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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Overlord on 21 September 2008, 05:21:31 PM

Title: Totems
Post by: Overlord on 21 September 2008, 05:21:31 PM

I recently built these totems for use in Darkest Africa/Pulp games etc.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Terragenesis/Totems/Totem107.jpg)

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Will Bailie on 21 September 2008, 05:27:57 PM

Looking great - I'm getting ideas just by looking at them!

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Snate56 on 21 September 2008, 05:53:23 PM

Those are awsome!
Are they mounted on pennies? They look kinda delicate.  :)
I like the rope, but don't know why they would do that... who can understand their primitive brains, anyways?
And yer gardener, there, looks wonderful, too!


SteveN

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Captain Blood on 21 September 2008, 05:54:25 PM

Woo.
Very Skull Island...
Nice work Overlord. Love the witch doctor too...

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Post by: imurdentist on 21 September 2008, 06:25:41 PM

Looking cool!
I need to steal your idea and make some of these for my pirate island!  :D

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Overlord on 21 September 2008, 06:54:20 PM

Quote from: Snate56 on 21 September 2008, 05:53:23 PM

Those are awsome!
Are they mounted on pennies? They look kinda delicate.  :)
I like the rope, but don't know why they would do that... who can understand their primitive brains, anyways?
And yer gardener, there, looks wonderful, too!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Terragenesis/Totems/Totem001.jpg)
A handful of coins, cocktail stick/bamboo skewer/balsa, thick thread & GW/Foundry skulls

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Terragenesis/Totems/Totem004.jpg)
Superglue lengths of stick to the coins. PVA base & add gravel & sand. Wind thread around pole & glue in position

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Terragenesis/Totems/Totem005.jpg)
Undercoat, basecoat, dry-brush, add skull, add static grass.

Pretty simple & quick to build. They wont take really rough handling but are robust enough in general.

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Doomhippie on 21 September 2008, 07:35:25 PM

Really nice!

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Ironworker on 22 September 2008, 12:42:59 AM

wow!  Simple but very effective. 

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: The Hooded Claw on 22 September 2008, 03:44:26 AM

Quote from: Ironworker on 22 September 2008, 12:42:59 AM

wow!  Simple but very effective. 

I second that! It's always great to see a nice easy project that makes such a nice statement on the table.

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: bandit86 on 22 September 2008, 05:47:48 AM

Very nice and thanks for the tutorial.  That would make a nice little project

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Post by: argsilverson on 22 September 2008, 09:35:22 AM

Very nice job!

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Post by: hhbeast on 22 September 2008, 01:10:00 PM

These are great! I'll be making some for my AD&D game next month!

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Schweizer on 23 September 2008, 05:21:19 PM

Is there a bulk lot of skulls/bones available anywhere for projects like this?

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Doomhippie on 23 September 2008, 06:04:22 PM

I guess GW skeletons (plastic box). Can't go wrong with them...

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: revford on 24 September 2008, 11:27:21 AM

Quote from: Schweizer on 23 September 2008, 05:21:19 PM

Is there a bulk lot of skulls/bones available anywhere for projects like this?

Black Cat Bases do a bag of 100 Skulls:

http://blackcatbases.com/product.asp?P_ID=542

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Uncle Mike on 24 September 2008, 03:59:05 PM

Great idea! I'm gonna hafta steal it, tweek it and make some 'forbidden zone' crucified guys...you know like in 'Planet Of The Apes'? Sweet! I'm gonna go dig around in my bitz box...

Title: Re: Totems
Post by: Overlord on 26 September 2008, 12:02:30 AM

Not crucified, but I bet he wasn't too happy.  ::)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/overlord_awc/Terragenesis/Totems/TotemFinal06.jpg)