As I noted in my last Zombicide Crowz-related post a couple of weeks ago, right after finising the photos of them, I found another box of the same models – the Black Plague versions with the appropriate cards for that game.

The next thing to do at that point was to knuckle down and grind through this second box of the models. The thing was, that I was retrospectively not that satisfied with the original “fantasy” Crowz I’d painted a year ago in January 2023 – or more precisely with the basing. You see, Zombicide Black Plague takes place in streets and buildings, much like the modern incanation of the game. 

Sure, they’re medieval fantasy buildings and streets, but streets nonetheless. But how could I reflect this while still leaving the models looking approriate for other fantasy gaming and more importantly, be reasonably doable? By adding some cracked and broken tiles, with a bit of dry grass to tie them in with the original five of these.

The idea being to give the bases a feel that works for decaying fantasy streets as well as for a “Fantasy Battles” setting. So I used some plastruct tiled card along with some AK Interactive mud to experiment with them, and it seems to have worked out okay. The tiles are WAY too thick for this strategy to work on the human zombies, so I’ll have to figure something else out for them down the road. But for the Crowz at least (and probably, the Wolfz) this solution works.

Since I (think?) I “stole” 5 “Modern” Crowz from another box of them to paint as those first five fantasy-themed ones, I painted five of these as “modern zombicide” ones. I even briefly considered adding road line markings to the bases of these – and it would have made them look better for the modern genre, but then with some reflection I decided that the gritty, dirty grey still works pretty well for a fantasy setting – so these will work just fine for Fantasy Zombicide in the event that we need extras in a game of Black Plague/Green Horde/White Death/Pink Marshmallow.

I also thought that now with 35 painted Crowz between the two sets of models, I should get a couple of group shots in tribute the the Master of Suspense himself, P̶a̶u̶l̶ H̶e̶y̶m̶a̶n̶ Alfred Hitchcock and that film he made…

I finished this second batch of 15 Crow models early in the month, despite only getting to post them now. On the weekend, Marouda and I were in the shed, playing some Marvel Zombicide and discussing our boardgame collection (and what I need to paint!) afterwards, and what did I find on the shelf, unopened?

Oh no…. another set?