I certainly hope this keeps up.   I've been enjoying the painting and building more with my zombie stuff than I have anything else mini related in a while.  I am not sure if it is the subject, which has always been a favorite, or the blog (once I started reading everyone else's I was pretty sure I was going to start my own).  Whatever the cause, I've been going at it steady for a while now.  My 16 zombie hordlette is done but for basing (open for suggestions, am considering sand and gray paint, but flocking is pretty easy too.  The putty on the base to make it look like concrete sidewalk idea was tossed out when I realized how many I had.  Nor are all my efforts around the zeds.  I am finishing up 4 survivors, and working on terrain.  I've taken some ideas from you guys and some others to build my town.  Today's post is about a couple of WIP pieces, Nico's Wine shop and a billboard.  As the first models I am doing are based around the downtown area of where I live, I have selected Nico's, the Ezzard building (an architect firm) and the Gwinnett senior center as the first buildings to make.  The senior center and Ezzard building are scratch building projects, and will have their own post.  To say I have struggled would be an understatement.  On to the easy stuff: Nico's Wine Shop

Nico's in all it's glory

This started off life as the K-line Auto parts store.  I pulled off all the decals, JB welded the frame together, sprayed it brown (and the roof a flat black) and mod podged the wallpaper in place.  My wife was a great help here.  She had some scrapbooking supplies from a short interest, and I benefited.  The mod podge and the paper she got at Michael's. I still need to cut the paper out from the windows on the walls, put in some glass for the front windows, and paint up the doors this came with.  They don't open, and I am considering trying to make some that do.  The sign will be printed on my home computer.  I figure the place will be pre-looted, but a careful search might turn up some luxury goods. In real life, they carry some very good beer as well as wine and a few cigars.   The bottles could also be quite useful should some intrepid survivor make it to the gas station a couple of blocks away.

    The billboard I saw someone else do and I realized I could do it to.  It is an old paper dowel from printer paper that came on a roll, some sheet styrene, and a bit of hardboard.  Some JB weld and hot glue later,  voila:  

Sniper's Nest, anyone?

And here they are together.

Ignore the seasonings.  The best light in the house is in my kitchen, strangely.

So that's it on a rainy day.  Hope you enjoy, thanks for coming by, and feel free to comment or give me pointers.