Monday 7 March 2022

From FrederickC: A Horde of Shambling Zombies (300 points)

 

Now that Mike W seems to have completed his massive horde of Zombies, I think it might be safe to start working on my own horde. I am starting with two boxes of plastic Wargames Factory Zombies that I picked up at a local hobby store at least a decade ago. They have languished in the 'big box of unpainted minis' until now. These seem to have gone out of production in the interim.

Each box contained five identical sprues with enough parts to build 30 figures. Every sprue provided one figure in a lab coat, four different pairs of legs, four upper torsos, and a variety of heads. All the left arms were part of the upper torso, but the right arms were separate. This allows for some mix and match, although some combinations work better than others. I will let the pictures tell the rest.

The figures were assembled and then glued onto 1 inch fender washers. I wanted to leave the bases quite plain to look like concrete, so I used some spackling paste to create a smooth transition from the molded base to the washer. Once everything was dry and sanded, the figures were primed grey from a rattle can. They were then painted using Vallejo acrylics, followed by a coat of Army Painter Strong Tone Quickshade. Here is the end result.

 

The Horde, out for an evening shamble











The points being claimed are as follows:

60 x 28mm figures @ 5 points each = 300 points

While I have more Zombies lined up in the queue, it is going to be down to the wire to see if I get them completed by March 20th. 

What?!  More flipping Zombies!  That's just what we need, and I'm all out terms to apply to the shambling semi-dead.

Anyway, that's an impressive horde Frederick. You've done well to get some variation into the somewhat repetitive figure selection.

10 comments:

  1. Good start to your zed collection, Frederick! :)

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  2. Nice horde there Frederick.

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  3. Another zombie points bomb,nice!
    Best Iain

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  4. Good job on the Zombies - you can never have enough of them!

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  5. That is an impressive lot of zombies Frederick!

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  6. What are Mondays for: Painting zombies. :)
    Good looking horde, Frederick!

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  7. The zombies are awesome themselves, but put in this scenic background they are even more badass!

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  8. BOOM! Nice points bomb Frederick and great looking zeds!

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  9. Very nice work with the WF zombies, Frederick! I really like your work on them and the colors. They make a very fine horde. Those green running shoes are awesome! Especially since I know the detail is very soft on these and that is some quality painting!

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  10. Can’t have too many zombies!

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