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End of Days 2 Campaign
zontar
Joined: August 27, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 07:08 PM UTC
Read through EOD 1 and the pre-EOD threads. Some great zombie killing fun going on there. I've also ordered a couple of books to set the mood up. Really looking forward to this campaign.
Happy Modeling, -zon
Happy Modeling, -zon
PantherF
Joined: June 10, 2005
KitMaker: 6,188 posts
Armorama: 5,960 posts
Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 08:58 PM UTC
Well, I'm coming up with nothing. A total blank
as I guess I am too structured and have no imagination so I won't be joining up.
Sorry.
~ Jeff
as I guess I am too structured and have no imagination so I won't be joining up.
Sorry.
~ Jeff
retiredyank
Joined: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 10:26 PM UTC
I'm in. I have a "what if" that I can't wait to start. Think quad 50 meets Pz.III with a couple of rockets for fun.
1967er
Joined: March 12, 2012
KitMaker: 224 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 11:14 PM UTC
Hi folks,
as an addict of anything related to post-apocalyptic, zombie-whatever I read your announcement with large interest.
Independent of any campaign I have finished my zombiehunter diorama recently (and posted here in the diorama part of the forum).
I would like to take part at this campaign.
What do I have to do (except building something interesting )?
It's my first time ever to take part at such a campaign, so I need a little bit input first
Thank you in advance and best regards
Thomas
as an addict of anything related to post-apocalyptic, zombie-whatever I read your announcement with large interest.
Independent of any campaign I have finished my zombiehunter diorama recently (and posted here in the diorama part of the forum).
I would like to take part at this campaign.
What do I have to do (except building something interesting )?
It's my first time ever to take part at such a campaign, so I need a little bit input first
Thank you in advance and best regards
Thomas
WARDUKWNZ
Joined: June 01, 2011
KitMaker: 1,716 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 11:43 PM UTC
Jeff ,, Dude sorry to read that you aint going to join us but i would be happy enough if you would keep looking in and seeing what us nutters are up too 
and ya never know but doing that could give you some ideas 
Matt ,, Big welcome to ya buddy not being able to wait is my prime source of suffering right now for me too ..got a What if i want to build too for this and the What if campaign ..damn time should move faster some days 
Thomas ,, Mate ,,Welcome to this campaign to you too
,,,What do I have to do (except building something interesting )?,,, Well dude anything you want ..the rules are simple as hell ..there is only one thing which can't be built as the main model which is a aircraft ,,other than that your fee to build what ever you want .
Nobody has to do anything ,there is no rules as to what wheeled or tracked vehicle you can build and i saw your dio ,,very cool man ,,very cool indeed
Phill
and ya never know but doing that could give you some ideas Matt ,, Big welcome to ya buddy
not being able to wait is my prime source of suffering right now for me too ..got a What if i want to build too for this and the What if campaign ..damn time should move faster some days Thomas ,, Mate ,,Welcome to this campaign to you too
,,,What do I have to do (except building something interesting )?,,, Well dude anything you want ..the rules are simple as hell ..there is only one thing which can't be built as the main model which is a aircraft ,,other than that your fee to build what ever you want .
Nobody has to do anything ,there is no rules as to what wheeled or tracked vehicle you can build and i saw your dio ,,very cool man ,,very cool indeed
Phill
Whiskey_1
Joined: November 22, 2008
KitMaker: 279 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 11:49 PM UTC
I`ll join too. Thinking along the lines of a Revell Unimog with some hardox steel armor, a few 240`s and a M134 on there next to the MG3.
1967er
Joined: March 12, 2012
KitMaker: 224 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 08:37 AM UTC
Thanks for your explanations.
I'll join EOD-2.
Definitely.
and EOD-3 (just in case).
To be honest, I just started working on a diorama that fits into this campaign.
Hmmm - I suppose any diorama or model that I build has something to do with that kind of szenario.
Some pictures of an older diorama:
and even some more in my gallery:
Gallery
Cheers
Thomas
I'll join EOD-2.
Definitely.
and EOD-3 (just in case).
To be honest, I just started working on a diorama that fits into this campaign.
Hmmm - I suppose any diorama or model that I build has something to do with that kind of szenario.
