Well, I was really happy with my Shambler and he sat on my desk for about a week… Then I decided he needed more.
I decided I wanted to paint him because I was not as satisfied with the cut out look and the black lines. Now, I know that is part of the fun of a paper model. But I really felt he needed a face-lift, and I wanted him to look more organic.
I was about to paint my Shambler, when I decided I should use the paper model as a base for an actual model I would sculpt from clay. That way I could really elongate the claws, and give him some serious muscles. I went to a local store and picked up some clay that was made exactly from paper. This was important because I knew it would bond well to my paper model, but also I did not want to use something that required a lot of water to sculpt. I knew the paper model would get very weak the more water I used. Also, this clay requires nothing but air for it to dry. I did not want to have to put it in an oven… because well, it would light my little Shambler on fire and that would be the end of that.
Creative Paperclay is what I used for this fatboy.
I began very simply by putting on a small coat of clay, and allowing it to dry. I simply repeated this process until I had what you see below:
You will have to excuse me for my lack of coherent images. I did not really think to blog about this until I was almost done with the project. The image above shows a finished molded Shambler. Also along side of it is some Gesso, a sander block, and some brushes. What I did next was sand the Shambler smooth and coat him with Gesso. Gesso is an acrylic biased paint, white, and used primarily for artists to prime their canvases and painting surfaces that may be difficult to paint on directly.
I wanted to Gesso him so I could get rid and cover up all cracks and deformities he may have had after I had finished modeling him.
The last step was to simply paint him. I used acrylics and I painted him in layers. I first did the basic skin color that his hands would have, then I did the feet and claw color, followed by the lighter fur color, and then the dark colors, followed by blood and at the end I painted the mouth. Here is the Shambler fully Gessoed, and then the final outcome:
I am very pleased with the final result. I feel I really captured id’s Shambler. 
