Sean, I will be getting those! Whether I build with the Metro 2033 theme or not! What scale are they though? Please say 35th.

I have seen it and yes is 1/35th!!

Paul

Yes I just bothered to check Mig's site and they're not to bad price wise.

Just a heads-up.

Tonight on at 10pm (est), H2 (History Channel 2), they are showing "Zombies: A Living History". There's alot of zombie related material, including hypothetical zombie apocalypse scenarios and how society responds.

You know...for research purposes.

Alex i watched that program and it was pretty good ..now not saying i know it all but i was right about the shot gun ..that pro said ,,what you have here is the premier zombie killing weapon ..the shot gun

Oh well makes no never mind to me ,,was a very cool show so i down loaded it cause we didn't get it here

Phill

Yes, because there are professional zombie killers. I hate when people try to say EXACTLY what works for a hypothetical zom-pocalypse. Like the episode of Deadliest Warrior: Zombie Vs. Vampire....that episode just really bugged me.

Either way I did see the ad for that special Alex, couldn't be bothered to watch it though as History has been pretty crappy lately; wish they still played Life After People as frequently as they used to though.

Professional zombie killers they may be BUT anyone who has ever used a shotgun in hunting ( which would be in the tens of thousands + around this world) know how easy it is to use one and my country alone there are at least 50,000 hunters who use them and in the US its a hell of a lot more than that and then there's the police who main long arm is the shotgun,in this type of war and i have experienced the real thing ( not zombie of course ) my first choice is the 12 gauge shotgun.
People in the US would probably go for hand guns and then anything else with a trigger but that is mainly cause handguns there are easy to get ..here its a very different story and the ammo aint that common here but 12 gauge is so different places mean of course different choices ,,i would feel sorry for the people in the UK where its pretty hard to get any gun .

You should have watched that show Christopher ,,had some pretty good things in there and when a scientist says its more than possible for this sort of thing to happen in todays world its pretty damn scarey to be honest .
I know for a fact that many countries around this world have virus's locked in vaults so damn scarey they wished they had never made them ,as a old friend of mine once told me "its super easy to make a virus to kill a million people but a nightmare to try to make a virus to counter react it "
If this did happen ..damn ,,its a whole new world guys and in the end we would probably loose .

Christopher, Z:ALH is one of the better offerings from History of late. I think they actually handled it quite well. It wasn't just the survival scenarios but also the history, social/primal influences of zombies, etc. As far as the professional zombie hunters...none of them actually call themselves that. What they do is look at the scenario and adapt existing survival tactics to them. As several of them mention, the survival skills for many disasters carry over to a theoretical zombie outbreak (and vice versa). If you have two hours to kill I'd recommend watching it, if only being a fan of the genre.

Phill, The shotgun has its strengths and weakness and these vary with the user and the situation they are in. For example, if I'm out in a two-story farmhouse in a field I want a M16 for the range, ammo capacity/weight, fire fatigue factor. If I'm going to clear the farmhouse of it's zombiefied inhabitants/visitors, I'd want the shotgun. A shotgun also gives you a survival hunting ability from small game to deer.

I just saw the notice for this little get together over on the model geek page. I followed the first EOD campaign all the way thru and it looked like a lot of fun. I think that one was done on the scratchbuilders page? Anyway, since everyone one is talking Walking Dead scenario, I think I'll try my hand at a converted tanker truck ala Resident Evil 3/Mad Max 2....in other words, count me in on this one!

Good grief I must be nuts to get in on this one too...

Later

Bruce, Resident Evil....still zombies. Would like to see some 'Las Plagues' figures though? And we've already talked heavily about Mad Max. Will be exciting to see what you do.

Alex, what about that other History show, fairly recent, can't remember the name. It was based around the world becoming over-crowded and the increasingly extreme weather we've been having.

Really enjoyed that show, they managed to have multiple scenarios all within the same story about their character. Alice or Lucy if I remember right.

Bruce ... Welcome to the nut house mate and as always the more the merrier

Looking forward to what ever wacked out machine you can come up with cause i know for sure there is gonna be plenty of those ..hell for my one build i have to build 3 just for the one machine i am building ,,yeah i know ..i'm not normal in the head .

