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Post by tauster on Feb 12, 2015 19:44:53 GMT
I'm playing around with curufin's new mushroom designs and started with #1: using pasta as stems. Some quick'n dirty cardstock cones (using a stapler)  Since they topple over easily,...  ...I glued a beercap at the bottom, hidden under more hotglue:  If I find them still prone to toppling, I can always fill the cap with hotglue. That should give them enough weight at the bottom to fix the problem. |
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Post by tauster on Feb 12, 2015 19:49:28 GMT
A small sneak peak:  These are the smallest parts of the largest thing I've made. Ever.  *cackles with glee*  |
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Post by tauster on Feb 13, 2015 19:21:23 GMT
Got the three specimen of Fungus Curufinus basepainted and drybrushed:  I want to go for a 'green glow' effect. What do you like better: a) primed green & drybrushed black (left 'shroom) b) primed black & drybrushed green (center and right)? Curious about your opinions!   |
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Post by curufin on Feb 13, 2015 19:37:12 GMT
Definitely, based green and dry brushed black.
I think they look good. And I like what the bottle cap is doing.
I have been making some of your drinking straw twig plants. Im hooked on all the plant life.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Feb 13, 2015 20:51:07 GMT
I like both actually.
Green / black makes it more childish. as in its still growing !
black / green makes it more aged, like it almost entirely decrepit and nearly will collapsing. you know like while its growing the neon color invades more of the original shroom who just started black.
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Post by michka on Feb 14, 2015 4:14:57 GMT
Primed green and painted black for me. I like the inner glow look of the black on green. Either way, these are turning out really nice.
And I still love the light bulb creature.
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Post by tauster on Feb 14, 2015 8:24:13 GMT
Thanks for all of your opinions! Confirms my gut feeling. Both 'shrooms have been re-primed and await blackification.  Now I'll have to do some more funghi curufinus and play with the other neon-like colors I haven't used so far. |
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Post by tauster on Feb 14, 2015 9:45:06 GMT
OK, here's another 'what do like better' poll: I lightly drybrushed all 'shrooms with grey - you can see the details poppin' out. The foremost small one got an additional layer of bleached bone (although I drybrushed a bit too heavy). Does that look better or would you go with grey only?  On other news, some more sneak peaks: Primed...  ...and drybrushed. Again, which variant do you like best?  |
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Post by curufin on Feb 14, 2015 12:55:24 GMT
I think I like just the grey drybrushing. It adds just a subtle little something. The bone color takes away emphasis from the green. For the last picture, (counting from the left) I think I like the second and forth... but I have a feeling we are seeing these out of context |
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Post by tauster on Feb 14, 2015 13:33:26 GMT
I think I like just the grey drybrushing. It adds just a subtle little something. The bone color takes away emphasis from the green. You're again confirming my gut feeling! More funghi curufinus.  More color experiments.  I wonder how it would look if you have a large mushroom glowing in different colors... The white basepainting was something of a spontaneous idea. White is the brightest color (yea I know, some people dispute if it is a color at all, but let's not nitpick here ), so maybe it looks good as a glow effect... For the last picture, (counting from the left) I think I like the second and forth... but I have a feeling we are seeing these out of context Then, considering the as yet unreveiled context, number four it is. And more mysteriously out-of-context spores. ...oops, spoiler!  Batch 1  Batch 2 With these I wanted to go with a more 'stringy' look.  Batch 3 Serendipity: When the glue had almost hardened, I dropped a clay ball. It didn't fall off (because this stuff is extremely light), but drew the glue into a long, wiry structure. It really looks like the spore is floating off! If you want to go for this effect, take a look at MiniGirl's great tutorial.  |
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Feb 14, 2015 13:59:17 GMT
Howdy,
as to which paint scheme is better, I think variety should trump. Have some of each FTW!
Kev!
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Post by curufin on Feb 14, 2015 14:12:28 GMT
Now you have me thinking about somehow adding LED lights to the inside of a mushroom to actually give it a "real" phosphorescent glow...
