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Post by samsagaz77 on Apr 28, 2017 5:45:26 GMT
Hill Gigant made of copper wire and papermache. It's very hard make some details on it, because paper soaed in water down white glue is very sticky and sticks everywhere except figure, so is a little rough.
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Post by guillaume on Apr 28, 2017 14:21:02 GMT
paper maché can work with fimo if that help ^^
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Post by bobtheskull on Apr 28, 2017 14:49:12 GMT
Wow, that is a cool figure. I've been wondering about using glue and paper to make some larger critters. You know, the bumpy skin texture would probably work for a formorian giant as well. The hair turned out really good, is it also paper?
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Post by guillaume on Apr 28, 2017 15:04:27 GMT
if you want a cheap way to do big creature plastiroc is cheap 5$/1kg and have a a grainy texture (that can be sanded or smoothed)
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Post by stelmaria on Apr 28, 2017 19:00:38 GMT
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Post by Romana on Apr 28, 2017 19:03:26 GMT
Slug, Giant I was really happy with this figure, but my players weren't terribly impressed. I started by bending a paperclip into a large oval and placing it on a piece of parchment. Then I just squeezed out wad after wad of hot glue to build up the body. Once it was tall enough, I put the whole thing under the broiler to smooth the back. Snipped off the edges with scissors and added another ribbon on the edge of the foot. I textured the underside with more hot glue, and once it was cool, I bent the whole thing into shape. The antennae came from a bug toy. I can see why you were happy with this slug. It's wonderfully creepy. I don't understand why your players weren't impressed. Perhaps they were looking at it from a distance and couldn't appreciate that ickiness of the slugs belly. (Do slugs have bellies?)
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Post by Romana on Apr 28, 2017 19:09:33 GMT
Here's a smoke mephit that I made the other day for the PCs to encounter in my forge area. He's mostly cobbled together out of scraps and off-cuts left over from past projects; the only "new" bits are the bead I used for the chest and the 1" round wooden base. Slivers of plastic milk bottle left over from my otyugh make up the majority of this guy. The wing tendrils are hot glue wisps, and the fly stand is a piece of clear zip tie; I used the heat from my hot glue gun nozzle to put a slight bend in it. The pictures didn't come out spectacularly well, but I hope you can get the idea. Here are a couple of shots with the forge setup (which I blackened a little, on the advice of a couple of folks here). Once again, I am in awe of your artistic sensitivities. If I saw these at an art show, I would not think them out of place.
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Post by samsagaz77 on Apr 28, 2017 19:40:28 GMT
Wow, that is a cool figure. I've been wondering about using glue and paper to make some larger critters. You know, the bumpy skin texture would probably work for a formorian giant as well. The hair turned out really good, is it also paper? Yes, they are little "worms" of paper soaked in glue, and then just placed and twisted a little in a hair form. That was te easyest part of all in this figure. I made this in paper because i don't have any putty in that moment and was a experiment, but I made minis with green stuff before. It's very difficult, but is not impossible to do. A little practice do the job.
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Post by bobtheskull on Apr 29, 2017 22:27:44 GMT
Slug, Giant I was really happy with this figure, but my players weren't terribly impressed. I started by bending a paperclip into a large oval and placing it on a piece of parchment. Then I just squeezed out wad after wad of hot glue to build up the body. Once it was tall enough, I put the whole thing under the broiler to smooth the back. Snipped off the edges with scissors and added another ribbon on the edge of the foot. I textured the underside with more hot glue, and once it was cool, I bent the whole thing into shape. The antennae came from a bug toy. I can see why you were happy with this slug. It's wonderfully creepy. I don't understand why your players weren't impressed. Perhaps they were looking at it from a distance and couldn't appreciate that ickiness of the slugs belly. (Do slugs have bellies?) They technically have a large foot in that area. I'm glad it has that icky look. I thought about coating it in clear varnish to make it look wet and slimy.
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Post by bobtheskull on Apr 29, 2017 22:28:35 GMT
Wow, that is a cool figure. I've been wondering about using glue and paper to make some larger critters. You know, the bumpy skin texture would probably work for a formorian giant as well. The hair turned out really good, is it also paper? Yes, they are little "worms" of paper soaked in glue, and then just placed and twisted a little in a hair form. That was te easyest part of all in this figure. I made this in paper because i don't have any putty in that moment and was a experiment, but I made minis with green stuff before. It's very difficult, but is not impossible to do. A little practice do the job. What a clever way to do hair. I really want to try it on something.
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Post by bobtheskull on Apr 29, 2017 22:30:43 GMT
Great smoke mephit, stelmaria. I really like the the shape of the head and the beak. Really conjures up the skeksis from the dark crystal.
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Post by stelmaria on Apr 30, 2017 1:31:20 GMT
Great smoke mephit, stelmaria. I really like the the shape of the head and the beak. Really conjures up the skeksis from the dark crystal. Thanks! And now that you mention it, I can see the resemblance.
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Post by stelmaria on Apr 30, 2017 20:42:24 GMT
Here's a quick Fire Elemental that I knocked out last night, and finished painting up today. He's made of a leftover piece of toilet paper tube and excessive amounts of hot glue. He doesn't have the rising tongues of flame that I'd usually expect from a fire elemental, but I was issuing the picture in the 5e Monster Manual as a reference, and that version looks more roiling-cloud-of-flame than flickering-bonfire. I don't have a role for him in my campaign yet, but I'm sure the opportunity will arise. Here's a picture with a Medium sized zombie I've been working on, for scale.
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Post by bobtheskull on May 1, 2017 17:47:28 GMT
Great figure! I really like how you got the molten cloud look with hot glue. I was thinking about using cotton to get this effect, but it can be tricky. Really nice paint job, too.
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Post by bobtheskull on May 1, 2017 18:15:28 GMT
The 5 cent (or less) Beholder For this guy, I took two glass beads and wrapped foil around then. Then I rolled my foil ball on my desk to achieve a lumpy, almost sphere-like shape. Then I mounted it onto a stand made from paperclip and covered it in a thick layer of mod podge. Foil can be tricky to stick stuff to, so a layer of mod podge (or glue, I guess) makes it easier to attach everything else and leaves the craggy texture for the beholder's skin. I modeled the teeth with a piece of tag board by scoring it with a razor blade. Then I added all the other features with the hot glue gun. For the eye, I ran a pool of hot glue onto yet another glass bead and pulled it off to get a hollow dome. The flight stand is a clear drinking straw filled with hot glue. A sculpted figure is always going to look better than this, but as a quick last-minute craft that calls for stuff you already have, I like it.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 21:21:40 GMT
So much awesome on this thread! The paint job on that fire elemental is superb.
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Post by Romana on May 1, 2017 22:01:34 GMT
The 5 cent (or less) Beholder Sculpted figures might have more detail, but your beholder made me laugh. Well done.
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Post by bobtheskull on May 2, 2017 0:29:27 GMT
The 5 cent (or less) Beholder Sculpted figures might have more detail, but your beholder made me laugh. Well done. I'll take that as a compliment :-) thank you
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Post by stelmaria on May 4, 2017 1:04:26 GMT
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Post by margaret on May 4, 2017 1:19:15 GMT
Nice! I like the variation in form, and I particularly like the wave-like arms on the water elemental
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