The final group of Survivors in the Civilian Extras box, although not the last miniatures in the box that I’d need to paint. This particular band of misfits was comprised of effectively anything that I didn’t feel fit into any of the proceeding batches. 

Lieutenant Emma Vogel

Undoubtedly based on Ava, the android from the film Ex Machina. Meanwhile her backstory seems similar to Major Motoko Kusanagi from the anime Ghost in the Shell.  

The face, belly, arms and legs I painted with Guilliman Flesh while the dome of her head and chest I painted with Speedpaint Raging Sea. Her jacket and shorts I painted with Speedpaint Desolate Brown. The patches and leather details I painted with Cygor Brown, whilst the boots and gloves I painted with Black Templar. 

Rea “Tank Girl” Varela

Whilst “Tank Girl” is a comic about a punk girl that lives in a tank with her mutant kangaroo boyfriend (yes really, look it up), the look of the model more closely represents Ellie the mechanic from the Borderlands series of games. 

I started by painting her undersuit with Creed Camo and her face with Guilliman Flesh. Her boots, hood and the area around her neck I painted with Cygor Brown. Her gloves I painted with Speedpaint Desolate Brown and the patches on her shoulders and knees I painted with Iyanden Yellow. The strand of hair protruding from her hood I picked out with Black Templar while any leather pouches I painted with Gore-Grunta Fur. The various pipeworks about her person I painted with Basilicanum Grey.

Norton Luckless

At first glance he seems to be just a dwarf in space, but I’m sure that “Luckless” might be a reference to Squats from Warhammer 40,000. A race of space dwarves that were unceremoniously discontinued by Games Workshop, much to the annoyance of the Squat fans. 

In keeping with military themes of the artwork I painted his coat with Creed Camo, and his gloves and patches with Speedpaint Desolate Brown. The leather pouches and hood I painted with Cygor Brown as I felt the darker brown worked better with the greens. His face I painted with Guilliman Flesh and his beard I left “unpainted” so that it looked white. 

Major Sharp

The exo-suit is definitely a nod to those worn by the soldiers in the 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow. Not quite sure why she has Summer Glau’s face though. The name though I suspect is a reference to the 1995 film Major Payne. 

I started by painting her face with Guilliman Flesh and her hair with Cygor Brown. The undersuit I painted with Creed Camo and the armour around her stomach I painted with Snakebite Leather. Her boots I painted with Black Templar and as always, the leather pouches I painted with Gore-Grunta Fur. I finished up by painting the exosuit with Basilicanum Grey. 

Doctor Falconer

Easily Doctor Stephen Hawking but I don’t wonder if there’s a bit of Dom Vriess, the paraplegic from Alien Resurrection who had a bunch of weapons in his wheelchair, mixed in there too. 

In hindsight, I should have primed him black and used metallic paints like I did for Hugo Harker. Oh well. Instead I started by painting his jacket with Speedpaint Runic Grey and his trousers with Snakebite Leather, the patches on each, his hair and his shoes I then painted with Cygor Brown. I then carefully painted his glasses with matt black. The cushion behind his head I painted with Blood Angels Red. 

Moving onto the motorised wheelchair, most of it was painted with Basilicanum Grey. However, the screens and tracks I painted with Black Templar and the grill on the flame thrower I painted with Snakebite Leather. 

Final details and bases

Once all the details were done I painted all the weapons with Basilicanum Grey and drybrushed them with Necron Compound. Made sense to get them all done at once. 

Moving onto the bases, I covered the exposed areas with Vallejo Red Oxide texture paste and once that was dry I painted the rocks with Vallejo Fire Red. I then washed the bases with my homebrew Reikland Fleshshade as I had quite a few to do, the recipe for which is in my Zombicide Invader Xenos article. Once that was dry I then drybrushed the bases with Kindleflame making sure to get some on the boots of the models to simulate dust. Lastly I painted the rims of the bases with a matt black.