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@Camkierhi: Thanks Cam, I've missed you too. That's really exciting that your daughter is getting into D&D and will be DMing. Also that's very flattering that you two will be going through my blog together. I'm by no means a very good or experienced DM but if she wants any advice, you can pass her questions on to me. I'm mainly popular as a DM because I make so many monsters and craft all the terrain, if she takes after her dad she'll be very popular too

@Fango: Thanks Fango, I'm glad you enjoy visiting my blog. Making monsters is probably my favorite activity of all my hobby activities. Thanks for the advice, and it's good to see you back.

Just a small update that I've finished one more bloodthirster head. That means only two head left to finish. Nothing else that I'm working on if to a point that it's worth posting yet.

I'm not working on the last two daemon heads out of the eight total I decided to make. it's hard to believe I'm so close to finishing this step.


I've also decided to start sculpting another spectator for D&D, not out of any need, but just because I like them.


I had some putty left over from my various projects (not all pictured), so I decided to mix up a little more and make a dark mantle (an evil fly squid that pretends to be part of the cave ceiling) for D&D. This is meant to be a master for a silicone push mold.


Thanks for stopping by

Your sculpting looks amazing, excited to see those Bloodthirster heads painted up!

The heads look really good!
Looking forward to see how they look on top of a body and with some paint on them!

Great sculpting Syro. Always a pleasure seeing your projects come to life.

@Viterbi, Ezki, and Theo: Thanks guys I appreciate the kind words and encouragement. This project still has a very long period of work ahead of it, since 5 of the bodies are only armitures, and the other three aren't too far. But I'm excited to be finishing the heads, which I considered the toughest part. Bodies are easier. Though if any of you have suggestions/tutorials on making the wings, let me know.

Put the pieces together of this bloodthirster head. It bothers me that the top horns aren't lined up with each other. This ones head is so busy that I chopped off the lower jaw to work and parts of it separately, and didn't attach the top horns until recently.

All looks amazing bud.

As to not symmetrical, nature isn't. People are weird if you take one side and flip it and put them together. So a little squint is good.

Cam is right, I think. Assymytery is perfectly appropriate for Chaos Daemons.

Cam, Josh, thanks for the encouragement

Some more progress on my daemon heads. The one on the right is getting close to being finished.


Also small update that I finished the eyes of the dark mantle, so now it is ready to have a mold made of it.

Great progress syro.

I like the horns not being aligned perfectly. Just look at animals in nature like boars where their teeth/tusks are all out of whack.

Thanks Theo

I am happy to say that all eight bloodthirster heads are now finished!

Your obsession with creepy eyes has been noted. Looking good, all these heads! The one already on the neck makes that latest photo even better.

Looks like an inquisitor’s hunting wall . Great work.

They look scary.
Really really good job!

The amount of detail just blows my mind.

@Theophony: Thanks Theo, I like that imagery Though way that would be an impressive inquisitor, would put even Isenhorn and Ravenor to shame.

@Ezki: Thanks Ezki! I'm proud of how they came out, and didn't realize I was capable of it. Still, even with taking a month off, and work leaving me with little time, it still hurts looking back and realizing that I have been working on these heads since October 2nd.

@Wirecat: Thanks Wirecat Speaking of creepy eyes, here's progress on the new spectator I'm making for D&D

I'm digging those bloodthirstier heads. Got to say my favourite is the fourth one along. The evil goat looking one, very chaotic.

Thanks Howie

It's been close to a week since I last posted here. I think it's been about that long since I got this far on the spectator and forgot to share it.


I also just recently joined the latest LoER contest (you can click the banner in my sig to check it out).
I joined a month late, but I have a pretty simple build planned since I'm a hemisphere away from most of my crafting supplies. I really love the shape of this water bottle for crafting possibilities. I'm making Necro terrain from it. I feel it resembles a combination of the Necron greater summoning core and the plasma generator from the Dawn of War video game series.

starting materials


Today's progress

Looks most intriguing, Syro. Nice texture on that bottle, plenty of possibilities to use it, even literally highlight it with a LED from inside.

And that spectator with neko ears is just asking for a trouble - or a pokemon name.

Thanks Wirecat, and yes that hole I drilled in the base holding the water bottle is for an LED light. That's funny about the spectator looking like it has cat ears

Good luck with the loer contest!
Excited to see what comes out of that bottle.

That's one way to recycle!

Thanks Ezki! Not much progress on the bottle yet, but some.

I'm very close to finishing the cat eared spectator, just going to thicken the bases of the eye stalks and call it done.



I really like spectators, so I started sculpting a third. This one is made from an armature of only aluminum foil (the only wire is what attaches it to its base). This spectator will have a story behind it, where it is a relatively old spectator and for close to 100 years it has been using the ey-ray from one of it's eye stalks daily, and barely used the others at all. So I made one larger and longer than the others.


Lastly, the small progress on the LoER water bottle tower

The personality is really starting to come out in this spectator. It's getting close to done.

Ooh, I like those wrinkles in the corners of the eyes. It makes the whole thing seem more organic.

Thanks Josh! I'm glad you noticed and like the eye wrinkles. I'm trying for a slightly elderly and more approachable look for the monster.

Spectator ancient? He sure has got a character going around him. Nice progress on both monsters, Syro!

Thanks Wirecat, and I'm sorry I thought I had already responded to you.

Working from home during this pandemic has left me with very little time and even less energy. But this weekend I felt some enthusiasm, so I began working on a fleshy organic helbrute. I'm thinking Slaneesh, and Fabius Bile probably made this one? Also, I finally took pictures of my finished LoER #31 terrain piece.

Here is the helbrute so far, with removable pieces shown in the last picture:





If you don't want to wait until the LoER voting or don't follow it but want to see my piece: