Four More Survivors (Replacements?) for Zombie RV

    4 more survivors for my Zombie RV games because...well, other ones "got 'et'!" Ha, ha

I decided that it would be a good idea to paint up the occasional survivor for my Zombie RV games just in case we continue to lose people. A couple weeks ago, I dug through my unpainted lead and picked out a eight armed with melee weapons or various firearms. This is the first of those eight. A batch of four replacements - two with pistols, two with melee weapons.

Once again, these 28mm miniatures are from various manufacturers. The tall guy holding two pistols is a Foundry figure from their Street Violence line in the "Scabies Punks" set. The two bald guys are from Battle Valor Games. The policemen was purchased in a flea market, so I honestly don't know what line he comes from. He's very tall, and the slotta base (ugh - I hate those things!) doesn't help with him looming over the other figures!

    My favorite of the batch from Foundry's 'Street Violence' range -- Mick, armed with two pistols

My favorite is the Foundry fig. His musculature really popped with the dark flesh wash I do in the beginning and the brown wash that I do at the end. The leather harness holding his magazines looks great, but my favorite part of how I decided to paint his pants. I went with black pants and metallic decoration on them. The stripe down the leg I painted in an almost florescent green to go with his punk rocker red mohawk and droopy mustache. I was tempted to do some tattoos on him, too, but honestly completely forgot about it! Still, he stands out from the other four already, so I guess he didn't really need the tats!

    Because my friend Keith wanted it, here's a survivor named 'Moe' -- from Battle Valor Games

The two bald guys are very similar figs, just armed with different weapons. Interestingly, they came form different packs. One is from Pulp 06A Civilian/Survivors and the other from Pulp 05A Civilians/Survivors on Battle Valor Games' website. So, to differentiate them more I painted one up black and the other white. I tried to use ordinary looking clothes as these are supposed to be survivors of the zombie apocalypse, not uniformed troops. In Zombie RV, replacements for your gang typically come with just a melee weapon. I wanted to make sure I had a couple of these guys ready in case, you know, the zombies get hungry! Once again, I thought about giving them logo wear or some sort of writing or decoration on their jackets. I ended up deciding not to do it as I couldn't think of anything to inspire me. Lame excuse, I know!

    I like this pose holding the flashlight in one hand and his pistol in the other - not sure who it is from!

The police officer is a pretty cool pose. I like how he is holding the flashlight in one hand and has his pistol raised in the other. Since Rick in the Walking Dead TV series was a police officer, it makes sense that some cops would survive the initial apocalypse. I mean, they're armed and have the training, right? I painted his uniform up to match my other police officers that I painted long ago for both Pulp and my Mean Streets gang warfare rules. He painted up very quickly, considering there are basically two clothes/uniform colors on him!

    An almost identical pose to 'Moe,' C.J. from Battle Valor Games is armed with a knife instead

I decided to go ahead and name these survivors. I found out what happens when I let my players name them...ha, ha! Still, in deference to my friend Keith, I gave him a "Moe." He won't get a "Schmoe," but at least he has one of the names he chose out of thin air the first time we played Zombie RV. So, what else is on my painting desk? LOTS! I have an emergency batch of 9 Dark Age peasants that I hope to get done in time for Sunday's game. Not sure it is going to happen, though, since it is Wednesday as I type this and I have only the flesh completed. I also have some more Sci-Fi terrain and one or two other oddball things. So, stay tuned to see what gets finished next...!

    Another look at the whole crew - and the police department die cast pickup I got at the grocery store!

Miniature Painting & Purchasing Tally for 2024

• Miniatures acquired in 2024: 227
  
• Miniatures painted in 2024: 239