"I Was Never Out There."

"I was never in danger, hunted, terrorised by those things."

This 28mm scale model of Axel is produced by “Mantic Games” and can be found inside "The Walking Dead: Call To Arms" Prisoner Booster Pack. Sculpted to represent the armed robber found by Rick Grimes in the cafeteria of the Meriwether County Correctional Facility, "the old biker" died defending the prison during the Governor's attempt to take it for himself in Issue 47 of "The Walking Dead" comic book.

Originally primed with a double application of "Vallejo" Heavy Orange, the "gentle" character's prison overalls were shaded with "Citadel" Reikland Fleshshade and his thick leather belt ‘picked out’ using a combination of "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna and “The Army Painter” Strong Tone Quickshade. I then applied some "Citadel" Ironbreaker to both his belt buckle and holstered pistol, before shading these areas with Nuln Oil.

"Your life as it has been is over."

A "trusted member" of Rick's group, the man's "grizzly" beard was initially pigmented with a coat of "Vallejo" Heavy Bluegrey and subsequently repeatedly washed with "Citadel" Nuln Oil. Ordinarily, I usually then later return to such areas and dry-brush them, but the detail on the prisoner's hair was so soft that I didn't feel such a technique would work particularly well. Resultantly, I simply applied some "Vallejo" Heavy Skintone to Axel's flesh and splashed it with a little "Citadel" Reikland Fleshshade before calling him done...

In addition to my "Mantic Games" model, I have also completed another pair of 32mm scale resin female Borg drones from the Borg Collective boxed set by “Modiphius Entertainment”. Undercoated with “Citadel” Abaddon Black, the cyborgs were enthusiastically dry-brushed using some “Vallejo” Heavy Charcoal” and then much more lightly dry-brushed with “Citadel” Ironbreaker.

Deadzone WIP - The cube has been assembled and partially primed with "Citadel" Abaddon Black

Finally I added some “Citadel” Ironbreaker to their multi-purpose prosthesis, as well as to their facial implants and odd cable, before drowning them both with Nuln Oil. To recreate the Borg’s necrotic-looking flesh I applied a little “Vallejo” Heavy Bluegrey to their face and elbows, and washed these areas with “Citadel” Nuln Oil.

With half my box of Borg completed, I have set to work trying to build some appropriate-looking scenery for them to place on my tabletop. Fortunately, I have found a few sprues of unused "Deadzone" science fiction buildings which I bought as part of that board game's first ever "Kickstarter" in 2013, so intend to build half a dozen cubes before painting them in an almost identical palette to that of the drones.