I feel your pain vis a vie the scale issue. I need to get off my can and get back to the Master Zombie Database. I’ve been experimenting with different methods of getting a ruler of some sort in my photography, but it’s harder than you might think to get an element like that to be both good-looking and legible in a photograph. The struggle continues…

As for review kickbacks, I’m starting to get some small fame in the industry and that’s resulted in a steady flow of comped review minis. It’s not a lot, but it’s nice to be recognized in that way. If you have a mini you’d like to see reviewed here, by all means write the maker and mention the Alpha! I can use all the endorsements I can get…

Thanks for reading.

I’ve only been in the miniatures scene for about four months.
Your site is one of the big inspirations for me, which have turned my focus to collect and paint zombies. I use them in various zombie games, but painting is a nice extra bonus in the process.

Scale is important for me. If anything I’d wish you could focus even more on it. Perhaps using a mm ruler to really show the size. This makes it easier to compare with other figures.

I bought some Reaper Chronoscope minis to use as “survivors”, and although they have impressive details, they are like 32 mm in height, which makes all my Cold War minis look like children in comparison. This is a big deal for me so I’m not sure I’ll use them…

Anyway, your reviews are great and this one made me go for two sets of the GWS zombies. You should get a kickback for your reviews.

Cheers

On the other hand they have a fantastically eclectic range including some things that you simply cannot get anywhere else, their prices are always good, everything is available individually and so buyers can usually spot (and then avoid) the really bad figs in their photos (not that that is an ideal scenario obviously but its better than nothing).

I do find it hard to that negative toward MegaMinis though. The fact that they are one of the few US manufacturers that doesnt completely screw its overseas customers regarding postage goes a long way too.

/megminis love-fest

Good point about the MM zeds, and a fair price point comparison. A word of warning, though. While the quality of the original 20 pack of MM zombies is pretty good, I have a couple of other 5 packs they produced as follow-ups that are just horrific, and not in a good way. They’re in the review queue, but they’re so bad I don’t really feel like painting them! I’ll get around to it one of these days as a public service.

Me, a scale nazi? Well, kinda… I try not to let it bug me, but I do wish that scale was at least a LITTLE more consistent across manufacturers. It seems like other sectors of the modeling business are able to agree on scale far better than gaming minis makers can. I’ve never understood why, but there it is!

I have yet to see these figures personally but I have read a lot of the complaints regarding them. As you say, they may be flawed but at the price I dont think that you can go wrong really, particularly when they can be used to bulk out the horde while you can have some more fun painting the more expensive Michael Jackson or chicken suit zombies or whatever.

Back when GW started to release all of those plastic kits I loved the posability and modular nature of them. At this stage however I have put together so many that I prefer to get a one piece metal casting generally (depending on cost, naturally).

The main competitor that the Wargames Factory zombies have I reckon are the keenly priced MegaMinis zombies. While the MM zombies vary quite a lot in quality they require very little preparation time and give a huge amount of variety, something that keeps my interest up when painting.

Like MegaMinis, the WGF zombies are also a bit on the short side, which doesnt really bother me when they are mixed in with figures from other manufacturers in a large group but it seems to bug you a lot generally

The Twilight Creations zombies on the other do look a bit too small to me. Their most useful product for this sort of thing is the bag of zombie dogs IMO.