Painting all those walkers and other Zombies in November got a bit mentally taxing, so I took a break to paint something a little different – some Zombie Survivors! In this case it was half of the cast from the Night of the Living Dead edition of Zombicide, which I backed on Kickstarter some time ago. We’ve played through the campaign twice (I think) now, and since all of the character skills are either the same or compatable with Zombicide 1st Edition (and probably Second Edition as well) I decided awhile back that I’d prep the figures to paint at some stage. That time came in late November, and they tuirned out to be a pleasure to paint – so the one quickly turned into five before the month ended. Nicely detailed models but without all the extra accoutrements that so many models seem to have.
Since NotLD is a black and white film, the artists at CMoN filled in the palette of the characters’ clothing. They went for an overall shared palette of blues, beiges and pink/salmon across the ten survivors from the game and one small expansion box – so I basically just followed that. Judy’s got the whole double-denim thing going here, but it’s not her fault. Probably. I still hate painting OSL, so I did a simple job on Harry and his mason jar. Hopefully it looks decent while not being too garish or too subtle. I did enjoy the opportunity to practise my work on painting hair on these figures, and it’s something I’m still slowly improving on.
Anyway – this is the final individual post for November, so expect the belated Round-Up in a couple of days, then followed by the first of December’s models shortly afterwards (and yes – there are some Zombicide models in there!)
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
These look fantastic mate, I think they must have used the colours from the Colour remake movie, as they look very similar to me. Excellent patterning on the little girls dress subtle, but when you spot it WOW !
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Ah, that makes sense. I haven’t seen the remake (yet?) but adding those to the coloured versions fo the original cast does make sense. The dress was one of those things where I didn’t really want to do it but just started working on and was an “I guess I’m doing this now” moment. 🙂
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Fantastic job mate, especially the pattern on that dress! Superb 👍
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Thank you Alex – I guess I’m just lucky that it worked as well as it did! 😀
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Excellent work mate, They’re coming to get you Barbara!
Still the best Zombie film!
Cheers Roger.
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Cheers Roger. We’re sort-of planning to have to have a zombie movie marathon eventually one day – shame I don’t like most horror films! 😮
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These are nice sculpts and while I haven’t seen this movie, I’m very impressed by your latest work! I think the colors CMON and you chose are perfect and help unite these miniatures together. As Dave said above, the dress is fantastic too and well worth the time you put into it!
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Thanks mate – I really enjoyed being able to just take my time and go with the flow on these models – the sculpts do deserve a lo tof the credit as they made the act of painting pretty relaxing and (mostly!) enjoyable. I’ve gotten the other half of the cast painted this month (or their “Zombicide mode” versions, anyway) – so they’ll be posted up pretty soon! 🙂
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Absolutely fantastic work. As ther others pointed out, the work on the tiny dress is beyond awesomeness! Cool!
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Thank you! I typically don’t paint this kind of pattern, but then again I don’t usually paint civilian models where such things would usually be on them. 🙂
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Oooh, really nice! 🙂 I’m not familiar with the films at all, but these are a nice group of figures!
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Thanks John! The first one (Romero, B&W, 1968) is a worthwhile way to spend an hour and a bit for sure, even if you don’t typically enjoy such films – if only as a historical touchstone to see where the modern “zombie” thing came from with your own eyes.
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Might have to watch that one then! 🙂
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Once again, the clothing looks ace! Especially the two on the right. I’m guessing you freehanded the pattern on the little girls dress too?! Excellent work buddy! 😃
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Thanks Faust! It’s certainly not a decal It would be horrible to apply on a surface like that! 😉
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Oh yea, I didn’t think it was a decal. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s texture or something that has been sculpted on a mini vs freehand though. I’m working on one right now that has a seamline that people could easily mistake as freehand.
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Ah! I see what you mean. It’d be a right nightmare if those dots were sculpted on – I can’t imagine trying to paint them in perfectly matching a sculpt! 😮
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Great work again Az. I have another complete box set to paint as the one I have painted is going to my son fro Xmas.
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Sounds good! It was a nice, slightly different version of Zombicide to play through for us.
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Superb stuff. Really like the demin.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete! Still working on getting better at it, but I can see progress. 🙂
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These are very nice and I think the OSL looks great!
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Thank you! I don’t enjoy doing it, but it’s good to hear that it’s improving nonetheless!
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