Horrorclix Prepaints for CotN Fear and Faith

I've finally finished all of the models and terrain for my Fear and Faith and Flying Lead games I'm running at Con of the North.

I will admit, I cheated a bit.  A majority of the figures in the zombie game are Horroclix prepaints.  They are decent looking figures, and there is a great variety.

SWAT zombie, hospital patient zombie, construction zombie, and a police zombie.

Corporate response: Responder, flamethrower and cleaner.

The figures have not been retouched at all.  They were simply removed from their bases, attached to new 25mm bases (either Likto wooden bases or plastic slotted bases) and then based in black ballast.  I choose black ballast for basing as most of my zombie games take place in urban environments and the ballast represents asphalt fairly well. 

Don't worry, the next pictures will be of "real" minis...



Fear and Faith HEPA Members

Here are some pictures of some of the figs making up my HEPA team for the Fear and Faith zombie game I'm running at Con of the North.

Ashlee Campbell from Hasslefree Miniatures

Sadie from Hasslefree Miniatures

Amoy from Hasslefree Miniatures

Mortis from Team Frog Studios

I've added some firepower in the form of two machine pistols from the Warzone line of miniatures.

The pictures of the other HEPA members didn't turn out.  I'll be adding those later.

1/72 WWII Germans

Here are some shots of the Germans that will be used in my Ganesha Games Flying Lead game at Con of the North in February.  I've done a lot more than this, but I will just be using a basic squad for the con game.

These are from an Esci set I picked up for a few dollars at a local hobby shop.  They are now available from Italeri as German Infantry.

MG 34 and assistant.  The assistant was a prone rifleman.  I removed the rifle, and created an ammo can and ammo belt from some green stuff and plasticard.

Commanders.  The "Sergeant" was holding a mine, but I clipped it off.

Standard riflemen.

These models are painted up in early war colors.  The paintjob is pretty basic.  No insignia were painted on this first go through.  Though one day if I feel ambitious enough I will do the helmets and jackets.

Vampires and Vampire Hunters

Here are some pictures of the vampires and vampire hunters I've painted for my Fear and Faith game for Con of the North this February. 

All models are by Blue Moon Manufacturing.  The sculpts are OK.  There are some bad mold lines, and the detail isn't very crisp.  Some of the faces are strange, with little definition and bulging eyes.  That being said I don't know of many manufacturers that make models for this, and they come in nice box sets that give you both sides of a skirmish.  You also get 12 figures for $30 USD or 20 for $40 USD, which to me isn't bad at all.  The figures also come with their own decorative, 25mm bases, which is a nice touch.

Models are from the "You're Such a Pain in the Neck" and "Romanian Civilians" box sets.

I added a pistol from a Games Workshop dwarf sprue to the civilian.

A wicked dagger from a Games Workshop Kroot sprue was added to the woman in the blue dress.

The drunkard was also given a GW dwarf pistol.

The civilian on the left originally held a broom.  It was replaced by an oversized axe from a GW skeleton.

I didn't get horribly creative here.  I'm not too familiar with the dress of the period, so I basically followed the example on the box cover for painting. 

1/72 WWII French

In preparation for Con of the North I've snapped some rough pictures of my 1/72 French partisans.  I absolutely love the soft plastic 1/72 figures for one main reason:  Price. 

These things are cheap. Boxes usually contain around 50 models and can range anywhere from $5.00- $20.00.  It's more figures than you'd even need.  If there's an army or period you'd like to try out but don't want to dump a bunch of money on lead, try out 1/72 first.  The low cost makes you feel better for not spending more time on cleaning, assembling and painting the models.  I don't even bother with mold lines and just give them a base coat and a wash.

The downside is they are soft.  Gun barrels are easily bent, which means paint can chip.  Plus you can't file and trim the mold lines and flash as easily as you can a regular plastic or metal model.  Some people coat them in glue to stiffen them, and use heat and steel wool to clean them, but I don't bother. 

Another downside is a lack of variety.  Some infantry is hard to get in 1/72.  Fortunately every piece of armor and aircraft variant ever made is produced in 1/72 scale.

Here are some pictures of the Caesar 1/72 French partisans I've painted:

An assassin and a demolitions expert.

Guys armed with the MAS 36.

A prisoner and a sailor type with a Sten.

Another sailor and a wounded man in an argyle vest.

A couple of "hoods" with MP 40's.

A hunter/ tracker and French soldier.

A man in fatigues and a farm girl.

Another lovely lady and a man with a Molotov.

Three more Molotov throwers, because you can't have enough.

Most of my 1/72 are based on 1" fender washers.  The first batch I picked up had very large holes and I had to glue discarded tokens and such over the holes to have somewhere to glue the figures to.  My later batches have had very small holes and are thinner to make mounting easier.

I like using the washers because they add needed weight and stability to the figures, plus I can put magnetic sheets in the bottom of my transport boxes for easy, secure storage.

All of these figures were simply primed white, basecoated and given a wash of Citadel Devlen Mud.

The bases were painted black and a layer of tea from bags was glued down.  A flock mix was applied over that.

Somua S35

And again...

And another

The Somua S35 is a Heller 1/72 kit.  I assembled the kit in a normal fashion, cleaning mold lines, flash, etc.  The hull was actually filled with sand and superglue to add some weight to the model. 

Painting is pretty standard stuff, and then another Citadel Mud wash was applied.  A little drybrushed highlight was applied, then some heavy application of weathering pigments were used.  MiG is a prominant brand, but I use something else. 

My Brother's Blog

Being I featured his work here I figured I could put up a link to his blog as well.

http://meatpack-fyyff.blogspot.com/

It's been pretty quiet over there lately.  I'll have to prod him into putting up more of his excellent work.

My Brother's GorkaMorka Truck

I was just looking through some pictures and came across these.  It's a conversion my brother did on a 1/24 scale model kit of a 1971 Dodge Charger.  He uses it as an Ork truck in GorkaMorka.

I'm guessing he was inspired by his 1/1 scale '71 Charger...