When I painted the most recent batch of Zombies I was impressed by the Gary Morley minis.
These were produced for fourth edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle (1992). They might not be quite the Oldhammer aesthetic, but they are nice minis nevertheless, so I kept an eye out for any more.
While browsing evilbay I found some at a reasonable price, so I've three more to add to the collection, a command set, and what I originally thought was one of the ordinary zombies.
The chap on the left isn't actually a Gary Morley sculpt. In fact it's not even Citadel. I finally IDed it as one of the Marauder Skeletons (MM 50 06/B) sculpted by Aly Morrison. It might technically be a skeleton, but it sure looks like a zombie to me; in fact several of the MM50 skeletons would do as zombies (check them out on Lost Minis Wiki)
It fits in well with the GW look of the time, and it's nice to have another 'martial' zombie.
The two members of the Zombie Command will go nicely with the recent mob, though the standard bearer could paint up as a skeleton, having less flesh on it than the Marauder 'skeleton'.
They're currently all sitting in the Dettol bath and will get added to the painting queue soon.
'bot for Scrapjacks?
And finally, a robot. I found this clanker while clearing through a box of stuff. It one of a handful that I bought back in the 1980s. It's actually a cake decoration, and originally had flexible arms and pincer claws. I bought a few to use in Rogue Trader games, though never got beyond removing the arms.
I'm showing it here because I think it would be ideal as a maintenance bot in Scrapjacks. Sadly, only one isn't really enough. I do have more, somewhere, but probably not another five. And I do wish now that I hadn't removed those pincer arms.
I may paint it up anyway, it should be fun. I might find something suitable to replace the missing arms.
What's Next?
I'm busy painting stuff (as well as rehearsing), Scrapjacks and things for the next Dark Shadows game.
Edit
A Google search shows the following information about the little robot.
Some very nice undead to add to your collection.The standard bearer will be very impressive once you have worked your magic on him.I love the 'bot', I hope you find the other ones with the arms. I must look more carefully at cake decorations.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteThat will be the second standard, I've got a Grenadier one as well (you can find it somewhere here on the blog).
I'll be looking for the rest of the bots. I doubt that I have the 6 that Scrapjacks calls for, and I think they all have the bombs removed. I think I was planning on using them as some sort of walking bomb? It was a lonh time ago.
Good luck with the cake decorations hunt.
Just had a look on ebay for the bots but could not find them.
ReplyDeleteThese came from a baking stall in the old Huddersfield Market Hall.
DeleteA quick look online shows cake decorations these days are mostly paper I think.