Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bearmanboar (Manbearpig) & Actual Cannibal (Shia LaBeouf)

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bearmanboar (Manbearpig), Actual Cannibal (Shia LaBeouf)

It feels like a good while since I’ve completed any Zombicide models, so as part of Monster MayHem ’23, I’ve finally gotten this pair of models that have been sitting on the desk, part-painted for quite a few months now completed and so off the desk!

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bearmanboar (Manbearpig)

Unlike many of the other Second Edition Abominations I’ve painted so far, these two aren’t based on folklore cryptids.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bearmanboar (Manbearpig)

Both of these are pretty obviously based on pop culture IP/characters, as CMON loves to skirt legality with their *cough* homage models.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bearmanboar (Manbearpig)

I mean, I enjoy them myself, but I’m also very aware of what they actually are…

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bearmanboar (Manbearpig)

First up we have the third of my Piggy-trilogy of miniatures (that I’m sure a certain Guru has been enjoying) the Manbearpig. I mean Bearmanboar. Totes different, right?

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bearmanboar (Manbearpig)

I went for the overall “cleaner” version of Manbearpig over the very bloody version, since I wanted to preserve my skin tones.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Actual Cannibal (Shia LaBeouf)

The second of these totally-original creations I’m sharing today is the Actual Cannibal.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Actual Cannibal (Shia LaBeouf)

Also known as Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Actual Cannibal (Shia LaBeouf)

Which is an actual thing.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Actual Cannibal (Shia LaBeouf)

For some reason.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Actual Cannibal (Shia LaBeouf)

Unfortunately, Shia’s skin tone has come out a bit flat in the photos, but I’ll rest easy enough knowing it looks fine in hand. He’s actually a bit bigger than you’d expect, which you’ll see in the image with Berkeley below…

While Zombicide 2nd Edition does have several “traditional” Abominations in the set – that is to say – giant muscular and nasty looking zombies – I do like the way that they leaned into various cryptids for a bit of a different flavour to these stretch goals. It certainly gives you more of an interesting variety of models to paint.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bearmanboar (Manbearpig) & Actual Cannibal (Shia LaBeouf), Reaper Miniatures 50153 Berkeley Zombie Survivor

And they’ll be easy enough to showhorn into our 1st Edition games as well once we get back to the Zombicide campaign… I guess in June I probably need to get back to the zombies… 😮

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bigfoot & Batabomination #Monstermarch7

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bigfoot & Batabomination

Another pair of Stretch Goal/Promo Abominations from Zombicide 2nd Edition. This time, it’s Bigfoot and the Batabomination. Once again, I’m submitting these two for Monster March over at Path of an Outcast. Again, these two models are Stretch Goal/Promo Abominations from Zombicide 2nd Edition. Bigfoot is pretty self-explanatory, and I do like how the sculptor has mimiced the classic walking pose seen in the infamous film and stills. The Batabomination is generally viewed by the Zombicide commuity as a *cough* homage to the Batman Villain, “Man-Bat” – and it’s pretty much a dead ringer, though lacking the webbed wings coming off the back of his veiny, muscular arms.

Zombicide 2nd Edition Abominations: Bigfoot & Batabomination

Both of these were pretty straightforward to paint, though I did use both as exercises to practise some different skin techniques – purples and greys into flesh tones on Biggie, and some practise on faded blue denim a bit of tinted flesh on Bats – both on his ears and some blue tones to the veins on his arms. (shout-out to Roger and Mark!)

Zombicide 2nd Edition Promo Abominations: Bigfoot Batabomination, Lankyman, Slender Man, Slenderman, Black Dog.

I also realised that I hadn’t taken a size comparison shot for the last pair of these I painted the other day, so I added in the Black Dog and Lanky(!) Man and then recruited monster-slayer extraordinaire, Berkeley for the size comparison shot. Anyone else you might be worried for, but Berks – she’ll be fine! They don’t have a chance!

While Zombicide 2nd Edition does have several “traditional” Abominations in the set – that is to say – giant muscular and nasty looking zombies – I do like the way that they leaned into various cryptids for a bit of a different flavour to these stretch goals. It certainly gives you some more interesting variety of models to paint. And they’ll be easy enough to showhorn into our 1st Edition games as well once we get back to the Zombicide campaign… I guess next month I need to get back to the zombies… 😮