Fresh Zombies - and a Survivor

Introduction

Recently I published a short review of Studio Miniatures' new plastic zombies.  In that article, I claimed that the completed figures I was showing had been painted in too much of a rush and that I could do better.  Well, I took a bit more time and care over this lot.  See what you think...

More Zombies

Here are another 4 of my Studio Miniatures builds.  I've done some things a little bit differently from my first efforts:

• Firstly (and most obviously), I've cut off the bases that were moulded onto the figures.  Instead, they have been glued to the thin Renedra circular bases that were provided in the kit.
• Secondly, I've taken a little bit off the necks on each figure.  It was probably only about 0.5mm on each figure, but I think it does help to avoid the "ostrich effect".
• Thirdly, some of the arms have been trimmed a little to enable them to hang down close by the figure's sides (rather than sticking out a bit).  This was a very easy modification and is most obvious on the second figure, with the white shirt and green tie.
• Finally, I've added a sandwich board with an appropriately doom-laden slogan to the final zombie.  This is a small conversion that I had been thinking of for some time; these zombie figures are ideally suited to it.

 There are another 3 new zombies in this second picture.  The extra model (at the left hand end) is one of my original builds; this shows clearly the difference between the small, moulded base and the larger, separate ones.

A Survivor

I said before that I thought the plastic Studio Miniatures' zombies could be converted into (living) people without too much effort.  Here's one I prepared already, called "Earl".  I've equipped him with a large spanner or wrench.  The tool came off some vehicle stowage kit (I cannot remember where I got that) but could just as easily have been made from scratch from plastic card or green stuff.  I've remodeled the open right hand so that it is clenched around the spanner, but the other arm hasn't been altered at all.  Other than the hand, the only other modification was to fill a small tear in the back of his jacket.