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jaggadox Cardboard Collector Posts: 33	scratch built ROPER Jan 29, 2014 21:31:54 GMT DMScotty, indigo777, and 6 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jaggadox on Jan 29, 2014 21:31:54 GMT Here is my roper, based off DM Scotty's stalagmites. He's gonna eat the whole party next week. MUAHHAHAHAHAHHA!!Attachment Deleted

darakaria Cardboard Collector Posts: 16	scratch built ROPER Jan 29, 2014 21:55:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by darakaria on Jan 29, 2014 21:55:23 GMT Really nice........I like it!
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grym247 Room Builder Posts: 691	scratch built ROPER Jan 29, 2014 21:56:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grym247 on Jan 29, 2014 21:56:03 GMT nice work mate looks pretty cool

dmj Paint Manipulator Posts: 245	scratch built ROPER Jan 29, 2014 23:50:17 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dmj on Jan 29, 2014 23:50:17 GMT Looks good

monkeywithtacos Room Builder Posts: 607	scratch built ROPER Jan 30, 2014 0:32:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by monkeywithtacos on Jan 30, 2014 0:32:31 GMT That's awesome!! Gonna have to tackle one myself soon! Well done, sir, well done....
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ashrothedm Room Planner Posts: 274	scratch built ROPER Jan 30, 2014 0:38:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ashrothedm on Jan 30, 2014 0:38:01 GMT The roper was the creature that brought me to D&D. You've inspired me to make one... and maybe, a COLOSSAL ROPER! Sounded good when I typed that out, but I don't know what I would do with it.

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scratch built ROPER Jan 30, 2014 1:26:21 GMT tauster likes this

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Jan 30, 2014 0:38:01 GMT ashrothedm said:

The roper was the creature that brought me to D&D. You've inspired me to make one... and maybe, a COLOSSAL ROPER!

Sounded good when I typed that out, but I don't know what I would do with it.

Might I suggest keeping it on your mini shelf and always put the minis for your encounters behind it. That way whenever you stat to set up a combat you can pull it off the shelf and ask one of your players to hold that then get the minis you need. Everytime they'll wonder "Is this the end?"

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scratch built ROPER Jan 30, 2014 2:43:45 GMT

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Post by ashrothedm on Jan 30, 2014 2:43:45 GMT

Sure, but long term, I can see myself waking in the middle of the night, all groggy, and suddenly I'm terrified by this cyclopean monstrosity in the darkness. It's probably not that bad... unless I make it large enough that it would be.

odinist Paint Manipulator Posts: 105	scratch built ROPER Jan 31, 2014 21:50:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by odinist on Jan 31, 2014 21:50:40 GMT That is seriously spectacular, dude! Wow! Do you have any pics of the build process?

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Jan 31, 2014 21:50:40 GMT odinist said:

That is seriously spectacular, dude! Wow! Do you have any pics of the build process?

I'm glad you like it, thank you. Sorry I've only got one photo of the build but you can pretty much see how it was made. I was inspired by DM Scotty's stalagmite vid, I love way drips of hotglue echo the water/mineral process which creates stalagmites in nature.

Body: cardboard and hotglue.
Tentacles: Hot glue over wire.
Eye and Brow: Green Stuff.
Mouth/teeth: Cardstock.

When making the stalagmite I left one area clear of Hotglue where I was going to put the mouth. I cut a hole there. I cut all the little teeth, glued them on a cardstock disc and then slid the disc up into the stalagmite and glued it in place. In this way I created the recessed teeth/throat.

Painting was fast and simple. Black spray paint. Then I put blue masking tape over the eye and mouth to keep them free of texture paint. Hit the whole model with stone texture paint just like a dungeon tile. Finally highlighted with grey and hand painted the eye and mouth.

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skunkape Dungeon Builder Posts: 2,099	scratch built ROPER Feb 7, 2014 19:04:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by skunkape on Feb 7, 2014 19:04:10 GMT Looks good!
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