Zombie Axtlinge for Axtlinge

The funniest thing of all, receiving a painted model of yourself as a zombie!  This is exactly what happened to Axtlinge (aka Axt) with the final figure of the fab four.  I chose to make Axt a rugby player because he loves the all blacks and the zombie pieces I had suited it.  First the legs weren't proper shorts and seemed to have some extra padding/protection which makes more sense for a proper contact sport.  Secondly the hand with the thumb pointing up reminded me of the Haka dance that his favourite rugby team the All Blacks perform.  I had a bit of help from Abraxis who sent me a couple photos of Axt so I could get him right without giving away the secret - thanks buddy!

zombie Alberto

As with the others, I built up the base with filler.  The flock is the same as used on my figure but underneath I gave it a coat of brown paint instead of green to try and show how rugby fields are usually more torn up than footy fields.  I used some bits of medical gauze twisted and glued to create the long beard and pony tail.  I also used a little water effects for the blood on the recently ripped off leg he's carrying around ;^)

Hope you enjoy them pal!

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Zombie Man Cave Paul

Second to last, here is Paul - of The Man Cave fame.  This was actually the inspiration to do "us" as zombies.  You may not be aware, but Paul is a honest to goodness real life ships captain/commander in the Australian navy.  In fact he just shipped out on a new mission called SLIPPER.  Anyways as soon as I saw this body (it was the only one where legs/torso were attached) with the long coat all I could think of was a ships captain (obviously the ship this zombie was commanding was a bit different to the one Paul commands now!) so as soon as I thought "ship captain" I equally as quickly realized "MMN crew zombies"!

zombie Paul

As with the others I built up the base, and then instead of using flock I just attempted to paint a wooden deck using various browns.  One side has a line of tin paint to make it look like an edge or something like that.  I also used my now pretty common style of painting reddish/ginger/orange hair which involves starting with orange, and using washes of both a reddish/metallic colour as well as simple red wash.  The reason for the metallic choice is it gives a bit of sheen to the hair, without actually colouring it metal.

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Zombie pt.2 - Abraxis

Next up on the dock is Paulo aka Abraxis, winner of the Zlurpcast Meatloaf Fan award.  As soon as I got the bare torso piece off the sprue I knew I had to have Paulo running with his jersey off after just scoring a goal.  I leveled the base with filler as on the other figures and I made a jersey out of a napkin with paint. After painting the zombie and jersey separately I superglued them together.  I also used an extra coat of painted varnish to try and give the jersey some strength before I gave the whole figure a spray coat of varnish.

zombie Paulo

In case you are unaware, Paulo's favourite football team is Benfica, so it's very appropriate I am posting this today, as both his team and mine are in the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals tonight.  Chelsea have a 2-1 lead and are playing at home, while Benfica are looking to reverse the tie (currently 1-0 for Fenerbahçe) and are also playing at home - the Stadium of Light.  Good luck to Benfica tonight, with any luck we will have a Benfica/Chelsea final in Amsterdam and we might all use skype to hang out while we watch the match!

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Zombies pt.1 - Tristan

You may remember, long ago I received a couple harlequins painted for my spire brats gang from Abraxis and Axtlinge.  Well I think I covered myself with glory in recompense to Abraxis by running the "Give him a Goblin" contest, but I still owed Axt something - and he had requested a painted zombie.  Originally the plan had been to paint him a zombie fan of my undead blood bowl team - but clearly after such a long time that plan was not motivating me.

I finally decided to just bit the bullet and get some zombie figs (warlord games I think?), hoping that would motivate me - and it did!!  As I put them together a brilliant plan started to develop and I would paint fans of my undead blood bowl team - US!  Here is the first one, which is zombie me in Chelsea kit with a football.  I painted our names on the front of the base and used our online nicknames for the back of the jersey.

zombie Tristan

I built up around the base attached to their feet to fit the square base with filler.  Each base was painted/flocked slightly differently.  Probably the hardest thing was getting the design on the football right.  Also those shoes are painted like my actual cleats!  I found the detail on these miniatures was not the greatest but hardly surprising when they are about $0.50 each!  Up tomorrow is Abraxis :^)

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Creepy N´Deads...

