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Deadzone Preview: Plastic Enforcers & Peacekeepers

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One of the most highly anticipated products from the Deadzone Kickstarter were the new hard plastic Enforcers and Peacekeepers. If you were a backer you will already received yours, but the good news for all Deadzone fans who missed out is that these will be available in retail very soon.

Thanks to the good folks at Mantic Games I've got my hands on a set of each to test out, so lets take a closer look!

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Deadzone: Painting the Plague Monsters

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OK Deadzone fans its time to look how to paint the larger Plague Models, including the massive Stage 1A.

In our last Deadzone blog I took you through my new method for painting the Plague Stage 3s in a “Hulk” style green scheme. For the larger Plague models the method is mostly the same, however you'll need to spend a little more time on the bone areas as they are more pronounced.

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Deadzone: Painting the Plague

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As I mentioned in last weeks Painting Enforcers post we're gearing up to have some Deadzone games here at Mighty Ape HQ and I've chosen the Plague as my force to take on the Computer Gorilla's Enfor­cers.

The Plague have some of my favourite models in Deadzone, the hulking Stage 1A and the slightly less mutated but lightning fast Stage 2s.

I'm also quite a fan of the ‘Popeye’ style of the Stage 3s whose overdeveloped upper bodies make them look like they've been stocking up on Mutant Mass from our Fitness & Nutrition category

The Plague models have 2 main areas to paint, the muscles and the bone plates, and I wanted to go for a different colour scheme to the pink/red tones used in the Deadzone artwork. Instantly I thought of the Hulk and decided upon a mean, green skin tone and grabbed a few of the Stage 3 models to test it using a new technique.

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Deadzone: Painting Enforcers Part 1

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Our Computers Gorilla is a big fan of the Deadzone models so I've been working painting up his Enforcers force in preparation for some epic lunch-time grudge matches in the coming months.

After some discussion we've decided on a colour scheme quite similar to the one used by Mantic Game and which is further inspired by the Cerberus armour from Mass Effect. The main armour colour will be a light grey, with some metallic black armour plates and a black internal skin. Then some yellow unit markings with also be added and also I'll be adding some Mass Effect style gun markings, such as the famous N7.

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Deadzone: Building & Painting Battlezones

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Mantic Game's new Battlezones range has arrived and its time to see just how quick and easy it is to paint up some awesome modular terrain tiles.

The big thing to remember when working with the Battlezone tiles is that the connectors are a very tight fit when they slot into the holes, which means that if you paint the tiles first and then try to assemble then you can have problems.

The best thing to do is to use a square hobby file and file the connection slots a bit to make them a little bigger as that allows for the extra thickness of the paint. This will also make it easier to take your terrain apart again after games, especially if you use the file to push out the connectors rather than pull them apart by hand which can break them.

Step One: Priming & Basecoating

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Battlezones: Epic battlefields without breaking the bank!

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One of the best things about Deadzone is it's awesome modular plastic terrain , which has proved so popular around the world that Mantic Games has now begun releasing it as a stand-alone range: Battlezones!

Good terrain is one of the most important things for fun and interesting tabletop-gaming, as you want scenery that looks good, is durable and practical and which influences the game your playing, whether by blocking line of sight, providing vantage points or cover for your troops to hide in.

The Battlezones range not only knocks these out of the park, it also adds a fantastic level of customisation and even better doesn't cost the earth!

Deadzone players will already be familiar with this terrain, which is made up of modular hard plastic tiles which can be assembled into larger buildings and structures using versatile connector clips. The modular nature means that you can build a huge variety of different sized and shaped structures and can choose to be able to disassemble your buildings after you finish your game.

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What's in the box? Deadzone!

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Tabletop gamers rejoice, as the massive Deadzone Boxed Set has just arrived, as well as a host of Deadzone new releases.

The pre-release edition sold out so fast back in December that we didn't get a chance to take a look at the contents more closely, so lets take a look at What's in the Box!

The Deadzone Boxed Set contains two faction starter forces, the Enforcers and the Plague, as well as their faction decks which contain the rules and stats for each of the models. These faction starters provide all the model's you'll need to start playing regular sized games and offer a number of different ways to customise your force.

Also included is the full colour rulebook, with the core rules and background for Deadzone, 130 colour cardboard counters to mark objectives and keep track of in-game effects and 6 eight sided dice.

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