Let's play a game

[sabotabby]

Here's how it works, theoretically. One person says something awesome, and then the next person adds something to it to make it more awesome, repeat ad nauseum. Then I make a cartoon of it in my copious free time.

I'll get you started (based on the results of a Stitch n' Bitch conversation):

Fighting zombies ____________

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin _______________

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to fill in the blank with something that makes fighting zombies from a zeppelin even more awesome.

...Go!

P.S. You're supposed to respond to each other, not just to me.

Comments

[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin with lasers...

[curgoth]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin with lasers works wonderfully until your laser batteries run out.

[retinal-strain.livejournal.com]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin with lasers works wonderfully until your laser batteries run out. However, you can transform the airship into a giant flying firebomb to burn the hordes.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Fighting Zombies from a zeppelin in a thunderstorm!

[curgoth]

Fighting Zombies from a zeppelin in a thunderstorm allows one to take advantage of certain seredipitous environmental effects - namely, lightning and wind.

[queerasmoi.livejournal.com]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin in a thunderstorm that challenges archetypal preconceptions of _____________

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin in a thunderstorm that challenges archetypal preconceptions of Nikola Tesla while ___________

[human-loser.livejournal.com]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin in the name of the Christ __________

[curgoth]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin in the name of the Christ requires a certain fortitude of spirit - one must fear neither death nor heights. One should not discount the efficacy of a 30 pound crucifx dropped from 1000 feet into a crowd of waiting undead.

[mycrazyhair.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

[curgoth]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin is quite simple, with the application of some basic scientific principles - don't waste your time with bullets, harpoons or flame-throwers - you'll run out of ammo. Think simple - blades mounted on pendulums (make sure the pendulum is on a quick-release line to prevent being boarded), and other Simple Machines make surviving the Undead Apocalypse a snap!

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

Fuck. Zombies glow, don't they? And if they do, they got phosphorus. But if they got phosphorus all our plans go down the drain (http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9804E2D7153FE233A25754C2A9649D946596D6CF&oref=slogin). Also, are you sure the lead zeppelin (http://www.bpcr.net/site_docs-results_schedules/documents/Dan_Theodore_500_meter_Testing-3_Heavy_Bullets_45-90.htm) cannot be used?

[curgoth]

Obviously, you don't use hydrogen for your zeppelin - you use helium, thus avoiding the hindenberg/phosphorus problem.

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

The scary thing is that by now I have a fairly concrete picture in my mind of all of this unfolding, and lets remember that the setting is by my dad's house outside of Moscow. That's where being self-centred gets you.

[curgoth]

You say scary, I say awesome.

Then again, I've given this plenty of thought previously.

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

This is the country blog where I attempt to appear knowledgeable on topics I've never thought about before.

[curgoth]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin while playing the pyrophone.

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

What is it with the ever resurfacing zombies in your blog? Zeppelins are cool. Me and my dad wanted to build one once. We ended up building a house. And while I am on the topic of flight and sky... (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4187960755285300230&hl=en)

[(Anonymous)]

This isn't working!

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

It could be that your machine doesn't support viewing videos in the google-video format. The cartoon I linked to is by Wladyslaw Starewicz and is called "The Frogs Who Wanted a King".

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

Unless you meant that I wasn't playing the game right, in which case I must concur.

[curgoth]

A zombie-proof house should include a zeppelin launch in the attic; that way, when the zombie apocalypse comes, you load up supplies, and take to the skies, touching down on grocery stores and the like to restock.

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

We were counting on the (44 metre high) pyramid built near the house to attract the first attack wave while we make our escape through the fields. But now that you mention it, I think we might just have a zeppelin ready tied to the tip of the pyramid. (it's true about the pyramid by the way - people in Russia are into that sort of stuff)

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

I think the pyramid is best used as a decoy. You cold put a meat-filled, motorized mannequin at the top for bait. And / or you could have a second, hydrogen filled zeppelin at the top of the pyramid and detonate it when enough zombies reach the top.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Hindenburg announcer voice: "OH THE INHUMANITY! THE INHUMANITY!"

