A Zombocaplyptic Avatar Planning Thread

09:08 PM

Team
Kent:
neller:
Seridano

Concept

A cop/detective busts into a gang hideout / club only to find that those he's
looking to arrest have turned into zombies. Horrified, he attempts to flee the scene.

Contains: gangster zombie, flapper like lady zombie, and cop/detective or
two gangster zombies and a cop/detective.

Potential Blurb/Story Pending

06-24-2013, 11:31 PM

Seriando's and my PMs in regards to theme. ;)

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I had this idea come to me that it would be awesome if we got a group together to do a sort of noir zombie thing. Lots of blacks, white, and grays with little hints of blood providing the only real color. I imagine some kind of story involving a detective, a flapper, and a gangster/mafia type guy. Maybe have a cop go to bust up a speakeasy and finds that it has been overrun by zombies. Tell it in an old style detective/noir story, it being the one thing he couldn't prepare himself for. What do you think?

The only thing I'm weary of is that noir is dated 1920s, and we're aiming for 2020s. Haha. But I really like the idea. It's an awesome story. Maybe we can figure out a way to adapt it to the near future?

I guess another thing I'm questioning is that i just did a gray scale avatar for the severe weather. So another from me would be redundant. So maybe we can make a black and white background? The new CI really helps out with that.

We could invent some sort of reason why things have reverted, another sort of prohibition thing in the future for whatever reason and the club/area what have you is making a statement by doing their version of a speakeasy and dressing the part as if to say 'history repeats itself' almost like an anarchist statement with a bit of sarcasm thrown in. The detective/cop could be dressing the part to look into it and finds oh god so many people munching faces and stuff. xP

Muted colors will work just as well as pure black and white.

I'm up for a completely different idea as well if you have one with a story attached, or some way to make this work. I just like the idea of trying to make a future version of something in the past. What sort of things do they now believe about it, how would they portray it, what sort of little idiosyncrasies are there, etc.

I think it'd be cool to write a short story and split it up into our 3 entry descriptions! Sabiir is just between us...haha. Maybe they'll switch us around this round so that the groups are together.

I think we could do the detective thing...but instead of it being a speak easy, just have it as a gang's hang out. And just when the detective finally thinks he's tracked them down, they're zombies. Haha. I like it...it's not your typical zombie hunter story. I wonder if it would be a happy or sad ending for the detective. :P

Well it was either that or play with cliches (one being the I love you so much I could just eat you up used by older folks) with two zombie grandparents locked in a grandchild's basement. I have the strangest ideas. xP

Gang hideout also works.

We have Kent in now, so we can start throwing about ideas either via PM or in a thread of our own. Lemme know which you'd prefer. That way we can all contribute to each part of the challenge.

06-24-2013, 11:35 PM

Thanks, neller, I actually forwarded those to Kent earlier today, but a recap is always helpful. ^.^

06-25-2013, 12:49 AM

Okay, now that we're all caught up, what now? XD Figure out which idea to go with? o 3o

06-25-2013, 01:44 AM

That does seem to be step one.
/nods

Being the indecisive lout that I am, I could go either way, really...though I might be leaning a bit toward the second one (probably because I wrote something up for it already and I doubt most people will be focusing on a phrase).

Which idea do you guys prefer?

06-25-2013, 01:57 AM

I like the idea of gangster zombies.
I don't really know if I like the idea of grandparent zombies, 'cept it does sound like more fun to me. XD

06-25-2013, 01:05 PM

The grandparent zombies does sound cute, but I'm not sure how is feel about them being caged? Or is the boy caged? Or am I confused? Haha.
I think they're two solid ideas. :) I like the gangster one, and I'd have no problem writing something up for if. If you'd really like, I could write it in a noir narration style.

I'm prepared to either idea...but I think the gangster idea a the stronger. Would we like to get a 4th opinion?

06-25-2013, 01:48 PM

We can if you'd like, but it sounds like we've got more on board for the gangster idea.

Normally I'm all for a writ up, but I've got to cam in a bunch of work today, as I leave for Maine on Wed and will be up there Thurs as well, giving me less time on the net than I care for. I'll still be able to get my entry in and comment and what not as far as I know.

06-25-2013, 05:05 PM

I can write it up, then. :)
So...who is going to be which character. Anyone with any preferences? I can be either zombie or detective, so I have no preferences. Haha.

06-25-2013, 05:48 PM

I'd prefer to make one of the zombies.

