Zombie Shark

At one time, zombies and sharks stayed comfortably within their own genres.

Then in 1979, Lucio Fulci did the unthinkable, and put zombies and sharks together in the same film.

Zombi 2

Looks better in comic book form.

The next evolutionary step in this theme that I became aware of was in Gyo, from the fevered imagination of Junji Ito.

The monsters in this story are created in part by a virus, but are fully dead. The corpses are propelled by bio-mechanical legs that are powered by the gases released from their rotting bodies.

The mechanical nature of the shark from Gyo reminded me of this picture of Bruce from Jaws.

The first full zombie sharks I know of appeared in the Resident Evil franchise.

Resident Evil 6

And most recently in the Zombie Army franchise.

Zombie Army 4

The collector's edition of Zombie Army 4 came out last month, and included a model of a zombie shark.

Based on the dimensions provided, the model seems to be 1/72 scale, but it is more of a Megalodon than a regular shark.

A very similar looking Zombie Shark model is made by Reaper (Bones Black 44112).

The lower jaw is a separate piece, and needed some putty work since there were huge gaps left between the pieces.

I drilled a hole in the shark so I could mount it on a stand, then I painted it up with whites and grays. A thin brown wash was applied to some organs, and a tan wash was applied to parts of the fins.

I prefer the pale dead look to the blood-soaked look because that is what shark corpses that have been floating around in the ocean look like.