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Miniatures Adventure => Other Adventures => Topic started by: Snafu on September 05, 2016, 07:49:50 PM

Title: Alien monster - DIY
Post by: Snafu on September 05, 2016, 07:49:50 PM

This kind of an alien monster is made from a few twigs for the legs, a small chunk of styrofoam for the body and a piece of modelling clay for the head.

Some kinds of spraying colors tend to dissolve styrofoam surfaces, so you can get some nice structures on it.

I found the car in the garden of my sister where it was forgotten by her children and rotted away for some time. So I didn't even have to paint it :)

 Maybe I will add a figure or two later on and do some photos with a different lighting too.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oylct49pJhY/V827hEreHOI/AAAAAAAACD8/tLt1KIspRnQcw17Z5Kq_1zsM5vjKISSlgCLcB/s1600/IMG_1318.JPG)

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--0dWIMG6oXQ/V827EMZ_2eI/AAAAAAAACD4/aIUc2Qq2cAgdA4grs9sMZh5eC3ZGGHYjQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1311.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PEsKmBD1zgI/V9V8Y_pCMXI/AAAAAAAACEQ/29XBOCgDpJ8yKT4HNoEeXjpdx10EIKc_wCLcB/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13WpwBx4UhY/V9V85R7ywMI/AAAAAAAACEg/dd7W78B1Ua8AomVhGeksJa0QQNJsDvR9ACLcB/s1600/IMG_1369.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJ9m5zmCfaA/V9V8vXQxrYI/AAAAAAAACEU/mwRZUYFEFVEb5QAWVc2tyLRXUuPbk3euwCLcB/s1600/IMG_1370.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uj-VY5K5tH8/V9V84Z4H7-I/AAAAAAAACEc/ozWT0L4bApET8xlIK58lGJdwbZOpAJ3lQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1371.JPG)

Title: Re: Alien monster - DIY
Post by: Hobby Services on September 05, 2016, 08:05:55 PM

Interesting piece.  You can get some similarly nifty contours with Mountains In Minutes or spray insulation foam by poking it a bit with a stick as it hardens.  Break the surface tension and it collapses in some neat shapes, very organic and irregular.  Bit more durable than spray-melted Styrofoam too.

Title: Re: Alien monster - DIY
Post by: YPU on September 10, 2016, 08:32:25 PM

Reminds me of the big monster in "the mist"

Title: Re: Alien monster - DIY
Post by: Snafu on September 11, 2016, 05:31:12 PM

Quote from: YPU on September 10, 2016, 08:32:25 PM

Reminds me of the big monster in "the mist"

Thx for the tipp! I haven't seen the film yet, so this is some kind of coincidence.

From the movie:
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/3/3c/Behemoth.png/revision/latest?cb=20130126141922)

Title: Re: Alien monster - DIY
Post by: von Lucky on September 12, 2016, 10:25:43 PM

Love it. The taxi (and it's motto) are a perfect fit.

Title: Re: Alien monster - DIY
Post by: beefcake on September 13, 2016, 12:23:25 AM

Very cool.

Title: Re: Alien monster - DIY
Post by: Elbows on September 18, 2016, 10:06:42 PM

Anyone who hasn't seen The Mist...should.