06-25-2013, 06:33 PM

I think I'd like to be one of the zombies~ X3

06-25-2013, 09:05 PM

And perfectly fine with being the detective. :)

06-25-2013, 09:08 PM

Alright, what sort of zombies do we want to go with? Option one or two? Or should we wait for a story to go off of?

06-25-2013, 10:51 PM

I like option two~ But I guess we can wait for the story? o 3o

06-25-2013, 11:56 PM

I forget which is which option. Haha. I'm working on a write up now...here is my potential entry for the detective/gangster story. I'll work on my potential entry for the grandchild/grandparents story. ;)

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How would we want to connect our avatars? Color? Background? Color and background?

06-26-2013, 12:09 AM

Option one is with the flapper. XD
The detective looks so badass! o wo
I think a similar background for all sounds good. And maybe the gangsters should match in some way.

---------- Post added 06-25-2013 at 09:08 PM ----------

Sooo... I made this avi, but I don't think it fits into noir. XD
I imagine he's a yakuza or something. o xo

I'm not sure what zombie skin to use either. o 3o

06-26-2013, 01:39 AM

I tend to be a fan of the more traditional avatar zombie skin with some bruising and blood.

06-26-2013, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Seridano

I tend to be a fan of the more traditional avatar zombie skin with some bruising and blood.

I must agree. ^.^

06-26-2013, 04:03 AM

Here's what I originally had in mind when I came up with the gang/mafia theme (but obviously with the zombie default skin and different hair).

Anywho, might end up adapting one of those to the new background (probably the first one?), though I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the other hand it does have the feeling of a hangout (if a bit more run down than I was expecting). Matching is definitely a good idea though.

06-26-2013, 04:14 AM

What type of background did you imagine? I just threw something on earlier. :3

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But I do love your flapper. Haha.

04:34 AM

Hmm, not really sure, when I was going for more of a noir feel I threw the city and mist/rain as a placeholder because it fit the style/theme and looked nice with the muted colors. Not sure what we should actually use. Ideas?

Thanks ^.^

Also, I love how badass your detective looks.

06:45 AM

Haha. Thank you. It's the pants. She didn't feel right until I put those pants on her. :P

---------- Post added 06-26-2013 at 01:35 AM ----------

But I'll be honest...noir still kind of scares me...it just seems out of date. And if any of the judges think that, they'll dock points. :(

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Here's what I typed up. I thought each paragraph could be our individual descriptions...but we'd have to be in order for that. Maybe we can talk to Seiki or Cora about that?

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In all of Detective Morrison’s years of investigation, she had never dealt with a gang as ferocious as the Walkers. They were the core of violence and illegal activity in Morrison’s home city, and she didn’t take kindly to it. Morrison monitored the gang for years, waiting for the perfect opportunity to bring them to their knees.

The moment came on a late stormy night. The detective found herself in the halls of an old, decrepit building. She had followed two gang members into the building, right to the door of their hideout. Morrison waited to intrude until the room filled with gargling and screaming. Kicking down the door, she hoped to catch a man red-handed in murder.

But that was not what she had unveiled. Before her was a room full of zombies. Drooling, flesh-hungry zombies. And as Morrison was in frozen shock in seeing the Walkers, they were not halted in seeing her. Before the detective could exhale, she was surrounded by the man-eating things. Morrison could only hope her guns didn fail her now.

Feel free to edit things! Just let me know.

03:19 PM

Ooooh, I rather like it, though I think I might have to make my zombie less mafia looking and more street thug/gang-ish. What do you think??

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How's this?

Brain...awesome or too comical?

Also, just realized Kent had done the city and mist/rain behind the wall, which I really like. Should I switch to the lighter wall and floor? Have we decided on that one? I kind of like the dark for contrast's sake, but I could go either way.

06-27-2013, 12:35 AM

I like the brain. And the floor. I change my floor!

---------- Post added 06-26-2013 at 09:00 PM ----------

Are we ready to submit?

Here's my (I think) completed entry. ;D

I think our entries look really good together. I just think maybe Kent's skin would be need changed.

But I need to submit tonight. I can't tomorrow at all. :(

06-27-2013, 01:21 AM

Think we should have our avatars facing yours, since yours is about to enter the room and we would be chasing you soon. That being said, I agree that Kent's skin needs to be changed to the default zombie skin. His floor also needs changing to the darker colored floor for matching purposes.

Only thing I need to determine is whether I should go with the hair color I currently have or the one from my sample/the other version of this I posted earlier. Do let me know what you think, as I will be attending my great grandmother's funeral tomorrow and then making the drive back home to MA, so I will have to submit tonight if I want to meet the deadline.