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Post by Cyan Wisp on Jul 18, 2014 6:41:28 GMT
Hi, community! I have to admit that I was inspired by the excellent butchery work of wilmanric on his "Guess what I'm making" threads. Check them out! Here is a toy grasshopper chopped up and mixed around a bit to make a Pulveriser (from 3e Monster Manual II). The head is a wooden bead, the spike on top is an antler from a plastic stag. There is a ball bearing on the rear to counterbalance the cabinet screw things that form the drills. Enjoy! BTW, please excuse the first few photos. They were taken with my phone, so are a bit fuzzy. Pulveriser
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Post by The Brave on Jul 18, 2014 7:43:34 GMT
It looks like a cute litlle murderous thing
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Post by Jason on Jul 18, 2014 8:26:45 GMT
Nice!
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Post by dragon722 on Jul 18, 2014 14:56:14 GMT
Awesome....Can we have a tutorial or list of all the parts used so we can Steal borrow the idea . I have been going through the different monster manuals through all the editions and looking for ones to craft lol. I so am into making the monsters right now over the terrain and props.
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Post by Cyan Wisp on Jul 18, 2014 21:23:56 GMT
Hi, dragon722. I wish I had thought of that earlier! I was really just experimenting at the time. The first few photos show the pieces unpainted, but they are a bit unclear. I'll try a written tutorial.
I had a toy grasshopper - one of those flexible plastic ones you get in a bag of bugs from dollar stores - and a rounded wooden bead for the head. I also had a broken antler from a cheap plastic bag of animals
- Chopped off the grasshopper's head, tail and rear legs cleanly, leaving a body section with four legs. Keep the bits of 'hopper! - Trimmed the body of the grasshopper flat, top and bottom so I was left with more of a platform with 4 legs. - Glued the rear legs to the front, but upside-down and backwards so they stuck out the front pointing upwards. - Glued the bead to the top of the body and the antler to the top rear of the bead, sticking up. - Glued the tail to the rear of the bead.
I had to find something for the drill bits at the front, so I found those metal things that are used in cabinets. Screws, masonry anchors - anything that looks like it could spin and crunch rock would do.
- Glued the drill bits to what used to be the rear legs (but are now the front legs).
It became quite front-heavy, so I searched for a counter-balance and happened upon a ball bearing. I would have preferred not to have this, but it was too tippy.
- Glued the counter-balance to the rear of the body. Added extra glue between ball and original grasshopper tail for support.
Now, it basically looks like the first few photos except I glued a little conical metal thing to the ball bearing because it was looking a bit like an ant's body. Still does!
- Paint and begin Pulverising
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Post by dragon722 on Jul 19, 2014 7:09:46 GMT
Love the outcome of your construct dude. Going to have to make one of these too add to the list....
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Post by beerfrog on Jul 22, 2014 6:57:29 GMT
Nice execution . . . execution by The Pulverizer that is.
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Post by wilmanric on Jul 22, 2014 14:36:18 GMT
Hi, community! I have to admit that I was inspired by the excellent butchery work of wilmanric on his "Guess what I'm making" threads. Check them out! Here is a toy grasshopper chopped up and mixed around a bit to make a Pulveriser (from 3e Monster Manual II). The head is a wooden bead, the spike on top is an antler from a plastic stag. There is a ball bearing on the rear to counterbalance the cabinet screw things that form the drills. Enjoy! BTW, please excuse the first few photos. They were taken with my phone, so are a bit fuzzy. PulveriserGreat stuff! I love it! I'll need to look for some grasshoppers so I can torment my players!
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