There's a Solanum Outbreak on Flickr

There seems to be a rash of custom zombies popping up on Flickr this morning, leaving the Hazmat Guy with plenty to clean up.

The first custom zombie comes to us courtesy of Victor (eclipsegrafx). His 'tourist' is the first in a line of zombie designs he'll be selling through various channels. As Victor points out, lots of great layers happening with the decal designs. The I 'heart' NY tee is a nice touch too.

The second strain of the undead creeps forward from Roaglaan's workshop. It would appear these guys were infected at the gym as they are some of the 'beefiest' zombies I've seen to date. The soldier zombie will be great for those inspired by the movie Sucker Punch which comes out this weekend. There's a whole portion of the movie set in a Weird War II universe and the enemies seem to be a mix of the Helghast from Killzone and the living dead.

All in all some fantastic designs and great way to add variety to those Zombie hordes whene the Series 1 Brooks Brothers brigade just won't cut it.

(Via eclipsegrafx and Roaglaan's Flickr streams)

BrickArmy's New Custom Minifigures

BrickArmy's been showing off some new custom military minifigures on Flickr recently. This group shot shows off several that combine decals from Roaglaan, Hazel's Amazing Armory Ltd, and BrickArms. 

BrickArmy hopes to have some of these for sale soon. Check out their website in the meantime and see all that they have to offer. They have a custom boonie hat that's really quite nice.

Quick Hits: Amazing Sculpts, Cosplay Fun, and Custom House News

Another big Tuesday so far, and I haven't even had my second flagon of coffee yet! Lot's to cover so let's get started...

Tyler (AKA Amadgunslinger) has posted some wonderful sculpts like the one seen here. This is a nicely detailed recon helmet, and using Sculpy no less! Also not to be missed are his mermaid and custom hairpiece for slave Leia. Needless to say, anything I would attempt would look like a reject from the Play Doh Fun Factory. Nicely done! Tyler does have an eBay store where he sells some of his custom creations. Check it out when you have a chance.

Not only is Morgan plowing through the month of October with his inspired Halloween countdown calendar, he's also had time to produce an entry for the Eurobricks Cosplay contest. Channeling a taller Kenny Baker, Kevin Chen gets ready for his first Star Wars convention.

This week is shaping up to be big for new custom house releases. Arealight will be releasing a new series of Star Wars inspired helmets on October 27th. My Imperial head gear identification skills are a little rusty, so I won't embarrass myself. Instead you can check them out yourself on the Arealight website and their Flickr stream. It's been a while since I've visited the Arealight store but it looks like it's received an upgrade.

Woody's Minifig Customs has just put up some new designs for Spartan warrior gear on his Shapeways store. If you missed it we covered Woody in a spotlight article last week. Since then 3D printing has been in the news with a 3D printer made of LEGOs that builds, what else, more LEGOs, and Badger has been showing how Will uses the technique as part of the prototyping process for development of the BrickArms helmet line.

Roaglaan has been adding and updating decals to his BrickLink store recently. With designs ranging from military, superheroes, and medieval themes I'm sure you will find something you'll like. No sightings on the store yet of his Cobra troopers decals. Let's hope they go up soon. (UPDATE: They are now up on the BrickLink store. Search by 'newest' and today's date. Torso and face stickers are included in the price.)

That's all for now, citizens. More to come as it happens...

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