KentG 38/40mm Black plague Zombicide (80 pts)

I’ve been puddling away at my Zombicide minis in between everything 

Else sometimes while waiting for something to dry

Or just for a change, finally got enough gathered for a post

The figures aren’t as good as the minis I normally paint in as the sculpting

But still some of the minis are pretty jolly cool.

Being that I have almost the complete Kickstarter of this with lots 

If add on and I mean lots this will take me years to paint.

Out of this batch these are probably my favourites 

 Ok to the points now I might have it wrong but here we go

Minis are 38to 40mm high

11 @7pts = 77pts

From DaveD . A nice palette cleaner indeed there Kent . Also changing up scale I think helps between regular stuff . As usual your colours pop . The jester type figure is a personal favourite - so I’m making it 80.

From StefanK: Finally Curtgeld... and Thalia (55 Points)

Traditionally my final post of the challenge contains the Curtgeld. So here we go:

Here we have three figures the first of which is Thalia. She is a Zombicide: Black Plague survivor and I guess that any resemblance with Red Sonja is purely occasional:

Anyway I acquired this special kickstarter exclusive figure a while ago with the idea in mind to build a barbarian themed survivor party. Unfortunately we haven't played too much Black Plague since but Thalia remained a figure I wanted to paint anyway.

After our ACW project was done (for the moment...) I thought she might fit into this challenge to give Lady Sarah another female figure to choose from.

As usual for CMon figures Thalia was of great detail and good casting quality. That board game plastic isn't easy to clean but fortunately the figure didn't have too much flashing. As usual I used a choice of Wargames Foundry and Vallejo paints.

On the first picture Thalia is accompanied by the to Uruks I want to give Curt as his well deserved entry fee:

They are from the oldish Games Workshop game but nevertheless nice and characterful figures that show some evil warriors on their way to Amon Hen to hunt down the Fellowship of the Ring.

Since I sold all my LotR figures years ago I asked a friend to have a look at his spares and luckily he discovered these two fellows and supplied them gladly.

Again I used mostly Vallejo paints to bring them to live and I hope you - especially Curt - like my humble work. It was pretty fiddly to work out the skin colour for those Isengard breeds but finally I decided to use a scheme I employed for African skin a while ago.

Finally I based them on 30mm bases and applied a badge displaying the donor and the occasion those figures were given.

Well, that's it then. More or less. My final words shall not be about figures and painting. In fact I want to address our busy and tireless host and his loyal minions:

Many thanks to all of you for making this challenge possible again!

It was a great pleasure to follow all the fine entries and it was an honour to be a humble part of it!

Now spring is coming and summer will follow. But in autumn at the latest I'll keep my eyes open for the roll call for the Xth painting challenge which I'm yearning for already.

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Absolutely brilliant work Stefan. The Not-Red Sonja is terrific and I'm sure she is a brutal character to run in 'Black Plague' (a great game btw - one we actually liked more than Zombiecide). As to the Curtgeld, I can only give my deepest thanks - these two Uruks are wonderful and will have a place of honour amongst the growing warband. Of course the painting is up to your regular high standards, but I also want to give you the big thumbs-up on the bespoke labels - now, that's class! :)

Thanks again Stefan!

- Curt

From SamuliS: Black Plague survivors (30 points)

A total switch in subject with 6 survivors of the Black Plague from the new Zombicide! I had already promised myself not to get any more Zombicide stuff as I already have one whole shelf full of those darn boxes. However when I saw them come out with a fantasy themed version I was almost immediately sold. Seeing some Monty Python and the Holy Grail characters coming in as well as some of the monsters I just had to go all in on their Kickstarter once again...

All the backers received the core game as a christmas gift and to make up for the rest coming 3-4 months late and only sometime in June. The core mechanics stayed the same, but enough has changed to actually improve the Zombicide experience. At least I find this much better than the original seasons.

The sculpts are quite nice, though the plastic does cause some issues. Weapons weren't exactly straight and while I did manage to fix most of them with treatment in boiling water followed by straightening of weapons and dipping in cold water, the knights sword slowly rolled back to the original rolled position after a few hours. As these will really just be board game figures I wanted to keep the paintjob fast and simple. So limiting myself to size 1 brush at the smallest (except for painting the eyes) and only doing a wash and a single highlight I managed to pull these off in a few hours. Nice and simple, and definitely much better looking on the board. I didn't really do any basing as I'm switching them to clear bases when I get an order in. Just some blood and goo splattered on the ground to break the monotonous grey base.

With the two entries out of the way it's back to painting. Though I won't be having too much time for that this weekend with some heavy terrain work taking all my time. A friend of mine bought a house 500 meters from my place and we are tearing down a few walls and building a new kitchen there. With beer and kebabs on offer I figured I'd lend him a hand.  After that I'll have to see about trying to speed up my painting even more to try and reach the 1000 points. It would be embarrassing to miss my goal for the first time in the four editions of the challenge I've taken part in. Though this time I haven't participated in any themed rounds, and it's unlikely that I will. So I guess I can blame the lack of bonus points then if I don't succeed ;)

Great work Samuli.  "I had promised not to get any more..." is a sentiment I myself have often attempted, but I never seem to stick to it myself, glad to see others breaking it as well.  These figures look really interesting, and the results are excellent. Hilarious combination of genres and settings!  The problems with the plastic must have been a bit frustrating, but they don't show in the results.  As for your points total, I'm sure you'll get there...