Zombiology

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

How many zombies can fit on a tip of a pyramid?

Re: Zombiology

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Well, there would of course be a tall ladder at the tip connecting it to the zeppelin. This would allow more zombies at the top. I'm envisioning the full effect to create a bottleneck cluster at the top with zombies less effectively climbing on one another as well. The zeppelin itself would also be huge to that it's flaming metal carcass would cover most of the pyramid as it collapses.

Re: Zombiology

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

*nodding head with respect* I fink u amerikanz khaev somfing tu teach us Russkikh on zombiz.

Re: Zombiology

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Many thanks. In the international tradition of science, we should all pool our knowledge against this global threat.

Of course my methods are almost prohibitively expensive and wasteful. But if there's one thing we Americans know, it's how to wage war on borrowing. That's what credit cards are for. We just have to max them out at the earliest stages. After all, it's not like we will have to pay anyone back. And since the system is electronically automated, parts of it may continue to function unmanned.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Brilliant.

Of course, the zombie-proof house should be surrounded by a spike filled moat - like a Burmese tiger trap - and an electronic defense system that can distinguish between the shambling un-dead and the groggy, pre-coffee living.

[curgoth]

The only problem with a moat is the Leinigan vs the ants problem; the zombies will just keep coming until the smashed zombie bodies fill the moat and the next ranks walk over. An acid moat might do better, but it's still just a delaying tactic to give you time to fully load up your zeppelin.

[bike4fish.livejournal.com]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin in a thunderstorm that challenges archetypal preconceptions of the chthonic by knitting __________

Edit:

Hmm, I think I read "fighting" as an adjective, not a gerund, and missed the "s" on "challenges". I suppose "that" could refer to the undead as well as "who". So I'm changing this to:

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin in a thunderstorm that challenge archetypal preconceptions of the chthonic by knitting __________

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin in a thunderstorm that challenge archetypal preconceptions of the chthonic by knitting shotgun cozies and_________

[khalinche.livejournal.com]

Frogs playing banjo on the rooftop...

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Of the house or the zeppelin? And are we talking real live frogs, real taxidermied frogs or a shiny brass weather vane of a frog band complete with wind chimes, trumpets and whistles?

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

The brass weather vane would be necessary for navigation purposes.

[arnavtul.livejournal.com]

fighting zombies from a zeppelin while dressed in a corset and pantyhose.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Ah! Someone finally moved the story along to the next inevitable stage!

[arnavtul.livejournal.com]

It really was inevitable, wasn't it?

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

Who invited Giuliani?

Fighting zombies from a zeppelin while dressed in a corset and pantyhose while singing songs from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[arnavtul.livejournal.com]

...and doing The Time Warp!

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

I say fight fire with fire: Go War of the Worlds on their asses. Develop a strain of the flesh eating virus that only has an appetite for dead tissue.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Of course, ultimately, any zombie war is ultimately a waiting game. Once they take over the earth, they will die shortly afterwards when the brain supply runs out and the roach population explodes.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Of course, the anti-zombie zeppelin should have a giant vulture painted on its side.

[curgoth]

Genetically engineered super-maggots! This also has the side effect of forcibly converting the remaining human population to vegetarianism, since the supermaggots would also devour other dead meat.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

In addition to creating very fertile soil even in urban areas. No doubt resulting in lots of vine covered buildings. Giant ivy covered boxes everywhere.

[curgoth]

unless the supermaggots get infected with zombieness. then you have ubiquitous super zombie maggots. that probably mind control people somehow.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Actually, in retrospect, I was wondering if my dead tissue-hungry flesh-eating bacteria might have caused the zombie menace in the first place.

Oh well, back to the drawing board. ...

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

I understand that you are the brass goggle artisan. I have an idea to pass along.

