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Friday, May 08, 2020

Custom Zombicide Black Plague/Green Horde Marvelfied!!!

Here's another batch of Zombicide Black Plague/Green Horde characters based off of Marvel characters and/or Heroclix figures. This batch is based off of Heroclix figures I have in my collection.

The picture is of a collectible statue, but I use a Heroclix miniature of her for play.

The name comes from the Babylonian land of the dead.

I use the blonde-haired Valkyrie Heroclix figure. The name came from a list of female Norse names.

Once again, using his Heroclix figure. I prefer to use character art than the miniature, but sometimes (like with Aralu, I can't seem to find the right image.

I envision this guy to be an Ogre.

Caiera is skilled with both magic and melee prowess, but is a master of neither.

The Enchantress (Marvel). The name is from the same list of Female Norse names.

I honestly don't remember who this is a figure of (I rebase, all my Heroclix figures that I use in other games).

The red-haired Valkyrie Heroclix figure. Her name is supposedly an old Norse name for a woman. I don't know if that's true or not, but it was too cool of a name to pass up!

The classic comic book Heimdall.

Jafari's figure is the movie Heimdall. I had to give him a new name and a mercenary backstory.

Mavori is based on the movie version of Valkyrie. I don't remember now where I got the name "Mavori" from.

Surprisingly, I couldn't find a good image of Pip that I liked.

There is one DC character in the mix...

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

More Custom Zombicide Black Plague/Green Horde Characters

I've finished up with the images I'm using for my latest batch of new characters, so I actually got a few made these last couple of days. Most are from various Rum & Bones sets.

From Rum & Bones

Bruce Wayne figure from Heroclix

From Rum & Bones

From Mantic's Mars Attacks game.

From Rum & Bones

This is a Heroclix figure. Asgardian Warrior maybe?

From Rum & Bones

I use a Heroclix figure. Felt like he fit the vibe of Black Plague/Green Horde better than classic Zombicide.

From Rum & Bones

From Heroclix

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Fleshing out Your Zombie Horde

I like a wide variety of zombies in my horde. It just looks better, in my opinion. There are a lot of zombie games on the market right now that offer miniatures. Here's a look at some of them. For the sake of this post, I'm going to focus on Modern Zombicide.

First off is Reaper. They have a few minis for modern day zombies. They tend to run ever so slightly larger than your standard Zombicide walker, but the scale is really, really close.

Zombies: Doctor, Nurse, and Patient

Bonnie, Muumuu Zombie

Zombies

The next round of minis are all from various board games. I'm going to go through each game and give a pic for size comparison at the end.

The Walking Dead game from Mantic has some of the best zombie figs out there beside Zombicide. The scale matches up pretty well, but they are beefier looking compared to Zombicide minis, though it's not too off-putting at all. Plus, TWD walkers, or Roamers, tend to have interesting details like missing limbs and a wider range of races compared to Zombicide that look great in a horde.

The Resident Evil 2 board game from Steamforged Games have some great minis as well that match up pretty well with Zombicide. Many of them are cops, and a few are on fire for some interesting details to add to the horde. Plus, there's a Kickstarter coming on 4/28 for Resident Evil 3! Even more zombies!

Last Night on Earth from Flying Frog Productions is a great zombie game. The minis are a little smaller than Zombicide. Plus, the plastic is such that when primed some will continue to feel tacky, but once painted and hit with some dullcoate, that generally goes away. The minis aren't as good as Zombicide, TWD, or RE2, but they aren't bad and it will add some more variety to your horde.

Zpocaylpse from Greenbrier Games has a couple of sets one for just general zombies (Horde in a Box) and one for zombies one could find in a hospital (Zmergency Hospital Horde). The bases are rectangular, but will still fit and be held in Citadels miniatures handle. They are slightly smaller and less beefy than Zombicide minis, but they take to primer well and are generally decent miniatures. I can't speak to the quality of the game or if the base game comes with more minis as I don't own the base game.

Dark Darker Darkest from Queen games has a lot of minis in the box. They are pretty small compared to Zombicide, and are really about as small as I would add to my horde. The small bases are just barely held in regular sized Citadel handle (if that makes any difference to you). Still, they are some good looking minis that can easily be hand-waved as those are adolescent zombies. The only reason I'd pick this up is for the zombies, and even then there are better options. The game isn't nearly as good as any of the others listed here. I was able to get the entire line for cheap at Half Price Books. If it wasn't for that, I likely wouldn't have bothered.

Zombie 15' has some cool figures. They aren't as detailed, but they do look good even though they are a little smaller than Zombicide figures (pretty on par with those from Zpocalypse). It's a fun game as well!

Then there's Zombies!!! from Twilight Creations. This is an older game that sells bags of their zombies for pretty cheap. I like the game, though it is pretty basic, and it hasn't seen much time at the table since LNOE and Zcide were released. The zombie miniatures are far too small, but are surprisingly detailed.

From Left to right: Zombicide, Resident Evil 2, The Walking Dead (Mantic), Last Night on Earth, Dark Darker Darkest, Zpocaplyse, Zombie 15, Zombies!!!

Saturday, February 08, 2020

Custom Zombicide Characters

I've got a ton of miniatures that I've built up over the years from various board games to single figures I've picked up because I thought the sculpt was cool. I'd spend hours painting figures. That all pretty much stopped when my first son was born. I simply didn't have the time or the money to devote to the hobby anymore.

Fast forward a few years, my kids are older, and I pick up the Zombicide board games. Well, whadaya know? I'm right back in again.

I've only recently started painting again, but I've created a slew of characters for minis that I have. The Zombicide games are great for homebrewing characters, and well, just about anything else you want to add to the game. I've had equipment cards printed, added all sorts of new decks, missions, rules to the "classic" Zombicide (Modern-era), but Black Plague is where I've added a lot of characters just because of the glut of fantasy miniatures I have. I'll share a few every so often (at least that's the plan).

I've created characters for all three versions of Zombicide (Modern, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi). For right now, I'm sticking with Fantasy for now, mostly because that's what I'm working on at the moment. Once the 2nd edition of classic Zombicide is shipped (likely next winter), I'll start updating my characters (and many I've downloaded from other creators) to the new dashboard format and rules. Plus I'm still refining my process for generating Zombicide: Invasion characters.

A quick note: Few of these characters have been thoroughly playtested. Balance with other characters hasn't been hashed out. Really, I don't care about balance in Zombicide. I've found that depending on the mission and the cards drawn, some characters will shine in one game and be quick zombie fodder the next. There are some characters that are extremely tough, or make the game easier, and there are some characters that just don't seem quite stout enough, and I'm OK with that. It's all part of the chaotic fun of the game. (At least for me.) Anyway, if you're a balance-hound, know that unless I've messed up skill name or such, I'm not likely going to pay too much heed to complaints of balance.

Another note: These are not my paint jobs of the miniatures posted. Most of the time, I just do a Google image search to find a paint job I like and add it to the card.