Zombie Viper Upgrades

[Dark Horse]

I thought this would be funny and a cool addition to vary the deformed ZV's. There's a head socket at both ends. It just pops on like a reguler head.

I am hoping Jesse would like to cast this to go along with all the other ZV parts he has. Please post here if you'd be interested in buying any.

 

[K-Tiger]

A little too much on the Evil Dead 2 Henrietta end of the spectrum.

The head looks really small up on that neck as well.

 

[Dropshipbob]

"Dead by dawn, dead by dawn!"

 

[Dark Horse]

A little too much on the Evil Dead 2 Henrietta end of the spectrum.

Surely that's a good thing though?

Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!

 

[K-Tiger]

In this case not so much. Scaled down it may work, but in this case I think a head sculpt with a preternaturally distended jaw would work best with the arms.

At least you attempted to make the arms work outside the context of the canisters and helmet.

 

[Dark Horse]

Well obviously anyone can use whatever head they want.

 

[Mandingo Rex]

Yeah, I agree. Great job on the sculpting, but it's probably a tad too large? Maybe just like 10-15% smaller. Or maybe try sculpting some ridiculous new head to go with it? Some sort of Violator/Venom-extended jaw skull like KT said?

It's an interesting take to those arms. I fucking hate that accessory, it's sort of just weird in the zombie context, personally. Seems like they were trying to shoehorn in a little of the Jello-Viper from Renegades that maybe got canned?... The extending neck actually works, though, and makes me like the arms idea.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I think a head sculpt with a preternaturally distended jaw would work best with the arms..

Love that ^ idea!


And like others have said, and even I have elsewhere, the extended neck idea is really cool...just a tad too thick...and some tapering towards the head would be good too...maybe even some gaps in the neck as the tendons stretch out and space tears between them?...

 

[captinbaer1]

Not going to make a penis joke...Not going to make a penis joke...Not going to...

 

[K-Tiger]

It's an interesting take to those arms. I fucking hate that accessory, it's sort of just weird in the zombie context, personally. Seems like they were trying to shoehorn in a little of the Jello-Viper from Renegades that maybe got canned?... The extending neck actually works, though, and makes me like the arms idea.

Resident Evil Syndrome

 

[footloose]

Not going to make a penis joke...Not going to make a penis joke...Not going to...

i think he may have a case of herpes

 

[Fled74]

Looks like a 1/6 zombie schlong. (this is SO gonna end up in the Eddieism thread)

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Looks like a 1/6 zombie schlong. (this is SO gonna end up in the Eddieism thread)

Maybe if you said "I think it looks like a 1/6 zombie schlong..."

 

[xhairs]

very cool bro

 

[Dark Horse]

Thanks X!

Was a bit bored yesterday so made another neck for more goofy variations. This one is about half as long as the other, with theneck post set at a different angle. I'm gonna make a deformed ZV head to go along with this.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I LOVE the idea, but I think yer making them a tad too thick...the sculpting and details are coming out very nicely BTW

 

[Dark Horse]

They do look a bit big in the pics. They look ok in real life. I tried to shave the mount head down as much as I could on this one but it hardly looks any different to the first one.

I kinda wanted the surge effect of the head shooting out from the shoulders, if the neck was skinny it would look worse imo. That said, Nova had a great idea of covering the neck joint with a broken helmet - like the neck has broken through.

I need a cast of the ZV head so I can make a slack jaw to go along with these necks

 

[Dark Horse]

Here's slack jaw -

 

[Ctrl_Z]

A little too much on the Evil Dead 2 Henrietta end of the spectrum.

The head looks really small up on that neck as well.

thought of this too. also looks kinda like a penis shaft.

 

[XOC2008]

I think part of the problem is how it sits on the original ball neck. If you want it to look more natural then you need to make it so the torso ball neck sits deeper in the extension and looks like it's coming out of the neck/chest rather than what you have now.