Some pictures of an older diorama:
and even some more in my gallery:
Gallery
Cheers
Thomas
tanknick22
Joined: February 19, 2009
KitMaker: 1,139 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 09:38 AM UTC
how about for end of days post nuclear war?
zontar
Joined: August 27, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 07:32 PM UTC
Thomas: you also need to enlist in the campaign by clicking on the CAMPAIGNS tab, scrolling down to the End of Days 2 campaign and clicking that. It will tell you the rules and Start / Finish dates and give you a button to enlist.
Welcome aboard. Your work will fit right in.
Happy Modeling, -zon
Welcome aboard. Your work will fit right in.
Happy Modeling, -zon
35th-scale
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 07:38 PM UTC
I don't think we should restrict it to just post nulear war. While that sceanario would fit with the campaign a lot (myself included) seem to be going down the road of a zombie apocalypse which allows for more expression of artistic licence 
I'll use a HB Landrover as the base and we'll see how far overboard I go from there.
Nice dio Thomas and welcome to the campaign
I'll use a HB Landrover as the base and we'll see how far overboard I go from there.
Nice dio Thomas and welcome to the campaign
WARDUKWNZ
Joined: June 01, 2011
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 08:26 PM UTC
Evening guys ..I see some chatting about a post nuclear war for the campaign .. Sean M is dead right ..this is a campaign where expression of artistic license is the main goal .. the main reason we choose the zombie side of things is dew to the fact that they are ten times more dangerous than the aftermath of a nuclear war .
Once the bang has happened and the radioactivity is down to a livable level then its just rebuilding,nothing hard there and nothing all that nasty ..but when it comes to zombies those things are pretty much forever .
Here's a little math for you guys ,, if you live in say California and you live thru the first outbreak within the space of a one day you will be out numbered 2500 to 1 and it only gets worse form there .
So we build machines to be able to protect us,get supplies and move thru large groups of them and without slowing down .
Its a simple matter that even after 50 yrs zombies will still be around ..these vehicles we build helps to guarantee that we will be too .
Phill
Once the bang has happened and the radioactivity is down to a livable level then its just rebuilding,nothing hard there and nothing all that nasty ..but when it comes to zombies those things are pretty much forever .
Here's a little math for you guys ,, if you live in say California and you live thru the first outbreak within the space of a one day you will be out numbered 2500 to 1 and it only gets worse form there .
So we build machines to be able to protect us,get supplies and move thru large groups of them and without slowing down .
Its a simple matter that even after 50 yrs zombies will still be around ..these vehicles we build helps to guarantee that we will be too .
Phill
hofpig
Joined: March 04, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 09:01 PM UTC
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I'll use a HB Landrover as the base and we'll see how far overboard I go from there.
Nice dio Thomas and welcome to the campaign
Hey Sean, another Landy??? LOL I was thinking of using a WMIK myself, but the truth is I still have no idea what to do yet!!
Thomas,
that is a lovely bit of work, fits the idea perfectly!
Paul
miniman11
Joined: March 07, 2012
KitMaker: 164 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 09:07 PM UTC
Would i be able to use a military vechicle as a base kit eg a humvee and then add say a mine plough from another kit or does iy have to be scratch built as i have many ideas in mind for things to put on a humvee.
I love the idea of this campaign anything 2 do qith zimbies
Cheers luca
I love the idea of this campaign anything 2 do qith zimbies
Cheers luca
WARDUKWNZ
Joined: June 01, 2011
KitMaker: 1,716 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 09:14 PM UTC
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Would i be able to use a military vechicle as a base kit eg a humvee and then add say a mine plough from another kit or does iy have to be scratch built as i have many ideas in mind for things to put on a humvee.
