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Zombicide 2nd Edition X Last Night On Earth: Character Crossover 3 – Timber Peak

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Last Night On Earth: Timber Peak Survivors: Jake Cartwright, Sally, Sherriff Anderson, Ed Baker

More figures on the Zombie-Sided part of our collection – these four being the last four previously-unpainted figures from unrelated Zombie game Last Night on Earth‘s Timber Peak expansion.

Last Night On Earth: Timber Peak Survivors: Jake Cartwright, Sally, Sherriff Anderson, Ed Baker

Timber Peak features a few characters from the original core set – those who managed to canonically survive the events of the initial outbreak depicted in the first box, I guess. Regardless, following on the previous LNOE Zombicide cards we made several months ago, it was time to make some new ones for these four.

Last Night On Earth Survivor Sally

So first we have Sally. Her miniature looks much the same. Slightly longer hair, slightly longer axe handle, slightly shorter skirt. Last Night On Earth: Timber Peak Survivor: Zombicide Card - Sally, Woodinvale Survivor

We also made up a new Zombicide Survivor card for these returning survivors, with a few upgrades but trying not to go as far as the official “Ultimate Survivor” figures.

Last Night On Earth Survivor Jake CartwrightLast Night On Earth: Timber Peak Survivor: Zombicide Card - Jake cartwright, Woodinvale Survivor

Same deal with Jake. He appears to have turned his fur-lined ushanka cap around, as it looks like he was wearing it inside out in his initial run. Perhaps he just found a better one. He also traded in his axes for a rifle, so we just tweaked some skills to reflect that, and have him a basic rifle as starting gear as an “upgraded” version of the survivor.

Last Night On Earth Survivor Sherriff Anderson

Sherriff Anderson has in some ways had the biggest change. He ditched his jacket but apparently was able to get leg-lengthening surgery in the interim. His hat is also a couple of sizes smaller, and so to match that he also had his head shrunk by a size or two.

 

All very normal looking – and a real triumph in boardgame miniature sculpting!

Last Night On Earth: Timber Peak Survivor: Zombicide Card - Sherriff Anderson, Woodinvale Survivor

Again – just a few upgrades from the original in the vein of not-quite-as-extreme Ultimate Survivors.

Last Night On Earth: Timber Peak Survivor: Zombicide Card - Ed Baker, Lumberjack

We then have Ed Baker – a new character from this expansion.

Last Night On Earth: Timber Peak Survivor: Zombicide Card - Alice, Diner Waitress Last Night On Earth: Timber Peak Survivor: Zombicide Card - Nikki, Bush Pilot

We also made cards for the other two Timber Peak survivor models awhile ago, so why not include them in this post? Alice the Diner Waitress and Nikki the Bush Pilot. Once again, these cards were all made thanks to Wuxyteo’s website (not linked due to not secure – google it and you’ll be good).

And with that, we’re done for this post. These figures were painted in December over a few days after finishing work for the year, and so they just about fit in with Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 24-25 challenge concluding this month. How many models do I need to post up before the 28th of February that I finished in January and February? 

What’s the date today?

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Mantic Games Mars Attacks Novas Vira Infantry (I think?) + Zombicide Stat Cards

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What, you might reasonably ask, the actual fuck are you doing painting shitty PVC Mantic Mars Attacks models? A very reasonable question, to be sure. The fact is that these models have been primed and sitting in one of my Zombicide Survivors tubs for a couple of years. Now that in current times I have found the character card generator for Zombicide, and these models all being reasonably simple – easy wins as it were – I decided to get them done back in December. High work stress time, so low-stakes models are the sort of thing I can get onto more easily.

Only two of these models are listed in the KS page as Novus Vira Infantry (whatever that is). The female and the guy rocking back on his toes. In the render, he’s leaning against a short wall but I guess they got rid of that for the production model without adjusting his feet or pose so he would look vaguely natural. I always felt that the inspiration for that model was John Matrix from Commando rather than Dutch Schaefer from Predator, so he got Arnie’s iconic 80’s “camo” paint across his face and arms. The other figure that I had a feel for was the female, so she got painted as inspired by PFC.Vasquez from Aliens, though those tight pants were never going to pass as fatigues, so she got tight jeans instead. The other two? I’m not sure if they’re also supposed to be Novus Vira, but probably. One is clearly the T-800 from T2, but he’s also comparatively very short.

Once again, Marouda and I sat down together for a little while to work out skills that fit the characters thematically without making them into killdozers.

We rewatched Commando to work out the skills for this character. I haven’t seen that film since at least the 90’s, when it was still fucking awesome. Watching it now it felt like almost a comedy it was so full of unrealistic silliness. Wow. Just…. wow.

This next figure is in military garb, but quite different to the US Military figures that came in the set, so I painted him in Desert Storm “choc-chip” 6-colour camo, since it’s something I always enjoy painting. I named him after Spike Jonzes’ character from Three Kings, which also gave us an excuse to rewatch that film. Which still holds up very nicely.

The last of the four got turned into Vasquez from Aliens. It’s the “tough chick” look and the bandanna, so now we’ve also got the well-known kick-ass latina for our games.

Ironically, the fact that these models now have Zombicide Survivor cards for us to use, they’ll probably get more table time than the most heroical heroes from all of the Warhamms!