Project Barnum.

There was an idea, an idea about a zombie dinosaur. So Lost World Exodus was announced early 2019 and some detachments have since come out for it. At the time though I was so excited by the idea of the concept I wanted to do something to fill the gap between then and when it was released. So, from all the interviews and information that came out the big thing that stood out to me was the idea that there would be some rules that involved the flora & fauna in the new biome in Well’s chasm. The other stand out was the potential for what are known in the setting as “hyper reptilian creatures”.

With these things in mind the first idea I had was obviously a rampaging dinosaur, sorry, hyper reptilian creature, I have to be careful, Raptors make terrifying lawyers for many, many reasons. However, this didn’t feel quite in keeping in the setting, I began to wonder why a dinosaur would suddenly be on a rampage in its natural environment. Then like a bolt of lightning hitting a conductor it came to me. This had to be an escaped Enlightened experiment some sort of monstrous creation that was on the warpath because it had been experimented on to the point of madness.

Now I had the idea I needed the monster and as always, the internet provides. I found this Zombie T-rex from gale force nine’s Tomb of antihalation range, and it was perfect. I ordered it and waited patiently for it to arrive mulling over the rules and winning conditions. Once it got here it was almost perfect in scale and looked even better in the flesh. It went together very easily and any gaps were filled and some weren’t as I wanted them to be seeping blood or ooze or maybe both. Now I was ready for the next phase the painting.