{"id":432,"date":"2014-09-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pagan-gerbil.net\/?p=432"},"modified":"2014-09-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T08:00:00","slug":"why-so-zeerious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pagan-gerbil.net\/?p=432","title":{"rendered":"Why So Zeerious?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I couldn\u2019t come up with a backstory for the Zees. I had so many ideas for them, drawing from many sources including my love of genetics and the Planet of the Apes series. I came up with something long and complex with pointless detail and it wasn\u2019t even entertaining for me (and as you\u2019ve seen elsewhere on this blog, my standards are fairly low). It occurred to me that the Zees are anarchic and unpredictable, they\u2019re irresponsible and irreverent. They aren\u2019t going to be honest about anything, much less their own history. They probably even stole their equipment, rather than look at all cohesive and organised. Every single one of them will end up giving a different account of who they are and where the come from, and laugh about the confusion caused. <\/p>\n

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For the Zees, I went for a colour scheme inspired by The Joker. I put more orange in than purple because I wanted to differentiate them from the Z\u2019zor team I already painted, but I think the three main colours match well.<\/p>\n

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The skin is Khemri Brown with a Flesh Wash (ancient GW paint), another highlight of Khemri Brown and some have a Dheneb Stone highlight. I found Dheneb Stone a bit difficult to highlight with because it is so strong with pigment (being a foundation paint, I guess) that it doesn\u2019t have anything between \u201ccovers everything\u201d and \u201cthis is a wash\u201d. The eyes were Eshin Grey. The orange was a practice run for my Nameless team – it works here, but I might need to do something else to get the effect I want on the Nameless. It was a Vermin Brown base with Squig Orange. The purple was Liche Purple with a Genestealer Purple highlight. Some of the models had a Tentacle Pink edge highlight, but I didn\u2019t like the effect too much. The green was Snot Green, Orc Flesh Wash (again, an ancient GW wash), more Snot Green and Scorpion Green highlight.<\/p>\n

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It still needs to be finished off with a highlight of yellow on the visors, and Incubi Darkness on the bases to cover my sloppy boot painting.\"\"<\/p>\n

This is the first team that I managed to name every member of it. It was always the plan to name the teams, but I find it a little difficult. This one was much easier! The line-up is:<\/p>\n

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  1. Benjamin\n
  2. Benchamin\n
  3. Benjummin\n
  4. Benzhamin\n
  5. Benchummin\n
  6. Benzhummin\n
  7. Benjimun\n
  8. Benchimun\n
  9. Benzhimun\n
  10. Benjamon <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I couldn\u2019t come up with a backstory for the Zees. I had so many ideas for them, drawing from many sources including my love of genetics and the Planet of the Apes series. I came up with something long and complex with pointless detail and it wasn\u2019t even entertaining for me (and as you\u2019ve seen … <\/p>\n

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