Monday, 25 September 2017

Zomtober

"Winter is coming", and so is  Zomtober!
This means posting at least one newly finished zombie or survivor each week on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th of October 2017, so the first job was to check the diary!
Apart from any short-notice gigs that might come in, it's certainly going to be a bit of a challenge, with 15 complete days "on the road" doing long distance runs as far apart as Lothian and Bournemouth, and we're gigging on 3 of the 5 Sundays - Phew!

The next task was to raid the pending pile and sort out some likely candidates for the painting table (and yes, I've already tidied my desk, so I can call it a painting table without too much embarrassment!)
I hope I won't be bending the rules too far, but as you may know from previous posts on the blog, I have zombies (and therefore "survivors") in three different campaigns....... ATZ:FFO zompocalypse, Dragon Rampant fantasy, and a work-in-progress Fear & Faith/ Witchfinder General / Flashing blades 17th Century mash-up project.
I'll be working on all three during the challenge, but to stay as true to the spirit of the challenge as possible, I'll attempt to make sure I include at least one zompoc mini each week!
Returning from the 'Back Bedroom Of Doom', here's my target haul:~

Some Warlord male zombies and bikers on unfinished sprues - zompoc

A dozen Mantic zombies - fantasy

Three Heresy zombies - two  zompoc, one 17thC

Five Black Plague zombies - 17thC
 
and finally Warlord "Stickler Mitchell & Megan" - 17thC 'survivors'
(I say "finally", but as I type, I'm waiting for some stuff from Gringo 40's and I added a couple of zompoc survivors to the cart to 'round up' the order - they'll be added to the queue as soon as they arrive!)

Wedding anniversary today, so I anticipate losing a bit of "prep time", for the sake of matrimonial harmony!!

 Zomtober 2017 blog roll (click blog names for links):

  1.  Eclectic Gentleman Tabletop Gamer - Pulp Citizen
  2.  Brummie's Wargaming Blog - Simon
  3. Four Colour Super Minis - Rob
  4. Fantorical - Blaxkleric
  5. Mike's Random Wargaming Meanderings - Mike C
  6. Saturday Mornings - Ivor Evans
  7. 28mm Victorian Warfare - Michael Awdry
  8. Miniature Mayhem - Terry Silverthorn
  9. ANYTHING BUT A 1! - Clint
  10. Cheaphammer!!! - Kieron
  11. Lead Reckoning - Fred Jackson
  12. da Gobbo's Grotto - Wargaming blog - Andy
  13. Never Mind The Jankers - Roy Williamson
  14. Paintbrush and Superglue - Matt
  15.  Dizbusters Gaming Ephemera  - Phil Curran
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15 comments:

  1. Da Gobbo25 September 2017 at 06:36

    A nice selection of zeds and those survivors look great, particularly the witchfinder general ;-)

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    1. The Wargame Addict25 September 2017 at 10:35

      Cheers Andy, I was originally going to use the challenge as an excuse to get some MORE zeds - I think getting the stalled 17thC project moving again and finishing the Dragon Rampant undead warband off makes a bit more sense ;-)

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  2. pulpcitizen25 September 2017 at 07:29

    Some great choices for Zomtober! :)

    Another added himself to the list last night: Dizbusters Gaming Ephemera - Phil Curran

    And any chance of including my own humble blog? ;)

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    1. The Wargame Addict25 September 2017 at 10:31

      Oops! I copied the list from your blog and deleted my own entry (cos it would be daft to link to my own page) - and didn't realise you'd also not linked yourself.
      Thanks for the nudge and I've corrected the error, and added Phil to the list :-)

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    2. pulpcitizen25 September 2017 at 17:56

      Thanks Wargames Addict. :)

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  3. Zabadak25 September 2017 at 09:10

    Good luck with the tfrgets you've set yourself, I'm sure all the effort will be worth it in the end.

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    1. The Wargame Addict25 September 2017 at 10:41

      Thanks Joe, I'm just really happy to be participating this year instead of just "lurking" as in my pre-blog years :-)

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  4. Vampifan25 September 2017 at 09:32

    I wish you all the best in the challenge, Greg. In my view, you can never have too many zombies.

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    1. The Wargame Addict25 September 2017 at 10:50

      Thankyou Bryan, and I agree - in a zombie apocalypse, a horde wouldn't be a horde if you could count 'em! ;-)

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  5. Blaxkleric25 September 2017 at 11:15

    Great selection, Wargame Addict!! Your postings of these should be a lot of fun, and I'm certainly looking forward to seeing them 'come alive' under your brush :-)

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    1. The Wargame Addict25 September 2017 at 19:19

      Thanks Simon, but I dunno about them 'coming alive' - my brushwork is strictly what might be (laughingly) termed "Gaming Standard" :-)

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  6. Clint26 September 2017 at 09:18

    Got to undercoat a few today..... looking forward to Zomtober.

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    1. The Wargame Addict26 September 2017 at 10:26

      Getting my first "primed suspects" sorted today ready for the racing start at the weekend.
      I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll be posting Clint :-)

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  7. Adventures with Peps10 October 2017 at 23:43

    Only just hearing about this. Is it too late to join the fun?

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    1. The Wargame Addict11 October 2017 at 01:01

      Hiya John - I'm pretty sure there's no hard or fast rules, so why not?!
      I'll add your blog to my copy of the list when I post this Sunday's challenge entry :-)

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