28mm Apocalypse Surviviors III

Following on from parts I and II in January, I have finished some more miniatures for my post-apocalypse games.

Listed as Smith and Colt Cartwright on the Hasslefree Miniatures website, these two gentlemen are better known to Supernatural fans as Sam and Dean Winchester.  Supernatural is one of my favorite shows.  I remember watching the first episode and never thought it would still be airing 14 years later.  7TV: Apocalypse has a monster hunter star that is perfect for them, as well as a variety of creatures for them to fight.

 

 

This is a giant mutant from Brother Vinni  I am not sure what the real name for this miniature is because it is no longer on their website.  It is made of resin and came in 4 parts: body, 2 arms and hammer.  I had to drill out the hands to fit the hammer.  You could substitute another weapon.  I spent some time deciding what color to use for the skin, with Howard Hues oriental flesh beating blue.

 

The revolution doesn't stop for the apocalypse!  With a Cuban cigar in one hand and an AK-47 in the other, Hector Gomez (left) from Studio Miniatures is always ready to continue the struggle for the proletariat.  Originally a free bonus miniature to backers of their Project Z Kickstarter, it is now available on the Studio website, where they seem to be continuing to expand their range of survivors.

Joe (right) is from Hasslefree Miniatures.  He may only be armed with a baseball bat but he has plenty of attitude.

 

In case you are curious about the size comparison.  The mutant definitely towers over the others.

28mm Vikings & Viking Ship Grave

In between big projects I often work on a few figures, a small unit or a piece of terrain for an old army.  Recently I made some additions to my 28mm Viking army that I use for SAGA.

I normally have a standard for each SAGA army I have.  Even though I don't often use them as banner in game terms, I think they look nice and add character to each army.  When I originally painted my Vikings, none of the miniatures was in the right position to hold a spear upright.  I've been on the lookout for a suitable miniature ever since.  I finally bought one by Gripping Beast at Historicon 2018 from Badger Games.  It came with a LBMS banner.  I think he looks suitably stern to be a veteran companion of the Viking leader.

 

 

The 2nd edition of SAGA allows a unit of 6 shieldmaidens.  Since I already had 4 that I painted back in 2017, why not get 2 more?    I still needed a leader and a standardbearer.  I ordered them from Brother Vinni in 2018 during one of their sales.  They are made of resin with separate arms that attached easily with superglue.  The standard was harder to attach.  The lower section was part of the arm piece, with the upper section including the banner was separate.  It was too thin to pin, but after trimming some off the lower section I was able to get it to hold together with superglue.  It appears to be a strong join now.  The top section is available separately if you need a new banner.

The two new miniatures:

 

 The whole unit ready for battle:

Also recently completed is a Viking ship grave from Acheson Creations.  Cast in resin, my friend Mike bought it for me at a convention and mailed it to me.   I was pleased that when I googled 'Viking Ship Grave' the images were very similar.  The burial site was surrounded by stone slabs in the shape of a ship.  After a quick run though tthe dishwasher to remove the mold residue I spray primed it black.  After that all it took were a few layers of drybrushing.  I added some static grass, shrubs and flowers and voila.  It is a good-sized terrain feature and will give my Vikings something to defend. 

 

 

 

28mm Apocalypse Survivors II

More survivors from my New Year's photo shoot.  Today is a mixed bag of miniatures from Brigade Games, Brother Vinni, Copplestone, Hasslefree, Studio Miniatures and Warlord.  All were painted in the fall of 2018 unless noted otherwise..

First up are three dearly departed characters from The Walking Dead.  The father and son duo of Rick (c) and Carl (l) are from Studio Miniatures, while Abraham (r) is from Brigade Games.  Good representations of all of them.  Rick appears to be going through one of his rough periods.

The next two are from Copplestone's Future Wars line, the Citizen Militia I pack.  I bought them back in 2013 because I wanted to use one of the miniatures in the pack for a Doctor Who character (Mickey) and the other four have been patiently waiting for their turn to be painted.

The other two from the same Copplestone pack.

These are a pack of three Postapoc Citizens from Brother Vinni cast in resin.  The arms were separate and easily pinned.  I painted them in the same uniform to serve as a town militia.

This is a Zombie Beast from Warlord's Project Z line.  Unlike most of that range, it is metal.  It came with a choice of heads.  Is it a zombie?  A mutant?  An experiment gone wrong?  At that size what difference does it make?  Run!

These are both from Hasslefree.  On the left is Karl Drax, based on the character Ronon Dex from the tv show Stargate: Atlantis.  It was the first role I saw played by Jason Momoa, now much more famous due to Game of Thrones and Aquaman.  On the right, Dynamic Jynx is conjuring a ball of energy.  Perhaps the radiation gave her powers?

