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Friday 6 April 2012

Infecting Mayhem CIty 07 (Reaper Urban Zombies)

Here we are with another update.  Before we get to this week's walkers, I'll give a few updates one where I am at with working on my All Things Zombie project.  First off, despite the name of the the majority of the posts on this blog, I doubt I will be making an actual "Mayhem City".  Instead of using World Works games cardstock terrain, I will probably bite the bullet and pick up the Sarissa Precision City buildings.     They do have a bit more of an initial cost vs World Works terrain, but once you factor in cardstock and many ink cartridges, I don't think it will be that big of a deal.  Plus the amount of time it will save me may allow me to actual get a game in this year.   I will probably use some cardstock terrain as well, especially some of WWGs interior terrain, since I already own multiple sets.

Also, my updates have been rather slow lately and I will put the blame on two major factors.  One, is that for 3 weeks, I have been unable to locate the washers I use as bases.  When I finally asked, the Hardware Store said that the washers are stocked independently by the washer/nut/bolt company.  So I am still waiting on those.  I do however have some miniatures already attached to miniatures, but still I am unable to complete them.  This time, it is due to Games Workshop switching their paint system.  I ran out of Dheneb Stone foundation.  I thought I would just order more online, but due to GW switching the paint line up, they only accept preorders online.  I dropped into the local GW and they were out of the old Dheneb Stone and wouldn't be restocking until this Saturday (tomorrow) with the new paints.  So hopefully I can grab some more tomorrow.
Blah, enough with the excuses, let's look at this week's Zeds.



These are two of Reaper's Urban Zombies.  I will be honest and admit they were not the Zombies I was expecting when I ordered.  Due to an error in ordering, they were what I received when I meant to order a more modern set of Reaper Zombies, including a police officer.  Instead I got a pack of three, armed with weapons and looking from a different era.  I clipped the weapons, and only decided to use two of the three. The third was just two out of place, and will probably get mangled into a corpse marker at some point.





The two zombies I did work with are full of character.  First off, they are both very large.  If the average miniature I have is approximately 6 feet tall, then these two brutes are much closer to 6'10".  I'm okay with that.  Despite liking most of my figure to be in scale, I to like the variation of a few shorter and a few larger to not make things like too uniform.  The thing that can ruin scale creep for me is when equipment like guns seems overly large or small, but that isn't an issue here.
So the Zed on the left looks like he may have been homeless before meeting his end.  He wears an over sized trench coat and dirty, torn jeans.  He also lacks shoes, which result in him leaving a trail of blood when he steps.  I really liked that about this guy.
Zombie on the right however was a young, up and comer in society.   I like to picture him as a sleazy politician or something.  Regardless of where he was going, he didn't end up any better than the homeless fellow.  He looks good in his blood stained suit however.


So as mentioned, these zombies are huge.  I would like to use them in some special circumstances when alot is on the line, like a boss battle.  It would also work very well for a single survivor without firearms had to deal with one of these guys.   The pic above really shows how intense that could feel with the size difference.   These zombies are a great addition to the collection.
Comments are appreciated.

20 comments:

  1. Good looking zeds, great detailing.

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  2. Nice paintjob dude, Are most the reaper miniatures this big?

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  3. Some sick looking zombies mate, love the gore!

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  4. They look great! Could be ex-basketball players, hehe

    I know what you mean by missunderstanding. I could never see whats modern about them.

    Have you ordered the wrong pack or they've sent you the wrong one? If its their mistake, drop them a mail.

    Brummie, if i understand correctly, reaper sells from many different sculptors so that might be this particular sculptor's "problem".

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  5. I have those very same zombies, Adam, but I haven't painted mine yet. You're right they are tall, but they are nicely detailed.

    Regarding your decision to use Sarissa buildings instead of WWG buildings, I can see the sense in that. Building WWG card models is very labour intensive and time consuming. Believe me, I know!

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  6. @Zabadak Yes, these Zeds are high in detail. Very well sculpted.

    @Brummie Thanks. As Mathyoo mentions Reaper uses many different sculptors which results in the scale variations. Their pics online have little pegs on the side for measurements, but even then it can be hard to compare. I also have Reaper's zombie strippers which are about a head shorter than these fellows .


    @Henrys Tat thanks, I think the gore came out far better than usual due to mixing with less black. It all looks brighter.

    @Mathyoo. I already have Victory Forces basketball zombie, heh. When I ordered these zeds there were two sets called urban zombies, and I simply ended up adding the wrong one to my cart. Not a big deal since the will still get use.



    @Vampifan These guys are nicely detailed, aren't they? I recalled like the sculpted eyeballs and teeth.
    If I was certain that by the time I was done with WWG terrain it would look as good as yours I'd probably go through with it. But I've tried and my end result just isn't there. I'll probably make a building here and there, but not enough to fill a board. I just don't enjoy the buolding of card stock terrain.


    Thanks for commenting all!

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  7. Wow those look great! Have a wonderful easter!

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  8. Very nice Adam, these two are a couple of tall bastards are they? they look like they just had a feed, I think you have done really well with the paint side of things.

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  9. Those are very nicely done. I like that shot with the Survivor with the 2 zeds. He looks like he has his work cut out for him.

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  10. Lovely painting and a very justifiable excuse my friend.....

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    1. Thanks Lurker. I have my new Dheneb Stone (no new washers yet though). So I have continued painting.

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  11. My favorite is the zed with the missing eyeball. I see him as a guy at the top of the ladder in Goldman Sachs whose finally gotten his comeuppance.

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    1. It is nice to see that type get their comeuppance, I like it.

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  12. i have this set,yours have a far better paint job than mine, they are a little big, but its nice to mix it up. what happend to their weapons? mine had knives and axes and one had a mask

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    1. I decided to remove their weapons, as the zombies in my gaming, will not be intelligent enough for using weapons.

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  13. So the kid is playing base ball with the eyes of those zombies!? That's why they don't look pleased!

    Great painting job!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  14. Really nice paintjob, great detailing!

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