Sunday 21 January 2024

Horse of the Apocalypse - War


This funny looking fellow is from an expansion to the Zombicide - Undead or Alive boardgame. Here I've painted it up to look like one of the four horses of The Apocalypse, albeit missing its rider. Sadly, these photos don't really show you the subtlety of the colour transitions from brown to orange. But it gives you an idea of how you can turn your Zombie Abomination Horse into something a little more than just your average Abomination (and there's nothing average about those blighters!).


The inspiration for this one came from be replaying the original Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare again. In the game expansion, John Marston can tame the four Horses of The Apocalypse and I thought that for my games of Last Days - Timelines, this would be a cool miniature zombie to have on the table. It could set zombies alight, like in the video game, or rile them up for greater savagery like, in Zombicide - Undead or Alive.


The Horse of War in Red Dead Redemption is rather dark and muted in its colours and so I was going for that subtle glowing ember's theme with fire around its feet.

All I need now is a John Marston type miniature to be able to ride it :) That would be cool.