Undead Ladies of the Night - Zombie Women from WF

    A horde of zombie women stagger from the gas station where they just made a pit stop for brains...

As mentioned in a previous post, my friend Keith gave me 10 of the Wargames Factory female zombies from their "Zombie Vixens" box. I decided to try to individualize them more than I did with the last batch of male zombies. So, they took a bit longer, but still painted up pretty quickly. Some of the poses were pretty active, so I decided to make them "Fast" zombies, or Runners. This mean re-imagining how I flock them so that it is clear on the tabletop which ones are ordinary zombies and which are fast ones.

    For this batch, I tried to do a bit more to individualize their clothes -- like the patterned dress on right

I prepared them the usual way - Krylon Black Fusion spray followed up by a 50/50 mix of water and acrylic black paint. The skin is a craft paint called "Wild Rice," and for these I decided to go back over it with a second coat to make sure it covered the black primer a bit more thoroughly. I used relatively bright colors, or at least ones that are more vivid. The zombie women are all depicted as relatively young and fit, so I stereotyped and decided they would be dressed more nicely than I have been painting the guys.

    I thought the red and white polka dot halter top & jean shorts worked well on the blonde at right

I also made sure I bloodied this group up a tad more than some of the others. All of the figures seem to be molded with bite wounds either on their legs or somewhere. I also gave most of them bloody hands and mouths, which makes them a bit more horrifying, if you ask me. I gave them a variety of hair colors, including the strawberry blonde on a couple figures. 

    A smiley face shirt and red bikini certainly made these zombies "Runners" different!

For the "Fast zombie" poses, I decided to redo how I flocked them. Since the ordinary zombies use Fine Blended Gray Ballast from Woodland Scenics to replicate asphalt, I felt the Fast zombies needed a different color tone to stand out. I went with a brown dirt look, using sand which had been given a dark brown vehicle wash a couple times. Hopefully, my players can tell them apart easier than what I was doing before. And yes, that mean I went back and re-flocked the previous three "Runners!"

    The zombie in the pink party dress with the missing right hand is a good example of the unique poses

The zombie party girls will get a night on the town when I run Zombie RV for my friends, this evening. I should have six players, and setting out all my zombies made me realize one thing: Unfortunately, I need more zombies! That's okay, as I have several batches in line to join the party. I have two more batches of 10 Wargames Factory male zombies, two more batches of 3-D printed zombies special ordered from JS Wargamer Printing, and a handful of metal figures I culled from the lead pile that will make good "Nasty zombies," I hope. That will also help me correct the disparity in 2024's Miniatures Acquired vs. Miniatures Painted! Zombies paint up easily, and with the next batch, I will be back in the positive range!

    Having picked up (& eaten) any available men at the gas station, the party girls are hitting the streets

Miniature Painting & Purchasing Tally for 2024

• Miniatures acquired in 2024: 149
• Miniatures painted in 2024: 140