This is for Apocalypse Z !! I ran into this game at this year's gen con..where I developed my interest in the "Zombie" hobbies.
It did not cost me much money to produce everything you see in the pictures below.
1. A friend (who does not even play these games) painted a 4 X 6 plywood board in apocalyptic grey burned out city motif. (he is a talented painter ...obviously)
2. Another friend (thanks Fred!) downloaded images from buildings used for terrain building on the internet and used boxes and glue to create most of the buildings , he is very creative (he did the Q-bert arcade machine laying in the street in front of the video store as well!).
3. I used hero clix figures that no one wanted (if you do not know what hero clix is do a simple Google search) these figures can be obtained from eBay for as low as 25 cents each and many could be used as is. I also used zombie figures from reaper miniatures that already come painted. I just added gore and blood and used hero clix bases.
4. I used a $20 worth of paints and glue to repaint the figures, glue on weapons, paint bases etc. The paints I used where: Undercoat black, gunmetal silver, gore red, bright red, camo green, brown, rotting flesh, flesh, blue....that's it.
5. Purchased 1:43 scale and 1:36 scale cars from toys r us.
6.Used terrain I had laying around from other miniature games trees, barrels, debris etc. Games such as 40K. Gunshot, WW2 minis and of course hero clix which formed the base for most of the stuff you see .
Setting: it's about a month after the Zombie apocalypse has started and a few survivors have banded together and are almost out of food. Low on gas and ammunition (and hospital supplies as well) they have decided to raid the out skirts of the city in hopes of finding what they need. The campaign will feature rescue and search missions and any survivors will gain experience.
The city of Hyattsburg Pop 910 (yes it's a nod to the Novel Plague of the Dead)
These are actual recon photo views that I will use in the campaign. Hopefully the survivors (my game group) will plan wisely when I send these via email.The city was shelled by the National Guard before they were over run.
these supplies came with the jeep you see in the pictures . it is form the universal soldier line that can be purchased at toys r us. Everything the survivors can find hidden in the city is pictured below, gas, ammunition, food, hospital supplies, weapons, communication devices (is there anyone left alive???) can all be found.
Zombies burst forth! Everyone familiar with hero clix will notice the figures that have been transformed into zombies. Amazing what a small cutting tool and paint can do. Snip and arm, add rotting flesh paint red, both gore and bright and viola! shambling zombies ready to feast!
taking over main street!
Survivors! I added swords (from other figures) created sledge hammer from bits and so you have: Carlos the bar owner, Sean the body builder , Steve the bank executive and Lila the local bar fly all armed and ready to make a last stand!
more survivors! Added claw hammers, baseball bats and a sword (T-Bone the gang banger was as is and perfect all I had to do was paint the base black). Here you have Phyllis the electric company worker with a claw hammer , Felicia the student with an aluminum baseball bat , Dr Mossberg the local Dentist (armed with a sword from his ancient katana collection) and T-Bone the leader (and last survivor) of the now zombified regional Hell's Angels chapter (his bike ran out of gas and Hyattsburg is where he ended up) . Hero clix fans will notice the work that went into the mods.
Survivor! Joel the gun shop owner on a roof stop ...he still has ammo and food (well food for least for 2 more days) . This is a Shield agent heroclix figure totally repainted.
Other figures that can be used as watchers infantry or SWAT for Apocalypse Z , they came as is and only had to paint the bases black (heroclix).
Jill and Jennifer (former bank tellers who picked up weapons from the dead bank guards) beat back the undead in a ruined building.
Survivors! The last cops on earth trying to siphon gas from that sportscar! (well at least the last ones near Hyattsburg) Heroclix fans will notice a a total transformation of Bullseye. I added a new head and repainted the figure, a cop half dressed with a sub machine gun and big machete.
I will have more pics on Zombie Abominations, Watchers special forces and Zombie Cleansers for Apocalypse Z.
Wow! Nice pics. I like to see cool boards. I'm one of those guys that will place models by how cool it looks opposed to tactics. You want to beat me put a sandbag wall out in the middle of your zombies and I'll place my cops,lol. Thanks again for the pics.
Excellent. I've been trying to figure out how to find graphics, print them out and put them on cardboard buildings, and here you went and did it. Nice.
Morlocks!! Excellent, that's what I'm going to use for Abominations. Not quite the right "size" for a size 2, but I think they really show what a zombie abomination would look like.
I'm going to mod mine further with MG's suggestion of using the legs from a SST warrior bug and putt them on the back.
I didn't think of using AIM figures for the Cleansers (I've been scouring ebay for Horrorclix Scrubber units.
I like the Watcher Infantry. With any Clix figures, a decent wash or dip brings out the shadows on them and enhances their look.
The building behind the Cleanser... what make, model, etc?
Lookin' good! Keep up the good work and post more!
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Have you play tested yet? I love the BE rule set so far and I was thinking of going with just heroes vs zombies in this campaign. Point wise it is easy to figure out but I think heroes suffer by not being able to use their natural ability of not being able to blend in with the other troops and not be targeted specifically.
I think I can balance this by giviing them some free extra hero abilities .
