VW Van - Zombie Apocalypse

[Megazord_man]

Hi,

Finally I've made it back, a great deal later than I'd like but I got caught up painting a zombie dude that I had some difficulty with. There's a close up picture of him at the bottom.

However, I'm creating a VW van post apocalypse zombie killing machine. It's being built out of two different kits, using my favourite bits from each. It's making things a little more difficult than normal but I think it will be worth it in the long run.

There's been quite a lot of fettling to get everything to fit. Most isn't glued yet so some things are missing (like the dashboard) or are just wonky. However I'm starting to see where I want to go - I'm going to add some anti-zombie protection too.

John

[cobraman]

Nice paint job on the Zombie !

[rmvw guy]

The Zombie scares me but, I love the bus.

[Sixx]

Alright, John, I'm gonna bust yer marbles!! LOL!!! Where the HECK did you get the zombie dude???????????? Your V-dub's gonna be cool man!!

[Megazord_man]

Thanks guys! Lol, you would believe the problems I've had painting that zombie, parts of him have been repainted at least four times to get him to a point where I'm happy. He's from a company called Dark World Creations (they've recently released a couple of 2000ad figures too). http://www.darkworldcreations.com/

[Austin T]

A VW Bus with a minigun on it reminds me of the VW bus from back to the future with the Libyans in it.

Edited March 15, 2013 by Austin T

[Chillyb1]

Agreed, the zombie looks great. Nice paint work. I'll be watching for progress as both a post-apocalypse and Volkswagen enthusiast.

[Davewilly]

The zombie is bad A&&! It was worth all the effort. The Bus is going to be killer too Keep us posted!

[Megazord_man]

That a nice build Derick, loving how you're putting it together. Here's my first two zombie vehicles....

[Chillyb1]

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That front end "cow catcher" is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[Megazord_man]

Cheers

[Megazord_man]

Here's another update where things are starting to come together from a zooombie vehicle point of view

[Sixx]

Dang John, you're doing some awesome work there!! Photos are awesome too!!! Thanks for the link to the zombies, blows my scratch-built ones out of the water!!!!!!

[Megazord_man]

I don't know, I'd enjoy painting your scratch built zombies, they're cool.

I'm trying to decide on a colour scheme - any thoughts?

I'm quite liking the light blue and still the orange (with cream).

[Edward Gore]

Orange, go with the orange. You're def a figure painter withy that zombie !

How did you do it? Is there a thread here that I missed?

[Megazord_man]

Orange was my first choice too, then the pale blue and now finally the duck egg blue colour. I did do a wip on the zombie but its on a figure forum, you can read it here if you like. http://www.platoonbritannica.com/index.php?threads/megas-menagerie-of-miniature-madness.1118/page-16

[RocknRolla]

They look awesome !

[gonzo64nova]

The VW looks like its coming along great, the zombie looks like he had a couple of people for dinner and couldnt eat another foot. LOL Great job!

[Megazord_man]

Many thanks

I've been busy over the last couple of evenings and things are progressing

Here's where I am today, what you're seeing is little more than a base coat, even the roof at this stage -

[Dogfish_7]

Awesome work! I'm lovin it!

[Megazord_man]

Sorry for the massive delay I'm just glad to be back on this one. But finally I'm getting back on track after painting oddball from Kellys Heros and various other things...

[the goon]

Looking real cool Oddball is perfect.

Mark

Edited September 15, 2013 by the goon

[Davewilly]

Great work!

[Megazord_man]

Thanks guys - I'm so close, so close now. Just a few more hours.... glup

[Jantrix]

Where did you get the machine gun? Fantastic work!

Edited September 20, 2013 by Jantrix