Mantic Games - 'Hard Plastic' Zombies.

My Deadzone 'Wave 2' models arrived last week and though there were many nice things in there my primary interest was in the plague related goodies...we'll look at the Plague Enforcer and the Plague Striders at some point in the future but for now lets see how the 'Hard Plastic' zombies turned out...

Here's some sprue close-ups showing both sides...

Here are both sides of the legs of which you get five per sprue...

You also get five heads. two of them slot into helmets and three are as is.

You get seven different torsos...

There are two guns on the sprue but one of them slots into a particular torsos rear and the other is being used as a club...there will be more on some of the parts that work as sub assemblies in a moment...

 ...and one wielding a tool...

The legs have an indentation in them that the torsos fit into and the arms also have indentations in them that slot over domed torso sections. This gives a wide variety of pose options and a significant ability to mix and match parts...like so...

...though a few of the parts go together as small sub assemblies...these ones in fact...

Though I suppose you'd like to see some assembled ones....here's a couple of pictures of a group of five. One of the pictures includes the bits I had left over, lol.

Here's a selection of close-ups of completed models but there are many more combination possibilities...

I'm glad these kits are so flexible as I think I need about three units of thirty for my Plague Warpath army...

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.

Deadzone Strider - A Closer Look...

The gentlemen at Titan Games have got hold of a Mantic Games Deadzone Strider (Apparently shops can pledge to Kickstarters as well, lol).

While it was lying around I took some pictures of an assembled version as well as some of the spare parts...this one hasn't been assembled completely as one version (It can be used by Enforcers, Plague or the Rebs) but rather has been primarily built as the corporate version with a few extra touches added from the other available accessories including a Rebs banner piece...

As well as the enclosed cockpit pictured above you also have the option of an open and a smashed version for the Rebs and Plague respectively though there's no reason why you can't swap them about if you wish. There's also three different pilot options so it's obvious that the possibility of an open cockpit with a corporation pilot had occurred to Mantic Games at some point...

The model in the pics has been assembled holding the rifle...

...though there's also a Flamethrower and a Chainsaw available if you prefer...

All in all it's an amazing kit with a lot of detail and a satisfyingly complete set of upgrade options and weapon variants and each version will leave you with a nice pile of spare parts for customisation. He was so keen on the model that he's even put some paint on it...

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.