Quarantine 37 - Stargrave

The space zombies are the protagonists in only half of the game. There are alien bugs on the space station too.

There are 5 classes of bug and I was really struggling with what might fit the bill. Then I remembered there was a StarSaga bag that came as a Kickstarter extra through the post as I guess a wave 2 or late wave 1 addition I was entitled to as part of my pledge level.

The bags I got had some shooting aliens that weren’t going to fit the narrative, but these minis gave me enough variety to cover 4 of the 5 classes and the last “warrior” class will be represented with some Tyranids.

Not sure whether 3 of each will cover everything in game, but I am reluctant to spend too much more on this part of the project. I may just have to make encounters harder or easier by dragging in better or worse alien bugs depending on the shortfall in any given scenario.

The paint scheme is Black Primer with a Halfords Red Primer zenith. Then hit with a Wraithbone drybrush over everything. Then a Bugman’s Glow drybrush over the fleshier parts and a dark Purple Contrast Paint over the more armoured areas. Then a dry brush of Vallejo Royal Purple over all the armour.

I still need to pick out some details, maybe come up with something a bit bolder as an extra colour somewhere on some of the variants. Need to get this scheme down on some Tyranids to see how they look. Need to make the spitter aliens a bit gross. Need to base them all, but for an evenings work I think this is going great guns.