jbarrow
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Post by jbarrow on Mar 8, 2018 15:54:06 GMT
I was watching DM Scotty's Bonepiles video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMaQcM7T0Ko) and he uses the Wargames Factory skeleton warriors to get the various bone pieces. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any of these kits still around, so I was wondering if any of you had suggestions for what might be an appropriate stand-in?
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Post by universalmonster on Mar 8, 2018 16:25:49 GMT
This is *slightly* out of scale- Caesar does 1/72 miniatures which are closer to a "true 25mm" scale. What we think of as 25mm eventually became 28mm and is now closer to 32mm in scale. But here's the Caesar Skellies: they are plastic, 35 pieces for 10$ and change. That's uhm.. a little more than a quarter per skeleton. www.hobbylinc.com/caesar-fantasy-undead-fighting-skeletons-plastic-model-fantasy-figure-1:72-scale-103Maybe these would be better described as "dwarf skeletons" compared to normal size. EDIT: Just realized two things: you just want the bones, not the full skeletons. Maybe these would be fine?
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Post by universalmonster on Mar 8, 2018 16:30:58 GMT
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guppy
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Post by guppy on Mar 8, 2018 16:57:20 GMT
I have those (even entered them into the monthly painting competition here) they are very nice and cheap But do beware that they require assembly
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Post by erho on Mar 8, 2018 17:16:44 GMT
I have that bag of skeletons, I used them for undead ogres and Firbolg before. These are fairly cheap: Reaper skeles
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Post by sgtslag on Mar 8, 2018 21:16:08 GMT
If you can go with larger models, in the 54mm - 60mm range, check out these plastic skellies, from Amazon.com. They clock in at $0.17 per figure, in a pack of 100. If you want dinosaur bones, to represent non-Human creatures' remains, look at these, from Amazon. In the Q&A section, it says this about their sizes: " They are about 1 1/2 inches tall and 2-3 inches long depending on the dinosaur. They are small but they have a lot of detail." There are other dinosaur sets to choose from, as well, possibly of differing sizes. The dinosaur bones could work well as monster bones, if you cut them up, into smaller sections and pieces. This yellow plastic can be easily coated with Minwax Polyshades Urethane Stain -- Royal Walnut, to give them a, just dug up, look. Just paint the Minwax onto them using a disposable brush, letting it pool some, then let it dry (aka, The Dip technique). This will darken the yellow plastic, giving it a very dirty yellow-brown appearance. Cheers!
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guppy
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Post by guppy on Mar 9, 2018 8:23:29 GMT
You can see some of the "FGV300/Frostgrave undead encounter" I painted here: dmscraft.proboards.com/post/64809I added bases my self, and the more excessive rust is also added by me. I can honestly not recall if they came with bases or not. There are about 3 times as many as shown in the picture
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Post by angie1985 on Mar 9, 2018 15:03:31 GMT
I made bone piles too Amazon has skellies that are soft plastic and cut up easily with an exacto knife...look for the 20 pc lot with the winged skellies in it.
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Post by angie1985 on Mar 9, 2018 15:08:03 GMT
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Post by tauster on Mar 9, 2018 18:24:42 GMT
For large bones you could get a set of bone pens... ...make silicone & cornstartch molds and then cast yourself a pile of giant hotglue bones. Here's how to make spines and giant bone-like structures yourself. I call them Instant Bones, and I'm seriously considering getting myself a patent on that. There's so much you can do with those beauties! You can use air-dry clay for a smoother appearance like in the two pics below... ...or paper mache made of TP, kitchen roll or even crumpled newspaper for a rougher, more textured/weathered look: And if you don't wand to wait for the paper maché to dry and harden, use tin foil. Works just as well as the other variants and gives you instant results. Just be aware that aluminum requires much more energy and ressources in production. I could use this stuff all day long because it is so damn practical, but I try to use it only when I 'aboslutely have to' because of of time restraints (or when I don't have the patience to wait one or two days for the paper maché to dry... ) Hot to make another undead bone-and-flesh monster: The cheapest skulls I found came in the form of cheap skull bracelets. 17 skulls for 0.99USD are hard to beat. I used them to make flying, swooping ghosts: Btw: Somewhere on the top five of my 'one day I definitely, absolutely HAVE TO make myself XYZ!' list is a terrain set of giant bones.For years I wanted to play the Battle of Bones in the Forgotten Realms, but so far we never had the chance to hotglue this gem into one of our campaigns. Some day...
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Post by erho on Mar 9, 2018 20:08:36 GMT
That head is giving me the creeps...
Take an upvote, just keep it away from me!
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Post by tauster on Mar 9, 2018 22:14:51 GMT
The head is a hotglue cast made from some old figure. When I peeled it out of the mould, it had lots of craters caused by air bubbles trapped between glue and mould. Then some of the basepaint I had slapped on the glue started to crack, leaving the thing even more ugly and creepy. All in all I consider this creation a success.
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Post by sgtslag on Mar 9, 2018 22:29:02 GMT
Love the giant bones made by squeezing clay in your hand! Incredibly simple, and effective. This gives me ideas for a possible Dragon Graveyard, in my Eur-Asia continent where Dragons rule all other races...
That head is a definite success! It is genuinely unpleasant to look at, inspiring feeling of disgust, uneasiness, and general discomfort. I would call it a, "home-run"!
Those flying skulls would make fantastic Dementors, for a Harry Potter game! I really like those: scary, creepy, and would likely send me running/screaming, in a heartbeat! They would work for Call of Cthulhu games, equally well... Superb work, as always. Cheers!
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Post by jennifer on Mar 16, 2018 16:55:58 GMT
You can see some of the "FGV300/Frostgrave undead encounter" I painted here: dmscraft.proboards.com/post/64809I added bases my self, and the more excessive rust is also added by me. I can honestly not recall if they came with bases or not. There are about 3 times as many as shown in the picture Those are sweet. I like your take on the paint. They truly look like they just came out of the earth! Here are most of my Undead Encounters skeletons painted:
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Post by erho on Mar 16, 2018 20:06:16 GMT
Seriously those are clean and nice!
The rust is consistent, I think thats better than metallic with rust spots.
What are you basing them on top of? Also the tile floor... cork?
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sotf
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Post by sotf on Mar 16, 2018 22:47:25 GMT
You can see some of the "FGV300/Frostgrave undead encounter" I painted here: dmscraft.proboards.com/post/64809I added bases my self, and the more excessive rust is also added by me. I can honestly not recall if they came with bases or not. There are about 3 times as many as shown in the picture Those are sweet. I like your take on the paint. They truly look like they just came out of the earth! Here are most of my Undead Encounters skeletons painted: If you want to improve them, get some of the Vallehjo pumice texture paint in brown and you can remove the lip with it and you don't really need to paint it after it dries.
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Post by jennifer on Mar 17, 2018 1:13:00 GMT
Seriously those are clean and nice! The rust is consistent, I think thats better than metallic with rust spots. What are you basing them on top of? Also the tile floor... cork? Yeah the floor is cork. The bases are 3D printed. Nice and flat, no warpage and cheap to print.
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