Maybe even add 'torn fabric' to the sculpt where it connects so it looks that way.

 

[Dark Horse]

I wanted to do that, but I couldn't because I wanted to keep the articulation. Nova's idea of useing a smashed helmet at the base of the neck covers the problem though

 

[XOC2008]

I'd be interested if the extension sat lower. That's just my personal preference.

 

[XOC2008]

Though I suppose I could in fact make it sit lower, myself, if I got one.

 

[Dark Horse]

Haha! That's the spirit mate!

 

[Dark Horse]

I decided to put a bit of paint on these to show some detail. This is what happens when you cpolour match without having both pieces side by side lol.

But whatever, you get the idea.

 

[Mandingo Rex]

Very "The Thing"-like. Yeah, total miss on those colors, but good painting.

 

[Tofujesse]

Cool concept

 

[Dark Horse]

Thanks fellas. Making some custom hands now.

 

[Dark Horse]

Here's the hands. Again, another colour miss lol.

Sorry for the shit pics.

 

[Mandingo Rex]

They're not bad hands, a tad bulky maybe, but not bad. It's just that they're so similar to the originals, except maybe without the tendril tips. What I would want to see is alternate types of hands... Like maybe claws or weapons or something? I dunno, nothing wrong with what you did.

I just think extra appendage options that are more weapon-like would be cool to see. Not like T1000 or anything, but more monster-like? If that makes sense.

 

[XOC2008]

They're not bad hands, a tad bulky maybe, but not bad. It's just that they're so similar to the originals, except maybe without the tendril tips. What I would want to see is alternate types of hands... Like maybe claws or weapons or something? I dunno, nothing wrong with what you did.

I just think extra appendage options that are more weapon-like would be cool to see. Not like T1000 or anything, but more monster-like? If that makes sense.

^ This. Claws, extra long digits with talons, crablike claws.. what about hands that are mouths with razor teeth.

 

[Fled74]

Or wrists with neck pegs so you can use the alternate heads as hands.

 

[Dark Horse]

Thanks guys. I wanted to do the fingers thinner, but there's just no way to without them snapping in half as soon as you look at them. These have metal rod skeletons, but are still just for casting. I have another set of tendril arms to customise. I was originally going to make them bladed weapons like Carnage has, but then I thought the ZV tissue wouldn't lend itself to that type of weapon. Then I thought about adding Grinnah the Goblin's hands to ZV tendril stumps, but didn't want to butcher my Grinnah. Crab claws sound like an awesome idea though, and I know a great way to make them articulated. Will start on that tomorrow!

 

[Mandingo Rex]

Think of the film "The Thing" and any sort of nasty tendrils or claws or spikes or "Venus Fly Trap" sort of appendages that could come out of it.

I also thought about modding some of those stupid "crawler vines" that came with the DVD set and the Cobra Island battle-damaged B.A.T.

 

[Dark Horse]

Cool ideas mate. Thanks for the title edit as well btw

So would any of you guys buy any of these parts if Jesse cast them?

 

[Mandingo Rex]

Well, I was honestly considering making arm variants eventually... So possibly, yes. I hated the zombie concept when it first came out, but they grew on me fast. I just dislike having multiples of the exact same guy, which is why I swapped out all my heads for Bantha5's head casts. The next logical step for me would be some variety in arms...

 

[XOC2008]

I'd buy some of them if they were made available, sure.

 

[Dark Horse]

Aw, that's cool guys. I just don't want to bother Jesse unless there is a demand for them. I never charge any casting chaps for loaning anything I sculpt so he wouldn't have any overheads. I'm just in it for the hobby and to make friends.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I actually dig those...they look more like deformed/mutated hands with fingers than the tentacle things they came with...

 

[Dark Horse]

Yeah, the pics are shit (I'll take some more today) but they are fingers with nails. I tried to make them like Jedah's from Darkstalkers when you press strong punch, but they didn't work out the same haha.