IrishJedi's WWI No Man's Land Zombie Project

[IrishJedi]

Okay, so my World War I No Man's Land Zombie Project is almost complete. Here are the first two Zombies I've created. Better pics soon... I just snapped these really quick and added B&W and film grain to make them look like they were taken circa 1914-1917:

Zombie German soldier was created using: Sideshow Buck body, Sideshow DEAD Ornament head, Elite Brigade uniform/weapons, and tons of weathering and fake blood.

U.S. Zombie officer was created using: Sideshow Buck body, clothing from Sideshow Eddie Rickenbacker figure, DEAD Spokesman head that I customized further by cutting off the nose & gouging out an eye, and of course tons of weathering and fake blood.

Again, I'll snap proper (and color) pics soon so folks can get a better look at these guys and probably enter DEADFEST and such. I'm pretty proud of how they turned out.

 

[Rogue Trooper]

German zombie rocks, the expression on his face added with the helmet looks great.

 

[barryo]

those look outstanding IJ. and the b & w pics give it a certian edge as well, can you do them in a sepia also?. looking forward to color versions too. i like the zombies circa ww2 for some reason, just seem to bring back memories of a lot of comics i read as a kid. i have done a b-17 gunner zombie from the movie heavy metal & it just seems that zombies click with that era. again, nice job !!!!

 

[The Mike]

The German Zombie rules!!! The wide e almost looks like there should be a monicle (sp?) in it......Excellent work Irish

 

[abnpredator]

HELL YES!! Nice job man. I am throwing a Nazi Zombie togethor as we speak.

 

[Les Walker]

That's NUTS! LOVE 'EM! Best set I've seen this year!

 

[galactiboy]

Love the dead ornament one... the sculpt looks perfect for the helmet! Very cool

 

[Mudshark]

Excellent work!!! Looking forward to seeing more pics!

 

[Stendec]

Excellent customs, I particulalry like the German Zombie. The other guys made the point that the helmet and uniform really fits the choice of headsculpt, looks perfect. Lets see some colour photos too so we can make out the weathering and blood effect abit better.

Ive always wanted to do a Waffen SS Zombie and after seeing your work I might give it a try at some point.

 

[DarkArtist81]

Great set Irish!! I have to agree about the German, it just seems to fit, I guess it is because of the menacing, angry expression of the sculpt. Really fantastic work, and it really pops in B&W!

 

[Boba Fett]

Nice work, IJ! Never thought German zombies would look so good!

 

[IrishJedi]

Wow, thanks guys!

I'll definitely take some better (and color) pics this weekend and share them on here.

I agree with the consensus that the head from DEAD ornament works perfectly for the German Zombie. As soon as I saw it and realized that the head was 1/6 I knew this is what I would be doing.

In fact, these figures are somewhat of a dream come true for me. Like many of you, I grew up both reading comics and watching horror. I still vividly remember the day when I visited my grandparents and my dad found his box of old comic books and the ones that stuck with me (to this day) were not the superhero books, but the EC horror anthologies like "Vault of Terror" and "Two-Fisted Tales". I distinctly remember lots of stories taking place during WWI and WWII with zombies and monsters and such. WWI for me has always been the perfect backdrop for this given the horror of that particular war. It was the first war predominantly fought with modern weaponry (machine guns, grenades, chemicals, airplanes, etc) but was also the last fought with previous conventional front strategy. This made WWI particularly gruesome as everyone knows, with the corpse and rat-filled trenches, No-Man's Land, etc. In fact, these two figures may only be the beginning for me. I feel inspired.

 

[Anzik]

They look great IJ. Now you just need a trench environment. That would actually be pretty easy to do.

 

[IrishJedi]

They look great IJ. Now you just need a trench environment. That would actually be pretty easy to do.

Working on it, actually.

 

[Shai]

you need Nazi Kroenen with them, unmasked he looks like a Zombie too.

 

[IrishJedi]

you need Nazi Kroenen with them, unmasked he looks like a Zombie too.

Hmmm... good idea! Even though he's technically WW2 that would look cool. And I actually have a Nazi Kroenen.

 

[Stendec]

Hope you dont mind Irish but I used your pic to make this for fun.

 

[IrishJedi]

Hope you dont mind Irish but I used your pic to make this for fun.

Holy crap! That's outstanding!!!! I'd love to have that Desktop size. Wow!

Thanks, man!