Zombicide Survivors “Benny” (Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross from The Expendables) & “Neema”

Zombicide Survivors “Benny” (Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross from The Expendibles) & "Neema"

Another pair of Zombicide survivors again today – the first being a pretty obvious take on Sylvester’s Barney from the Expendables as well as an original Survivor from the Toxic City Mall boxed set.

Zombicide Survivor “Benny” (Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross from The Expendibles)

Barney (or Benny? nah!) was both a tricky model and an easy one to paint, given that his outfit is made up of several shades of black.

Zombicide Survivor “Benny” (Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross from The Expendibles)

I did like doing the weapons, though – the AA-12 was fun and yes, I do have a hammer that looks like that. I think it works well as a weapon in these games as a more plain hammer would stand out a lot less.

Zombicide Survivor "Neema"

Neema was a pretty fun model to paint. Her pose, her curves and the folds in her clothes leant themselves to an enjoyable painting experience that was complete before it had a chance to get old.

Zombicide Survivor "Neema"

That’s the thing that came to pass on this run of Zombicide models, really – while needing to essentially paint these models in almost-identical pairs, it was an enjoyable experience to be able to just pluck and paint different models with their own palette on what became a daily basis. I started with four (two pair) to paint with the models I’ve just shown in my previous two posts. After awhile, and starting with these two – once I sat down to paint, I’d complete the pair that I started the previous day/night, and then after completion, I’d choose a new pair to get started on – then complete that Survivor/Zombvivor and choose a new one to start on – and so on and on…

Zombicide Survivor “Kris” (John Travolta as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction…. or… Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis from Heat)

Zombicide Survivor “Kris” (John Travolta as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction.... or... Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis from Heat)

Today’s Zombicide survivors are a pair of cool looking, manly suit wearing men with guns from the mid-to-late nineties. Travolta and Kilmer. I’ll probably have a run of daily posts so I can catch up more quickly, while still keeping posts with similar figures in pairs, as they’re easier for me to find when looking for something here. (And easier for people to google, I guess!)

The unusual part of this particular model is that back during the Kickstarter, the usual “game” of working out who the different CMoN Kickstarter Exclusive/Promo characters are “inspired by” came up with two options for the Kris character. Those two being Travolta in Pulp Fiction and Kilmer from Heat. If I recall correctly, backers could add on additional stretch goal survivors as paid extras, so I did the only thing that I could do – I picked up two of Kris so I could paint him as both of the film characters. Because that’s a normal thing to do, right?

Zombicide Survivor “Kris” - John Travolta as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction

So, yeah. Vincent Vega in his black suit, sans tie. Kind of a hybrid of the jacket that he wears for most of the film, and the no-tie look that he has when taking Uma Thurman out for a nice dance and overdose.

Zombicide Survivor “Kris” - John Travolta as Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction

While taking the photos earlier, I noticed that I missed adding some blood to the back of his suit, so I’ve gone back and added that since then. Not that it helps this picture, but hey….

Zombicide Survivor - Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis from Heat

Val on the other hand (because who actually remembers the name of his character from that film?) wears a grey suit, and while he also wears a waistcoat (and body armour, and mag pouches, etc) in some scenes, he’s also seen wearing just the jacket over his white shirt.

Zombicide Survivor - Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis from Heat

And that’s my next four Zombicide survivor figures done – four models this time for one character card. Makes perfect sense…