The Bandit Faction for Zona Alfa

Just a quick post today to show off the Bandit Faction for Zona Alfa all together. I still have to finish their leader and I have a group of character type Bandits to also finish off. But the leader will be the next bandit I really need to finish so I can run the scenario I've been working on for Zona Alfa.

I also have some more Soldier Zombies to finish off. So must get on with the painting.

Bandit crew for Zona Alfa - part 2

 

This post focuses on the second part to my Bandit Faction for Zona Alfa. These lads come from 1st Corps as part of their Internal Security Operations group. These are the same miniatures as the miniatures you can see in my Rookie Stalkers for Zona Alfa post. The link in that post is broken now due to the site failure 1st Corps suffered recently. However, the link above will take you to the same mini's.

For the Rookies I added backpacks. The Bandits come as you would buy them. Again, I have tried to stick to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game colour palate for bandits.

Now all I need is to finish painting off the Bandit Leader.

Bandit crew for Zona Alfa

 

These lads are from 1st Corps as part of their 28mm International Operations range. I thought they had the aesthetic of the Bandits from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game franchise and so would make a nice addition to my Zona Alfa range on miniatures.

I've tried to be faithful to the colour scheme of the bandit faction in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and changed a few weapons from the more futuristic ones they come with to 20th Century weapons. All in all, I like how they have turned out and am currently painting some more.

Off to search the factory to see if it will make a good base for robbing STALKERs

Once I've finished the other bandits, I'll post about them. I also am working on some bandit characters for leader and veteran miniatures as upgrades for these rookies. So, expect some posts on that down the road.

Soldier Zombies for Zona Alfa

 

Fresh from the Brain Scorcher, these Soldier Zombies are from the Zombicide game and are just what I needed for the soldiers that survived the first Zone Emission.

The second batch are on the way.

Rookie Stalkers for Zona Alfa

 

I wanted some Rookie Stalkers for Zona Alfa that could be used as cannon fodder, ah I mean, be mentored by the Veteran Stalkers in my Team Alpha. Scanning around the interwebs I found that 1st Corps make some nice miniatures from their International Security Operations set of miniatures (go here to find them). All I needed as some backpacks from Pig Iron and CheckPoint Miniatures and I was set.

I followed the colour scheme I could see in the three current S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games and pretty soon I had my four Rookies to take into the Zone. I painted the magazine clips on the AK's in a bright orange colour to offset the rather drab olive greens of their jackets and gave them all jeans to wear, though I can't be certain that is what they are actually dressed like in the video game. Anyway, I think I have been able to match the colours fairly accurately and the orange magazines kind of helps the miniature to pop a bit on the table.

Ok. Almost ready to head off past the Cordon and into the Zone.