I love the idea of this campaign anything 2 do qith zimbies
Cheers luca
Luca ,, Dude thats not a problem .. I said in a earlier post that you can use a military vehicle as the base of your model cause its past owners are more concerned with now biting people ,,hey you found it abandoned on the side of the road and you got it going and drove it back to base ..then modified it for best protection ..there ya go matey ..all sorted
Phill
miniman11
Joined: March 07, 2012
KitMaker: 164 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 09:21 PM UTC
Thanks phil
Know i have an idea i just need to think of a way to convince my mum to let me have the kits i need
Cheers luca
Know i have an idea i just need to think of a way to convince my mum to let me have the kits i need
Cheers luca
35th-scale
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
Armorama: 2,807 posts
Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 02:57 AM UTC
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.... the main reason we choose the zombie side of things is dew to the fact that they are ten times more dangerous than the aftermath of a nuclear war
Sorry Phill, just to clarify for others, does it have to be someting for a zombie realm? I didn't think it should be restricted to post-nuclear, but I don't think we should restrict to zombie hoards either. Post-nuclear-anti-brigand
patrol vehicle, post-polar-shift cars adapted for artic conditions in a build-up area (spiked wheels would be good on the z's too). How about something from a future episode of Falling Skies where they incorporate alien 
weapons on their pick-ups? So many ways end-of-days could arrive....imagination & fun should be the only requirements for the campaign. In my humble opinion. And after all that I'll still do Z-proof LR!
hofpig
Joined: March 04, 2007
KitMaker: 1,330 posts
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Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 03:12 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted Text.... the main reason we choose the zombie side of things is dew to the fact that they are ten times more dangerous than the aftermath of a nuclear war
Sorry Phill, just to clarify for others, does it have to be someting for a zombie realm? I didn't think it should be restricted to post-nuclear, but I don't think we should restrict to zombie hoards either. Post-nuclear-anti-brigand
And after all that I'll still do Z-proof LR!
I love the Idea of a Zombie invasion but I have to agree with Sean, your imagination is somewhat infinite so maybe we should expand it a little?? After all I seem to remember the original EOD campaign brief covered ANY apocalyptic event. Look at Mad Max and the like (yes even Waterworld) for inspiration.
But when all's said and done Phil has the last word and I am going to stick to the Zombies anyway.
Paul
1721Lancers
Joined: March 21, 2012
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Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 06:33 AM UTC
Hello everyone,
after all that you guys I´m sticking with the Zombies, I said a chopper tank, and thats whats coming. You just can´t drive an armoured vehicle around and shoot Zombies with a "one shot, one kill through the head" with 120mm main gun.
So my build is going to be strange to say the least.
@Phill. at what time can we add the storyline, when the build starts or maybe now
Paul
after all that you guys I´m sticking with the Zombies, I said a chopper tank, and thats whats coming. You just can´t drive an armoured vehicle around and shoot Zombies with a "one shot, one kill through the head" with 120mm main gun.
So my build is going to be strange to say the least.
@Phill. at what time can we add the storyline, when the build starts or maybe now
Paul
Nito74
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
Armorama: 4,727 posts
Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 08:07 AM UTC
I'm thinking of a M 977 HEMTT Gun truck, in an urban fighting style, ready to kick some zombies... a dozer blade, some cage armour, spiked wheels (MadMax style)
WARDUKWNZ
Joined: June 01, 2011
KitMaker: 1,716 posts
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Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 10:30 AM UTC
Hey ya boys .. Ok lets get one thing cleared up ,, YOU do not JUST have to build a zombie wacker ,,you can build anything which works in the EOD style of things ..zombie ,,post nuclear war ,,anything and everything
I just go with the zombies cause its what i know and enjoy building but cause of that it don't mean everybody else has to as well .
So there ya go ,, all cleared up ..build what you want to build
Sean ,, Dude you got some great ideas there and i suggest you go with them all ..everything you listed there will work and that list will give other blokes ideas too ,,nice one matey
Paul A ,, Oh mate use what ever inspiration you need to build ,,there is no restrictions on what you can use of course ,,hell when you see what i'm building you will know that to be true
Paul B ,, Mate If you want to do your back story then that would be cool but i think it would be better if we start doing those stories closer to when we start cause if minds get changed then the stories won't be any good and it gives you more time to think up a good one
Phill
.. Ok lets get one thing cleared up ,, YOU do not JUST have to build a zombie wacker ,,you can build anything which works in the EOD style of things ..zombie ,,post nuclear war ,,anything and everything I just go with the zombies cause its what i know and enjoy building but cause of that it don't mean everybody else has to as well .
