Survivor Friday- HAZMAT Team Alpha

Welcome back to another Survivor Friday!

In between furiously painting the lovely Medieval Mayhem miniatures, I managed to put the finishing touches on my HAZMAT team from Recreational Conflict.

I liked the bulky and slightly awkward posing of the Recreational Conflict figures, I think it suits the HAZMAT suit really well.

I think the group of six is made up of some scientists, out looking for the cure, with a few USMC body guards to keep them safe on their scientific expedition. Because after all if anyone can find a cure, people in bright yellow suits are surely our best bet. Right?

Flamethrower!

More Medieval Mayhem miniatures over the weekend- Knights of Ni! Taunting Frenchmen! And more!

Chris

Survivor Saturday- Corporal Ellen Best

Apologies for the late survivor this week, my Friday was spent farewelling a really good mate of mine who passed away unexpectedly last week. Tried to write a tribute for here two or three times, but the words didn't work, I couldn't get it right. There were people who did it much better than I could ever imagine of doing it, and I am so grateful to them for that, including Tim's, which you can find here.

I painted this week's survivor a week or two ago, and she is a bit unique, as I sculpted her too! She was my entry into the Hasslefree competition a few years (three maybe?) ago. I wanted to avoid the stereotypical female in gaming, the chainmail bikinis etc. So, I instead layered my model up in thick clothing, body armour, gave her an SA-80 and made her a British Solider!

Overall, the sculpt isn't great. I was immensely proud of it then, but looking at it now I can see the number of flaws that are in it, and certainly can see why I didn't win! All that aside, I still love having her in my group of Zombie survivors, and it is a good kick in the pants for me to get out my sculpting tools again.

I have paired her up with a Military Working Dog from Recreational Conflict, and have given her an approximation of MTP camo, as well as a nice red beret and an MP armband.

She relates to one of my favourite stories from WWZ, the one around the usage of dogs as infection spotters, trackers and herders for the fight against the undead. No story this week, because I am pretty sure I couldn't do it better than Max Brooks did!

I have a fair bit on the painting table at the moment, so check back in for Walking Dead Wednesday!

Chris

Survivor Week 15: Deena

It's Friday, so along with a whole mess of zombies, I have managed to get another survivor painted!

No story today, have been too busy at work to get any creative juice flowing sadly. That also explains the poor lighting for the images today, had to do it before I went to work!

This survivor comes from Recreational Conflict, and was ordered because I got tempted about some other of their figures, and couldn't resist buying a bit more. Overall, the figure isn't my favourite so far, but she is another one completed for my mob of survivors.

The face of the figure isn't great, but elements are good, the shotgun, the pose etc are nice. The figure is also a bit short, see the comparison below:

So, apologies for a quick update, but I just haven't been able to do much writing. I will remedy that next week :).

Chris