Wargames Atlantic: Survivors 2

Wargames Atlantic Civilians and Survivors: Women, the companion set to the Male set.

These can be assembled with or without weapons and are compatible with the female agents in the Agents set.

 

Mantic Plague Aberration

 A Big Plague monster from Mantic. I think it is an Aberration, but this particular figure is discontinued.

It is a multipiece vinyl figure, which are a bit of a nightmare to clean up. 

I needed to fill in some of the joins and where there are some mould lines, this is why it has taken a bit of a while to complete.

The figure was undercoated with Army Painter Chaotic Red. Ant gaps were filled in with Chaotic Red. The figure was then dry brushed with Citadel Tyrant Bone.

It was then washed with Citadel Khorne wash.

Facing off against a trooper.

Wargames Atlantic: Survivors 1

The Wargames Atlantic Civilians and Survivors set 1 builds 24 male figures. There are sufficient parts for all of them to be running unarmed or armed with an assortment of weapons ranging from swords and bats (Cricket and Rounders) to assault rifles via pistols, revolvers and submachine guns. 

There are four of the main sprues that build mainly unarmed or armed with bats or poles figures.

There are three of the weapon sprues.

When Nightmares Come - Tortured Souls

 At Salute this year I bought a box of Wargames Atlantic  Zombies. As I said earlier, I was not impressed by them but thought about using them as some ghostly entities.

So here I present some Tortured Souls.

Simple paint job - undercoat of Citadel Corax White, base Vallejo Flat Earth. Body Citadel Aethermatic Blue Contrast paint.

Anvil Zone Mercenaries

 Anvil Industries have recently released a Print on Demand range called Zone Mercenaries. with male and female figures.

They are equipped with reinforced armour, helmets and gas masks and AKM assault rifles.

The problem is, the weapons are rather large, partly due to the limits on the materials used for their normal resin ranges, but I suspect mainly to be in scale with their normal market of gamers who want something similar to but more interesting than 40K.

This is a bit of  problem as they do not look okay with my modern image type standard Empress figures' weapons.

However a plan emerged to use them as alternative figures for The Walking Dead: All Out War.

Size comparison between a female (left) and male (right) Zone Mercenary and TWD:AOW zombies.

Their weapons and equipment are a drop in replacement for The Commonwealth Trooper (you can probably build them using various existing equipment from the original range)

They are slightly shorter than the Commonwealth Trooper but look okay with the walkers and survivors.

To hide the height difference, I used Crooked Dice supplied slotted round bases and put a thin plastic card panel over the slot. It raises the head height slightly.

Commonwealth Trooper - The Walking Dead: All Out War

 With Mantic Games renewing The  Walking Dead: All Out War, the first faction they released was The Commonwealth.

The figures are in multi-part resin.

This Commonwealth trooper comes in three parts: body, gun and supporting hand ahead of the magazine, and head.

There are two identical bodies in the set, but two different heads, one bare-headed, the other in a helmet.

There is another two troopers with a different body.

The figures are supplied with the new Mantic round base (with magnet insert space) but I have chosen a slotted base from Crooked Dice.

Wargames Atlantic Zombies

 Wargames Atlantic have recently released a 30 figure box set of Zombies. I bought a box on offer at Salute.

They come in a standard Wargames Atlantic box containing five sprues, each building six different zombies for a total of 30.

There are (according to the blurb) seventy five different heads per sprue: regular, Ancient Rome, Dark Ages, Viking, 18th Century, Pirates, Napoleonic, WW1, WW2 and Modern Police, Fire, Construction and Civilians. The idea is that you can use them in any period (and use spare heads and arms with the associated period normal figures).

The problem is they are just plain odd.

They appear to be wearing Carapace armour under their tee shirts

And they seem rather small (this one is leaning forward a bit but...). Comparison shot with a North Star/Oathmark Revenant and a WA Baron's War 2 Knight.

They are very cartoony, Mantic would look at them and go, NO! 

I do not mean the TWD:AOW figures, but the Warpath Plague Zombies.

See what I mean - Mantic Plague Zombies and a Stargrave metal zombie.

Like the Harvesters, this seems to be a lost opportunity by Wargames Atlantic.

At least one will end up painted as a zombie, I might try a few as ghostie things - they remind me of the ghosts in Hilda.

Prodigal Son - Walking Dead: All Out War

 Paul "Jesus" Monroe is an ambassador for the Hill Top faction and an accomplished martial artist.

The figure is made of resin (a photograph of the the unassembled parts were posted earlier).

The figure was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray.

The coat and boots Citadel Dryad Bark.

The hat and rifle strap are Citadel Death World Forest.

The trousers are Citadel Death Korp Drab.

The hair is Citadel Catachan Flesh.

The shirt is Citadel Rakarth Flesh.

The belt, scabbards and straps are Citadel Steel Legion Drab.

The rucksack is Citadel Steel Legion Drab, with side pockets Citadel Snot Womble Green. the edges were highlighted with Citadel Morghast Bone.

The bedroll is Vallejo Blue Grey.

The rifle, belt buckle and scabbard reinforcement is Vallejo Black Grey.

The boots, especially the laces, were dry brushed with Citadel Golfag Brown.

Prodigal Son - The Walking Dead: All Out War returns

 With the announcement on the First of December 2023 that TWD:AOW would be returning to the fold, I thought it would be a good idea to have a look at the resin figures that made up the last sets produced by Mantic before they originally discontinued the game.

And what better figure to start with than the Prodigal Son himself Paul 'Jesus' Monroe.

The figure is in three parts with an additional moulded base.

The feeds are quite thick, but only the elbow and the rucksack require careful cleaning.

 A box game I bought way back when.

Fireforge Samurai and Ashigaru comparison

 Comparison between Fireforge Ashigaru and Samurai with Fireforge Almughavars, Living Dead Peasants, Byzantine Auxilia and North Star Stargrave Scavengers.