Out Patients
I had two zombie miniature related problems. One issue was that the Mantic zombies and ghouls that I owned were going to be hard to make look like modern figures. The second problem was that I didnt have any figures that I had specifically designated for use as fast/rage zombies in games.
I decided to kill two birds with one stone by theming my fast zombies as hospital patients. That way the slightly odd toga like clothing could be painted to feasibly look like hospital gowns. Thematically, the idea that some sort of “cure” administered in a hospital could have backfired and had a negative effect that created a more hyperactive version of the infected works for me. You could call it the “running” out of patients maybe, but Id rather you didnt.
Having recently picked up the Studio Miniatures Big Zombie Deal I also decided to add the patients from Zombie Mob 5 who also fit nicely with my Patient Zero figure from last year. Hopefully the “proper” dead patients lend some authenticity to the Mantic stuff.
In keeping with how I am basing my zombies for gaming, fast zombies have a hex-base, while regular zombies have standard round bases and so on. Just in case anyone is wondering about why the bases vary.
As ever the figures are painted to a decent enough tabletop standard and definitely not as display pieces. This is the first batch. I have a few more batches coming up with similar skin tones but wearing different gowns and the like. There will be twenty eight or so when the sub-project is finished.
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