Our Brave Survivors…
I’ve finally finished some of the second batch of Zombicide survivors (and Zombivors) that I started bloody ages ago.
Zombicide “Will” and Zombivor Version.
“Will” is a homage to Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz from the popular Television program “The Big Bang Theory“.
I went for one of Howard’s less outrageous outfits for this figure, partly for ease of painting and partly because we actually have to play as him, so… you know.
Howard Walowitz’ shoes. One pair of them, anyway.
I also googled Howard’s shoes, so that I’d have appropriate footwear for him to wear. I think I did a pretty good job of replicating his Vans sneakers. I also attempted to give his belt buckle the impression of Howard’s NES controller belt buckle, but it’s hard because we’re talking pretty bloody small at this stage.
Zombicide “Helen” and Zombivor Version.
“Helen” is a homage to Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling from The Silence of the Lambs (1992).
I think there’s a touch of Ally Walker as June Stahl from Sons of Anarchy in there as well. Particularly on the artwork.
Zombicide’s Helen. Possibly.
I think Jodie/Clarice is the more obvious influence, especially with “Achilles” being a clear Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, but there’s still a solid similarity there, and I probably would still have painted the model in the brown late 80’s/early ’90s style suit, but if I had a second figure to paint, I’d definitely paint her as Stahl.
…and their unpleasant eventual fate.
With a bit of luck, I’ll have two more finished in a week or two. I’ll probably have the last of the dogs finished before then, though – so they’ll likely be shown first.
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Great miniatures and the paintjob really makes them shine. I love the idea of having a Zombie version for each character. The shoes and belt are actually quite impressive and it does resemble a NES controller.
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Thanks, I actually find the Zombicide figures a little harder to paint than not only the usual heroic scale models, but even more “truescale” efforts like LotR and Perry. They’re quite thin but it’s the PVC details on the faces that can either be a little soft, or (due to shrinkage) so fine that it’s hard to keep the better likenesses once you slap the paint on them (such as in the Connery model from my last batch on here).
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Great work. The Vans on the Will (Wolowitz) figure are particularly nice.
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Thanks! It’s funny how often characters’ costume footwear is a bit more specific than what we’d wear in normal life, and how odd they can look when you actually paint them in a way that they’re picked out (rather than just an easily-ignored brown or black).
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Very cool and instantly recognisable – nice work dude!
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Thanks Alex, much appreciated! 🙂
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