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Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 05:25 PM UTC
Well D. that is what I have looked like since September 2009 and tomorrow I go in for more surgery to remove more bone so as to make room for dentures So just call me grumpy, since I have not been able to eat any zombie burgers for that long I have your back though D. I will be full of pain killers and ready to go and take it out on some nasty/unlucky ghoul. Hey! Herman is not a bad leader of the apocolyptic world, in a pinch especially since he has soooo!!!!! many zombie kills/scalps on his belt

Bob
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Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 06:35 PM UTC
The Casca series was pretty good especially early on. Sadler began having the books ghost written early in the series and as it went on he gave less and less input on them. Incidentally, my great uncle actually knew Sadler. He was with the 5th SF during Nam.

I think I'll hit the attic in the morning before it gets hot and see what I have stockpiled away. I might find some inspiration. There's a couple of books that come to mind but I don't recall their titles.

mgautreaux, Don't the Slammers just scream at you to be modeled? There are some small scale kits out there for wargaming just to take a look at.

Robert, good luck on the oral surgery. The old bitter beer face went out of style a few years ago. Not to overly tempt karma....so seriously good luck.
http://david-drake.com/hswargame.html

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VonCuda
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Posted: Friday, April 16, 2010 - 02:11 AM UTC

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G'day all, just letting you know I'm keeping a close eye, and Hermon know's it takes more than a few back-handers to put me off my game. On that note, I thought I'd post a recent picture of myself to show you guys what a kind-hearted leader he is, and how well he looks after his troops .. . . . . .



I look much better when I put my teeth back in, honestly !!











D, with your new position as moral officer for the EOD army........perhaps you should leave your teeth out. Gums don't leave scratches.



Hermon
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Posted: Friday, April 16, 2010 - 11:31 AM UTC
U-betcha GAB, I gotta junk M-4 @ the ready!!!!!!
jackhammer
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Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 03:44 AM UTC
All right....took the plunge and joined this one....looks as though everyone is gonna love this one.....just have to learn how to post pics and such. Gonna do a old Revell 1/32 snap-fast mustang turned into a "Road warrior" type of car!!!! 0 - 60 dead zombies in 4.3 seconds!!!!! oh.....by the way, isn't "Zombie" a little politically incorrect? Shouldn't we call them "Living impaired" or Corpsis-American (French, German, Russian, etc, etc....). Just asking......
Bigrip74
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Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 07:59 AM UTC
Jonathon, what is politically correct about a zombie they are dead and with no feelings to hurt WARNING: IF YOU JOIN THERE IS NO WAY WE ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. Especially when the BOSS (Herman) and his able assistant (DAMIAN) put you on KP on no not that, please Herman / D. not on his first day Ehh! what the heck give it to him anyway, who does not like skinning those pesky ghouls


Bob
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Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 01:06 PM UTC
started scaling down and making plans for some of the things including 1/35 bud light And no i wont be telling where i got it from its my stash



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Bigrip74
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Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 03:12 PM UTC
Justin, I will back you up if Herman or Damian try to consficate your goodies

Bob
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Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 05:52 AM UTC
thanks rob but bieng the end of civilization and all that stuff is hard to come by



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Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 03:06 PM UTC
I am nailing down my zombie defense boat idea a little further. I am thinking on basing it on a WWII Schnellboot. I just have to decide whether to buy and modify the daylights out the 1/72 kit from revell or just scratch it all.

Making a hull that big from scratch might be character building. The most tempting part of the kit is actually the AA guns, but I could easily scratch a few M2 .50 cal machine guns. I will probably just scratch it all complete with 2 or 3 M2s and 1 or 2 20mm cannons becuase you can never be too well armed.

So many options........
Bigrip74
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Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 04:50 PM UTC
David, the Schnellboot sounds good and will give Herman and Damian a little added support for their excursions into the wet interior of zombie land.


Bob
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Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 03:14 AM UTC
Just back from holiday in the west of Ireland, and I'm inspired by the surf.

"It's pretty hairy in there, thats Zombies' Point"
"Zombie don't surf!"

Gonna need some fast boats for waterskiing too.
Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 05:17 AM UTC
JP, what color was the foam on the surf? And did you have your anit-zombie vacanation before and after your holiday hope so.

Bob
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Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 05:33 AM UTC
Yes I drunk several pints of it. It's the black stuff with a creamy head, right? That should keep the brain rust out.
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adamsmasher
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Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 07:35 AM UTC

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Yes I drunk several pints of it. It's the black stuff with a creamy head, right? That should keep the brain rust out.



Did this include Guinness?
Bigrip74
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Posted: Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 05:43 PM UTC

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JP, what color was the foam on the surf? And did you have your anit-zombie vacanation before and after your holiday hope so.

Bob



Boy! did I spell vaccination incorrectly. Sorry about that I put a dictionary by the keyboard for future posts

Bob
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Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 05:19 PM UTC
Well I did some math and discovered that my 1/72 zombie defense boat idea measured out to be like 17 inches long, way too big for my shelf. 1/144 might work. I will have to do some measuring first though.

If all else fails I can either make a smaller boat or do it in 1/350. Part of me wants to do it in 1/700 but it would be ridiculously small at that scale..
Keeperofsouls2099
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Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 02:08 PM UTC
I understand I went through 3 differant scales before I got my "HELL WAGON"(my fingers in the air in quotations)down to a manageble size.I figured it might be to big when the nighbors were looking at me funny.Thats when I discovered the 5 ft.tires I was rolling into the garage might be over doing it a little.


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Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 04:43 AM UTC
Come on August 15th!!!! Wanna start so bad!!! This is gonna get messy....
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Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 04:57 AM UTC

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Well I did some math and discovered that my 1/72 zombie defense boat idea measured out to be like 17 inches long, way too big for my shelf.





Yeah, but it'd make a helluva toy for the bathtub!
I sort of had an idea of using the Revell PT-109 as a base and uparmoring it......


Jackhammer, just sit back and read some zombie books and watch some zombie movies like the rest of us. August will be here before ya know it......after that I can't make any promises about our health or sanity.


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Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 05:06 AM UTC

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August will be here before ya know it......after that I can't make any promises about our health or sanity.
Hermon



I can, I promise you they will both be GONE
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Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 05:44 AM UTC

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I can, I promise you they will both be GONE



Too late!!
Bigrip74
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Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 - 10:18 AM UTC
ADAM, HERMAN, DAMIAN.


Mine have been gone for awhile now come on End of Days. Help me to quiet the inner demons by killing zombies and cutting plastic. cannot wait to make that 55 Ford p/u into the sweetest zombie killing machine that will help out with scouting.


Bob
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Posted: Saturday, May 01, 2010 - 01:24 AM UTC
Is this campaign only for builds starting in august, or is it possible to join with a build in progress?