Zombicide Zombies - Season 2 Berserker Female Walkers 02

My second post reviewing the female Berserker Zombies brings to a close my reviews of all the Berserker Zombies for the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak supplement. These figures are not former prison inmates but former prison guards and one fast food restaurant server.

The four figures shown directly above and below are from the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak supplement. At the far right is my second fast food restaurant server. She will accompany the male employee I showed earlier. She has not been converted but her colour scheme makes her look very different to the others in this group.

The two zombie prison guards in the centre have not been converted either, however, I did add a spare severed arm I had to the base of the one second from the right. As you know, I like cutting limbs off and I always keep them. Speaking of cutting body parts off, the Berserker Zombie at the far right has had her right hand cut off.

These three female Berserker Zombies came from the Box of Zombies - Set 3: Angry Zombies. All three have been converted. I decided that I wanted a couple of them armed, even though they no longer know how to use weapons. It just looks cool. So I added a Truncheon to the one at the far left and a Pump-Action Shotgun to the one in the centre. Both weapons came from a box of Wargames Factory Survivors.

For the Zombie at the far right, I drilled a few small holes into her chest and upper right arm, but none of them have penetrated all the way through the body, suggesting they were low calibre bullets that hit her.
It is always immensely satisfying when a painting project comes to a close. I'm very pleased with just how many zombies I have painted for Zombicide and its first two supplements, Prison Outbreak and Toxic City Mall. I still have few more normal Zombies to paint for the original set, and all of my zombies for the Angry Neighbors and Rue Morgue supplements. So, still lots more to do but I'm slowly getting there.

Zombicide Zombies - Season 2 Berserker Female Walkers 01

My last group of Berserker Zombies to show you from the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak set are the female Walkers. For some reason, they outnumber the male Berserker Zombies. I'll start with this lot, all of whom were prison inmates.

The four female Berserker Walkers shown directly above came from the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak supplement. The two at the left of the group are straight from the box sculpts. I gave them differing colours for their hair and panties.

For the two at the right of the group I drilled a hole through the chest of one to show she had been shot. There is a massive exit wound between her shoulder blades. For the female Walker at the far right I chopped off her left arm just above the elbow. Again, they have different coloured hair and panties.

These three female Berserker Walkers came from the Box of Zombies - Set 3: Angry Zombies. They are based on the sculpts shown above and all three have been converted by me.

The one at the far left has had her left arm repositioned so that her hand is clutching at her stomach. The Walker in the centre has been shot in the neck, as shown by the hole I drilled through her. Finally, the female at the far right has had my trademark guts spilling from a huge stomach wound conversion done to her.

These five female Berserker Walkers are unique sculpts not found in the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak boxed set. The three at the left of the group came from the Box of Zombies - Set 3: Angry Zombies, whilst the two at the right were free stretch goals I received for backing the Zombicide Season 2 Kickstarter project. The female Berserker Walker at the far left has had her left arm repositioned so it is pointing down more than usual. Note the large bite on her upper left arm, which I made to make the bending of the limb that much easier. The next Walker in line has had her left arm bitten off. The wound is far too ragged to be a clean cut from a sword or axe. This was achieved by adding and shaping a very small amount of Milliput.

The remaining three female Berserker Walker Zombies have not been converted at all. The one in the centre looks like she is stuffing her intestines back inside her stomach but this is just done by a clever piece of painting. Ditto for the Walker to her left. For the two females at the far right I decided to cover up their bare breasts and gave them short wraparound tops. It was difficult to decide if these females should be bare breasted or not. On the one hand, none of them show any nipples. I had to paint them on. However, neither are there any obvious marks to show them wearing any form of clothing on their upper bodies. So what to do? To bare or not to bare? Nudity doesn't bother me so I favoured the topless option in most cases. Your tastes may differ.
Next time - female prison guards and another fast food restaurant employer. No nudity either!

Zombicide Zombies - Season 2 Berserker Male Walkers 02

Here are the second batch of my male Berserker Walkers from the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak supplement. Not only are there prisoners but also prison guards, which makes a nice change.

The five Berserker Walkers shown directly above and below are not from the Prison Outbreak set. Instead, the three at the left, came from the Angry Zombies Box of Zombies set and the other two were free stretch goals I received for backing Zombicide Season 2 on Kickstarter.

