Hi all
Carrying on with my TWD project which had started to gather some momentum in the Grotto, but must come to a temporary halt due to university commitments. But who to do next? well it had to be one of my favourite characters in TWD, the katana wielding Michonne!
Michonne's backstory is slightly different in the comics to the TV show, in which she appears at the end of season 2 as a mysterious wanderer who saves the life of Andrea - part of Rick's group who got separated from them following a zombie attack. Using two mutilated zombies (her former boyfriend and his best friend) as a mask from being attacked by other zeds as well as loading them with supplies and using them as mules, she has moved around a great deal before coming into contact with Rick's group via Andrea. Suffering from the trauma of losing her son and lover in the apocalypse has meant that Michonne preferred to keep to herself or with Andrea rather than joining the main group until later on.
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| from the graphic novels |
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| from season 2 |
ok so how did I do her. First I made up the obligatory WGF plastic female survivor, the have a number of heads and one particular head fits the bill almost perfectly (just needs a bandana, which i didn't do, wish i had now though...) arming her with the biggest blade on the sprue, it's a shame it's not a katana but needs must when you are living within your means lol. I wanted Michonne to come with her trademark chained zeds so I then mounted her on a 60mm round mdf base I had left over from my Bolt Action crews, I added a polyfilla cerb and path as well as female zed that has been sliced and diced. The zeds themselves were from the male zombies boxset from WGF and I just either did not add arms or chopped off arms at the elbow! Mrs Gobbo had a broken necklace that I used as a chain to shackle them to Michonne, it just needed rusting up using citadel "rust". Michonne was painted using citadel Mournfang brown and black mix for her skin and hair, washed in brown for the skin and black ink for the hair. Her leather vest was painted Vallejo Saddle Brown and the pants were Citadel administratum. To round off the base and to cover the integrated bases of the zeds I hand painted some newspapers as street litter. The headlines are quite shocking "Apocalypse" and "NHS sold to Big Pharma" says the Sun, "It's Poor People's Fault" screams the Daily Mail, with the sports pages filled with events being cancelled.....
this is the last of my TWD posts for now, however if there are fave characters that i've missed then let me know who they are and i'll have a go!
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| the gang in action! |
dGG
16:24 (+8)
figs bought:painted (difference)
Really enjoyed these posts, I don't watch the walking dead (or read the comic's) but its been great seeing you turn the pictures from the series into figures.
ReplyDeleteGreat work, cheers Roger.
Thanks Roger, Michonne aside the figs were simple to produce and all of them fun to paint :-)
DeleteAnother cracker Andy, and I especially like the little touches such as the newspaper headings etc. I did wonder why such a large base but presumably its a vignette and that larger radius represents just how dangerous both she is with her weapon, and the two chomping zeds following in her wake. Or am I overthinking your design? Either way she/they look terrific :-)
ReplyDeleteJust a little Simon.....lol
DeleteI wanted to capture the image of Michonne rather than a truly playable version, although that said there is definitely a place for her in my games that I have bubbling away in my brain. In essence I wanted the chained versions of the zeds rather than having them separate and following her around like puppies. She will have special rules and I love your thought process which will most likely feature in them! Thanks buddy :-)
What a cracking good vignette. You could have gone with making all three figures separate from one another but there is equal merit in grouping them together as you've done. Good job on the newspapers littering the base. You can buy these from various sources. I have a fair few and I may well send you some if you want them. Just let me know.
ReplyDeleteYeah I could have kept them separate but I wanted the chains linking them together. I must admit Bryan I enjoyed paintin the papers and creating the headlines but I think my scale might be off lol. That said I would love whatever you can send, cheers mate as always :-)
DeleteI really love this piece, your models based on the TWD characters are just awesome dude
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ReplyDeleteA great vignette of Michonne, but I tink having her (at least) detachable would have made the figure far more usable, but as you have a plan I'm sure it'll be fine.
ReplyDeletei hope it will Joe :-)
DeleteI see her as a supporting piece rather than central (i know this is not the case in the programme) more like a special event rather than a playable character.
plus i just like the way it looked as a complete piece with the chains :-)
DeleteI was thinking of those mdf bases that fit otwo or more cfigures into them as an alternate route to have taken.
DeleteI see what you mean Joe and that would have been great but For this project though I was trying to live within my means and use what I have. I don't have the other bases sadly....
DeleteI think this has to be one of my favourites yet, love the chains! That final shot is great too!
ReplyDeletethank you Michael, considering your own amazing vignette work that means a great deal :-)
DeleteWell Andy, you were right about saving the best until last. That is awesome! I see you went with the slightly more covered up version from the TV series, but even so, that is very cool.
ReplyDeleteCheers Jez, glad you like it :-)
DeleteWhat they said! A nice vignette; sometimes we make these things because they're cool rather that because they're practical, though in the hope that they'll be both. If you see what I mean...
ReplyDeleteI do know what you mean mate, the base is big because I wanted a specific look for the model but I can find a playable use for it none the less
DeleteExcellent work dude! All these TWD posts have been terrific, I hope they continue after the university commitments. Lots more to do, Dale and Jim would be a good place to start.
ReplyDeleteThanks dude, Andrea, the governor, Sasha, Merle......loads :-)
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