greg3 Posted October 31, 2019 A quick Halloween/WW1 crossover inspired by the "Royal Zombie Corps" books by C. M Harald. The series (4 short books so far) describes an alternative history where the British Army is attempting to use zombies to help win WW1! Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr The zombies first begin to appear naturally in small numbers across no-mans land. The method of reanimation isn't yet fully explained in the books but is described as having a bacterial component. The zombies themselves are aggressive, fast and strong, with seemingly well developed senses. Around 75% of those killed by zombies reanimate and like all good zombies they can only be "killed" by damage to the brain - those being used by the British are given basic uniforms and helmets for protection... but how you persuade a zombie to fight for you? Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr Here's the key to the formation of the Royal Zombie Corps... Alfie Marsh - the books' main character. We first meet him as a conscript undergoing basic training but not making a particularly good job of it! When he finally arrives at the front he's thrown straight into battle. During his first taste of action, he comes across a seemingly wounded soldier who attacks him and his friend. Thinking the wounded soldier is suffering from shock, Alfie manages to calm him down and gets him to an aid station where he learns the truth from a mysterious officer/doctor... the soldier was already dead but the officer is more interested in Alfie, realising that for some reason the zombie had followed his instructions. After a number of tests it's found that Alfie is able to mentally control several zombies at once and he becomes the first "handler" of a new unit... The royal "Zombie Corps"! The rest of his squad are "volunteered" to provide support and security as the generals try to work out the best way to use zombies on the battlefield! Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr I've equipped him with Brickmania uniform sticker and shotgun. His serious expression is because he's mentally commanding the zombies to not tear his throat out!! Alfie's best friend, Joshua Wells was the soldier Alfie saved from the first zombie and although they joined up at the same time, Wells is soon promoted to sergeant because of his coolness under fire (and his ability to steal, scrounge or find just about anything the unit might need). In the books he prefers to use a light machine gun... first a French Chauchat and then a Lewis gun that he "finds" in a tank. Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr Again, his uniform is a Brickmania sticker and the weapon is from Brickarms. He's smirking because his gasmask bag is full of cigars he's just "liberated" from an officer! Anyway, thanks for looking, I hope to make some more characters from the books at some point (I need some more zombie heads though!) Happy Halloween!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