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Post by tauster on Feb 14, 2015 14:45:10 GMT
Howdy, as to which paint scheme is better, I think variety should trump. Have some of each FTW! I like that idea. I will probably go both ways: the 'green glow on grey rock-like texture' will be the primary color scheme, and I'll add a variety of glows in different colors in the mix. Going with different colors has another advantage apart from looking better: I can more easily have different game effects, and the players can learn which fungus is more dangerous just from the color of it's glow. They'll probably learn that the painful way, but that's the fun of it, right?  Now you have me thinking about somehow adding LED lights to the inside of a mushroom to actually give it a "real" phosphorescent glow... ...damn.  Now you've been adding another milestone to the whole project! |
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Post by michka on Feb 14, 2015 16:21:28 GMT
I love the floaty pod things so much. What a great effect. As for what sneaky peek color choice, I really like how the blue one turned out. Going with the many color option means you don't have to choose. It also means you don't have to work so hard to match colors if you have to return to the project after a break. Oh, and I agree with curufin. Stick with the grey only for dry-brushing. You don't want to loose the impact of the inner glow effect.
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Post by tauster on Feb 14, 2015 18:42:12 GMT
OK, here's the result of the color testing. One of four color schemes works for me.   I like the dark red (the color's name is 'primary magenta II'). The colors of the others just look like from a children's painting book. Meh...  Well, I'm happy that I do these testings - I don't want to think about what would happen to my motivation when I would have made that happy dozen of mushrooms and then ruined it all with the wrong color. At least now I know three ways of not doing it. And that's worth something. ...oh, and here's another little thing: Two-dimensional funghi.  When I had cut out the circles for the shroom's heads, that's what was left. Let's see if I can sell that kind of fungoid weirdness to my players!  |
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Post by DnDPaladin on Feb 15, 2015 11:11:13 GMT
man, you go too fast. i dont even have time to tell you anything. though you probably already know what im gonna say...
and i see someone already told you the same.
the less whity mushrooms seems younger, and the others seems older. but thats what very light color dry brushing tends to do. but like spiel said, i'd keep them both. just for variations. it wouldn'T be all that great to see all the mushrooms started and grew all together at the same rate. a few older shrooms would make the game looks more like something that evolved instead of all the same.
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Post by tauster on Feb 15, 2015 13:42:08 GMT
Again, thanks for all of your opinions! I repainted the three I didn't like and finished them all. Here's the whole batch basepainted.  ...and drybrushed (black & grey)  These will be nice sidekicks for the main funghi stars!
I've basepainted the spores in two different colors.  The ones that are floating off I'll leave partially unpainted.  I really have to experiment with painting the clay balls - I haven't the slightest clue hoe to paint them, or if I should touch them with color at all - I somehow like the way they look... |
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Post by tauster on Feb 15, 2015 13:44:27 GMT
I collected a few poppy pods in August, magnetized & textured them ...and left them standing on my craftdest ever since, as I was waiting for THE perfect idea how to go on.  Now I'll try to go with a fire-theme, and if that doesn't work, I'll go with the funghi color schemes.  |
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Post by curufin on Feb 15, 2015 13:57:30 GMT
Those are absolutely perfect! I love everything about them. Now I have to find some poppy pods.... How do they hold up? Are they dried out and brittle? PVA glue wash to strengthen them? Tell me more
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Post by tauster on Feb 15, 2015 16:10:02 GMT
Most of my various mushrooms and funghi were sorted away each in a different small box. This was a pain in the royal DM bottom when I was preparing (i.e. carrying all the stuff from my craftroom to the living room for the night's game. No more! Now I have all fungoid stuff neatly cramped in one large box!  At least I think I got all. I have the nagging feeling that I forgot something... My next challenge: Doubling all that fungoid biomass with a single mushroom! |
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Now you've been adding another milestone to the whole project! 
