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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Germy on May 30, 2010, 09:02:19 PM
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Have just posted this in the workbench section but thought it would sit ok on the Fantasy boards as well.
Introducing my new scratch built army :)
I made an Earth Elemental out of a foam block you are supposed to do Yoga with ;D
(http://www.germy.co.uk/images/paintedelemental1.jpg)
Next to an otherworld skelie for scale (it's 10cm high!)
Then I really lost the plot and decided to make some troll sized rock warriors out of the afore mentioned foam.
(http://www.germy.co.uk/images/rockwarrior1.jpg)
Here he is with his 7 other mates
(http://www.germy.co.uk/images/rockwarrior3.jpg)
and back with the elemental
(http://www.germy.co.uk/images/rockwarrior2.jpg)
I did a write up of how I made the models on my website (http://www.germy.co.uk/makingelemental.html) in case the whole made out of foam is confusing anyone 8)
Oh and just for luck here are some more rocks, if you have any questions just let me know.
(http://www.germy.co.uk/images/rockarmy1.jpg)
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Super cool. Really nice idea.
I had this strange experience - read the topic title in the bar at the left and I immediatly had an idea about what I expected to see... though I had never thought of the idea before. And they looked quite like I expected. lol
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That rocks! :-* lol
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Really imaginative 8)
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Extraordinary. How stoned were you when you came up with the idea? ;)
What kind of foam is that, exactly - semi-soft, or rigid? I'd shudder to think how fragile it might be.
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Extraordinary. How stoned were you when you came up with the idea? ;)
What kind of foam is that, exactly - semi-soft, or rigid? I'd shudder to think how fragile it might be.
It's actually very dense but you can squeeze it between your fingers. Where as you might think it's too fragile, acrillic paint sticks to it and doesn't flake even if you bend the pieces. And because it's not solid it is hard to chip bits off. The Earth Elemental is 10cm tall and yet I can drop it from standing height with no ill effects 8)
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here is a picture where I have cut off some pieces with a craft knife. You can see how dense it is by the lack of knife marks.
(http://www.germy.co.uk/images/elemental2.jpg)
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You do know that you should have cast these up, right? Do them in resin and bet people will want them ;)
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Yeah, those are great!
I might have to do something similar!!! :D
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Absoloutley gorgeus, I want some. NOW!
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Did you build the smallest guys from foam as well?
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Great!
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I've enjoyed the article on how you made the Rock Monsters. Thank you including it.
I think your use of material in inspiring, very well done.
Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/
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Super! Did you include a "Rolling Stone Guard Unit" with battle cry "I can't get no..." ? lol
Rudi
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But hey if you build a rock army what can you do but roll with it?
Badum-tish
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Did you build the smallest guys from foam as well?
No built them out of green stuff, bit of a rush job. Built a unit of 16 in two days ;D
Not great sculpts but they served a purpose.
Germy
It is excellent work, it really is but...oh dear the punsters are going to love you. Enough raw material here to last a week I'd say :'( :'(
Yeah sorry about that >:D
Cheers for your comments guys.
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It is excellent work, it really is but...oh dear the punsters are going to love you. Enough raw material here to last a week I'd say
They're aggre-great....
Aggregate/aggre-great...
Aaaah nevermind! ;D
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Those are some rocking scratch builds.
Maybe you could cobble some together from us lot.
The amount of people wanting some by the end of all this is gonna come down on you like a tonne of bricks.
:D
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lovely work, congratulations!
i'm interested in this yoga pad for scratchbuilding too: is it like styrofoam or more like sponge?
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They're GRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
...anite!
(http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss360/thantsants/tony-the-tiger-frosties.jpg)
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lovely work, congratulations!
i'm interested in this yoga pad for scratchbuilding too: is it like styrofoam or more like sponge?
Combination of the two really. You can squeeze it like a sponge but it's very dense. Here's what I used, available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Gaiam-601-1355PURP-Yoga-Brick-Purple/dp/B0007VB4LQ).
I can see I might have to make a video on using the yoga block.
Here is another demonstration of it's use for a stone henge piece of scenery.
(http://www.germy.co.uk/images/henge3.JPG) 8)
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These are great - such a unique looking force! I expected rocks glued to bases when I first saw the title :)
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I have a load of 'rubble' from my castle project - what a great idea for using up the scraps! These are excellent... you could almost say they're very gneiss models...not schist at all! lol
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Marvelous man.
Thanks for sharing your ideas and work with us.
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There are really lovely. They remind me of the rock monster from "Never Ending Story", have you seen it? The monster even has a rock trike to ride around on. Perhaps you could use some mounted troops.
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There are really lovely. They remind me of the rock monster from "Never Ending Story", have you seen it? The monster even has a rock trike to ride around on. Perhaps you could use some mounted troops.
Hmmm rock warrior on slate surfboard ... don't get me started ;)
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Arrived home from work tonight to find that one of my terriers has taken a severe attraction to my wife's yoga mat.
My entire hallway was filled with potential boulders.
I never realised he was so interested in modelling but now he can share in my hobby.
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But hey if you build a rock army what can you do but roll with it?
Yes, but you gotta take your time, you gotta say what you say and don't let anyone stand in your way.
Apparently.
Now we have a lovely rock army, what about a heavy metal one?
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Now we have a lovely rock army, what about a heavy metal one?
Lead? :P
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Now we have a lovely rock army, what about a heavy metal one?
lol