These two are both from Studio Miniatures.  The model on the right is, I believe, based on Kris Kristofferson's character in the movie Blade.  I haven't seen it since it first came out in the late 90s so I don't remember it very well.  I bought it because I liked the leg brace, he looks like a grizzled survivor defending his homestead or settlement the best he can.  The model on the left is, of course, Indiana Jones.  How is he still alive after the apocalypse you ask?  Well, he did drink that elixir in 'The Last Crusade'.  He is smiling because there are plenty of new artifacts to excavate in the post-apocalypse world.  Also because in my game world, The Crystal Skull never happened!

Last is a model I painted back in 2010 or 2011.  It was part of another Copplestone Future Wars pack and I have somehow never taken a picture of it.

Next time I'll post some spy-fi miniatures for 7TV.  Thanks for looking!
Jason

28mm Apocalype Survivors I

Over the fall and winter I've been working on painting all the post-apocalypse miniatures I have.  Besides reducing the mountain of unpainted lead I have, I am also planning on running games in that genre in 2019.

Today's post includes primarily miniatures from Brigade Games.  They have a nice P-A line that began as a Kickstarter a few years ago and that they have been expanding it since.  I bought some of these at a convention back in 2016 once they were selling them at retail.  The rest I bought last September during one of their sales.  They have good detail with things like torn clothing, different types of backpacks, etc.

A couple of marauders looking for other survivors to prey upon.  I like the coats they are wearing.

 

One of the things I like about this line is the variety in weapons; not all the models are carrying assault rifles or machineguns.  The one on the left has a drill and several tools in a belt and the one on the right is holding a knife with a pistol in a holster.

 

More weapon variety with a baseball bat.  Hoods and sheepskin jackets are a good look for the post-apocalypse.

 

Some more civilized survivors.  Perhaps they are from a settlement?

 

A pistol and machete seem like a good combination.  I've named the one on the right 'Curly' after the Three Stooges.  He doesn't seem to be suffering from the food shortages, does he?

 

 

The one on the left is a resin model from Brother Vinni that came with separate arms which were easily attached.  On the right is another from Brigade.

 

The one on the left is from Hasslefree.  I started assembling it with a previous batch and had problems getting the arms to attach well.  I finally got them pinned and glued on.  The one on the right is a mechanic with only a wrench to defend himself.

 

While the weather was good I took two more sets of pictures, so check back soon.

Thanks for looking!
Jason

September 2018 Purchases

I have tried to finish this post several times over the last week, and each time another package arrived that I wanted to include.  I now have plenty of things to work on this weekend while hurricane Florence passes through.  Thankfully I am far enough inland that it will be weaker when it passes by, so just lots of wind and rain.  No spray priming!

The first package to arrive last Saturday was a set of 2 zodiac boats by Sea Dog Game Studios at http://sailpowergame.com/.  They are located in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio and have a variety of 3D printed products.  My friend Mike picked them up from Sea Dog and mailed them to me.  The detail is pretty good and there aren't any obvious printing lines.  They boats are carrying various post-apocalypse miniatures from my collection to show the scale.  They should hold plenty of crew.

Also on Saturday I stopped by the local post office to pick up a package from Brother Vinni in Bratislava, Slovakia.  This is the second time I've ordered from them and it took 12 days from ordering to arrival in the US and only 4 days from the shipping notification.  Pretty good service.  This time I got 2 Viking shieldmaidens (top row) to add to the 4 I already have so that I can make a Shieldmaiden unit for SAGA.  The other 4 are already painted so I plan on finishing these quickly.  If only I had a local opponent!  I am a bit nervous about attaching the top part of the flag, it is separate from the arm holding the lower part of the flagstaff.  The miniature on the bottom row will be used for a post-apoc survivor and is armed with a pistol in one hand and a rifle on her back.  Like all Brother Vinni's products I have bought, these are made of resin and have great detail with few-to-no mold lines.

On Monday my order from Brigade Games' Labor Day sale arrived.  It contained 9 miniatures from their post-apoc range.  I've bought some of the others in this range at conventions and they are on my painting table now.  A good variety of weapons and equipment and minimal cleanup required.

On Wednesday the last outstanding order I had arrived from Warlord, courtesy of their recent sale.  Two sprues of modern military (4 minis each) for post-apoc and 7TV use, five 2017-18 issues of Wargames Illustrated and the Terminator boxed game.  I don't plan on playing the game, but the Terminator miniatures will come in handy for use in 7TV games as robots or aliens.  It was hard to pass up for $16.