are another batch of Zombicide Runners (working to finish off the original core game runners & fatties so that I can launch a campaign)

 

Using mostly speed paints on these, I do find there are always bits that need the standard painting to finish them off.

 

I am finding that the Army Painter Dark Wood does a good job for dark skin.

Then I got an email from a gaming buddy who had just aquired a copy of The Adventurers Pyramid of Horus. He asked if I would paint his set up for him. He does love to bling up his games.

 

So far I've managed to paint the rocks, 

 

And the 3 Mummies. 

 

Next up will be the characters 

A Necromunda Invite!

I was invited recently to join an upcoming Necromunda Campaign. As this is one of those systems I've been collecting, I jumped at the chance.

Heading over to Elliot's we built my Genestealer Cult gang to prepare, then sat down to play a few turns.

 

Photo by Elliot

This past Sunday eve, we met up with all those who would be partaking in the campaign & had a open game to test our our gangs (3 of us haven't played before)

One of my gang members has the infiltrate skill which allows him to deploy last. Armed with a hand flamer, his role is to get things cooking.

 

Moving forward, he unleashed his flame, catching the Goliath Leader & one other within the blast. His leader caught on fire & spent several turns trying to put it out.

 

Of course being alone like that doesn't usually end well for the infiltrator. He got taken out be another hand flamer, which even his hazard suit couldn't protect him from.

 

The biggest challenge my gang had was punching through the high toughness of the Goliath's, my autoguns were just not up to snuff. However my Mining Laser was more than capable. (It would also have helped if I rolled a few 6's).

I believe our next game will introduce us all to vehicles, so looking forward to that!

Thanks again for the invite!

 

  

Palette Lifts

With all the cargo stacks I've been painting up, I had these 2 palette lifts sitting at the side of the paint table, waiting for their turn.

 

These are 3d printed figures from Lv427 & I believe came with the Hangar set as additional pieces

 

I added some paper warning signage & onto the screen, followed by some old model kit decals for the numbering.

 

After that it was time for some weathering & now I call these done. 

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Precious Cargo

I was able to finish off some more cargo piles during my Sunday Hobby time. These are some of the remnants from my previous painting frenzy to use in my Stargrave games.

 

All are 3d print models by Lv427 & I believe were part of thier Hanger set.

 

I still have a couple more piles & a couple of Hand Palette Jacks to finish.