Distractions or Senility can be FUN!

[deafnala]

The latest base for the Mushroom Forest is done. As always, the camera pointed ou a spot or two that would benefit from a touch up. The Mushrooms will be prettier in the eventual group pics.




More whenever.

[margaret]

They are plenty pretty now! I love the bracket fungi on the mushroom stem.

[deafnala]

Oct 5, 2024 18:52:55 GMT margaret said:

They are plenty pretty now! I love the bracket fungi on the mushroom stem.

 Thanks, margaret! I am happy you like it. The bracket mushrooms were added to cover a crack in the stem, but I am fond of them also. They did get some nice comments.

I finished the first stalagmite base today...it was a struggle:




It did turn out reasonably well though.
More whenever!

[sgtslag]

On the stalagmites, did you do a wash, or base coat then drybrush? I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Dip'er.  I've made some DM Scotty stalagmites style in the past, using crumpled toilet paper tubes, covered in Hot Glue, painted with primer, then more appropriate colors, and then Dip'ed with urethane stain.  I rarely use them in my games, but I have them as scatter terrain.

I made some ice stalagmites using the same DM Scotty technique, only colored white, with a blue Magic Wash (acrylic floor polish + acrylic paint of the desired color).  Need to make more, as I have a miniatures-based run through G2:  Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl to run, with full 3D terrain.  Cheers!

[deafnala]

Oct 15, 2024 13:36:10 GMT sgtslag said:

On the stalagmites, did you do a wash, or base coat then drybrush? I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Dip'er.  I've made some DM Scotty stalagmites style in the past, using crumpled toilet paper tubes, covered in Hot Glue, painted with primer, then more appropriate colors, and then Dip'ed with urethane stain.  I rarely use them in my games, but I have them as scatter terrain.

I made some ice stalagmites using the same DM Scotty technique, only colored white, with a blue Magic Wash (acrylic floor polish + acrylic paint of the desired color).  Need to make more, as I have a miniatures-based run through G2:  Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl to run, with full 3D terrain.  Cheers!

Thanks for the reply, sarge! That is a SPLENDID idea. If I covered the toilet paper roll with foil, I could do the stalagmite with DAS. AND a paper towel roll would be a fine basis for a complete stalactite/ stalagmite column.

I finished up the Fourth & fifth Mushroom Forest bases yesterday.
Seen here with the stalagmite base & MF> base #3:


The new stuff:




Until next time...whenever that is.

[margaret]

are those little tiny puffballs? Or baby field mushrooms?

[deafnala]

Oct 29, 2024 17:59:31 GMT margaret said:

are those little tiny puffballs? Or baby field mushrooms?

I meant them to be puffballs.

[deafnala]

AND two more stalagmite bases are DONE! The smaller one was actually nearly done a few days ago, but I thought it was rather BORING. SO I made it a bit more interesting in a creepy sort of way. The Big Fellow was inspired by his smaller brethren:
The second batch so far:


The new bases:








There you go. Until whenever!

[deafnala]

Loading photos isn't as easy as it was, but I managed to add these to the album...yet another Mushroom Forest base.










Until next time...whenever that is.

[deafnala]

AND YET ANOTHER Mushroom Forest base is done!
All the stuff thus far in this batch:


with just the Forest pieces:


AND the new base:






Until whenever!

[margaret]

More morels =)

[deafnala]

Nov 18, 2024 19:05:58 GMT margaret said:

More morels =)

There is always a morel to a good fable. Thanks for the reply, margaret; you are good for my morale/morel.

AND as promised/threatened here is the latest Creepy Stalagmite scatter terrain base.
Seen here with the rest of the Stalagmites:


By its lonesome:








So until next time whenever that is.