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Post by kiladecus on Apr 25, 2011 17:36:14 GMT -9
I am excited to get back into the swing of things and plan on contributing to this Hoard. I was thinking I would do a recolor of my Psi-Borg to make it look similar to Big Jim's Nazi Power Armor, and IF anyone would be interested, I would like to do a couple weapon variants and additional poses... any thoughts or requests?
I am REALLY looking forward to the Mutants this Fall, but until then, I will see what I can come up with.
Thank you for your attention.
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Post by nikloveland on Apr 29, 2011 11:36:20 GMT -9
Lol, you really are excited aren't you... April's hoard hasn't even closed yet. I actually want to see what 'Weird War' stuff comes up in May.
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Post by Adam Souza on Apr 29, 2011 19:10:22 GMT -9
I drew these Weid War Zombies a while back. If anyone is interested in coloring them that would be fantastic. I don't have the foggiest idea of how to color zombie flesh.  |
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Post by paladin on Apr 30, 2011 4:44:14 GMT -9
 Those are cool dudes, Adam. Some messed-up limbs, but who cares ! They are zombies, right ? I am tempted to color them. I recognize (from left to right ;D): a British desert trooper (with a map?), Russian (?) Tank crew member, pilot, German Landser, another German bloated master zombie, intelligent-evil-German-rocket-scientist-undead ? Should I use a fitting color scheme for them ? What do you think, Adam ? Edit: apropos zombie flesh colors: a well-tempered measure of grey, blue, green, pale creme and awesome reddish colors will do ;D.
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Post by Adam Souza on Apr 30, 2011 5:25:28 GMT -9
Hey Paladin, thanks !
I'm not much of a history buff, at least not when it comes to uniforms, etc... I googled Weird War Zombies and based my drawing on Zombie Miniatures I thought looked cool.
You were pretty much dead on with all your guesses. The first zombie was actually suppossed to be a delivery guy, but British desert Trooper sounds better ;D
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Post by paladin on Apr 30, 2011 6:10:45 GMT -9
Ok, Adam. Count me in this job. So the "map" of the British is actually an ammunition box or something (or healing kit ;D). I will copy your image and send it to GIMP boot camp. I will have lots of fun for sure. Thanks for your zombie job offer, Adam ;D.
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Post by Sirrob01 on May 2, 2011 23:00:39 GMT -9
Sorry guys I've been really sick for the past 2 weeks with some nasty bug, what was worse I took the time off as a holiday to rest and relax at home and got horribly sick instead... I was going to be finish up feb/march hoards during that time off but instead I got to visit the doctor/sleep and feel like crap  . About all I've done is a little bit of template code work on the laptop :/ I'll finish them off through this week, mostly photographs to go for both. |
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Post by paladin on May 3, 2011 5:23:17 GMT -9
Oh, sorry to hear about your sickness, Sirrob. Damn, vacation + sickness ! Hope, you are fine now. Don't worry about "catching up", we all have plenty of time. You don't have to excuse yourself. We can be glad, that you are doing Jim's job.
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Post by Adam Souza on May 16, 2011 7:52:40 GMT -9
Some WWII Era Pulp Heroes !!  |
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Post by Adam Souza on May 28, 2011 22:02:58 GMT -9
So umm.. World/Wierd War not all that popular huh ?
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Post by Parduz on May 29, 2011 2:11:53 GMT -9
Frankly, i "hate" the theme. I play WWII games, but "weird" WWII gives me a bad feel.... and did'nt click anything like Sci-Fi or high fantasy always do.
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Post by Adam Souza on May 29, 2011 8:15:07 GMT -9
I don't play anything Weird War specific, but those elements fit into Pulp, Super Hero, and Horror settings.
All in all, if Paladin and I get our coloring finished we still have about a dozen figures for this months Horde, and I guess that ain't too shabby.
