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Monday, 13 October 2014

Octzomber

OK I'm, not officially taking part in Zombtober, but coincidentally I was about to start on my next batch of figures, that included these eight zombies. They're are all plastics and are made from a mix of manufacturers' bits and pieces. I'm sure those of you who own any of the plastic zombie figures will be able to recognise their origins.
1st three front

All the bodies I've used are from Mantic zombies (the fantasy ones I believe) and the legs from mostly Wargames Factory zombie sets, though I have included one set of Mantic zombie legs on the female zombie.
It's nothing new of course, I've seen others do similar Frankenstein monsters from different kits.



1st three, boring back view
2nd batch

The heads were an assortment of Wargames Factory, Mantic and Studio Minis, with the single female's head from the W.F. Vixens set.





2nd batch rear view




They do vary in quality and size quite a bit and do look a bit strange on the 'wrong' torsos (as indeed do some of the torsos on the 'wrong' legs).









The final two both look a bit strange for many reasons, (not just the bad photograph).
The left hand zed just looks too animated for me, but it's probably due to the legs I've put him on (the mantic legs are all more squat-like).
The female, well, talking about squatting...

Still it's another eight zombies to add to my ever growing horde, bringing it close to about two hundred now, maybe I should take a head count ?



I'll take this opportunity to welcome my latest follower, Blaxkleric, whose blog Fantorical is well worth a look.
On the subject of blogs, I apologise if you have anything other than a straight-forward comment  box on your blog (atom, google+ etc), I'm very much a technophobe - I'm even reticent about replying when there is a 'captcha' request.
That's it then for this week except to say that as always your comments are both welcomed and appreciated.
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34 comments:

  1. Simon Quinton 13 October 2014 at 07:46

    Nice work Joe :) Any additions to the horde are an excellent thing!

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 08:48

      Thanks Brummie, I think I can truly call my collection of z's a horde now.

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  2. Vampifan13 October 2014 at 08:05

    Your horde must be growing quite considerably now, Joe. Good for you! You can never have too few zombies!

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 08:48

      Thanks Bryan, somewhere in the region of 200 now I think.

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  3. Clint13 October 2014 at 08:14

    They all look good mate great additions

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  4. Blaxkleric13 October 2014 at 08:16

    Many thanks for the shout out. Much appreciated. Some nice Undead additions there. When do we get to see the entire horde together :-)

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 08:50

      I think I may have to re-arrange my storage, maybe then, but when my campaign progresses, there will be a lot in any downtown scenarios.

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  5. Unknown13 October 2014 at 08:29

    Some nice kitbashes there Joe.
    You can get some serious mileage out the various plastics this way.
    As Bryan said you can never have too many zombies.

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 08:51

      Thanks Bob, nothing fancy but they were fairly quick to do/convert, but I won't be in a hurry to do any more (and Bryan is probably on commission).

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  6. Mathyoo13 October 2014 at 10:21

    Ha! Those are hands down the best you've done so far imo. They got a bit of "something" to them. I can't put the finger on it, but they look like a lot of fun.

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 11:16

      As tehy're plastics, they're much easier to knock out in my style of "make-do"
      Rhanks Mattyoo

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  7. Paul W13 October 2014 at 11:04

    You can never have too many zombies! It must be quite a challenge to come up with 200 unique figures. These look great, the poses look very unnatural for a human but spot on for a zombie :-)

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 11:18

      Thanks Paul, all the metal figures are unique to their respective manufacturers, it's just the plastics that are very samey (and of course the interminable amount of "Zombicide" figures around atm.

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  8. Michael Awdry13 October 2014 at 11:56

    Excellent and they are of course truly original.

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 12:27

      Thanks Michael nd \i guess they are original(ish)

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  9. Unknown13 October 2014 at 12:06

    I like these Joe I do agree that the Mantic zombies tend to be too animated for me but on the whole I think you did well with these combinations I even like the female zombie.

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 12:27

      Thanks robert, I think the female is probably my favourite

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  10. lrqan13 October 2014 at 13:56

    Damn fine zeds, pal, and in my favorite medium.

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  11. Nobody66713 October 2014 at 17:23

    Well done conversions! I like the mix of animated and more static poses, it breaks up the look of a horde. Great stuff!

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    1. Zabadak13 October 2014 at 17:27

      Thanks N667, I must admit some of the normal shambling arms-in-front poses can be boring and the more animated zeds do liven a horde up (as do a few armed ones too)

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  12. Hobbyworker13 October 2014 at 19:32

    Nice zombies...

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  13. Zombie Ad14 October 2014 at 05:55

    200! That is epic and the 'mash-ups' look great!

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    1. Zabadak14 October 2014 at 10:14

      Thanks ZA, my best estimate is 220 as of today with approximately 100 to go !

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  14. Shuby6914 October 2014 at 22:56

    Good work. You could make "ragers" with the two last ones.

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    1. Zabadak15 October 2014 at 10:43

      Thanks Shuby, good idea too for identitying ragers

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  15. Unknown15 October 2014 at 02:32

    Lots of good eye candy there!! Over 300!! now that is a horde....

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    1. Zabadak15 October 2014 at 10:45

      Hi Toni, thanks and welcome. I may well get to 300 - someday !

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  16. Spiderweb of History16 October 2014 at 10:04

    Nice work kitbashing! I think they all look great as my personal belief is that zombies should look awkward!

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    1. Zabadak16 October 2014 at 13:13

      Thanks Spider, nothing new and they'll mix in well, animated or not !

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  17. Baconfat28 October 2014 at 17:05

    They look great. Diverse looking zombies are the essence of a good horde.

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    1. Zabadak29 October 2014 at 04:54

      Thanks BC, they were a bit of an afterthiught as I was trying other plastics.

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