There’s a lot of zombie stuff out there, and most of it is crap. People like to jump on bandwagons and produce quick tie-ins rather than investing love and effort into their creations. Luckily for you, I’m here to help separate the wheat from the chaff. Check back every Thursday, when I’m going to share the coolest zombie-related creation I can find out there on the web.
The Zombie Creation:
This week’s creation, “Days Gone Bye…” by WampaStompa, isn’t actually made of LEGO®. Instead, it’s an artistic rendering of a fantastic scene from The Walking Dead, done as though it were built with our favorite little plastic bricks. And it’s awesome.
So What’s Going On?
First up, let’s just say that there are some minor spoilers for The Walking Dead here, both the comic and the AMC TV Series, but in either case, this scene is from very, very early in the series and doesn’t really spoil all that much. Plus, you’ve already looked at the picture, so you might as well just read the context.
At any rate, this is what happens when Rick rides into Atlanta searching for his family like some crazy cowboy. He manages to make his way into town, but then stumbled upon a sizable pack of zombies. He manages to escape with the help of another survivor named Glenn, but the horse isn’t quite so lucky.
The art here is absolutely fantastic. It reminds me a lot of the LEGO® magazine they send to kids (my son just got one a few days ago), only much darker. The figures are just detailed enough to look like real figures, which I really like. It’s tempting to add a ton of detail to sketches like this, but this creation really works well with its LEGO® inspiration.
Let’s Talk About the Zombies
One more thing I really dig about this: the zombies here are clearly inspired by/modeled on the Series One Collectible Minifig. That’s just fantastic.
Have you seen a great zombie creation out on the web? Are you working on the next great zombie MOC as we speak? Well you had better let us know right away, otherwise we’ll never be able to include it here.
Sorry about the late posting time on this one; I accidentally scheduled it for 11:25 AM, and didn’t catch it until this morning.
Found a typo. In the second paragraph of “What’s going on?” It should be NAMED not NAMES.
Fixed, thanks Thesson!
Back when Rick had two hands…
So much for my being careful about spoilers!
That’s kind of the point. I don’t think the TV show has the balls to take his hand, or to start killing off main characters.
(Saved that spoiler, at least)
I think you’re right about the taking of the hand. Killing main characters? Perhaps. I think Daryl is going to stay safe, but everyone else? I think we could see some big deaths (and indeed already have).
Even if they kill off those two characters at the end of the Governor’s story arc?
I’m not buyin’ it.
Refresh my memory, Bo, you’re not caught up on the show, are you?
Nope. I gave up after the first “season”.
Are you saying they killed off Laurie on the show?
SPOILERS:
Yes. Yes they did. Different from the comic version though.