Zomtober 2014 is upon us! The rules (as outlined on Brummie's Wargaming Blog and from where I have shamelessly stolen the above image...) are simple. Paint one or more zombie or survivor figures and post the results on your blog by the end of each Sunday in October.
Now, being very busy with the recent arrival of Mr P and my new dad duties, I managed to miss the first deadline. But Simon took into account my new circumstances and very kindly allowed me to join as an official participant nevertheless. Thanks, Simon! So this 'Week 1' post is more about describing what I am going to be aiming for during Week 2!
This seems like a great opportunity to paint some of the figures that came with the Hospital 911 set I got for ATZ after backing the Kickstarter a few months back. As I don't hold myself to be a great painter, I am opting to paint a batch of 15mm figures instead of showing of artistic skill on a couple of 28mm!
So this week, I'm going to get to grips with the hospital staff. Technically the figures are "hospital zombies", but I have plenty of zeds and no doctors, so I have opted to paint them as survivors. Luckily you can't really tell they should be zombies at this scale!
I'm also going to paint couple of police as hospital security. You know what? Google really struggles to give good image results for a search like "USA hospital security uniforms"! So I've decided on a black and white scheme.
When I have finished the hospital staff and a couple of security chaps, I'll be ready for the first couple of scenarios in the Hospital 911 book.
In the meantime, I've put together a checklist of everything I want to paint in scenario order to focus my Zomtober efforts and hopefully stay on track!
Scenario
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Models
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Quant
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Done?
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1,2
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Hospital Staff
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8(?)
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1,2
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Hospital Security
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2
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1,2
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Print and laminate 3rd Floor map
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n/a
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3
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Police Officers
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Min 2
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3
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Gangers
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6(?)
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3
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Print and laminate Underground level 1
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n/a
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4
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Police officer (for elevator surprise)
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1
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5
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SWAT with SMG
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4
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7
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Print and laminate rest of hospital
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n/a
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7
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SWAT with SMG (reinforcements)
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6
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8,9
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Reporter and cameraman
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2
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10,11
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Gangers
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6
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12
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Thief
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1
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13,14
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Firemen
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4
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n/a
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Suzie: Zombie hunter
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1
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Extras
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Zombies
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Loads
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Army
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8+
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Riot Police
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8+
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Convert cars to police cars
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2
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Sounds like a solid plan!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Simon! With a new baby and the inlaws around helping out, I think it will pay off to structure the limited time I have available. We shall see what results this planning yields!
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