Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Lankyman & Black Dog #Monstermarch7

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Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Lankyman, Slenderman, Slender Man, Black Dog

The next pair of models I’ve got to show for for Monster March over at Path of an Outcast are these two Stretch Goal/Promo Abominations from Zombicide 2nd Edition. We have Lankyman – which is clearly CMoN’s copyright-dodging version of the “creepypasta” internet monster meme-thing known as “Slenderman”. The second of these is simply called Black Dog, which I assume is the Black Dog from Folklore – or the Barghest. (As opposed to a reference to the Led Zeppelin song, or Churchill’s Black Dog of Depression)

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Lankyman, Slenderman, Slender Man, Black Dog

Both of these were pretty straightforward to paint. I decided not to add blood spatter to either of these particular abominations. It turns out that Slenderman has an association with some specific “pages” in some of its lore, so I found those online, shrunk them down and printed them out before cutting and adding them to the base with PVA as a little final thematic touch for that model.

Reaper Bones 77043: Eye Beast (Not-Beholder, D&D Monster Manual 75) #Monstermarch7

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Reaper Bones 77043: Eye Beast (Not-Beholder, Dungeons and Dragons, D&D Monster Manual 75) #Monstermarch7

Something I’m (somewhat) trying to do this month is to use the Monster March painting challenge for is as a motivational tool to get “monster” models painted, but to do so in a more focused manner than some of the previous years – so keeping in mind my own painting goals from the start of the year. So rather than starting a whole bunch of random Reaper Bones models for example, I’m looking towards painting models that fit in with those painting goals. The exception to this “focus” will be completing models that have been started and have been sitting around.

Reaper Bones 77043: Eye Beast (Not-Beholder, Dungeons and Dragons, D&D Monster Manual 75) #Monstermarch7

So with that in mind, here’s a Reaper Bones “Eye Beast” – aka their Not-Beholder. This one was glued to a base, had texture applied around the integrap base, and I’d “primed” it with (probably) Liquid Greenstuff and then (definitely) Reaper’s Brown Liner – both of which work to create a surface in between the awful “bonesium” PVC and, you know, paint in order to prevent it becoming tacky and disgusting.

Reaper Bones 77043: Eye Beast (Not-Beholder, Dungeons and Dragons, D&D Monster Manual 75) #Monstermarch7, Reaper 50153: Berkeley Zombie Survivor

Anyway, a bit of faffing about and we had a light yellow beholder, drybrushed with a lighter shade, and then hit with a diluted-towards-the-top Contrast Iyanden Yellow. Picked out all of the bits and it was done pretty quickly. So it’s done. I know that these things are a nasty opponent in actual D&D, but they’ve always looked goofy as all hell to me. As with a lot of other D&D models, it’ll go into a case until I need it for a D&D game (so possibly forever). Finally, here’s the scale shot with everyone’s favourite scale model – Berkeley aka “Chainsaw Girl”.