Phill

Phil, I've been thinking of doing my M113 )or a BMP if I decided on doing the Metero theme) and some sort of truck. When we started talking about Mad Max I had the idea to do the fuel truck from The Road Warrior but didn't want to do something in /24th, especially since a lot of those kits are pricey. But when I was at the hobby shop today I saw a 20$ Academy /35th troop transport (don't remember the model). I might just do it for fun seeing as I'll blow through my M113, probably on day one! Only way that won't happen is if, I die. Then nothing else happens. Or two, I go to LA for a concert, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen. So don't think you're so alone on the number of vehicles to do.

Christopher, Revell makes a 1/32 tanker truck. It's a snap together kit but you'd be converting alot of it anyway. I think it usually goes for about $30.
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As far as History Channel...I really don't want to get into that one. Way too much sensationalism and "reality" programming for my tastes. The Zombie show wasn't bad. Had a mix of history, legend/lore, and tapped into the whole zombie apocalypse trend thing. To be honest, I thought they pushed the whole "it could happen" thing too much. They did stress preparedness for disasters though.

I saw this earlier. Thought it interesting...for research.
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Alex, early last year the show Walking Dead 'inspired' the CDC to actually publish a prep list for a zombie apocalypse.

http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/

Though I agree with you on the reality TV thing....really? Cajun Pawnstars? Who's watching that? It's all that's ever on History 1 anymore. And History 2 is just the old programs from the now-defunct History World or whatever it was called.

Christopher, Yeah H2 use to be History International. And yeah, alot of its programming is composed of shows from History's past. You also get alot more variety on H2. History is basically a handful of reality shows replayed throughout the week.

Anyway, I've seen the CDC one. Most of it is common sense preparedness stuff wrapped up in the pop culture trend of zombies. A zombie outbreak is a great stand-in for any number of disaster scenarios. Plus it puts it in more "friendly" terms. It's like the zombie survival fitness programs or the zombie survival groups. It's a bit tongue-in-cheek but serves a purpose. I'm sure there are people that go into it pretty serious though.

The drill in the link is more of a directed scenario involving a VIP extraction. I thought the rationality behind using them was pretty good.

Alex, I agree that the underlying idea of 'standard' disaster scenario training. Though I'm curious how much more money it cost the government for the 'zombie apocalypse' that they bothered with?

Christopher, I don't understand what you are asking. You mean how much it cost for the drills?

The drill was part of a private security firm convention demonstration. It shouldn't have cost the taxpayer anything. The CDC article was pretty minimal in terms of cost, even stating that it wasn't a realistic scenario...basically tapping a popular pop culture trend to promote pretty general disaster preparedness.

If the government staged a full sized zombie outbreak drill I imagine they'd call for volunteers to play zombies. So that would help with costs. I know they have done city-wide disaster drills in the past so those would serve as a general idea for costs.

Alex, I meant how much it would have cost to have a 'zombie disaster' (make-up, the people to apply the make-up, etc.) versus a normal disaster event. I've seen too many reports on irresponsible government spending during 'training' or 'focus group' type stuff. Good point though, they do have volunteers (military urban combat training) but that's small scale compared to what went on this past week.

Christopher, I'd like to see such an response drill, especially if the combat elements weren't in on the zombie parts of it. While the reality of a zombie outbreak is questionable, I could see it as a pretty good test to see how a combat or medical teams respond and adapt to an unexpected situation.

More zombie related stupidity, enjoy it.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html?utm_souce=Crackedoutbrain

Apparently TopGear UK did a apocalypse episode as well. I now wish I had an hour an a half of my time back....

Watched the Top Gear thing last night. I agree, it was a real letdown. The good news is that if you want to see mindless zombies on Top Gear, you can always watch the American version.

I HATE those American car show host zombies, HATE........

Just one month to go is everyone ready?

Paul

I have several times had the kit out, ready to start...
But then that idea would be used... So instead I have buried my self in work

i am so so so in!!!!!! man this beats working on that boring ass sherman all winter hahah sorry guys.. lol but this is what i call kick ass fun modeling .. oh yeah i am also a profesional race car driverand a amateur tattoo artist. *(Reese bobby)

ANYWAY LET'S KILL SOME ZOMBIES!!!!