Zombicide Survivors are back with this post! Today we have two representations of Nick Frost’s character “Ed” from classic ZomRomCom Shaun of the Dead.
The first of them are the two figures from Zombicide’s promo survivors – we have actually a pretty good pair of representations of Nick Frost from the film (spoiler alert, I guess?)
Zombicide’s Not-Ed is a much better model and likeness than their Not-Shaun, where the sculptor apparently had never seen a cricket bat before in any form including a photo, and just gave “Fred” a pathetic little bat-tennis bat-looking-thing.
Hasslefree’s take on Ed is a bit less accurate and a lot more generic feeling. “Tony” here is a lot less interesting and just doesn’t especially inspire much. I mean, it’s a decent enough figure but it doesn’t really evoke Ed at all to me.
Regardless, I still painted him up alongside the Zombicide version to keep the paint consistent for the character. I don’t recall Ed wearing a cap in the film, let alone a backwards one, but I could well be wrong. It’s been awhile after all.
Hasslefree’s Ray figure on the other hand is a really nice sculpt. Both of them are, in fact – and whenever we play Zombicide we have one or the other out in case we draw that survivor. Here’s the one that I had handy alongside Ed – together again for the first time, with only nine years in between the two of them being painted. Damn that makes me feel old!
These are of course another trio of figures for Dave Stone’s Paint Whatchoogot Challenge of 2023-4!
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Great work Az.
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Thanks mate! 🙂
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Excellent job on all three mate, they could easily be stills from the movie, with your accurate portrayal in paint, and your right I don’t recall him wearing a baseball cap either.
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Thank you! Way too generous with your praise of course, but appreciated all the same. I’ve found that Hasslefree also has a figure for Jane – which it turns out I also own. She just lacks a profile card for Zombicide, so I’ll have to make one for her, though it’ll be down the line…
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These are great! :-) I really like ’em!
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Cheers, John – thank you!
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They look great and it never gets old seeing you paint clothing so damned well! 😃
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Thanks mate – I do have to say that a well sculpted item of clothing does make it a hell of a lot easier!
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Looking good mate!
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Thank you, Alex!
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I get what you say about the sculpt, but your paintjob really improves the final result, I love it!
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Thanks mate – they’re all still solid sculpts at least rather than some of the mediocre ones I’ve painted for these games!
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I totally agree with your assessment of these minis. The Zombicide one captures the character best though you did a nice job painting them all up. Its good to see these characters are in the game. To not have them would be a shame!
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Love these mate👍🏻😎
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