So there ya go ,, all cleared up ..build what you want to build
Sean ,, Dude you got some great ideas there and i suggest you go with them all
..everything you listed there will work and that list will give other blokes ideas too ,,nice one matey Paul A ,, Oh mate use what ever inspiration you need to build ,,there is no restrictions on what you can use of course ,,hell when you see what i'm building you will know that to be true
Paul B ,, Mate If you want to do your back story then that would be cool but i think it would be better if we start doing those stories closer to when we start cause if minds get changed then the stories won't be any good and it gives you more time to think up a good one
Phill
Bluestab
Joined: December 03, 2009
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Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 02:00 PM UTC
There really are alot of options available. You could go with the dedicated End of Days scenario with the religious undertones...even the build up to the Battle of Armageddon. You could go with a play off Nazi Germany's Occult following. Say fanatical Nazis create zombie soldiers or open a portal to Heck. The Allies and more level-headed Germans must band together to try to stop them ever-growing horde. It sets up as a Mutant Chronicles type scenario.
Some other ideas could include a smaller scale bunker where a few survivors are trying to ride out the zombie storm. Or maybe something a little less sophisticated like a group of survivors hiding out in a boarded up building, surrounded by zombies. Maybe government (or corporate) forces trying to fight the zombies or trying to capture samples for experiments. Trumpeter's PMC figures would work well here. Or say they are evacuating key doctors, maybe he has the cure. You could go post-EOD to where the survivors have reverted to using horses and melee and missile weapons after the fuel runs out. Ammo is a valued commodity
I'm sure I'm only scratching the surface.
Some other ideas could include a smaller scale bunker where a few survivors are trying to ride out the zombie storm. Or maybe something a little less sophisticated like a group of survivors hiding out in a boarded up building, surrounded by zombies. Maybe government (or corporate) forces trying to fight the zombies or trying to capture samples for experiments. Trumpeter's PMC figures would work well here. Or say they are evacuating key doctors, maybe he has the cure. You could go post-EOD to where the survivors have reverted to using horses and melee and missile weapons after the fuel runs out. Ammo is a valued commodity
I'm sure I'm only scratching the surface.
WARDUKWNZ
Joined: June 01, 2011
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Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 02:38 PM UTC
Alex i was sitting here reading what you wrote and the only thing which came to mind over your first idea was one massive diorama showing a part of the Battle of Armageddon.
The work would be out of this world but damn dude it would be something amazing to build .
Trust me i have been thinking this over
I think one of the reasons why alot of guys go for the zombie thing is that in the age of things WW2 was to early for the world to be over taken by dead heads ..now we have the ability to make a virus which would cause this sort of catastrophe and it just seems to make more sense to people i think .
The German angle is bang on the money with some of the stories we have heard of what they tried to get up to so this sort of supernatural army works ,,almost like a Chaos army from Warhammer 40K ,not something you want to run into on a dark night thats for sure
I am enjoying this forum a hell of alot with all the ideas and opinions you guys are having ..at the end of the day it will just make this campaign all the better
So here is a order from the campaign leader .. KEEP THEM COMING!!!
Phill
The work would be out of this world but damn dude it would be something amazing to build .
Trust me i have been thinking this over
I think one of the reasons why alot of guys go for the zombie thing is that in the age of things WW2 was to early for the world to be over taken by dead heads ..now we have the ability to make a virus which would cause this sort of catastrophe and it just seems to make more sense to people i think .
The German angle is bang on the money with some of the stories we have heard of what they tried to get up to so this sort of supernatural army works ,,almost like a Chaos army from Warhammer 40K ,not something you want to run into on a dark night thats for sure
I am enjoying this forum a hell of alot with all the ideas and opinions you guys are having ..at the end of the day it will just make this campaign all the better
So here is a order from the campaign leader .. KEEP THEM COMING!!!
Phill
Bluestab
Joined: December 03, 2009
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Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 06:00 PM UTC
More ideas huh? Soem of these are a bit darker.
Instead of depicting a vehicle to defend or to go out and scavenge...make a raider vehicle. Desperate time can make even a good man...well desperate.
The Four Horsemen. Imagine them riding down a modern urban scene. For that matter any scene from Revelations. Put the imagery in a modern context.
How about the going ancient history with the Dark Ages or the Black Death. Maybe tweak the story so that its a zombie outbreak. Imagine knights and sword wielding warriors fighting off zombies. Or apply the idea on a larger scene through a smaller scale. Can you imagine a Roman Legion squared up against a zombie horde?
Other vehicles to think about using.
Revell has a 1/32 Tractor trailer rig. Think of it as a rolling fortress.
