Zombies and Halloween bears!

All sit. Thanks for joining me for lesson 4.

Relax! I am only kidding, to be honest all the basics are now out of the way so it’s time to have some fun. I was not sure how long I could keep the teacher role up anyway, hehe. Modding is all about enjoying yourself and when I found out that everybody was having fun without me at the Zombie event I felt a little left out. (I was sunning myself in Florida though!!) You can see where this is going right?

So, I rummage through the damaged bears I have left and I find poor Moe! I knew he would make a good zombie and so I put him to one side and watched TV whilst thinking about what to do with him, (as you do). At this point my little 8-year-old brother came in with his happy meal in one hand and the TV remote in the other. He pulled his toy out of the box, “Ahh cool a brain!!” Naturally before he could take the toy from out of its plastic bag I had swapped it for some sweets!

So I was now the proud owner of a McDonalds toy, and the brain was inside a bowl thing. To be honest I did not pay much attention to what the toy did because a few seconds later I was whacking it with a great big hammer much to the disgust of my brother! :)

To cut a long story short I drilled the top of Moe’s head and then continued to hollow it out until the brain sat snug. Whilst the drill was out I also gave my zombie a bullet wound. The trusty old clay, (You’ll be sick of hearing about the damn clay), was used to extend the bloody pulp and blend the brain into the bears head.

After a quick paint he looked pretty cool.

Well that had only taken me a few hours and so whilst my creative juices were still flowing I began another zombie mod. The only problem was I decided I liked the brain I had just used and wanted another one. I did feel like a bit of a plonker walking into McDonalds on my own, covered in white dust which had made my hair look grey, and asking for a boys happy meal, eagerly checking inside the box to see if I had got the correct toy.

So I carried out my second batch of brain surgery that day, and my brothers face as he watched me smash a second toy was very funny. Whilst playing surgeon I added lungs, a heart and other bits and bobs to my zombies open chest. With some white-coated wire I added small bones and arteries.

I wanted the second bear to look lifeless so I gave it a pale blue wash. In all honesty I don’t know how well this worked and I prefer my first zombie attempt, but hey, its all fun and I learnt a few new things along the way. I now felt satisfied knowing that like most others I had also been able to create a few zombie mods, even if I did not have the chance to display them. Having just got back from Disney World I had got big ideas for my next mod.

Pop back tomorrow! :)