I have often thought of making a steam punk-like helmet or mask. Perhaps a brass Darth Vader or Kroenen-like deal. I was thinking a paint ball mask modified to mimic the look of a gas mask except with decent ventilation. Some look kind of H.R. Geiger-like to start with. I would spray paint one gold, antique it and add all kinds of actual brass and copper fixtures both in terms of plumbing and ornamental animals (either jewelry, cabinet knobs or painted figurines). A heraldic crest seems likely. Maybe add some of that segmented metal hosing along with various valves and dials. Perhaps combine it with an old brass fireman's helmet like the one below or maybe with some unusual military helmet for a steam samurai effect.

I think such a project would probably be beyond my powers (and time constraints), but I thought I would share my inspiration with someone who already has the knack. Add that to a cloak or a Victorian cavalry uniform and you have a costume.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

This mask looks like a promising candidate for modification. Perhaps for a more nautical, Jules Verne theme. Maybe paste a few sea shells on there and go for an oxidized brass and copper paint job.

[curgoth]

Cool idea - good for a "sailor from Nemo's Nautilus" type thing

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

A lot of the masks look a little too "Halo" owing to the wide lenses / face shields. Thus far, I have only thought of two work arounds: One, insert an amber tinted one and wear your patented goggles underneath. Or two, replace the clear lens / face shield with an opaque brass painted surface with eye holes cut out. The holes could be circular for WWI style gas mask lenses or half circles like on the Rocketeer helmet. They look like inverted sunglass lenses.

The paint ball mask I posted in the comment above retails in some places for $150, but I have seen it for forty. I only cited it as an example. You can find used styles for 20 bucks or less on ebay. Since it is just the foundation for homemade doohickeys, it probably wont matter what style you start with.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Alternate lens concepts:

1) Go for a spider face effect with multiple eyes* / "sensors."

2) Use a screen door screen for the lens.


_______________

* This, of course, makes me think of the "big daddies" in BioShock and thus old skool spherical brass diving helmets, but that may be a tad ambitious since it would likely require building an entire suit.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Still more brainstorming: Place little battery operated lights or glow sticks inside the paint ball mask - but around the chin so as to not impair vision.

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

I have often thought of making a steam punk-like helmet or mask.

I would love to assist! Heck, I may have plenty of crap at the house to start with.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Assist me or curgoth up in Toronto?

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

Let's see...

Assist a guy in another country I hardly know, or my friend in town I often give rides to?

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

As you can see above, my imagination has been going a bit wild with this. WARNING: CREATIVE MANIA NOW IN PROGRESS. Now my mind is revisiting the steam samurai idea and I am considering using an Japanese oni mask instead of a paint ball mask - provided that it is sturdy enough to glue a lot of crap onto, of course. Go brass, of course, but maybe glue on a mustache along with the pipes and rivets. You can tell that Terry Gilliam's Brazil is now creeping into my thinking.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

"Go brass, of course,"

Actually, a high gloss black paint job makes more sense in this instance.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

This lion thingy has possibilities.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

You can also mimic samurai armor by sewing metal painted, hole punched poster board with thick, brightly colored shoe laces.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Caffeine is my friend.

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

Did you fall of the wagon again?

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Go to my latest post, which forms a Möbius loop with this one.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

By the way, the Brass Goggles blog is back up again which means you can see Pac Gentleman if it was down last you looked.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Of course, the zeppelin crew would need appropriate safety gear ...

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Also, real absinthe is now legal in the U.S. so the "green fairy" should be incorporated into the story.

[see-my-glock.livejournal.com]

fighting zombies from a zeppelin fashioned from the flesh of the dead and held aloft by the horrible gases of human decomposition. the dead zeppelin? after the zombie outbreak tanned undead human skin will become the most readily available fabric. We will slaughter them clad in the flesh of their brothers! arrrrgh fleshfleshflesh.
zombie bone weapons? even buildings fashioned of the undead? the end of human labor jobs? the beginning of the Z.W.W.? massive unemployment for the living?
some jobless guy in a bar made of zombies entertaining la fee verte?

i like the idea of a postapocalyptic world fashioned entirely from the bodies of the undead scourge.