I have not had a chance to play yet. I'm remodeling my condo so gaming time/spce is minimal, one reason I'm trying to get as many pre-paints. But the rains will be here soon, so hopefully I will be able to get my gaming space in order and get my zombie smackdown on. And you'll be posting pictures of your playtests...... Right? :D
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These pics are friggin' awesome!!! The terrain is top notch! You're entirely on the right track with the Clix models. The bulk of my forces are clix. I have picked up some metal figs from various manufacturers so I have some variety and better quality figs (Clix generally aren't as detailed a sculpt as other figs). I also use my official Evo minis. I took some PLA, chopped 'em up, and made zombie soldiers out of 'em!
We'll be playing a game next Thursday at the Time Machine in Manchester, CT and taking a ton of photos. We're going to attempt a Battle Report worthy of Signs & Portents for the October issue. We'd like to ramp up some excitement for the November full release.
Update! Update! The masses cry out for an UPDATE!!!!!!
How'd the game go? Enquiring and undead minds must know!
All right, we had the big game today! It was a lot of fun. I'll post pictures and a full recap this weekend (tired right now). 12 individual hero characters participated against the zombie hordes. The Hero side came up with an interesting game plan and they executed well on it....some of them did not make it back to the farm ..............
Well we played our first scenario of the campaign. We tried out a bunch of "house" hero rules and will share them with Jay in the future before posting anything (still play testing)
The name's I refer to are the hero names of the charcaters and not my game group's real names .
I have a group of 5 players each controlling their own little group of 3 survivors (there is a lot of back story written and there are some role-playing elements). We will be playing once a month for several months as the campaign unfolds. We are play testing all sorts of hero rules to include with Apocalypse Z (not official).
This was s search , rescue , forage scenario with survival being the number one priority. The players chose their deployment zones and their general plan. One player did not participate in the game (the group with the Hell's Angel gang leader T-Bone and his thugs). He deemed it too dangerous and decided to stay back and keep watch at the farmhouse where the survivors have been hiding out (this was written into the campaign and that player actually did not join the first game session).
The survivor's plan was to keep most of the group together and establish a fire zone over looking main street. Frank Tower's group (SWAT , Rookie Cop, and motor cycle policeman) were tasked with getting on the roof of the office building (using the ladder on the building) and establishing a fire zone . Sean's group (construction worker, Aerobics instructor, electrical company repair technician ) and Lila's groups (dentist and comic book store clerk) also deployed in that area and were going to search the ruins of the building under construction as well as the small shops that lined the street.
Carlos Romero's group (The ex marine bar owner with the former bank teller and investment banker) , decided to deploy away from everyone else and use their silent movement trait (taught to them by Carlos) to sneak into town. It worked like a charm and he was able to penetrate half way down the block without incident and even though they heard blood curdling screams and gun fire the group maintained their cool and were able to siphon gas from two park cars. As they went to explore the bank, a former bank teller burst forth and almost made Steve (the investment banker) its lunch. Carlos dispatched the creature with his .44 magnum at point blank range.
Meanwhile the main group was attacked by former construction workers looking for flesh. The battled their way down the back alleys as more more and zombies became attracted to the gun fire. A desperate battle took place where one of the survivors was tragically lost and killed.
Sean's group found ammo (on a guardsman) and Lila's group was in the battle from start to finish and suffered the only casualty.
Frank Towers (former SWAT) had the most kills with his MP5 from the roof top (8 head shot kills). All survivors earned campaign points and most of them survived to fight another day. Enjoy the pics.
As the survivors approach the outskirts they hear gunfire followed by screams. It seems some national guardsman were making a last stand. Zombies feast on the guardsmen.
Former construction workers now turned zombie rise out of the half built building .
The cops establish a fire base on the roof as Billy (the rookie) dispatches two zombies but still can't make it to the ladder.
The first close combat takes place. Phyllis goes hand to hand with a zombie and comes out on top (that claw hammer came in handy)> Sean watches closely ready to use his sledgehammer (D10+1).
As the survivors make their way up the back alley , Zombies have become very interested in all the noise and are now closing in.
Melissa Colbert the former aerobics instructor , with her .357 and her "quick" hero trait (that adds +1 to movement) acts as rear guard for the group.
Dr. Mossberg turns around as a zombie catches up to him and bites him on the shoulder. Too late for Mossberg he goes down fighting and takes the zombie with him. Dr. Mossberg did not rise again as the zombies closed in and devoured him in minutes (we actually developed a game rule for how many zombies might stay on the body to feast). Tragically ,the first survivor is lost in the campaign.
Steve holding the two gas cans fights off a zombie as Carlos closes in with a killing head shot.
Billy gets up on the roof and a short time later gets surprised by a zombie that was able to climb the ladder (very slowly) behind him , the zombie was dispatched and the cops suffered no casualties.
Lila and Felicia attempt to start the Jeep but have no luck, they did find a back pack full of general supplies including food.
Most excellent! I like the concept of a group of heroes rather than just a massed army. It makes for a much more "personalized" game.
Also, if you feel like it, we'd appreciate it if you posted some of the characters and pics on the Mongoose forums. Stuff like this REALLY generates some buzz about a game and we need all the help we can get to pump of the masses for the November launch! We're hoping that there's enough interest in Z for a second run. We here at GoatCentral hope to be able to pay this years taxes and expenses through actual company funds rather than out of pocket like last year ;)
Great job! The photographer really captured some great shots!
