Zbrush Zombie Hunter Guy WIP

In my previous post I spoke about making a zombie hunter type dude but I couldn't really get into the 'character' of him.

I left the idea to one side for a good many days until I came across an image of some racist twat called Richard Schmidt I read about in some news headlines about a nutter who'd amassed a large collection of firearms and ammo and who had lists of people he didn't like. Now Richard sounds like a complete knobhead but what drew my attention  was the great picture of him wearing a superman tshirt. I'm not sure if that was his police mugshot, but it was a great photo - well lit and the guy's face would totally suit a zombie hunter type!

Head is too small and modeling is rough and sketchy but ideas are starting to come together at last!
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So I finally got a bit of direction on where to take my zbrush guy. He wouldn't be a bland 'hero' type as I first envisage (and was bored with) but a crazed loony with a habitual hatred for the undead. He would be a racist towards zombies!

I needed to see how he might look in colour so I added a quick and dirty  camouflage pattern on top of my sketch. This zbrush mesh is slightly more refined than the previous image and I'm starting to see the placement of pouches and accessories a bit better. This guy needs to be well  equipped but lithe enough to be able to move about relatively freely and evade zombies!  
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My zbrush annotated doodle may be as rough as a badgers behind at the moment - it's too clean, pristine and lacking a whole lot of detail - but the seed of what I need to make a cool model work is kinda there. I'm thinking 'suvivalist military-meets-racist suburban fantasist' as the tone for my zombie hunter. Based on the sketch above, he'll need to be made more down-and-dirty. I'll also work on the face to make him resemble 'ol chubby Richard whackjob a bit more too.