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Project goal.

The aim of this project is to fund the production of a range of 28mm mushroom themed miniatures and scenery items. I'll be using contract casters to turn the Mushimen greens into metal figures and I'll be looking into using resin casters for some of the resin miniatures. Anything else will be cast in-house by myself.

The Mushimen!

With the Mushimen, I wanted to create a range of mushroom-men creatures who use stone-age weapons. This sets them apart from D&D Myconids who only use their fists for combat. I felt stone-age technology suited the feel of these creatures and would make them useable in traditional fantasy settings as well pulp "lost world" settings. Along with the melee warriors, certain Mushimen attain a mastery of magic and become tribal wizards.

In addition to the Mushimen are other fungi themed creatures. I've made a selection of the classic Shrieker mushrooms including a huge Boss Shrieker. To go with these are four metal branches which can be used to turn them into the dreaded Violet Fungi. Shoomies are the possibly the strangest of the lot, one-eyed creeping mushrooms.

Mushiman Wizard No 2

The kickstarter is already a great success and thanks to everyone for backing. I know people have spread the word on behalf of the campaign and that is much appreciated. I'm working hard to be able to add new models to the rewards to make the campaign even bigger.

Here are some pictures of the next Mushiman Wizard. Will be added to the campaign tomorrow.





Thanks for looking

Iain

The feedback regarding the second Mushiman Wizard was that his staff looked to much like a spear. I tweaked it but to no great effect, it still looked like a spear! I've turned it into a wooden staff with some small clusters of fungi growing upon it. I think this may have sorted out the issue!



This figure and the Mushiman "Masher" will be added to the campaign today.

Thanks

Iain

Here's a new sculpt to add to the campaign. I thought it might be interesting to make a dead shrieker to go along with the others!



This figure will be added to the campaign as a free gift for all Mushroom Master! pledges if we hit the £5000 mark.
Cheers

Iain


Still working hard on some new figures. All being well I'll have some to show tomorrow. In the meantime I have a few pictures showing what the Shriekers look like painted up!







Thanks for looking!

Iain

New creatures... the Brain Spiders!





This kickstarter I wanted to make some creatures based on models and drawings by my nephews. First up is the "Brain Spider" inspired by a model my eldest nephew Connor made a few years ago!

The set will contain two different resin bodies and two sets of metal legs. Assembly will be straight forward with no pinning needed. The bodies have 6 holes for the appendages so a bit of superglue will fix them in place.



Here is a pic of the original model that inspired these creatures! We changed the design a bit making the hind legs longer and the front two legs into claws. The body is pretty much the same though only adding a couple of fangs.

We were thinking that these could sneak up on isolated adventurers and inject a spore into them. The victim then becomes a puppet under the control of the Brain Spider! Or they could be the "pets" of the Mushiwizards who grow these magically from clumps of fungus mingled with spider essence!



And for a colour scheme check out this real world fungus!



Just add £10 to your pledge for two Brain Spiders. Hoping these prove really popular as is Connor (who'll be getting some royalties)!

Tomorrow I should have some pictures of the Mushimen archers and a 3rd Mushiwizard designed by my younger nephew Elliott.

Thanks for looking!

Iain

Later than I had planned here is a pic of the first archer Mushiman. The other two are well underway so I should have the pack finished before the campaign ends!



Thanks

Iain

Here's the 3rd Mushiwizard of the campaign designed by the youngest nephew Elliott. He's a budding artist and drew quite a few pages of designs with lots of interesting creatures. I could have choosen any number of the designs but this fellow really stood out. I think it was the huge fur-edged coat which got me! His head was changed to match the other Mushiwizards.

I'm hoping he'll make a fun addition to the Mushiwizards and proves popular with backers! Now added to the campaign page only £3 for a metal version.



Group shot with the other spellcasters!



Thanks for looking!

Iain