Following the success of Song of Blades as last year's birthday present for my son, I thought that Mighty Monsters would go down well this year; for some reason, he has an enthusiasm for Godzilla and kaiju in general that predates the recent film. My preparations were somewhat hasty, given a recent house move, so I found myself, a few days ago, in the predicament of having various suitable monsters, some cardboard buildings but no Godzilla. That wouldn't do, so I decided to make one.
This was a race against the clock. I took myself to Hobbycraft for the first time ever to acquire some materials and discovered a crude papier mache dinosaur that screamed "maquette" (and saved me the trouble of making one). Thereafter, Milliput, green stuff and Milliput again when I ran out of green stuff did the rest. I put the brush to it about one in the morning before the big day. It's a very crude model (I abandoned all attempts at finesse on the body and limbs as the clock ticked), but it does the trick. And - more importantly - he was delighted. That was compounded by the creature's success in the game's initial outing tonight, where it destroyed all comers.