Studio Miniatures “Cole” (Bruce Campbell as Ash from the Evil Dead)

Studio Miniatures "Cole" (Bruce Campbell as Ash from the Evil Dead) Zombicide Proxy

Obviously, Cole is based on Ash from the Evil Dead franchise in a certain point in the timeline – right down to the very specific rip in his shirt. But you knew most of that already from the post title if you didn’t immediately recognise it. And while I know I’m not really “supposed” to be painting Zombicide models this month, what with the Season of Scenery thing and all happening, but as I said in my previous post – I’m still willing to knock out individual models that are close to completion, and that pesky “order of operations” thing I’m wanting to do.

Studio Miniatures "Cole" (Bruce Campbell as Ash from the Evil Dead) Zombicide Proxy

So basically yesterday I saw this model on his Citadel Painting Handle ™ as I was trying to make room on the painting desk, had a good look at what was left to do on him, and then put the minimal amount of effort into completing him to make room for that other stuff.

Studio Miniatures "Cole" (Bruce Campbell as Ash from the Evil Dead) Zombicide Proxy

Model wise, this is one that I picked up from the Studio Miniatures “Plastic Zombies” Kickstarter about a decade or so ago when Kickstarter was new and shiny, and was one of the extras offered – and certainly one of the better sculpts offered in metal at the time. Sadly, Studio Miniatures is no more, but at least their models live on over at Hayland Terrain. Seems the sculpt quality offered by Studio really did improve dramatically over the years. There’s quite a few nice Zombicide-friendly models at Hayland I wouldn’t mind potentially picking up one day – I wonder if they do Black Friday sales?

Brease’s “Guillotine for 28mm Miniatures Gaming” – 3D Print for Zombicide Pariz

Brease's "Guillotine for 28mm Miniatures Gaming"

So recently we picked up “Zombicide: Pariz” – even though we’re not likely to play it anytime soon, given the play queue – with CMON’s current financial issues it kinda felt like a “buy it or don’t/FOMO” opportunity. Looking into it a little bit, it turns out that this version of Zombicide, set in the eponymous city features “trees” (check), “trapdoors” (check) and a Guillotine.

Kind of weird that this is the first guillotine featured in the series, given the studio behind the game.

Brease's "Guillotine for 28mm Miniatures Gaming"

Anyway, after reading this, I had a quick gander to see if there was a decent, free STL of one of these death machines out there, and I found this one – Guillotine for 28mm Miniatures Gaming by a 3D artist called “Brease”.

Brease's "Guillotine for 28mm Miniatures Gaming"

Shortly afterwards, the model was added to Flippy’s work queue, and then over the course of several days, I gave it a simple paintjob, suitable for the tabletop. The rope doesn’t have a spiral texture sculpted in, but it was pretty simple to paint in some diagonal lines to give it the effect.

And now I’ve finally managed to show off a model for Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery, 2025 edition! I’ve just found out that Dave is going through a bit of a rough time health-wise right now, so Marouda and I are hoping to hear from Dave that he’s made a speedy and smooth recovery – hope to see you posting again soon, mate!