Thursday, September 12, 2013

How To Dress Up Like A Zombie For Halloween - Great Costume Ideas

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The popularity of the cable series The Walking Dead as well as movies like Zombieland and the Resident Evil films and even games like Plants vs. Zombies, mean that zombie costume ideas will be in demand. And a zombie costume can be as simple or as elaborate as you want.
Here are some suggestions:
Basic costume.
All you need to do is make your eyes look sunken by painting dark circles around it, put some fake blood around your mouth, then wear some tattered or disheveled clothes with dirt and blood splattered on them, and your costume is complete.
Decaying zombie.
To create the look of a zombie who is starting to decay, use white cream makeup on your face to make it pale and then highlight it using grey cream makeup around your eyes, nose and cheeks to give yourself a corpse-like skin tone and a lifeless look.

Bitten zombie.


One of the ways you can become a zombie is by being bitten by another zombie. Zombie costume ideas for zombies with bite marks involve creating fake bites using liquid latex or fake skin made from cornstarch. Apply the latex or fake skin with a q-tip in a ring and let dry. Paint the latex black and then paint the skin inside the ring red; you should also brush some red on the black area. Then add some dark blue makeup around the edges of the bite to suggest bruising; place some yellow blots at certain spots to make it look more realistic.
Rotting graveyard zombie.


Zombies obviously continue to decay despite the fact that they have been brought back from the dead. You can go full zombie with costumes that show rotting skin with bones visible underneath them, as well as torn and tattered clothes that suggest that the zombie has just climbed out of his or her grave. You can wear breastplates simulating exposed rib cages under your tattered costume to create this horrifying effect and then create the illusion of yellowed, decaying skin through holes in your shirt and pants.
Plants vs. Zombies

This popular game helped contribute to the current zombie renaissance and is also a rich source of zombie costume ideas since you can come as a Conehead or a Buckethead zombie or even a Football or Digger Zombie simply by wearing a generic zombie mask and then adding the appropriate accessories for the scary look.

Are Zombies Attracted to Second Hand Smoke?

Posted: Aug. 23rd. 2013

Are the Undead Attracted To Second Hand Smoke?
Posted August 23rd, 2013
ZWN (AP) Ahsis, Briitish Columbia
In the remote Canadian town of Ahsis, British Columbia, there has been an unusually high amount of reported zombie attacks. With a population of only 562, almost everyone in the town knows someone who has either been attacked by or turned into, a reanimate.

However, there is one facet in particular that has scientists studying this small town. That is the realization that almost all of those attacked were habitual smokers.
Darrel Drake, a 48 year old resident of Ahsis, was well aware that there had been reports of undead activity in the region. He and a neighbor helped capture a female undead only the week before. Local police advised them to remain vigilant because there was also a police report of at least one more roaming female zombie and an undead child.

They knew the procedure. All night lights out in any unused parts of the house. No loud noises such as TV or music. No cooking of meats unless all windows were closed. Anything that might attract a zombie had to be considered. All children and pets had to remain indoors.

However, Drake was a habitual smoker. 20 a day as a rule. His wife, Jennifer did not allow smoking in the house. And so despite all warnings, Drake would venture outside into the garden and sit under his favorite tree.

No lights. No sound. But he would light up. 
He was fatally mauled by the adult reanimate assailant, who authorities were tracking on July 27th. So savage were his injuries that he didn't reanimate. His upper torso, head and brains were almost entirely consumed.

Studyshows connection
The reason this incident caught the attention of the media is that it ties in with a recent study by the the New England Journal of Advanced Necro-Mortosis studies. In that report, it summized that undead people who were habitual smokers in their former lives, tended to be attracted to the smell of cigarette smoke. A prior sense memory that remains in their atrophied brain, still recognizes the habit and perhaps is even still addicted to the lure of smoking Nicotine.

The female reanimate whom fatally attacked Darrel Drake was later captured and re killed. Her body was autopsied and it was found that she was a habitual smoker in her former life.

In fact, 75% of all reported zombie attacks in Ahsis have been on people who were smoking at the time. All undead assailants captured were confirmed as being smokers in their former lives.

A spokesperson for the Tobacco industry denied the validity of the study. She suggested that further studies were needed and the tobacco industry was funding its own private report to be released later in the year.

Downtown Reno Nevada Zombie Crawl in October 2013

Reno Zombie Crawl

Reno Zombie Crawl

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About the Reno Zombie Crawl

Who hasn’t wanted to take part in an actual zombie hoard!?! Nearing the end of October in Downtown Reno you will find thousands of zombies combing the streets not only in search of drinks and a good time, but also helping to support local charity and businesses.
For only $5, attendees purchase a commemorative cup and map and are treated to drink specials, no cover, contests and more at downtown taverns. Before the crawl, people of all ages also participate in a massive thriller dance!
See Website for info: Crawl Reno

Find the perfect Zombie Costume for the Zombie Crawl!