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Post by josedominguez on May 31, 2011 9:08:14 GMT -9
Not world war, wierd or otherwise, but part of my plan to create a 15mm WFB army  |
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Post by paladin on May 31, 2011 16:08:48 GMT -9
@adam, I am working on the Zombies, but I still need a couple of days (6 figs are alot for my slow technique, damn ... ). Parduz, please, no ethical debate. I know, WWWeird is one of the most trashy subjects of recent gaming - and it might be distasteful in regard to all 55 million people killed in WW2 (especially when painting Zombie Soldiers). But the whole concept is inspired by contemporary propaganda comic classics - so it's not the fault of gamers. They're only using source material, like others use Lovecraft. SciFi and High Fantasy click to you, cause they're "pure" genres. Same to me. But the blood flowing in scifi mass battle or the "racial" rules in alot of Fantasy systems are distasteful either way. jose, cool. Giant Evil Nazi Dragogre Mutant. |
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Post by Parduz on May 31, 2011 22:28:31 GMT -9
Parduz, please, no ethical debate.  I was not talking about anything ethical. The theme don't catch me exactly like any chtulu theme. That's all, and it did not prevent me to appreciate cool figures. |
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Post by josedominguez on Jun 1, 2011 1:07:47 GMT -9
World War Wierd is less of an ethical issue than say 'modern combat'- playing soldiers with models based on people who could be dying in a desert while we are rolling dice. Given time it's possible to find fault with anything |
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Post by Adam Souza on Jun 1, 2011 8:55:00 GMT -9
The Horde themes are merely a suggestion to get creative juices going, with a side benefit of keeping similar models grouped into the same horde.
Nice Dragon Orge Jose !!
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Post by paladin on Jun 1, 2011 11:30:10 GMT -9
Parduz, OK. I've heard some slight ethical understatement in your post, but I certainly heard my own voice then, which is always asking questions like: do you really have to paint Zombie Soldiers ?! (Mother's voice, you know ... ) I like everything Lovecraftian by the way, so I feel quite comfortable with reanimated corpses ;D. I still have the "Scientist"-front and ALL backsides to finish. But this will be a bit quicker than the horrors on the front - I hope ... . jose, yip, I agree !
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Post by stevelortz on Jun 1, 2011 15:52:33 GMT -9
I've been playing board wargames since 1971 (just got a copy of S&T #234, "Lest Darkness Fall: Rome in Crisis" in the mail yesterday), historical miniatures since 1974, and fantasy role-playing games since 1975. My brother and I designed "Panzer Pranks", published by the Chaosium in 1980. I worked for Adventure Games, Inc. back in the early '80s when we published, "Johnny Reb,", "Harpoon" and "The Complete Brigadier."
I've found wargaming current wars interesting from an analytical and training standpoint, but I don't find them fun to play just for the fun of it. Maybe that's just the Viet Nam era veteran in me.
When my brother and I did "Panzer Pranks", it was a parody of Strategy and Tactics' WWII board wargames.
My ideal Wierd WWII game would be infantry and tanks, with an occassional airplane or two, versus dinosaurs as in Star-Spangled War Stories' "The Battle that Time Forgot" series.
Captain America, Sgt. Rock, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, the Haunted Tank... would all be part of the mix. Along with the Red Skull, and our own fictional Japanese mad scientist, Dr. Tofu Innanogin!
One time we did a miniatures game using the excellent Atlantic 1/72 WWII figures. I found some 1/32 Japanese infantry, so we had a scenario we called "Attack of the 10 Foot Japs."
I served (and played wargames) aboard a nuclear powered fast attack submarine, but my favorite naval games were American Civil War ironclad miniature games.
Oh, for the good old days!
Have fun!