I am quite surprised to see that I have only converted one of them - the zombie at the far left. He has had his left arm cut off just above the elbow. The other four differ by their hair colours and where I have added the gore effects. I assume that because I painted these five in two different batches I must have overlooked the fact that only one had been converted. Ah, well, such is life.

Still sticking with the prison theme, we now come to the prison guards. Looking at their uniforms I was immediately inspired to paint one of them up as a fast food restaurant server. So, there he is at the far left of this group, dressed in his red and white uniform. See how a simple change of colours transforms him.

Of the other three, only the Walker at the far right has been converted. I first cut off his left hand, then I drilled a small entry hole in his neck and a larger exit wound in his back, indicating he has been shot from above. The bullet, on a downward trajectory, entered his neck before expanding and exiting out of the centre of his back between his shoulder blades.

Rather spookily, this is the 666th post of my blog which began just short of 8 years ago! It's the number of the beast! In hindsight I should have marked it with some sort of special celebration or competition. Oops!

Zombicide Zombies - Season 2 Berserker Male Walkers 01

I have quite a lot of Berserker Walkers from the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak supplement to show, so let's start with this lot. These seven figures are all identical sculpts, which is why so many of them have been converted.

The four shown directly above and below are from the Prison Outbreak boxed set and have had the least amount of conversion work done to them. The two  Berserker Walkers at the far left have not been converted at all. It is only my paintwork that makes them different.

For the Berserker Walker second from the right, I added a baseball cap from one of the prison guards to his base. You can see it better in the first picture. The zombie at the far right has had his left hand chopped off, which wasn't an easy conversion as the hand was flush against his leg and required a bit of fiddly cutting to remove.

These three male Berserker Walkers came from the Angry Zombies: Box of Zombies set, which contains three new Berserker Zombie sculpts (a male Fatty, a male Walker and a female Walker). All three have been converted. The zombie at the far left has also had his left hand cut off but in addition, he has had a hole drilled into his neck (for a gunshot wound) and half of his face has been chewed off.

The Berserker Walker in the centre of this trio has been shot with an assault rifle or sub machine gun across his chest as you can see by the row of bullet wounds I drilled into him. The Berserker Walker at the far right is holding onto his intestines to stop them from spilling out of a huge wound in his stomach. The intestines aren't that noticeable but I assure you they are there. I probably added too much Tamiya Clear Red to them!
More male Berserker Walkers next time including a few that aren't former prisoners.

Zombicide Zombies - Season 2 Berserker Runners 02

Looking at the four photos I'm showing here, you could be forgiven in thinking that they are the same as the four photos I showed in my previous post. But look closely and you'll see the differences. This is the second half of my 2 part review of the Berserker Zombie Runners from the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak supplement.

All eight Berserker Zombie Runners shown here have been converted by swapping their upper bodies and lower bodies around. For most, this was good enough for me to make them look (slightly) different to the eight I showed last time.

A select few had additional conversions done to them, like the one second from the left has had a couple of holes drilled through his left shoulder and upper chest to indicate gunshot wounds.

Also, when I glued the two body halves together (I made my cuts at the waist) I slightly altered how the two halves met. This is a subtle change, but it helps make each zombie unique.

For the Runner second from the left, I converted his bandana into a head band made of Milliput. The Runner who is second from the right has been shot twice in the torso by a higher calibre bullet to the similarly shot zombie shown previously. I simply used a wider drill bit on him. Giving them all different hair colours, as well as making a couple of them bald, also helps to further differentiate them.

Zombicide Zombies - Season 2 Berserker Runners 01

I'll continue my review of the Berserker Zombies from the Zombicide: Prison Outbreak expansion set with part 1 of a 2 part look at the Runners. These were all former prison inmates, hence their orange jumpsuits.

Berserker Zombie Runners are every bit as nasty as other types of Zombie Runners in that they get two Actions per Turn, but they have an advantage in that they can only be killed by melee weapons or ranged weapons that affect all figures in a Zone (like Molotov Cocktails of Flame-throwers). This makes them especially dangerous.

