22 Jun 2014

Special zombies!

Panic! Panic! Panic!

I have been painting zombies again! Not just that, I have finally decided to paint some more Mantic plastic zombies conversion. Most of them were done back in the early days of this blog, but as I had no real use for them, they were never painted. Until now!

I used NMRIH book for them as it has those profiles available, but I'm not sure if I'll ever play game using those rules again. The rules really got a lot of stuff covered, but they just don't appeal to me for some reason. I might mention I took photos before I remembered they need some TCR, so that's what's missing!

From left to right we got:
Tongue guy, Howler guy, Bloater guy, Batman guy (not a special zombie :D)


 I have decided to go with pale skin with some purple washes. It's more suitable for vampires than zombies, as it's not rotten, but I really like the effect. To be perfectly honest, I did start by painting rotten flesh on them first, but it got all covered up. As mantic zombies are made for fantasy games, they are all in rags. I decided to go with orange for all of them, saves me trouble of deciding which paint to use and as they are clearly mutated they just might be some unfortunate prisoners, victims of some madman's tests?
 The Tongue was pretty straight forward, I stuck a wire in his mouth, coated it and resculpted lower jaw. I am sure I could do something a tad more elaborate if I would do it again. I'd prefer a more dynamic and a longer tongue, but this works fine for a miniature that's not going out of a drawer anytime soon :D.
Howler's abdominal area was cut and reversed to make him stand upright instead of crouching forward. Back then, I figured his hands look like he is struggling and his muscles are tense - his howls must be very loud!

 Bloater is not at all what I was going for, but he is a bit larger than the others, so I suppose it works. I build it from legs up, so for an early effort it might not even be that bad. I was really reluctant to paint it but it came out okay I suppose.
Batman was the latest conversion of the group, and I really like it. Not much else to say, he is clearly not a real Batman, or he has...err...left himself go somewhat.
 See, had a pint or a cracker too many:

I have to say I quite enjoyed painting those after such a long break from them. I'm now painting another batch while I'm waiting for the guns to arrive before I start proper work on the soldiers.

Thanks for looking,
Mathyoo

16 comments:

  1. I do like the purple wash on the skin tones, I might do the same. It gives them an infected look very niceyl and contrasts against the orange . Nice to see you getting back to some zombies.

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    1. Thanks!
      I am painting some more just now, but I'm trying hard to make the flesh look "rotten" this time :D

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  2. Well done, mate, for getting back to painting your zombies. i can clearly remember when you first showed them on your blog but that was ages ago. Still, at least you've taken the plunge and got them done. I'd love to see them with some TCR on them but even so, they still look suitably creepy. The purple wash works well and so does the orange prison-style clothing. I definitely want to see more of your zombies (no surprise there, huh?).

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    1. Thanks Bryan! It was good to come back to zombies as I forgot how much fun I have painting them - anything works for them! :P

      I'll try to remember to take a photo of them with TCR to show with my next batch.

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  3. Naw, that can't be the real batman! I'm not so sure about the bloater, but I think the others are all just fine.

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    1. Heh, I agree - bloater would need a bit more work. Probably sohuld be twice as size and more like a baloon :P

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  4. It's always good to see your conversions and I like thses, the first two "standard" types a lot more than the bloater and batman (batman ? - ffs).

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    1. Thanks Joe, I can't see what is wrong with batman, though :D. I don't like the bent forward zombies from Mantic and I had to make him at least a bit special :P.

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  5. I love these conversions! Especially Batzombie. And seeing them painted just makes them look that much better!!

    Well done!

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    1. Thanks Johnny! I agree - painting does make EVERYTHING look better, not just zombies :P

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  6. Fantastic paintjobs and conversions mate the tongue guy is my favourite can just imagine his prey surprise as his tongue latches onto a limb and drags them down. Nice work sir!

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    1. Thanks! Yeah, I am sorry I didn't put more effort into it...longer tongue, more "dynamic" pose, maybe some slime - All good ideas :D

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    1. Thanks Phil!
      And if I didn't welcome you yet - welcome to the blog. I hope there's some stuff here that you might like! :)

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  8. Well done Mathyoo, about time too.
    You can never have too many zombies.

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    1. Thank you, thank you. I knew you'd be proud of me! :D

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