...yeah...i know it sounds like a cereal brand or something but no... :)

So,here you have it,Creepy N´Deads,another "finished" team...i will try to get 2 more Ghouls,but,apart from that,this is it.

I guess i´ve covered pretty well all the options for this team.I´ve got the Zombies if i need to get more meat on the LoS and i´ve got the Skellies if i need that extra square of movement (or someone to do some fouls :) ) so,i guess this one is done.

Next in line will probably be the plastic orcs from the starter box...

More gravy to your brain?

And if the answer was:

"Yes Please....more gravy....BRRAAAIIINNNNZZZZ....UUUUNNHHGGGG"

Well...here you have it:

Three Die Block

" Happy New Year everyone! Three Die Block is back, and on our first episode of 2012, we're talking with champion FUMBBL player, Random Oracle, about FUMBBL's Blackbox League and Edward Lorenz's favorite team: The Chaos. (Sorry, bad joke...) Then we catch you up on what has been happening in the CHG and HGC leagues over the past few weeks, and wrap up the show with some tournament announcements in our Cheering Fans segment!

Email us at threedieblock@gmail.com

Music: "Boom (Crystal Method remix)" by P.O.D. (used without permission)

The production was made possible in part by Impact! Miniatures and Critical Hit Games. "

And

ZTZ

" Shawn (Boof?) and Nathan (Bumblefuck?) know the quickest way to the Main Guy’s heart, besides food, is to talk Chaos. Chaos Chaos CHAOS! This month’s Zlurpcast Tactic Zone’s Roster Dissection segment will teach you how to build the most unstoppable, and surprisingly well-rounded Chaos Team in Blood Bowl. Is it better to load up on mutations or skills or a combination of both? The ZTZ guys go into detail on not just what upgrades to take, but also starting rosters for both Bloodbowl leagues and tournaments. You asked for tactics, and now you got it… go download the Chaos Episode NOOOOOOOOWW!!! "

And now...the best Zombie movie ever:

The (unusual) zed incident

As some of you might remember, a few months back I've hosted/games mastered a zombie game for a couple of friends from my usual Blood Bowl crew (check July entries of MMN for pics of that game.).

After giving a few final touches to some pieces of terrain for that same game (a couple of warehouses and a gun shop), I decided to take a few pictures of the almost-final result (almost because I often go back to add some extra detail to 'older' stuff)...
And that's when I came across this really unusual happening right down the road, just a few blocks away from my regular blood bowl venue.

NOTE: What you're about to see might very well be one of the very first documented cross-overs between two different table top war games that accidentally happened that week in that same place...

(please click on the image for a bigger size)

As usual, if ever questioned about what is seen in those pics, I'll simply deny everything!

Nhammm... pancakes!
:P

Just needed to say hi to Tristan -Hi Tristan!- and welcome him aboard!
And since I forgot to take pictures from my breakfast I'll try to make up for it with a couple of pics from my last week Zombie game:

This one was taken after the first couple of turns.
The place was still quite calm while the survivor teams moved in from the north side (top of the table), searching for loot. Still, attracted by the vehicles noise and a couple of shots fired by the survivors, a few zombies had already started to show up...

As the first team reaches the location of their last objective (the last piece of loot) the zombies already turned into troublesome sight...

In an amazing turn of events, after getting inside the building (to capture the last piece of look), the first team gets bogged down by the zombies, and in a 'hollywoodesque' kind of stunt a member of the second survivor team gets the loot, and jumps out of the balcony (from inside the house) to the top of the jeep, avoiding the flood of zombies all together.

And after running over and shooting a bunch of the zombies, the second team makes a 'go for it' and manages to escape to dreaded area, leaving the area with the loss of only one team member, and winning the game.


Hope you enjoy it!
Cheers!
A.