Three of the four Berserker Runners shown above have not been converted. Their main differences is that they have different coloured bandanas. The Runner third from the left has suffered three gunshot wounds to his chest and back. I simply drilled three holes through his body to represent the wounds - a very simple but effective conversion.

The first two Berserker Runners in the photo above are straight from the box and unconverted. I gave them different hair colours.

The two Berserker Runners to the right are conversions. The second from right Zombie has been badly wounded in the stomach, causing his intestines to start spilling out. They were made from rolled up strips of Milliput. The Runner at the far right had his left arm hacked off. These are all simple conversions and help to individualise the group by making them not be clones of one another. I like my Zombies to look unique.

Zombicide Zombies - Season 2 Berserker Fatties 01

Today I present my Berserker Fatties from the Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak supplement.

The first three Berserker Fatties shown here came from Prison Outbreak. The one at the far right was a free stretch goal figure I received for backing Season 2 of Zombicide. Berserker Fatties follow the same rules as standard Fatties: each one spawned is accompanied with two Walkers of the same type, only weapons doing 2 or more points of damage can kill them and as with all Berserker Zombies they are immune to ranged fire.

The first three Berserker Zombies in the two photos above have been left as they came with the boxed set. Only my paint schemes distinguishes them. The Fatty at the far right has been converted by simply cutting off his left arm at the elbow.

The first three of these sculpts came from the Angry Zombies boxed set, which contains 24 extra Berserker Zombies, including some new sculpts like these ones. The one at the far right was another stretch goal freebie for backing Zombicide Season 2.

The two at the far left and far right are straight sculpts from the box. The middle two have been converted by me. Once again, I've done a simple arm removal on one. For the other one I added a mass of intestines spilling from his stomach. These were made from Milliput rolled up into thin sausage shapes. It's not too difficult a conversion to do and looks suitably disgusting when painted.
Note that the majority of the Berserker Zombies are wearing the orange jumpsuits worn by prison inmates. The reason why this is, is in the name of the supplement they appear in - Prison Outbreak. It sure made painting them an easy task as I didn't have to think up different colour schemes for each one. I like all of the Fatty Zombies produced for Zombicide and these are particularly cool.

Zombicide Zombies - Season 2 Berserker Abominations 01

Berserker Zombies were introduced in the Zombicide Season 2: Prison Outbreak supplement. I'll begin the first of my many reviews of them (I do have lots of them to show!) with a close look at the most dangerous of all - the Berserker Abominations.

Berserker Zombies differ from other zombie types in Zombicide in the following ways -

1. Berserker Zombies are immune to Ranged Weapon Damage, except for weapons killing everything in their target Zone (such as Molotov Cocktails or Flame-throwers). Unless otherwise stated, the only way to kill a Berserker Zombie is in Melee Combat.
2. Berserker Zombies exist in all four types: Abominations, Fatties, Runners and Walkers. They have the same characteristics and get the same targeting priority as their counterparts, but in Ranged Combat and Car Attacks, a Berserker of a given type is targeted after the other Zombies (Standard, Toxic, etc.) of the same type. Players still choose their targets in Melee Combat.
3. Berserker Fatties are spawned with an escort of two Berserker Walkers.
4. Berserker Zombies do not benefit from the extra activation cards of other Zombie types.
5. Car Attacks can kill Berserker Zombies.
6. The Berserker Abomination has an additional game effect: it moves up to two Zones instead of one.

Note that Berserker Zombies are not turned into Toxic Zombies by the Toxic Abomination.

The Prison Outbreak boxed set only includes one Berserker Abomination figure but I picked up a second one as part of the stretch goals for backing Season 2. According to the rules, it is perfectly okay to field two or more Abominations in a game, if you have extra figures of them. Otherwise, spawn a Fatty with its escort of two Walkers of the appropriate type.
I decided that the easiest way to differentiate between my two Berserker Abominations was to give them contrasting hair colours, so one is black-haired and the other (obviously much older) is grey-haired. The various Abominations are always impressively sculpted and these are no exception.  Check out those claws on their right hands. They could slice a man in two! I have been waiting until I painted all of my Berserker Zombies before using them in a game. Now that they are all finished I'm looking forward to trying them out in a few scenarios. Wish me luck!