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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Yeah, not sure what to recommend for the unraveling, that may be stuck needing a 'brute force' approach. A comb sounds workable, but probably not a plastic hair comb; we have metal undercoat rakes for our rescue ponies- you can get them pretty cheap from any pet supply store or on-line service. The teeth might be fine enough to separate the strands.

Or, you know what might work- a wool carding brush! Separating fine fibres and orienting them alongside each other is what they're designed for and you might can find one inexpensively in a thrift/junk store or even new-bought.

I found this one on eBay for $6:



Rock on!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Thanks for the advice, those are both worth looking into. Thanks!

   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

After around four years, I have gone back and finished the second dungeon of Lost Mines of Phandelver, the starter set for D&D 5e.

Trasendar Manor, better known as the Redbrand Hideout:





Populated with monsters:




It feels good to have completed this. Thanks for visiting.

   
Made in fi
Foolproof Falcon Pilot





Finland, Espoo

Great work Syro! Trasendar Manor is looking amazing.
It's a great feeling to complete a large project like that!

The bush/tree you made looks very good! I might have to try that trick sometime!

   
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Potent Possessed Daemonvessel





France

Very nice dungeon !
Did you put nuns in jail though ?

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Fighter Ace





Edinburgh

Always a pleasure seeing your creative efforts Syro!

   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Thank so much you three

@KernelTerror: Heh heh, they aren't nuns, but now that you mention it it does look like that. The adventure has a mother and teenage daughter in the cell. The are Reaper townsfolk minis.

   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

I have been doing some sculpting lately, and been in the mood to play "Out of the Abyss"

I have sculpted three of the prisoners from the start of the adventure: Stool the myconid sprout, the crazy derro, and the peaceful meditating fishman.


I also sculpted Stool two sprout friends


Here's an earlier progress pic of the first group:


I have also begun sculpting six myconid adults




It felt good to relax with some sculpting for a few days. Thanks for stopping by.

   
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Ambitious- and very well done!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Thanks Meer!

Also, I realized that I forgot to photograph and post other things that I finished recently. I thought I had.

This sculpt/conversion has been nearly finished for close to a year, but I never finished it until about two weeks ago. I converted this mer-man figurine from Dollar Tree into an actual merman. That's the end of my He-man figures for conversion.




I also made these simple quaggoths for "Out of the Abyss" before making the myconids and other characters for that adventure.


Spoiler:

The quaggoths aren't anything special, but I made them relatively quickly from hot glue using molds of animal jpointed zombie legs, a bugbear head, ork boy arms, and a ork nob body. I then textured with the tip of the glue gun to get rid of ork textures and try to make fur instead. They aren't a terribly important monster, I think they match the official art surprisingly well, and the official miniatures aren't that great looking either , so I'm satisfied.

Starting with cast parts.


Hot glue quaggoths put together


official game art


official miniature


   
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USA

Continuing the myconid adults


These two are going to be Topsy and Turvey for my D&D "Out of the Abyss" figures.They're not great, but I'm satisfied with them over all. I made them in a short number of sculpting sessions. I made the heads first, second I added the hair and sculpted the feet seperately. Once cured, I glued the feet on the stick and made the rest of the bodies in a single go.


And this is another "Out of the Abyss" character I am working on. A well dressed quaggoth prisoner that speaks like a high elf.

   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

I have finished the last two NPC prisoners that I will be sculpting for "Out of the Abyss", since I already have orcs, elves, and dwarves.

Jimjar the deep gnome gambler is built on top of the gnome I sculpted and made a gnome of. Prince Derendil uses the same molded pieces I used for the other quaggoths (except using putty), with xps foam for the torso and sculpted additions.


I am also still adding parts to my myconids. They are great for let over putty.


Thanks for stopping by.

   
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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth





Not where I should be

Your sculpting is inspiring! You have come so far. Brilliant work.




 
   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Thanks so much, Cam

   
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USA

I spent a week off from work because of Covid, but a combination of taking care of my family members and fatigue kept me from doing anything in the hobby during that time. I was so frustrated about that, that I went wild this weekend with hobbytime.

This Yochlol seemed appropriate to make with all the drow and Underdark stuff I have been making.


It only took 25 minutes to sculpt using hot glue.


I have been converting old sometimes broken Mage Knight figures (and one Heroclix) into Drow.


Since I was already painting purple, I opened up my Nolzure's Marvelous Miniatures: boggles.


I've also primed and begun painting the prisoners for Out of the Abyss, they should be easier to see clearly now.


Thanks for stopping by

   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Outstanding work all around!

You missed one word in that first sentence: "only took you 25 minutes to sculpt"; I know of no one else who does so much shaping hot glue. They need to add a new elemental mage category just for you: Glue Bender.

The Mage Knights make perfect Dhrow- slim, but with good definition suggesting wiry strength.

Rock on!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Thanks so much Meer I do enjoy sculpting with hot glue.
I'm mostly done painting the prisoners, but work is getting so busy I won't have time to paint the other two until the weekend at the earliest.

