Zombicide Survivors “Achille” (Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter) & “Gary” (Jeff Bridges as “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski)

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Zombicide Survivors "Achille" (Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter) & "Gary" (Jeff Bridges as "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski)

We’re still solidly showing August’s models at the moment with another pair of Film-inspired Zombicide Survivors.

Zombicide "Achille" Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

First up we have “Achille” who is based on everyone’s favourite Serial Killer/Psychologist, Hannibal Lecter. The artwork has a stronger resemblance to Anthony Hopkins than the actual model, but it’ll work in-game. I was pleased when the dark sea-green jumpsuit from the card art actually matched some stills from the films, so painting him turned out to be pretty straightforward.

Zombicide "Achille" Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

At some point in the near-to-medium future, I’ll have to repost this model alongside the game’s version of Clarice Starling – who I posted here a mere 8 years ago – coincidently – to the very day!

Zombicide "Gary" Jeff Bridges as "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski

Today’s second model is “Gary” who provides us with Zombicide’s take on Jeff Bridges’ “The Dude” from that surprisingly well-celebrated cult Cohen Brothers film, “The Big Lebowski”. The dude wasn’t as annooying to paint as I’d feared. The simple tartan on his shorts wasn’t something I was looking forward to, but it worked well enough in the end, and I’m happy with how the highlighting and shading on his dressing gown turned out.

Zombicide "Gary" Jeff Bridges as "The Dude" from The Big Lebowski

Not exactly the best miniature I’ve painted for Zombicide, but it’ll work well enough on the tabletop. As with Hannibal above, this figure also has a “partner” model that I painted some time ago. In this case it’s John Goodman’s Walter Sobchak.

At this point I don’t feel like I will actually get all of my 1st Edition Zombicide models done by the end of 2023, though it may be possible at least to get the survivors finished…

perhaps.

18 thoughts on “Zombicide Survivors “Achille” (Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter) & “Gary” (Jeff Bridges as “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski)”

  5. The Dude abides… I’ve seen the Big Lebowski but I can’t say I really got it. Maybe I just have the wrong sense of humor for it. Either way, you nailed my fellow Jeff there, I reckon 🙂 I like the zombie version too!

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      • Same here. A second watch would probably help me decide how I feel about it and maybe I’d appreciate it more then too. I’ve heard people say there’s all this philosophy and hidden depth to the movie though I didn’t catch it in my first go. Not sure that that would change my opinion on the movie much either way though!

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      • I think i’ll put it on the list. We watched Dirty Harry recently. I’d only seen bits of it in passing as a child in the room – it would have been Sunday night TV movie fodder back in the 1980’s I’m sure. Not bad, actually -better thanm I’d expected. There’s a fair few more of that series I want to watch now to get the full understanding/experience, but I’m always so pressed for time that sitting down to watch a movie for 2 hours is a task!

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      • I had the same experience with Dirty Harry. Watched it as a kid and not once since then. I can really relate to that last bit about not having enough time. There’s all kinds of stuff I’d love to revisit whether it be movies, TV, or video games and there just isn’t enough time to do it unfortunately.

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