Zombicide Rue Morgue Survivors & Zombivors Dan & Maddie

Zombicide Rue Morgue Survivors & Zombivors Dan & Maddie

I did not get much Zombicide completed in the last couple of months – so if I’m hoping to ever complete this mega project of 1st edition I need to pull my fist out. So then, we have this pair of characters from Rue Morgue – Dan the Fireman and Maddie, the …angry Twitter user? Seriously, her profile states “Maddie doesn’t think about her past anymore. All she sees are the simple facts of life and death, and right now she’s at war. A war against zombies in general and capitalist zombie pigs in particular!” She certainly looks like someone who fits the part there, anyway!

Zombicide Rue Morgue Survivor & Zombivor: Dan

Zombicide Rue Morgue Survivor & Zombivor: Dan

Dan was a pretty straightforward mini to paint – nothing crazy here nor anything really worth discussing, really. I used flouro yellow over the top of regular yellow for his satety stripes and added the ones in on his pants, so with the flouro, he pops a little more in real life.

Zombicide Rue Morgue Survivor & Zombivor: Maddie

Zombicide Rue Morgue Survivor & Zombivor: Maddie

Maddie on the other hand took ages to get finished – with a big break of several weeks until the final push to get her finished. She’s another one of those unnecessarily busy models with too much happening – I thought she was another one of the “I am Legend” KS backers but apparently not – she must be someone at Guillotine’s friend instead given the level of finnicky details – teddy bear, suspenders, 2 bound wounds, fucking buttons on her cutoff vest, etc. The mace she’s weilding is a little weird as well, and on the artwork it’s got something on it, so I painted it as an 8-ball.

Anyway, another two Survivors and Zombivors down! We’re nearing the end of the endless stream of boxed-game survivors, though there’s still more than a few “inspired by” Survivors and then “Guest Artist Box” Survivors to go after that.

Archon Studio – Masters of the Universe Battleground: Faker Pack

Archon Studio - Masters of the Universe Battleground: Faker Pack

Another MOTU model today. This time we have Faker, a bad robot made by Skeletor (presumably) to impersonate He-Man. Apparently, it worked – at least to some extent, despite him being blue with a bright orange bondage harness and hair. I guess the residents of Eternia are all an interesting kind of colour-blind.

Archon Studio - Masters of the Universe Battleground: Faker

Have you heard of “The Golden Angle” in regard to miniatures? It refers to the angle of the model that gives the best, most aethetically pleasing view. Let’s now look at Faker here.

Archon Studio - Masters of the Universe Battleground: Faker

Look at the angle of that hand. Ever made a fist yourself? Ever thrown a punch? Try emulating that pose and see how your body feels…

Archon Studio - Masters of the Universe Battleground: Faker

He seems to be speed-walking, sword awkwardly positioned in front of his face, ready to throw an awkward punch with his right hand instead of using the sword in his left hand.

Archon Studio - Masters of the Universe Battleground: Faker

Go home, Faker. You’re apparently drunk. (Just look at that angle he’s on!)

Faker was a re-use of the He-Man figure, but with a colour palette swap and Skeletor’s harness instead of He-Mans. He also had a decal (or sticker?) on his chest with something that looked a little like a reel-to-reel tape. Presumably this is because Faker is a cyborg/robot and reel-t0-reel = computers because it’s the 1980’s.

Archon Studio - Masters of the Universe Battleground: Faker Pack

The other part of this kit is the five pieces of terrain to fit on the hex board the game is played on (no, I have not played or even read the rules yet). Instead of painting them in a variety of colours, I kept them pretty similar so as to potentially represent debris from a single crashed vehicle.

I feel like they missed a chance there when naming this character. They should have named him Fakor instead of Faker. Because he’s basically He-Man with Skeletor‘s skin and Speedos.