20 October 2021

Apocalypse Me: Soul survivors

Well it's been five weeks and I'm assuming my Hasslefree survivors have succumbed to a zombie apocalypse in the depths of Caerphilly. Luckily these groovy mofos turned up a couple of days ago and gave me another chance to do some stuff for Dave's Apocalypse Me challenge. Here they are in the usual crappily-lit photos.

I got these guys from Brigade Games. They're actually made by Copplestone Castings and are called the Soul Section, part of Copplestone's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang range of 1960s and 70s spies. Their clothing makes them perfect to be more attendees of the fancy dress party which also features Cleo, Ebony, Destiny and Horace. I named them Darius, Pam and Calvin.

Darius was the first person at the party to see that something odd was going on when a couple of guys took a bite out of the DJ. After yelling a warning to Calvin, he fought his way outside, got a shotgun from the boot of a police car and opened fire on the shambling dead.

I went for a darker 70s palette for Darius, with a leather jacket and beret painted Black Grey and Black Red trousers highlighted with Dark Red. A bit of Sky Blue for his turtleneck sweater and some Light Brown on his shoes and he was done. 

After hearing Darius' shout, Calvin grabbed Pam and headed for the front door. Finding it blocked by zedheads and body parts, he battled through the crowd of panicked partygoers and exited out the back. After finding a pistol he managed to shoot his way out of the garden and reunite with Darius. 

First off: PLEASE IGNORE HIS LEFT EYE. I've since fixed it. Anyway, I really like 70s orangey-browns and Calvin's cool jacket screamed out for such a shade. I stuck to a lighter scheme with the rest of his clothes, painting his trousers Light Brown and his turtleneck Ivory. I cannot believe I arsed up his eye that badly.

Pam was grooving to the music when she was suddenly dragged out of the mayhem by Calvin. Bewildered by the screams and panic, she grabbed a pistol from a dead security guard and started shooting. Since leaving the party she's become a one-woman zombie killer.

Pam was named after the absolute badass that is Pam Grier. She looks a tad more 1960s than 1970s but I'm not letting that get in the way. Her dress proved a sticking point when deciding on a colour, as I've already used 70s classics like lime green, muted pink, orange and mustard yellow on other partygoers. I briefly entertained doing some kind of pattern or stripes, but then remembered it's me doing the painting so I stuck with hot pink in the form of Warlord Purple highlighted with Sunset Red.

As I said there's no sign of the Hasslefree minis, but I just got an email telling me my last order of Brigade Games zombies will be delivered later today so expect some more collapsing cadavers soon!

10 comments:

  1. Great work on the survivors Matt, they all have the 70's vibe in my opinion. Shame to hear about your order being AWOL, but sounds like you have another parcel to keep you entertained in the meantime

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    1. Thanks, Dave, it's good to know I got the 70s look right. The missing order is annoying me, especially after emailing Hasslefree and getting no response. Still, I have other stuff to get on with.

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  2. Great sculpts and paint-job to match, save for wonky (now fixed) eye !
    I must say I didn't look as cool as theses guys, in the 70s.

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    1. Thanks, Joe! 1970s me was wearing a snorkel coat and flared jeans LOL!

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  3. Man they are soo cool!! Blaxploitation written all over them mate, Shaft meets Pam Grier, awesome, two of the ultimate 70's bad'asses!

    Top work matey, even with the wonky eye (that you say you fixed, 🤪)

    Cheers Roger.

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    1. The eye is "fixed," i.e. slightly better than it is in these photos... both the chaps have pretty crappily sculpted eyes that were sods to paint. Shaft meeting Pam Grier is just funkadelic on steroids LOL!

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  4. Roger beat me to it. I see the influence of Shaft here too. These are such a great idea for the Zombie setting. I want Shaft backing me up in the apocalypse for sure! :)

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    1. Shaft would go through a pack of zombies in no time. He'd not only back you up, he'd have something cool to say about it too :-)

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  5. I love these. The Copplestone stuff has been on my list of wants for some time! Well done!

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    1. Thanks, Keith! They are great sculpts and good value for money.

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