Steve
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Post by Adam Souza on Jun 1, 2011 19:10:31 GMT -9
Here's a big robot to fend off the dinosaurs with  UPDATED PICTURE 6/15 |
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Post by hackbarth on Jun 2, 2011 3:56:11 GMT -9
I forgot to put these in the proper thread! These are recolors of a figure from Jared M. Jones (Ronnie Thunderbolts): www.medinnus.com/rt_art/Major Brasil and Major Brasil in WWII uniform. Attachments:
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Post by josedominguez on Jun 2, 2011 4:03:25 GMT -9
 Again, not even remotely world war...... This is a Sepulchral stalker from WFB. THe basic shape of the beast is from one of Ednics excellent cobras. |
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Post by paladin on Jun 2, 2011 14:08:37 GMT -9
 Steve, you are a veteran in any way, gosh ... . I was born, when you started wargaming - and you are just a few years younger than my dad. So I was the Mentzer/BECMI-D&D-kind-of teen in the 80ies. No war here in Germany at that times (but still many Nazis - relaxing in their gardens, enjoying their retirement, eating cakes, drinking coffee and being silent about their pasts). I played with 1/72 soldiers with my friends around the age of 11/12, but we never used rules. Wargaming was (as roleplaying) a very dubious activity in the "pacifist" era of Germany. Parents watched their kids to play only games without guns and tanks. I found that quite boring as a kid, and also not very realistic, reading my history books. My grandfather, serving in WW2, was against wargaming of any kind. He let me feel that. And so, I was the pale, shy kid, scratching my head in front of the gameboxes of ADGs "World in Flames", but never playing it. Today I've got alot of rules and counters on my harddrive, but it still takes alot of time (and skill) to cope with those monster simulations, even with "Vassal"/"Cyberboard". But as I've studied History, I have the life-long dream of integrating academic research and simulation/gaming. Still two different worlds. As though many historians are avid wargamers, they would never confess openly at university. I know, it's somewhat different in the UK (-> "King's College", London) and the US, where simulation is a big part of the military sector. It once was also in Germany. 1939-1944 officers played through the scenarios of the real war at the gametable. In 1945 the gametables were empty. May I ask, Steve, where you have been in Vietnam, or is this question too personal and not appropriate for this forum (then I apologise) ? LOL, 10-foot-Japs, that's D-movie-class for sure. And Dr. Tofu. ;D
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Post by paladin on Jun 2, 2011 14:37:23 GMT -9
@adam, as I said: dynamic mini, best robot so far. Maybe I will try a reskinning of it in the future, if you let me ... I've some neat metallic effect tricks under my belt. I think, they would suit this beast. hackbarth, great. Reminds me of okumart's style. Professional propaganda ;D. jose, your minis are getting better and better. This one is really great. I like the fine details, the textures. You know what ? This critter is exactly Howard/Lovecraft horror, the Serpent Men of old Valusia/Egypt. Perfect. This is 30ies/40ies Pulp at its best ! Boys, I am lazy. Finished the Scientist front today. But I need the next two days to finish the (boring) backs. |
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Post by paladin on Jun 4, 2011 16:23:16 GMT -9
 Puh ... this took me much longer than planned ! Fighting misalignment of fronts/backs the black border is a bit odd and off, at least for the backs. Feet only for serious paper modders ! ;D Adam, I stayed true to your line-art, no correction of perspective/proportions. I found it quite expressive. Hope, you (and others) like it. Tried my best to be on the weird side of horror ... ;D. So we got (from left to right): 1. (British) Desert Ammo Zombie 2. (Russian) Tank Zombie 3. (German) Pilot Zombie 4. Wehrmacht Zombie 1 5. Wehrmacht Zombie 2 6. Dr. Klaus Sturm - Rocket Engineer Zombie Attachments:
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Post by cowboyleland on Jun 4, 2011 16:35:10 GMT -9
truely grim  |
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Post by paladin on Jun 4, 2011 16:40:11 GMT -9
@cowboy, the theme forced me ...  I am tired. 3:40 in the morning here in Germany. Good night ! |
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Post by gilius on Jun 4, 2011 16:53:20 GMT -9
Great looking zombies! The painting resembles some metal miniature painting, impressive.
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Post by paladin on Jun 5, 2011 5:51:08 GMT -9
thanks alot, gilius ! The painting is partly a bit sloppy, but will work for this size. Yes, I am thinking of painting metal figs when painting 2D minis ... .
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Post by Reivaj on Jun 5, 2011 7:24:50 GMT -9
Excelent work Paladin!! ;D I like the color and shades!!. I will be a very variated hoard |
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Those are cool dudes, Adam. Some messed-up limbs, but who cares ! They are zombies, right ? I am tempted to color them.
. About all I've done is a little bit of template code work on the laptop :/
Steve, you are a veteran in any way, gosh ... .
Puh ... this took me much longer than planned !
