I've Been busy painting my latest models for the Walking dead game

Rick Grimmes and his fellow survivors 

Derek and some of his fellow bruisers

A batch of walkers (zombies)

Over recent weeks when I've been able to grab an hour here and there on a evening I have been busy painting all the miniatures I currently have for Mantics walking dead game, this included the expansion pack I bought at York wargames show back in February. The models are really well sculptured and they didn't prove to much of a problem to paint, even for someone like myself who really is just starting out painting models.as I've stated in a previous post I want the look of the models to be vibrant , with bright colours, almost comic like, looking at the models once I'd finished the painting and basing I am very happy with the results, here are the latest models to be painted

                                                        Donna and Jim

                                                  Morgan and his son Duane

                                                         Dale and Allen

                                                                  Liam

                                       Walkers, the Punk and police woman

Aside from painting the miniatures for the game I have been getting stuck into some scenery I purchased from TT combats to use in my games. I purchased a Abandoned apartment block, fast food shop and a filling station. I decided to give the buildings alook of been abandoned for some time by adding scatter flock and tufts to them, I also came up with the idea of the flooring for the buildings, they are self adhesive tiles which I purchased again from the pound shop, the fast food store is black and white tiles where as the abandoned apartment block has a wood lament effect. once again I am happy with the outcome although the gluing side of completing the filling station once again proved a challenge , with me been all fingers and thumbs. I have also finished painting all the scenery from the walking dead booster pack and I have also been doing some alterations to the vehicles I have been picking up from the local pound shop to make them fit in with the surrounding scenery I will be using.

                                       The filling station and police truck

                                     The back of the filling station

                                Abandoned apartment block front

                                                          Fast food store

                                                Complete with a tiled floor

With these new painted models and scenery I had to get a game so I persuaded my dad to venture down mine and have a game. Quite what my dad thought of the game I'm not to sure but he seemed like he had abit of fun, he managed to get Rick bitten but still survived the game and shoot down one of my gang members with his very first shot. Despite by my dads own admission that he didn't have a clue what he was doing he still managed to scavenge the most supplies before the threat level was maxed and win the game, which doesn't say much for my game playing does it 😄

Rick and Jim making a move for the supplies

Derek and Patrick attract the attention of the walkers 

Rick heads for the cover of the filling station as the walkers start to amass around him.

The Walking Dead and a good bit of spending at York VAPNARTAK

Last year in November I purchased the walking dead starter set while at the battleground wargames show and since then I have been busy painting the models and adding some scenery to the game. The game itself is excellent and really good fun, the few games I have ran have all played different although I was using the same characters and scenario, things can get pretty hairy quickly, non more so than my latest game last week when early in the game a turn of a card signalled Pandemonium which escalated the walkers and the threat level alarmingly, if that wasn't enough the following event card signalled the same thing turning the game on its head! 

Rick Grimmes and his son Carl out foraging for supplies. Notice the billboard on the side of the bus stand 😉

Derek (centre) and his side kicks Sandra and Patrick outside the local take away shop. The buildings are all from TT scenics and are really good value for money and are ideal for the purpose of this kind of game

The two gangs set out in search of the loot as the walkers roam the street

All the cars have supplies in them although they may reveal unexpected surprises once searched

A bus stop I purchased, once again from TT scenics 

Derek quickly starts to attract the attention of the walkers as he searches the car

A walker attacks Rick but on their own walkers are not usually to much of a problem to deal with.

Patrick finds himself in a spot of bother as he tries to fend off two walkers with his baseball bat

More walkers enter play as Pandemonium event cards are revealed, Sandra finds herself in a very uncomfortable position  

Rick is swarmed by the walkers and is badly wounded from a bite which has infected him

Patrick is overwhelmed and finds himself returning as a walker

Sandra used her ability to escape from combat and made a dash for the supply box only to attract the attention of a walker who managed to bite Sandra, this bite caused another wound at the end of the turn, turning Sandra into one of the living dead.

By this stage of the game Carl was now testing for his nerve which he kept failing with dramatic effect, he fled into the abandoned building followed by a bunch of walkers, however Rick was just about hanging on in there and after shrugging off the effects of the bite for another turn he was able to move and protect Carl from the attacking walkers. This final move saw the threat level reach maximum ending the game, with Rick and Carl victorious this time as the had scavenged the most supply items, Derek was going home empty handed and without his gang members already plotting his revenge.

I have since added the Days gone bye Atlanta expansion set while at York VAPNARTAK

Wargames Show on Sunday gone which sees the inclusion of a few more characters from the Comic (and tv series) to the game which are already on the painting desk and while I was there I bought a box of the warlord games Zombies as the referenced excellent value for money compared to the mantic zombie booster set which contained the models I already have. I saw the Warlord zombies been used in a excellent participation game of the Walking dead while at the York show, I have copied a picture of the game as I was unsure who it was who displayed the game so if any of my readers attended the show or know which club put the game on could you please let me know as I have a couple of questions about the scenery they used (especially the road system) I didn't get round to asking them on the day. Also at the show I picked up my pre order for my next historical project in the form of 10mm Vikings and Saxons from magister Militum, along with some 10mm Fantsy figures and also from Kalistra some undead cavalry and a unit of knights which I will be using for my blood knights for my Vampires. I also picked up my customary X wing miniture in the form of  the Sabrine tie fighter, I picked up a couple of second hand items for my terminator game, the models were from the Gamesworkshop 40k range, a imperial mortar team which will be ideal for my resistance troops and a necron flying machine which I will use as a terminator flying drone and I also picked up a Humvee vehicle to use for the resistance fighters from Urban Combat. I purchased some 28mm trees for use in the walking dead games and I picked up a new paint brush and a gaming mag, unbelievably I returned home with money in my wallet despite having a really good spend. I thought the show as great, my time there flew by, if I had hung around a little longer I'm sure I would have spent the rest of my money without to many problems 😄

Monday see's the return of the walking dead on Sky fox for the second half of the current series so no doubt I will be influenced into having some more Zombie gamimg fun!

The participation game at York Wargames show, but which club put it on??