Zombie Plans-Revised

[Wisp]

More fire can't hurt, in any case.

 

Also, explosives can be made with materials you can find in just about any house. A pipe bomb can be made with something as simple as match heads, though it wouldn't be as effective as more powerful explosives. Explosives are good if you have excess materials. They're not the most efficient way to kill some zombies, but, in a pinch, they don't hurt.

[EGmaestro]

yea theres nothing wrong with explosives when u get into a lil trouble here and there.. :thumbsup:

[indy500fan]

Car bombs would work better if we had Fallout 3 cars. Well even if they don't work better they would look cooler.

[Wisp]

Again, I was thinking of a little league baseball field as a great place for a temporary base. There are high walls on 2 sides, and then shorter walls on the others, but not easily climbable. The walls could be broken down, but it would take time. Even better would be a tennis court. I'm thinking if we want to clear an area, a nice field base would be a tennis court. Big walls, and we could pile sandbags to make them a bit sturdier. A person could climb the chain link walls if needed, but a zombie couldn't.

 

You can also shoot through chain link walls.

[indy500fan]

Chain link fences could be great, as long as they are put together very well. Lets say 10 feet tall, many anchor posts set in concrete rather than just in the ground, good bonding between pieces (overlap a decent amount, doesn't matter what it looks like). That could hold back zombies 5 or 6 deep around the entire perimeter pretty well. Then you can leave them there if you don't want to waste the ammo, but if you have a lot you can shoot them. Or for target practice for survivors not trained with guns.

[PoorLepRecon]

Yeah, but eventually you would have to leave the base for more supplies, and with a chain link fence you are very visible. It would be hard to get everyone out of the base if you ran out of supplies and had zombies still around the perimeter. Atleast with solid walls zombies wouldn't be able to see you, only smell and hear.

[Wisp]

It only takes 1 zombie to bring a thousand. Chainlink fence for a permament base isn't a good idea, but if you're setting up a base, it's a godsend. It's easily movable, it's stored in rolls, and even if it wouldn't hold back thousands, it would work for a good amount of time.

[Furah]

An alternative would be a building such as a skyscraper, but would have to be not surround by much of possible, so we can sit at the top and snipe them, also blocking off nearly all exits and making so the only way in/out is by activating something up in the higher levels, to make it hard for raiders to break in and kill us.

[PlzPuddngPlz]

Car bombs would be good if we were already surrounded, and we saved them. Might not have a good kill percentage, but whatever. Bombs are easy enough to make, and a car bomb is easier since it's already filled with gas: bigger boom.

 

 

 

I think they would only be good as the most outer ring of defenses for a base; or as a way of ensuring a retreat route.

 

I agree with the outer ring of defence part, because it would set the zombies on fire, eventually killing them, but it would take too long to be effective in close combat. Also, I was thinking about chain link fences, seems that they would absorb shock well, and a little league court is a baseball court for you non-americans out there.

 

 

 

EDIT: Off to Montreal for 3 days, won't be posting.

[indy500fan]

If there are enough zombies out there to where a chain link fence isn't going to be holding them back then you should be more worried about moving than making a stronger wall. There are only going to be a very, very small amount of situations in which a solid wall that they can't see through is going to be more useful than one they can see through. Most of the time it won't matter, it just takes one to bring the rest and there is a good chance they will know you are there.

 

 

 

As for entering and leaving an area a chain link fence wouldn't be any worse than a regular wall. If there are enough zombies to completely cover all sides then you have to clear a pathway through them either way. You can also draw them to one side with either wall also.

[Da_Latios]

 

This is how we will win.

[Sir_Redhead]

I love those comics.

[20Rice04]

Try and talk to them of course, just cause they're undead monsters who feed on the flesh of the living doesn't mean that they can't hold intellectual insights and opinions.

 

 

 

Of course if I fail to talk to and share out some biscuits and coffee amongst them, I'd have to call in: Optimus Prime, Chuck Norris, The Entire A-Team and possibly Spok and proceed to kick their [wagon] :P B)

[ProtoGuy]

Try and talk to them of course, just cause they're undead monsters who feed on the flesh of the living doesn't mean that they can't hold intellectual insights and opinions.

 

 

 

Of course if I fail to talk to and share out some biscuits and coffee amongst them, I'd have to call in: Optimus Prime, Chuck Norris, The Entire A-Team and possibly Spok and proceed to kick their [wagon] :P B)

 

 

 

Hey man, what ever gets the job done.

 

Just you're forgetting the ninjas.

[EGmaestro]

i think chuck norris on his own should do the trick..

[Wisp]

Thermite would be an interesting way to get rid of some zombies. 2500 degrees vs. zombie. It's ridiculously easy to make too, and not too dangerous. The only issue is a fuse, since it needs to be really hot to light. Magnesium is best.

 

 

 

Just throwing out random ideas.

[indy500fan]

Will there be enough supplies to make thermite and be able to use it effectively? The delivery would be hard since it would burn through any container when you light it. I could see it working ok in areas where you can prepare it above the zombies head, wouldn't take much to burn through their skull and a decent amount of brain.

[H2PM]

i think chuck norris on his own should do the trick..

 

Screw Chuck Norris, get Bruce Lee. Hes the only known being in this UNIVERSE to defeate Chuck Norris.

[Wisp]

Will there be enough supplies to make thermite and be able to use it effectively? The delivery would be hard since it would burn through any container when you light it. I could see it working ok in areas where you can prepare it above the zombies head, wouldn't take much to burn through their skull and a decent amount of brain.

 

The supplies are very common. The only issue is for fuses. I just imagine it could be used around a perimeter, or in a specific area to clear a escape path. All you need in order to make it is alluminum powder (Ground up cans, or, even easier, the insides of an etch-a-sketch) and rust. Which, since nothing will be easily reparable, I imagine will be commonplace.

[indy500fan]

The supplies are very common. The only issue is for fuses. I just imagine it could be used around a perimeter, or in a specific area to clear a escape path. All you need in order to make it is alluminum powder (Ground up cans, or, even easier, the insides of an etch-a-sketch) and rust. Which, since nothing will be easily reparable, I imagine will be commonplace.

 

 

 

I knew the rust part but couldn't remember what else off the top of my head, except for needing something hotter than matches to light it.

[Wisp]

Magnesium works, and we would only need a few inches of magnesium to light it if we wanted to be conservative. Have two fuses, one long fuse lights the magnesium, then the magnesium lights the thermite.

[RichieMcD]

Petrol bomb perhaps, would make it more fun to light and sure, if we're facing unpreventable doom we might as well have some fun right?

[EGmaestro]

i think chuck norris on his own should do the trick..

 

Screw Chuck Norris, get Bruce Lee. Hes the only known being in this UNIVERSE to defeate Chuck Norris.

 

 

 

no! during the fight chuck norris just got bored and fell asleep.

[ember3579]

Out in the field (not just screwing around at the base), the two main uses for thermite would be quick and easy zombie cleanup and structure modification (getting into something via a newly melted door, or just destroying it). It could be useful for slagging various things to be made into something useful, as well. Somewhat difficult to contain when it's hot, though. I personally think it would be a good idea to have a good supply of it around, for general use.

[Wisp]

There's also a low,low risk of it being lit accidentally since it requires a huge heat source to be lit. If we keep the fuses separate, and they don't randomly get hit by lightning we'd be ok.