As one door closes another opens

Well after basking in the warm afterglow of a completed project it didn't take too long for me to find another windmill to tilt at.

Back in October I went to the Clash of Kings Kings of War tournament having hardly played KoW all year. I didn't expect to do well and was very surprised to come 2nd. As a prize I got a Mantic ogre army set which means I will now be painting up an ogre army for KoW.

I had some ogres from the first Kings of War Kickstarter and I bought a few more models (more warriors, some chariots and some command models) to round out the army and off I set.

After working out a colour scheme I had a complete tidy of my workbench and kept only the paints and paint brushes required for this project. This has speeded things up can cut down the amount of time I usually spend hunting for the right paint and remembering which colours to use.



And here are the first fruits of the project - a units of ogre warriors:-



And a unit of ogre shooters:-



Next up some more warriors and shooters hopefully followed by some more interesting stuff.

Another milestone

And with another flourish of the brush I have completed another four miniatures. Here we have three Britannia Miniatures Somalis and a Russian officer from TAG. The TAG miniature was a freebie when I placed an order with them earlier in the year (they are nice like that). The Somalis date back to the origins of the project in 2004(ish) - I bought them to add some more assault rifles to the criminal gangs but they don't really fit. I'm not sure what I'll do with them but they are painted at least.



These represent a milestone as I have now painted up every last miniature I have purchased for my Officer Down project. That means the project is complete at last ... until I succumb to temptation and buy some more miniatures.

Now to clear a few more things off my work bench and then who knows, Deadzone maybe?

I will survive!

And here are the last of the survivors for "And Stay Down". Well actually some of these will also see use in Officer Down as well. All of these are from Hasslefree, some were recent purchases and others have been awaiting paint for many years.



And another view just because.



It was nice to paint something with a bit more care and attention than the way I did the zombies. A little less haste and a few extra highlights make all the difference.

Next up are the last four miniatures in the queue for Officer Down and then I'm done with the project (until I buy more miniatures for it!).

The end times

That's it - they're done! At last I have finished painting zombies. Here are the last 6 walkers:-



And the 6 crawlers.



And here are all 66 of them in one place for the first time.





And one last shot for luck.



I'm trying to keep up the momentum and have made a start on the remaining Officer Down/And Stay Down miniatures - a mix of survivors, undercover cops etc.

The end is in sight

12 more Zs finished which just leaves 6 walkers and 6 crawlers to complete. The end is nigh!



And whilst I was waiting for some paint to dry I decided to do a couple of colour scheme testers for my Deadzone Plague faction. These were very quick and don't look too bad. I might be able to quickly blast out the rest of the faction at some point.



But I still have more Zs and survivors to finish before then so on with the show.

Is there no end?

Yet more Zs.



No too many left now. Just as well really as I've only just over a month left to go before the big game and I still have some survivors to paint and some rules to write.

Swarming

In an unprecedented burst of speed I have clocked up another 12 zombies.



At this rate I will finish in plenty of time for play testing the "... and stay down" rules.