Zomtober 2020 Week One

 

By way of introduction to the 2020 challenge Phil wrote “please raise your brushes in tribute to Bryan Scott A.K.A. Vampifan who passed on in March this year”.

Truth to tell, it was Bryan and his awesome blog that got me into zombie apocalypse gaming and he's in my thoughts every time I indulge in this corner of the hobby, so I “raise a brush” every time I add to my collection of survivors or the zombie horde – what could I do as something 'special'?

One of my standout memories from Bryan's write-ups was of Vampifan making his way to the office during the “Day One” scenario (seen here in this photo from his blog).

 

Of course “That Mini” of Vampifan wearing his iconic Vampirella T Shirt and toting his assault rifle and katana became pretty iconic, featuring not only in the campaign, but quite often in any photo's that required a miniature to illustrate scale. I think it's pretty fair to say that it became Bryan's avatar.

I hope no-one thinks I'm being disrespectful – my intention is very much the opposite, but for this weeks entry I decided to “invite Vampifan along”, and so present my own version of the man himself.

I'm quite pleased with how he's turned out, especially considering I only had a day-and-a-bit to get him done and I never normally attempt freehand work !

I dunno if he'll ever actually appear 'in game' (would that be inappropriate?), but he'll be on the shelf overlooking the table for all of my ATZ games in the future.

Many thanks for dropping by, and please visit the rest of the guys taking part in the challenge this year.