The Zombicide Black Plague Hoard gathers

 

Smelly. Very smelly.

My Zombicide Black Plague hoard gathers! I've been powering through these and I have to say that using Army Painter's Strong Tone Wash on these miniatures makes all the difference between a crappy paintjob and a more than passable paint job on the table.

I have elected to use a sand base, which I wash in Agrax Earthshade. This has made basing the miniatures extremely quick and looks like the zombies are walking on muddy earth. This has sped up the primer to table time and, as I will be using these for D&D as well as Zombicide, makes the preparing of them for the table much quicker whilst making them blend in with more than just a cobblestone street underfoot.

The paint jobs are fairly simple as well. I use no more than four colours per mini really. Some mini's may get an extra additional painting. But other than that, that's really it. Once washed and then sprayed in anti-shine varnish, I use GW's Citadel Blood for the Bloodgod technical paint for the blood.

I posted about this dude over here before.

So what's with the eye's marker?

The eye markers on the base of the some mini's is for use in D&D. It indicates that the zombie is more lethal than the standard zombie. So it will have more hit points and do more damage. This gives some grades between the types of zombies available, e.g. Walker, Red-eye Walker, Fatty, Red-eye Fatty, Runner, Sprinting Red-eye, etc. Something like that anyway.

This is also reflected on the mini by the zombie's eye's being painted. So the players can, if they are astute enough, work out pretty quickly which zombies to run from.

Now. Enough of that. Back to painting!

Barrage Miniatures Viking Boat also useful for 10mm & 15mm

 

So I posted the other day regarding the Barrage Miniatures Viking Boat being useful for 28mm and using it for my D&D game. One thing I also noticed with the Barrage Miniatures boat was that it would also make a pretty decent Viking Longship for 10mm miniatures. As such, it would also be suitable for 15mm as well. I'll show you what I mean:

It's probably just on the larger size for 10mm, and it would require a piece of dowel rod to make a mast for the ship, but I think it does a decent job of it. The Barrage Miniatures Viking Ship would be too big for this, but their smaller boat is a great price and would be very suitable. If it works for 10mm and 28mm, then it would also suit for 15mm miniatures as well.

Barrage Miniatures Viking Boat for D&D

 

I bought last year some Viking Boats from Barrage Miniatures and recently painted them. These really are beautifully rendered in resin and the lady who now runs Barrage Miniatures was wonderful to deal with. I ended up buying two of the 'Viking Boats' and the 'River Barge' for use in our D&D game. They also make a very nice 'Viking Ship' that is about 1/3 larger than the boat and so would fill the gap of an exploration ship for the player characters.

I'll make another post on this regarding something else I discovered about this boat. So stay tuned.

The Drums of War are beating for Warmaster!

 

I've been planning this battle for some time now, painting and compiling together miniatures and scenery. Getting near now to being ready to play this one. Given the pandemic lockdowns, its going to have to be a solo bash. Still some work to be done, such as painting the rest of the castle. But I will eventually post a Warmaster battle report on this one. For now, this is eye candy. So enjoy!

Chaos vs Medieval (Bretonnian maybe? Still need to decide). Castle walls are by Kallistra. Most figures are GW Warmaster, Pendraken or Kallistra. Roads and river are from eBay. Bridge is from Kallistra. Hill is the old GW Battleboard. Fields are from Hotz mats.