Zombicide! Fatty (Painted Zombies: Fat Zombies I)

Hello all,
Continuing with the minis from the game Zombicide! we turn to the Fatties. These are the bigger and badder type of zombies that will cause survivors some difficulties, especially early on. So do the minis represent this increased level of trouble? My verdict comes after the pictures :-).

 

First of a 'family' picture of the four identical Fatties that come in each tray of minis. 

 

 And in pairs - these are without flash, not sure if they work.

And some with flash - which do you prefer?

Verdict: They certainly are big, scary, and intimidating. They remind of the possessed butcher from Diabolo (who scared the shits out of me the first time he spawned). So yes they do fit their role.
And as was the case with the Abomination, these also have weird details. The tool belt is a nice touch (it appears they enjoy eating certain types of meat...) but the gas mask around their necks is a bit undefined and just weird.
Also, considering that these are the most difficult type of Zombie (Abomniations aside), a bit of diversity would have been nice - i.e. two types would have been perfect.
All in all, they are great minis that could be used in many games (with a bit of work they would be excellent Nurgle type minis) that also look great on the Zombicide! game board.



Zombicide! Information:The zombies are divided into four classes; Walkers (your average slow moving, easy to kill zombie although they spawn by the million), Runners (quick and semi intelligent, most likely candidate to destroy your Survivor), Fatties (Huge bloated master zombies - hard to kill at first but halfway through the game you'll fear the runners more) and finally the Abomination (the super-zombie-tank-destroyer-type zombie).
In each tray there is two types of Runner (8 total), five different models of Walker (20 total) and one fatty (4 copies) so each tray holds 32 zombies, while the abomination gets his own little tray - he would probably just eat the other zombies otherwise. (So I got 96 zombies, two Abominations and nine survivors in the initial Kickstarter pack - that's a lot of zombies!).

Stay tuned for the rest of the zombies!

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide! Guest Star Zombies

Hello all,
In order to get the Zombies painted I needed to make sure my two boys weren't destroying the house while I was painting. So why not let them paint some of the hundreds of zombies available?
These two zombies were the result. Not too bad, and they will count as painted zombies :-).

My eight year old son's zombie is the runner on the left:

And my 4 year old's is the bloody walker on the right:

Plenty of blood, if nothing else :-).

More (real) zombie paint jobs coming soon.


All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide! Abomination 1 (Painted Zombies)

Hello all,
Another of the Zombies from Zombicide! This time it is one of those insane Abominations. This guy hits like a wrecking ball and will only die when you smash him over the head with a molotov cocktail.
So does the mini convey this utter bad ass character?

To be honest, yes he does look bad ass, and will scare all survivors not presently toting a cocktail of doom into the fartest corner of the city. His head is about the size of a 10mm mini...
A great mini, fun to paint and there is quite a few weird details on him. Apart fromt he obvious spikes protruding from his oversized body, he has a small camera around his neck.. A camera? I guess they meant this to indicate something of what he was up to before become the ultimate tank-zombie, but why a tourist? But it was fun to imagine him as a fat German on holidays who got a bit too close to whatever caused the outbreak of zombification.

Good fun, and can't wait to paint another!

The zombies are divided into four classes; Walkers (your average slow moving, easy to kill zombie although they spawn by the million), Runners (quick and semi intelligent, most likely candidate to destroy your Survivor), Fatties (Huge bloated master zombies - hard to kill at first but halfway through the game you'll fear the runners more) and finally the Abomination (the super-zombie-tank-destroyer-type zombie).
In each tray there is two types of Runner (8 total), five different models of Walker (20 total) and one fatty (4 copies) so each tray holds 32 zombies, while the abomination gets his own little tray - he would probably just eat the other zombies otherwise. (So I got 96 zombies, two Abominations and nine survivors in the initial Kickstarter pack - that's a lot of zombies!).

Stay tuned for the rest of the zombies!

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide! Average Joe Zombie (Painted Walkers III)

Hello all,
Another of the Zombies from Zombicide! This time its a Walker type, one I have named 'Average Joe', as he looks, well, average :-).
Wearing jeans and an undershirt, he is quite unremarkable but serves as a great generic zombie.

Pros and cons:
The easiest of the lot to paint - few details and unproblematic pose. Very Zombie-like and easy to do in plenty of variations.
He is a bit on the boring side, and his left hand must have been bitten by some other zombie as there is a lot of detail missing.
A very 'average' zombie :-).

The zombies are divided into four classes; Walkers (your average slow moving, easy to kill zombie although they spawn by the million), Runners (quick and semi intelligent, most likely candidate to destroy your Survivor), Fatties (Huge bloated master zombies - hard to kill at first but halfway through the game you'll fear the runners more) and finally the Abomination (the super-zombie-tank-destroyer-type zombie).
In each tray there is two types of Runner (8 total), five different models of Walker (20 total) and one fatty (4 copies) so each tray holds 32 zombies, while the abomination gets his own little tray - he would probably just eat the other zombies otherwise. (So I got 96 zombies, two Abominations and nine survivors in the initial Kickstarter pack - that's a lot of zombies!).

Stay tuned for the rest of the zombies!

All the best,
Kasper

Zombicide! Ipod Zombie (Painted Runners I)

Hello all,
More Zombies! And this time its those feared Runners - double the speed of normal Walkers, these zombies will get their Brainzzz much faster and thereby spell the destruction of your Survivors.
Although a very quick paint job they did turn out quite intimidating:

 Although I'm not that much of a fan of quick zombies these are scary Zombies!

Pros: Great mini - looks intimidating and scary. Fun painting - good details, little flash and no unidentifiable details. The Ipad (which I for some time thought was a stethoscope...) is a fun detail which makes them very modern,a s do the running fear. Great face (if you can describe the brainhunger as great).
Cons: Nothing really negative - perhaps the Ipad is a bit weird, especially as you need to turn the mini around to figure out what the weird wire is. Not liking the tab under  the raised foot, but in realit you do not really notice it.
All in all a great mini that looks the part it plays in the game. Also, you should paint the runners first, it is really important to be able to identify these quickly in the game,

The zombies are divided into four classes; Walkers (your average slow moving, easy to kill zombie although they spawn by the million), Runners (quick and semi intelligent, most likely candidate to destroy your Survivor), Fatties (Huge bloated master zombies - hard to kill at first but halfway through the game you'll fear the runners more) and finally the Abomination (the super-zombie-tank-destroyer-thingie).
In each tray there is two types of Runner (8 total), five different models of Walker (20 total) and one fatty (4 copies) so each tray holds 32 zombies, while the abomination gets his own little tray - he would probably just eat the other zombies otherwise. (So I got 96 zombies, two Abominations and nine survivors in the initial Kickstarter pack - that's a lot of zombies!).

Stay tuned for the rest of the zombies!

All the best,
Kasper