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Cyberpunk Red Zone Minis

01.18.2026

This is one of those painting posts that has taken longer than I thought due to a bunch of things.

I had no gumption to paint through most of December. Not sure why - I just didn't want to. I had a good run of 3D printing for a week during Christmas, but honestly that has nothing to do with painting time other than a notch that I was doing something fun/hobby oriented.

I glued and primed 20-ish of these minis before my last post at the end of November. I have to admit to myself - I don't like assembling these (brand/manufacturer) of minis. There are always gaps. Huge gaps. No matter how I try to trim things, they never fit. And there's something about the way I attach heads - they look too small by the time they're affixed. The trio of police minis really show this - all the hands or arms had to be glued on, and they all look like crap. I also admitted to myself that it's ok to essentially abandon a mini at that point. Gap filling is not a strength of mine, so I can use these to practice on later. Along with the admission that I don't like this line of minis came the cognizant thought to quit buying them. This was important during Black Friday sales. This line fell under "cool looking minis for a game I don't have/plan on getting" so I'm not going to be missing out on anything by no longer buying this stuff.

While prepping minis, I managed to break 3 (although I only remember 2) when I got a little aggressive with an xacto knife. Brittle resin, maybe? It was female characters of a similar mold - maybe that mold/pose just didn't like me and my knife? Normally a mini breaking would bother me, and I might find some battle-damage equivalent to use it. These just got tossed in a box of bits for now - because you can't just toss mini parts.

Ok, so those are my excuses for the lull in painting update(s). Beyond my griping, I did have fun with a few of them. The cook with the checkerboard pants was fun. I was rethinking those checkerboard squares at least 3 times when I was painting them. The 2 purple-suited guys I like. They were more practice for an upcoming Prince mini, which I'm feeling more confident about after painting these. The dark suited bodyguard is another I like. Traditionally when I try to go all black/dark on clothes it doesn't turn out well. I went with 2 shades of grey contrast paint this time.

From the Monster Fight Club site, here are the sets I (mostly) put together:

Take Up Irons with Scrubs. 2 sets of these, with mixed up heads.
Glitching News with Media Drone Pilot, Media Drone (that I left out), and Hackette.
False Flag with Daring Tech (didn't survive an xacto blade), Influential Fixer, and Solo Bodyguard.
C-Suite with Exec Board Member, Exec CEO, and Exec Director.
The Beat with Rookies and Tactical Response Rookie.
The Message with Combat Tech (also an xacto knife casualty), Exec Manager, and Electronica Rockerboy.
Chopped For Time with Obsessed Paparazzi, Fiona Hayes, and Solo Noodle Chef.

I'm holding off on printing project updates - a pic of a finished print when the garage temperature and humidity cooperate aren't that much fun to look at. Plus I don't see much happening until sometime in March with that. I have some more minis picked out to assemble and paint. This is another line I've never used before, and there's equal chances that these will suck and never see the light of day, or be the coolest Aliens-esque marines ever made. Either way, the odds are good I'll be quiet here for another month or two.

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