   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

The Prisoners for Out of the Abyss are finished being painted


Here they are with the only character art (official or otherwise) that they seem to have.


   
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Foolproof Falcon Pilot





Finland, Espoo

I'm in love with the Myconids!
Been thinking about using them in upcoming adventures.
Will surely draw inspiration by yours if I get around making miniatures for them!

The Drow and the Prisoners are looking ace as well!

   
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USA

Thanks so much Ezki
Your comment on the myconids got me working on them again. They probably don't look that different from previous pics, but each had some work done. I think most of them willonly need one or two more sculpting sessions before being done. They are surprisingly easy to sculpt, not having to worry about proportions of the body, just lots of random patterns in layers.


   
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USA

I'm going to call these three myconids done:

   
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Foolproof Falcon Pilot





Finland, Espoo

Looking very good!
Been thinking of going the lazy route and just buying the models and painting them, but if I were able to make them THAT COOL, I definitely would haha!
Should start by buying a set of sculpting tools...

Syro_ wrote:Thanks so much Ezki
Your comment on the myconids got me working on them again.

Haha, I'm glad that motivated you

   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Thanks so much Ezki They're not too hard to sculpt if you do want to give it a go. It's a fun rabbit hole to go down. I guess it also depends on how many you want. The Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures of the Myconids are really nice in my opinion and with your painting skills they would look amazing. If you need more than two sprouts, two adults, and and sovereign, then you might want to go the sculpting route for varity.

A strange change of pace, but this weekend I sculpted 37 tricorn hats for 15mm American War of Independence soldiers to make them look better.


And sculpted new faces/noses and gnomes that didn't come out of the mold properly.


I've started making something unusual to use in the "Tales from the Yawning Portal" D&D 5e adventure book too.

   
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Krazed Killa Kan





USA

I've finished one of the strangest miniatures I have ever made. I have been reading the Classic D&D module "Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan" and all I could think of was how Tamoachan sounds like a Japanese anime girl. So using the cover art for the adventure, some molds, and some sculpting, I made Tamoa-chan:

Being an anime girl moster she needed to have greatly exaggerated proportions






Cover art for the 5e version of the adventure, I think the monster looks like an evil djinni:


Size comparison with Djinni miniature:


WIP pics
Spoiler:

I started by cutting up some hot glue stick and gluing it to another


I used the tip of the glue gun to melt the glue into a swirl to be the genie swilling wind lower body. The jacked arms are from a mold of the old Battle Masters ogre.


Gap filling, adding an anime girl face from Super Dungeon Explore, and working on the body.


Painted the whirlwind


I must have forgotten to take pictures of the rest of the process. I used jewelry chain super glues to greenstuff for the silver bikini. I used greenstuff for gap filling, sculpting missing body parts and hair. And I used a bead for her mace.


I have also finished one more myconid adult, only two left to finish.



   
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Shroomin Brain Boy





Berlin Germany

needs to be said: death by snu snu...

   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

"Life is the bubbles, we got no troubles, under da sea! (or else)"

Great work in both pieces, Syro!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
Made in us
Krazed Killa Kan





USA

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
needs to be said: death by snu snu...


Being that I researched 10 common anime girl love interest personality types and will be rolling a d10 each day to determine Tamoa-chan's behavior, death by snu snu might be a possiblity

@Meer_Cat: Thanks Meer

I have finished painting 37 little Continental Army soldier for 15mm American War of Independence war gaming. I just have to paint up 3 bases of cavalry, 4 leaders, and two bases of cannons, plus make terrain, and I can finally have my first full size game of "Live Free or Die".


   
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USA

Finished! Knowing I was close to reaching my goal, I was able to push myself to paint the leaders, cavalry, and cannons for the scenario.


   
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United States

Outstanding- glad to see you got them finished!

15mm is fun- it lends itself to massive armies and/or very large scale operations. I saw a game at Sabre in Harrogate once where the recreated 'The Great Locomotive Chase' from the American Civil War; the game terrain covered (at scale) nearly 100 miles.

Good luck playing them!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
Made in us
Krazed Killa Kan





USA

Thanks Meer and that Great Locomotive Chase sounds amazing. I think you will like what I made today.

I'm amazed how well it came out, since it only took me 20 minutes to make. My original plan was to make this to be able to play sooner, and then when I have time to sculpt a better one out of putty. I like this one so much that I don't plan to make the putty one anymore.
Fire snake for D&D


Wip of the fire snake
Spoiler:

I started with a mold of a troglodyte head that looks kind of draconic and the left over hot glue "sprue" from my 15mm soldiers clipped and melted together. I also drew the fire fins with hot glue on my silicone mat.


I also cut the troglodyte head in half and melted parts and added on to it.




I'm not as happy with how this turned out, it looked better before painting. A spore servant octopus for D&D. basically a dead octopus that is completely covered with fungus which is controlling it.



Last time you saw this, it looked like this:


I also finished sculpting the last two myconids:


Thanks for stopping by

   
 
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