Or even a LVTP-7, another mobile and amphibious truck. The thing is 11-12 feet high so they are above any zombies and the soldiers inside can fire down on to them. Interior can accommodate troops and store any pillaged supplies.
In EOD 1 I did a river boat to take advantage of the inner waterways. And don't forget the rail network. Armored trains or even regular vehicles converted to ride the rails. Maybe even have lightweight gun trucks travel aead to make sire the tracks are intact and are clear.
Instead of depicting a vehicle to defend or to go out and scavenge...make a raider vehicle. Desperate time can make even a good man...well desperate.
The Four Horsemen. Imagine them riding down a modern urban scene. For that matter any scene from Revelations. Put the imagery in a modern context.
How about the going ancient history with the Dark Ages or the Black Death. Maybe tweak the story so that its a zombie outbreak. Imagine knights and sword wielding warriors fighting off zombies. Or apply the idea on a larger scene through a smaller scale. Can you imagine a Roman Legion squared up against a zombie horde?
Other vehicles to think about using.
Revell has a 1/32 Tractor trailer rig. Think of it as a rolling fortress.
Or even a LVTP-7, another mobile and amphibious truck. The thing is 11-12 feet high so they are above any zombies and the soldiers inside can fire down on to them. Interior can accommodate troops and store any pillaged supplies.
In EOD 1 I did a river boat to take advantage of the inner waterways. And don't forget the rail network. Armored trains or even regular vehicles converted to ride the rails. Maybe even have lightweight gun trucks travel aead to make sire the tracks are intact and are clear.
1967er
Joined: March 12, 2012
KitMaker: 224 posts
Armorama: 201 posts
Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 07:00 PM UTC
Good morning,
reading the last posts about some large scale battles between Zombies and any kind of survivors I wondered which kind of figures you want to use.
I was searching the last weeks for some adequate figures of zombies and survivors in 1:25, 1:35 and 1:32 and only found around a dozen figures which fit.
In 1:35 from ANT miniatures, in 1:32 from TAURUS miniatures and in 1:25 from Knight Models. Of course there's more than enough modern soldiers in 1:35, but do you know any manufacturer of zombies in this scale?
I did not find any
!
Zombies (and survivors and soldiers) in large number can be found in the typical wargamers scale: 28mm to 32mm (about 1:64 to 1:56) - but I don't think that 1:48 vehicles will fit with that kind of figures...
Any hint of yours is much appreciated!
best regards
Thomas
reading the last posts about some large scale battles between Zombies and any kind of survivors I wondered which kind of figures you want to use.
I was searching the last weeks for some adequate figures of zombies and survivors in 1:25, 1:35 and 1:32 and only found around a dozen figures which fit.
In 1:35 from ANT miniatures, in 1:32 from TAURUS miniatures and in 1:25 from Knight Models. Of course there's more than enough modern soldiers in 1:35, but do you know any manufacturer of zombies in this scale?
I did not find any
!Zombies (and survivors and soldiers) in large number can be found in the typical wargamers scale: 28mm to 32mm (about 1:64 to 1:56) - but I don't think that 1:48 vehicles will fit with that kind of figures...
Any hint of yours is much appreciated!
best regards
Thomas
hofpig
Joined: March 04, 2007
KitMaker: 1,330 posts
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Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 - 09:42 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Good morning,
reading the last posts about some large scale battles between Zombies and any kind of survivors I wondered which kind of figures you want to use.
I was searching the last weeks for some adequate figures of zombies and survivors in 1:25, 1:35 and 1:32 and only found around a dozen figures which fit.
In 1:35 from ANT miniatures, in 1:32 from TAURUS miniatures and in 1:25 from Knight Models. Of course there's more than enough modern soldiers in 1:35, but do you know any manufacturer of zombies in this scale?
I did not find any
Zombies (and survivors and soldiers) in large number can be found in the typical wargamers scale: 28mm to 32mm (about 1:64 to 1:56) - but I don't think that 1:48 vehicles will fit with that kind of figures...
Any hint of yours is much appreciated!
best regards
Thomas
Thomas,
I searched for a long while during EOD1 to find one in 1/35th but I could not find one. I also struggled in vain to find something in my military selection to find a suitable figure to adapt but had no luck their either.
Paul
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