"Will Zombies ever infest the haughty ranks of Napoleonics?" Topic

It seems that there is a reluctance of figure designers to foul the bastion of the hobby. Is there any other period that is off limits to zombiefication?

nah……why do you think Nappy had one of his arms inside his jacket….it would have fallen off otherwise……

Mwah-hah-hah!!!! (le brainez, le brainez!!!!)

how about STAR WARS 'zombies'….no, wait…they've already got those…..DARN!

I don't think Zombies care about the color of their buttons…

And what would you call these

Zombie Soldiers in Greatcoats?

alternative-armies.com 's 55508 Zombie Line Infantry

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How would that be different?

Zombies shamble forward relentlessly, disregarding their casualties.

Napoleonic armies shamble forward relentlessly ignoring their casualties. (At least that's how the generals hope they act.)

They already have …

Flintloque, been there done that.

There were a couple Zombie Retreat from Moscow games at this past Cold Wars. One was put on by Greg Priebe, who made the zombies by combining parts from Victrix plastic French and Mantic plastic zombies.

More photos here:
link

Lord forgive me for saying so, but that skirmish above looks like fun.

Wow, I should have guessed there were some out there-this hobby is fully developed.

Look at the Officers bald head in those conditions! Brrr put your hat back on!

Is nothing scared anymore?

Zed now and forever!
VR
James Mattes

"Is nothing scared anymore?"

A Freudian slip?

From TMP, back in 2011: TMP link

F--- NO!

How about midget zombie napoleonics?

Half the people who infest the Napoleonic Discussion Board and get tossed in the can for bad behavior are zombies anyway. You could look it up. It was in all the papers.

midget-teddy-bear-zombie-naps?

"A Freudian slip?"

No, that's just a slip of the non-Freudian kind. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and you mean your mother.

>Is nothing scared anymore?

I don't know what they'll do to the enemy; but, by God, they frighten me…

Playing Empire III through V could turn you into a Zed just waiting for your turn…

Eric

Not to go off O.P, but as far as historical zombies, I'd rather see the following before Napoleonics:

WWII Japanese (yes, Ive seen the ones out!),
Zulus,
Modern Middle East civies…

Isn't there a book series about a zombie plague during the Napoleonic wars.

I forgot to mention Eureka does some called The Napoleon Blownapart set:

Note: The two on the left, and the fourth from the left, are conversions, and not part of the set.

Wasn't Grouchy a Zombie?

Isn't there a book series about a zombie plague during the Napoleonic wars.

There is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Thank you for posting the picture Chris.
The figures will have an official release in the next few months along with some Pride and Prejudice civilains for them to menace.

Nic Eureka Miniatures

Wasn't Grouchy a Zombie?

No, just bad tempered.

Pride and Prejudice civilians?
Good-oh.
Eureka makes the best civilians.

Pride and Prejudice civilians?

Excellente !

Why zombies when there's Russians? ;)

Surely the Flintloque zombies date from the early 90's or before. That would make Napoleonic s one of the first historical eras to include them.

Or Austrians…

Eric

I stand corrected. The Napoleon Blownapart figs are cool.

The Zombie game at Cold Wars 2011 was mine. I had Paul Revere fighting Werewolves at this past Fall-In. Yes. I have a problem :)

If anyone is interested, I do have some how-to pictures from the "zombification" process on the Victrix/Mantic conversions.

@Nic Robson – I was wondering when someone would actually do minis for "Pride and Prejudice & Zombies". Consider them on my buy list! I guess you'll need to do Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter next :)

urvihill
14 Nov 2012 9:53 a.m. PST
"Is nothing scared anymore?"
A Freudian slip?

Ha Ha no just rushing and thinking/typing too fast. Do not know about Napoleonic other than the ones posted here but there are several F&I war Zombie movies and Conquest does Zombie Indians. I would think Zombie rules from any Horse and Musket era would work from flintlock to ACW.

VR
James Mattes

I've run a Sharpe Practice zombie game at a pre-christmas club night – was fun although one french detachment spent the night in the village inn slurping brandy.

Zombies? That would be the death of Napoleonic gaming…..

I'm sure it will rise again.

Boom Boom

@ Inkbiz;

Hear! Hear!

Zombies?!

I imagine that since most zombies appear to be dressed in ratty clothing, have unkempt hair, and bad breath, we would be looking at Napoleon's Army of Italy. You could simply paint their faces an ashen color.

Then of course most zombies seem to walk funny, and one cannot have a zombie in a wheelchair (unless its mandated by Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964), so we might have to throw a few crippled figures (i.e. crutches, colostomy bags) in the mix to show our diversity.

And lets not forget the grunting they all seem to do in order to communicate. A fun rule would force players to belch orders to one another.

Is there zombie cavalry too?

How about zombie artillery, all the wheels and spokes must be broken?

Really this opens up an entire new field. How about Mayan Zombies for the solstice!

Like syphyllis, some gifts just keep on giving…