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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Pappa Midnight on October 30, 2006, 06:53:23 PM
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Hi all,
Anyone who knows me, will be aware of my habit of converting miniatures into modern zombies ( OK it's an obsession!!!). This is mainly due to a lack of modern zombies on the market and also because I am a bit of a nutter!
I have been collected the HorrorClix range and in amongst them there are some zombies. These are WAY TOO BIG to mix with the rest of collection as they are so I decided to convert a couple!
The first is a female zombie. She is incredibly tall and would tower over my other stuff if I had left her alone. I decided her legs were too long and so cut them off and replaced them with some legs from a Copplestone biker. Her right hand was missing so I found a doner mini and repositioned her left arm.
The second conversion was much easier. I used the horrorclix Zombie lawyer. He was also far too big! I cut off his legs and shortened his thighs. I also cut of his arms from the sleeve down and shortened his forearms. Finally I repositioned his head.
I think the finished results look OK and I've got two more "unique" zombies to add to my horde!
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c334/pappa_midnight/ClixZeds.jpg)
If anyone's interested there are a few more conversions ( Including mother and baby, zombie in a wheelchair and rock band) here:
http://www.displacedminiatures.com/Pappa%20Midnight/images.html?galleryId=1388&from=Zombies
Regards
PM
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To do the rock band as zombies is a great idea!
Are the tears and holes in the flesh only painted or did you cut it in the figures?
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The tears in the skin are "Cut" into the figures.
What I tend to do is cut a large area out and fill it with green stuff. I then cut into that and peel it back.
The arm on one of the Rock Band ( guitarist with the guitar behind his back) I used a skeleton arm ( GW) and covered it in green stuff. I then peeled some of it back to expose the "bones".
I find using this technique better then just cutting holes straight into the mini.
PM
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very well done, Pappa! Especially the lady is very great and has lots of character!
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Hi all,
...also because I am a bit of a nutter!
This is definately true!! :lol: :lol:
I love your ambitious projects, and your productivity is astounding.
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The figures look great !
Björn
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Somehow I find the phrase "unique zombies" to be bizarre. :roll:
Great conversion work and painting, though. I´m not really into zombies, but those are cool.
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super conversion work !!! the girl is favourite she looks like the biker girls from copplestone infected by the T virus . awesome :love:
Grimm
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Somehow I find the phrase "unique zombies" to be bizarre. :roll:
Do you know how to kill a UNIQUE ZOMBIE?
UNIQUE up on it!
:D :D :roll:
(egads, thats bad!)
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Thanks for the Comments!
Somehow I find the phrase "unique zombies" to be bizarre.
I use the word "unique" because I prefer my shamblers to all be different, rather than have loads of zombies which look the same. Just like the living, they are all individuals!
I kind of think of it like grabbing 100 people off the street. You would have people of different ages, sex ,race and they would be dressed differently. I prefer this to ALL the zombies looking the same and wearing rags. I haven't got any "doubles" in my collection! This is also why I do "theme" zombies like the guy in the wheelchair and the mother and baby, because they represent people you may see in the street.
Regards
PM