Into the Wasteland: Cultists and Creatures

So there has been a lot of hype recently about the new Trench Wars game, but I wasn't sure I wanted to jump into another game system.  However, I liked the design of some of the figures and thought they could make some fun cultists for my current Fallout/This is Not A Test post-apocalyptic setting.

While I appreciated the concept of the stigmata nuns, I didn't like the topless figures that were part of the offical figure line.  I was raised Catholic and spent a lot of time around nuns, and that look just didn't make any sense to me in the context of the church. Additionally, I usually play at the local hobby shops where there are lots of kids, and I didn't feel comfortable bringing sexualized miniatures into the store. As such, I went searching for some clothed/armored nuns instead. Luckily I found some Red Pilgrim designed miniatures on Etsy that fit the bill. In the church, the Dominican order was partially founded to help fight heresy and played a significant role in the Inquisition, so I decided to use their robes as the basis on how I painted my nuns. The weapons loadout wasn't fully legal in the offical game, but it was fine for my purposes. The figures came with plain bases, but I opted to buy some bases on Etsy designed by Zabavka Workshop for all the Trench Crusade figures, as I thought they would then better match my Fallout figures.

In addition to the nuns, I also picked up a set of Red Pilgrim's Trench Pilgrims.

Red Pilgrim didn't produce any ecclesiastic prisons, so I found a set  by Black Cobra Miniatures.  I didn't find these to be as well sculpted as the Red Pilgrim miniatures and annoyingly, the figure sizes were inconstant, ranging from 28-32mm to the eye. To help hide this, I put them on bases with elevated rubble piles. I planned to use theses as captured Fallout feral ghouls, so painted them accordingly. 

My Inquisitor and and Trench Prophet, again from Red Pilgrim Miniatures. The Trench Prophet was a little oversized (magnified by her standing partially on a rock) compared to the other Red Pilgrim figures, but still looked ok.  Unfortunately, I broke the handle on her hammer during painting and it flew off into the ether never to be seen again. I ended up building a replacement from a Boys anti-Tank rifle.

The Trench Pilgrim Communicant was another figure by Black Cobra Miniatures. Rather than use the pale skin in the offical Trench Crusade lore, I opted to paint him green to match my other Fallout super mutants.

To get free shipping on my Etsy order, I also ordered a figure from Ethan Savage Studios. It was listed as 32mm and I intended to use him as a human wasteland survivor, but the figure arrived 40mm to the eye. This was way too big for a human, so I was forced to use him as a super mutant. He was shorter than the others in my collection, so I again used a raised base to make him look taller.

A comparison shot with the Communicant and super mutant and human from Vermillion Miniatures.

I like to buy figures form the local shops whenever possible, and I found this zombie grizzly bear from Wizkids that I though made a reasonable proxy for a yao guai mutant bear.  The seams on the figure were fairly very obvious out of the package, so I had to do some filling with greenstuff.

It was a little bigger than my Vermillion Miniatures yao guai, but still looked good. 

I also picked up some Wizkids giant ants.  They weren't the greatest of sculpts and were cast in a rubbery plastic, but I thought that would actually help prevent breakage of their legs and antennas. 

Lastly, some Fallout centaurs from Vermillion Miniatures. I've heard these are smaller that the offical Fallout centaurs, but they still looked menacing. I was short a few bases for them, so had to use a few Zabavka Workshop bases instead.  Since they weren't flat like the originals, I had to break and reposition some of the arms and hands to make them fit better. I used the grass tufts to hide the worst of my efforts.

There still more warbands and miscellaneous adventurers and creatures to paint (along with more terrain to build), but I'd say I'm near the halfway point by now. Hopefully my "This is Not A Test" rulebook will get here soon and I can start hosting some games for my group.