Sounds like you can also start working on mods for hobbit. Doh!
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Quoted from pinball_customs:So to keep things going with TWD ('cause I fricken love zombies) I'm going to re-hash my old bone flipper concept and sculpt some with some rotting flesh, etc.
ALSO ... I will be selling this head as a non-shooter rod option in case you wanted to add it somewhere on the playfield (like under the left ramp!)
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now this is what i'm talking about.
Adamstown, MD
Quoted from pinball_customs:So to keep things going with TWD ('cause I fricken love zombies) I'm going to re-hash my old bone flipper concept and sculpt some with some rotting flesh, etc.
ALSO ... I will be selling this head as a non-shooter rod option in case you wanted to add it somewhere on the playfield (like under the left ramp!)
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I'm definitely in for both. Amazing work!
I had to finish the neck ... It was bothering me. Now it looks like a victim of Michonne! 
he's in the silicone right now, still curing.. I'll shoot my first cast tomorrow and fire off a few new pics. 
. In the meantime, I've started work on the zombie finger flippers.
Do you mould in the opening in the back, or drill each one individually or what?
Love the severed neck detail. Most people won't even see it, but that's the kind of attention to detail I dig.
Melbourne
Looking great!
Also second Aurichs post about how it gets attached to the shooter rod.
Do you use a 2 part mould, have any trouble with the cavity in the mouth? Id be interested in seeing more about your process, materials that you use.
To answer your questions, I drill every shooter individually after casting (hence my drill injury earlier this year LOL!). My shooter rods are typically built with a single part mold, and I simply pop them out. More complex shooters do however require a two-part. Deep crevices and high detail used to be lost due to air bubbles, but I bought a vac chamber about a year ago and it's been a god-send... it's allowed me go into a level of detail I never thought possible. Air bubbles are almost a non-issue at this point. However, the lifespan of the mold is as with more complex detail comes faster mold degradation. I'm betting I'll only get about 20 heads from this mold before I have to make a new one. The T2 molds I get maybe 10 pieces out of. It all depends on the complexity really.
Anyway after pouring the resin and it cures, I then pop out the piece and remove the flashing (waste). From there I sand down the necessary areas, wash each one with soap and water to remove the mold release. After everything has dried, I drill each one out using a real funny drill bit size (lol). Fill each one with glue and carefully set each blank shooter rod inside so that they're all set to the same length of a regular shooter rod. This is a common mistake for other shooter rod makers I think. Set the rod too deep or too shallow and it totally changes how the ball launches. Anyway from there I prime each piece and hand paint them. Then I apply a minimum 3 layers of clearcoat for durability, let that cure for a few days and mail them out accordingly.
Each shooter takes approximately 2 hours from start to finish to produce, which can make for some long nights sometimes.. but I enjoy it. Seeing one of my finished products out in the wild or on pins at Expo brings a smile to my face, as I'm sure it does a lot of other mod makers out there.
This zombie head took over 2 hours just to paint, but that's always the case with the first few while I get my paint scheme down.
Making custom shooter rods from scratch is something I've been doing for almost 7 years now, so there's been a lot of trial and error to get things to where they are now.
Yup, officially for sale!! $65 shipped worldwide.
$55 shipped if you want just the head (no shooter) so you can make your own playfield mod with it.
payments can be sent to [email protected], PLEASE make sure you put in the notes what you're buying. Please be patient for your order to arrive, I make them from scratch on a per-order basis.
Thanks to everyone for the kind words.
- B
errr also, when my flipper tops are done I'll be selling these as a kit with the shooters, so anyone buying a shooter now that wants the flipper tops as well will get a discount on those when they're available.
- B
just a quick thread title change to reflect the finished piece. Thanks again to all for the kind words. I'm looking forward to doing the zombie flippers to match 
Quoted from pinball_customs:I'm looking forward to doing the zombie flippers to match
Definitely start a separate thread for those, I can see people with other games being interested in something like that. EATPM, Scared Stiff, Tales from the Crypt, Metallica, just to name a few.
Quoted from pinball_customs:just a quick thread title change to reflect the finished piece. Thanks again to all for the kind words. I'm looking forward to doing the zombie flippers to match
Sent you an email respond already
*bump*
I like to do these in batches to save time on setup (resin, paint colours, etc). So that said, I'm trying to get as many pre-orders in as possible before the weekend.
Cheers
- Brock
Quoted from ezeltmann:do you confirm via email.
I'm not sure I understand this question.. 
For clarification : I sent you a paypal payment. Should i expect anything else besides a zombie shooter arriving in the mail someday. If you receive a paypal payment do you send a confirmation email?
Great work , thanks
Ed Z
Ed! Thanks for clarification. Sorry about that.
From here, just expect to get your shooter in the mail.
Got a weird question from a member.. "do your shooters come clearcoated or do I have to do it myself?". Then I realized why... bobbleheads aren't typically clearcoated.
The answer is YES. All of my hand-made parts come with at least 3 layers of clearcoat.
- B
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