Zombie! Walk?

This one goes out to all the Zombie fanatics, and yes i know, The Zombie Apocalypse will soon be upon us, as in October 26 in Carry Town! Yes, the Carry Town Annual Zombie Walk is here again! Pre-walk meet up at The Landing at Fountain Lake (Byrd Park) is at 1pm and the starting point of the main event will begin on the sidewalk in front of Kroger on W. Cary Street in Cary town immediately after.

For any one who is lame and has never heard of it, your about to become awesome with knowledge. The zombie walk is where anyone who is somebody or nobody can come dressed as a zombie or a zombie hunter. Now something this awesome only happens over and over again because there are rules: here they are:

ZOMBIES (AND ANY NON-ZOMBIE ATTENDEE) MUST OBEY THESE RULES TO PARTICIPATE.
The organizers of the Richmond Zombie Walk will not be held responsible for the actions of the event participants. By attending this event you agree to follow these rules. Your cooperation will ensure that this event continues for years to come.

1) DO NOT touch anyone/anything (especially storefront windows). NO EXCEPTIONS.
Even though you and I may love this kind of thing there may be others who do not, respect their space and they will respect our celebration. Yes, this means dripping.splattering blood too. keep it to yourself.

2) DO NOT attempt to scare anyone who is not a willing participant.
If anyone is freaking out, turn and shamble in the opposite direction.

3) No walking out into the street or traffic
Again a great way to get hurt or arrested, not to mention possibly causing an accident.
Richmond zombies use crosswalks and obey the walk/don’t walk signs. it’s okay to break character to cross safely. Just use what little bit of brains you have left in your head people.

4) Any weaponry should be easily discernible as fake
Keep bright obnoxious orange caps on the end of toys guns.
NO REPLICA WEAPONS, the word replica implies “like the real thing”.
NO PAINTBALL OR AIRSOFT GUNS. Not only are they dangerous, they are illegal to use in public areas. These are projectile weapons capable of inflicting serious injury. DO NOT BRING THEM. Police officers will be present. You have been warned.

5) As fun as it would be, no part of your costume should squirt or project any liquid or objects

6) No profanities
We will most likely walk by many innocent children during the walk, no need to warp their minds any further than seeing the walking dead already will.
Keep it in character, i’ve never heard a zombie drop the F-bomb.

7) Ham it up!
You’re wearing fake blood and ripped up clothes and walking around moaning in public, doing that louder will not be any more embarrassing.

8) Walk like a zombie
This is not a speed-walking event, zombies lurch, crawl, limp, slither, etc.
Think more Romero zombie, not “run” zombie except for avoiding traffic. see #2.

9 ) Stay in character
We know everyone is excited about this, but zombies do not truly have the motor or cognitive abilities to operate a camera or cell phone. We have plenty of people who will be documenting the event, so please try to refrain from taking pictures during the actual walk. There will be time before the walk to take photos and/or vids. also, zombies don’t have conversations or text their friends. They’re dead, they’re all messed up.

10) Stay on public property
DO NOT go into stores or other private properties. stick to the sidewalk.

11) Have fun
Come up with a theme and stay in character as much as possible. it’s a celebration of a great time of year, moan like you mean it!

for more information: check out the Carry town Zombie Walk Page!
http://richmondzombiewalk.com/event-information/#.UmrzVfmsim4

Here is a video from last years zombie walk!

Now my expertise is zombie make up, it is a secret talent i first discovered when i went to my first zombie walk

Costume Tips:

• you either want to go for a realistic zombie costume or a fun zombie costume.
  realistic:
  - dark and earth clothes, no bright colors, layers
  fun:
  - maybe themed or bright colored
  For either you can use the same tips I'm about to give.
• you want to cut the clothes
  - don't have clean cuts, have them look frayed. (star the cut with scissors, but then rip the fabric the rest of the way)
• have blood splattered everywhere
  -you can go as crazy with this as you would like
  -or you can have blood only around the rips in your clothes and on the front of your chest (as if blood dripped from your zombie lips)

Make Up:

I like to watch a lot of YouTube tutorials, its always easier to do something once you have actually seen it done. But its hard to find good videos, so here are some good ones that i really like. I will include both videos for beginners and experts, but i encourage everyone to try to do the coolest look! its really fun and not that difficult!