I usually do my zombie survivors in groups of four, but as I'm STILL waiting on an order from Hasslefree (which I'm not blaming on them, from what I've heard it's more to do with a shortage of postal workers in Vermont) I dug around in my storage boxes for any suitable minis for Zombtober. Luckily I found this pair and set about slapping on the paint.
Edna isn't too sure what's going on, but what she does know is that scruffy people keep trying to eat her cats and that ain't happening. Wielding her walking stick like some medieval sword, she's adept at smashing undead skulls and so far has only lost one kitty.
I bought Edna back in [checks orders on Reaper's site] 2019! Her and her cats have been living it up in the Magical Box of Unloved Lead for the best part of two years so it's about time they were set free. I painted her skirt Ash Grey and her cardigan Park Green Flat before hitting her hair with a number of greys and her sock with Off-White. Pink was the absolutely obvious choice for her fluffy slippers.
Edna comes with six cats on separate sprues as well as the one she's holding, and I picked four for the base. The reason there's only three is because the orange one went really, really wrong.
Dr. Zander worked at a top-secret research lab until it was overrun by zombies when an experiment went wrong. He clings to his briefcase as if the future of humanity depends on it because he thinks he's discovered the cure for the zombie plague. He hasn't, but that's a matter for another day.
Zander is a mini by Harwood Hobbies, and like Edna I've owned him for a couple of years. He's part of their Lovecraft Circle series and is also available in two other poses: unarmed and zombified. Zander was pretty easy to paint, with Blue-Grey and Black Wash for his trousers and Cavalry Brown and Read Leather for his coat. An Off-White shirt and some leftover Park Green Flat on his tie completed his ensemble.
I also painted this pair from the Zombie Vixens box. I don't know how I missed them the first time around. Like the rest they were fiddly to glue together, and the cheerleader's right arm has a tendency to snap off if Watson farts in another room. The maid is supposed to be holding a tray but I could not find it on the sprue until after I'd finished painting her. Oh well, it'll go in the bits box.
Great work on the survivors, and zombies Matt, I think leaving the tray off the maid was the best idea, and adds another dynamic to the model.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave! Yeah, I've never been a fan of zombies holding things, let alone balancing a serving tray. I have a feeling the food would be all over the floor pretty quickly LOL!
DeleteNice work on all four mate, though I do like the cat lady best (but I am biased here of course), you could have rolled out a thin sausage of greemstuff, knotted it up a bit and hey presto, the waitress has a hand full of entrails! or perhaps not. 🙄
ReplyDeleteCheers Roger.
Cheers, Roger! Edna is a really good sculpt but I'm waiting for Reaper to do a Crazy Dog Guy sculpt LOL! A handful of entrails for the maid is a good idea and sounds like something even I could accomplish...
DeleteMarvellous stuff, Matt. That Cat Lady, Edna, is Top Ten stuff in my books. Superb work on the others too mind.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Edna was fun to paint and I don't know why it took me two years to get around to her!
DeleteLove everything in this post mate! Edna gets the gold medal tho, what a fantastic sculpt and great paintjob to boot
ReplyDeleteCheers, Dai! She really has bags of character and would have worked with just the kitty she's holding.
DeleteWonderful paint-jobs, especially on Eda (the third cat-lady model I now lnow of) and Zander is a top sculp too that can fit into many genres. Now that I have a couple of sprues of 'vixens' I really should turn to assembling a couple.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joe! Zander is a decent mini. I didn't like him when he arrived in the mail as I thought his scale was too small, but he fits perfectly with all my other 28mm survivors. Edna is one of those Reaper minis that you wonder what it's for and then realise she too could be a zombie hunter :-)
DeleteGreat stuff here, too, Matt! That Edna miniature is a great sculpt I've always enjoyed but haven't caved into buying yet. Someday!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Keith! Edna really is an awesome sculpt and makes a nice change from the usual gun-toting survivors I normally paint.
DeleteI think both Edna and Dr. Zander will fit in well with your other Post-Apocalyptic minis. I love the variety in your collection and I think you're going to have the ability to have some awesome games in the future with all of the minis and terrain you've been finishing lately!
ReplyDeleteI like having variety in my survivors; after all, not everyone who makes it through the initial zombie uprising is going to be a Navy Seal :-)
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