"18th Century Zombies - a first attempt" Topic

Following on from my earlier thread (in 18th Century Discussion) about figure availability for these I thought I'd follow someones advice and try to adapt available figures.

Here's my first attempt: link

Have some other figures coming so more to follow…

Now how do I adapt British Grenadier Rules for these! :)

Andy

Apologies to the 19th Century guys! Selected the wrong one in the dropdown for crosspost!

No bones about it Andy, you certainly have a taste for it!

Great figure. BTW, the Kitty litter was a nice touch.

Cheers,
Robert
18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.com

Well, he certainly looks creepy enough

Nice cat

Andy,
He looks quite zombiesque indeed!

Perhaps -it may come from the photo itself- his white face is *too white*, some may feel it looking like a clown make-up: then, if he looks 'too clean' you could try to 'dirty' him, to give him a 'freshly unearthed' look. I got sometimes -unwillingly, then- such an effect when I dipped the painted minis in 'clear oak' wood varnish and forgot to eliminate the excess. Now, when attempting to 'weather' model buildings and fortifications, I had surprisingly satisfying results with such an unlikely mixture as home-made prune juice / watery puree of dried prunes, intensively sweetened to 'cling' when dry – then a good coat of airspray varnish to seal it in place…. could be appropriate here?

Call me limited / simplistic but I feel that *to start with* a Colonial setting -preferably somewhere between Nouvelle Orleans and Guyana- is the most 'logical' place to introduce zombies in a Lace Wars campaign. For some reason I guess that 18th C. Voodoo witch-doctors would be less inclined to travel far away than, say, werewolves or some types of vampires. Now, just like some Europeans may have brought back a monstruous beast from their journeys to 'exotic' lands ('Brotherhood of the Wolf' e.g.), one may have brought back a Voodoo zombie maker to 'recruit' in the cemeteries back home. But somehow I'd see this *later* in the campaign.

Regarding rules, a (wider) discussion of the 'weird SYW' topic was launched here: link

Good to see a brother wargamer turning (back?) his attention to tricornes -so much the more as he takes the road to Imagination!

Looking forward for future developments,
cheers,
Jean-Louis
aka Louys de Monte-Cristo
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PS: hopefully many readers of the 'Victorian Sc Fi' board also glance through the '19th C.gallery' one: most of them *would* be interested.

Thanks for the advise re dirtying him up. I'll maybe try some of that when I do the next few. Interesting to see there is other period interest in such dubious activities :)

I always found the giant cats more of a problem than the avergae sized zombie, they are bigger and meaner and generally faster..though they are good on the bed on a cold night

though they are good on the bed on a cold night

Not when they throw up on the bed they're not! :)

Count Belisarius… Interesting to see there is other period interest in such dubious activities :)

Indeed. I am completing a Transylvanian hamlet for my next building project. Inspired by the number of posts on this topic and the nice offerings from several manufacurers, I am feeling unwell at the moment.

Cheers,
Robert
18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.com