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Post by adamantinedragon on Nov 17, 2014 4:35:35 GMT
I was at the dollar store to buy some foam core poster board, but I always check out the toy aisle, and I'd seen this little guy a dozen times or so but never thought it would work out, but something made me think I could make a beholder out of him.  So first I trimmed off his legs and hands. I ended up also eventually trimming off his horns and arms too:  Then I cut some wire from a spool. It happened to be dual wire so I had to separate them into individual wires, but no big deal. Using a pin vise (I will never understand why a hand drill is called a "pin vise" but whatever) I drilled some holes and glued the wires in. Then I used some beads to make the little eyeballs. I also had an old clear resin stand I hadn't used, it's not very clean, but I figured it would work:  That just left painting it. Not a huge deal, but it was sorta tight working around all those wires.  I admit he still looks a bit too cheerful, but hey, there must be happy beholders around. |
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Post by rane on Nov 17, 2014 10:12:07 GMT
I wonder ify ou would be able to cut the top part off and fasten his eye to where the feet used to be, might look a bit more mean that way
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Post by grandinquisitorkris on Nov 17, 2014 10:37:40 GMT
i have one of these that i was going to beholderize , but just havent had a chance , BAHAAAA you beat me to it ! good job !
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Post by grandinquisitorkris on Nov 17, 2014 10:37:52 GMT
and why woulnt a beholder be happy ? remember , in their mind they are the ultimate perfect being , so they should be extatic ! |
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Post by curufin on Nov 17, 2014 11:01:57 GMT
For some reason I find a smiling beholder very unnerving...
Nicely executed. Well done!
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Post by DungeonMasterRandom on Nov 17, 2014 12:30:46 GMT
Maybe a friendly beholder? Would make an interesting twist in a story.
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Post by DMScotty on Nov 17, 2014 15:07:43 GMT
Cool and easy idea.
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Post by adamantinedragon on Nov 17, 2014 17:36:45 GMT
The Dollar store I went to had several pegs full of Mike Wazowskis. I did think of cutting the thing in half to turn that smile upside down. But when I was drilling I realized he was hollow, so not sure now that would work. If I do another one, I would use some epoxy putty to change the mouth. But that sort of complicates the exercise. :-)
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Post by DnDPaladin on Nov 17, 2014 18:56:01 GMT
hot glue above his eye to make a lid, that should make him more angry.
aside fro that, very very very nice idea.
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Nov 17, 2014 20:58:54 GMT
Howdy,
You see a beholder...it says "Play with me!"
Kev!
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Post by voodoo on Nov 17, 2014 22:37:28 GMT
Ha! this is great !! The first thing that came to mind was ....."Yay !! can I have an orange popsicle." .... (I'm not saying that is what the beholder is saying, it's just what popped into my head.....then again if a beholder said that....)
Good job! great idea for modding any kind of dollar store toy. keep it up.
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Post by sgtslag on Nov 17, 2014 23:06:12 GMT
Ever thought about doing an adventure based on the Beholder mating rituals? This fella fits the bill.
I think that is a fantastic conversion. It really is quite good, and quite funny, at the same time. I could really have some interesting fun situations with this 'monster'... Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
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Post by pillpeddler on Nov 17, 2014 23:07:51 GMT
hot glue above his eye to make a lid, that should make him more angry. aside fro that, very very very nice idea. Lol ... I agree. Give it that heavy lidded "Yes, I see you." look... casual and dangerous. |
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Post by pillpeddler on Nov 17, 2014 23:09:49 GMT
Btw... excellent conversion
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Post by adamantinedragon on Nov 18, 2014 2:07:34 GMT
Thanks for the kind words. The whole thing took me about two hours I guess. I would do more, but I already have a bunch of home-made beholders, and most of them have never seen a game, so I'm going to finish my riverboat and then find a new project.  |
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Post by sidewaysgts on Nov 18, 2014 5:52:33 GMT
At first I was going to say thats the happiest beholder Id ever seen, and then I remembered something..  These guys have always been happy. Misunderstood Jokes aside, LOVE the creativity here! Hot glue to add a bit more of an aggressive eye lid might be a bit tricky, but what about some of that cheap white model magic clay? Stuffs a couple of bucks for a small bag, and only like 5 bucks for a small bucket. |
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Post by adamantinedragon on Nov 18, 2014 6:00:45 GMT
If I wanted to gussy it up a bit, I'd have used my Apoxie Sculpt putty. I deliberately kept this as simple as possible to show what you can do with minimal effort. I might buy another one and use some putty to make it a bit more nasty looking. But I doubt it, I've got a bunch of beholders already. I'm just glad I finally got my crafting area workable enough to do something like this again. |
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Post by GMPeter on Nov 18, 2014 16:56:50 GMT
Very very awesome  And... Just letting this here:http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/116/2/1/Beholder_by_Hungrysparrow.jpg |
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And... Just letting this here:http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/116/2/1/Beholder_by_Hungrysparrow.jpg
Cheers!
Cheers!