Monthly Archives: July 2022

Zombicide Survivor “Kris” (John Travolta as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction…. or… Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis from Heat)

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Zombicide Survivor “Kris” (John Travolta as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction.... or... Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis from Heat)

Today’s Zombicide survivors are a pair of cool looking, manly suit wearing men with guns from the mid-to-late nineties. Travolta and Kilmer. I’ll probably have a run of daily posts so I can catch up more quickly, while still keeping posts with similar figures in pairs, as they’re easier for me to find when looking for something here. (And easier for people to google, I guess!)

The unusual part of this particular model is that back during the Kickstarter, the usual “game” of working out who the different CMoN Kickstarter Exclusive/Promo characters are “inspired by” came up with two options for the Kris character. Those two being Travolta in Pulp Fiction and Kilmer from Heat. If I recall correctly, backers could add on additional stretch goal survivors as paid extras, so I did the only thing that I could do – I picked up two of Kris so I could paint him as both of the film characters. Because that’s a normal thing to do, right?

Zombicide Survivor “Kris” - John Travolta as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction

So, yeah. Vincent Vega in his black suit, sans tie. Kind of a hybrid of the jacket that he wears for most of the film, and the no-tie look that he has when taking Uma Thurman out for a nice dance and overdose.

Zombicide Survivor “Kris” - John Travolta as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction

While taking the photos earlier, I noticed that I missed adding some blood to the back of his suit, so I’ve gone back and added that since then. Not that it helps this picture, but hey….

Zombicide Survivor - Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis from Heat

Val on the other hand (because who actually remembers the name of his character from that film?) wears a grey suit, and while he also wears a waistcoat (and body armour, and mag pouches, etc) in some scenes, he’s also seen wearing just the jacket over his white shirt.

Zombicide Survivor - Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis from Heat

And that’s my next four Zombicide survivor figures done – four models this time for one character card. Makes perfect sense…

Zombicide Survivors “Belle” and “Maki” (Paolo Parente guest artist pack)

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Zombicide Survivors “Belle” and “Maki” (Paolo Parente guest artist pack)

These are actually June’s models – as will be the next run of posts. I’ve been sick with a pretty unpleasant chest infection for almost 2 weeks that got progressively worse and has only now started to get better. They did say that this winter was going to be a hell of a COVID/Flu/Lurgey season, and I haven’t been this sick for this long in a long, long time (knee injury notwithstanding). So I’ve been painting on and off, but I haven’t been able to keep up on blogs all that much, or taken any pics for my own in awhile. So now, some models!

A pair of Female Zombicide survivors today – Belle is a Parkour… artist? practitioner? from the Prison Outbreak box, and Maki is a guest model from the artist Paolo Parente. The reason I chose this pair of models to paint together was simply because the survivor models are both depicted dual weilding swords.

Zombicide Survivor “Belle”

Belle’s outfit is pretty straightforward – basically pretty standard looking fitness wear along with knee and elbow pads as well as forearm protection. I attempted to highlight her lean musculature and subtly emphasise her abs.

Zombicide Survivor “Belle”

The outfit was pretty straightforward to paint, and really the oddest part of the model was her anime-ish hair, though it’s much more subtle on the model as compared to the artwork.

Zombicide Survivor “Maki” (Paolo Parente guest artist pack)

Maki, being based on a Paolo Parente artwork is pretty much a pin-up style model, with her shirt opened up to strategically juuuust hide her nipples, though I’m sure some people have painted them in. I always planned to paint in a bar, since I felt the original depiction is just a bit silly. I mean, I’m certainly not a prude, or opposed to viewing the female body, and I’m not opposed to models dressed like Escher or Warrior Woman (who is a Xena tribute, anyway!) but I don’t need this level of wannabe-softcore in my miniature models.

I have internet access if I really need to view some boobies and I’m told that there are some images on there that might pass muster for that sort of thing.

When painting the Maki model(s), I completed the entire thing before painting in the bras. I chose this point in time to show the model to Marouda, who told me that all she could see was the open cleavage, which is understandable as the sculpt is possibly even less suibtle than old Paolo’s artwork. I should have taken a photo, but this greyscale image of the unpainted sculpt should help you see what I mean.

Zombicide Survivor “Maki” (Paolo Parente guest artist pack)

Anyway, I think the model works a lot better as a zombie apocalypse survivor with a bra on (though it’s not suddenly the best survival outfit or anything!) But I now have another two completed models that we’re happy to run in games.