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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: nervisfr on February 25, 2019, 02:46:51 PM
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A new project as i have al ready the core troops made from 28mm Tupi from Coppelston collection.
Then a good occasion to create some specials new creatures for the Legends and gods.
See here a little selection about what i mean :
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9e/d8/ed/9ed8edabb52a943de7d82ba84b90eb76.jpg)
and i start the work with the Mapinguari, based on a Reaper Bones Yeti chieftain.
A cross over between a one-eyed Bigfoot and a giant sloth with a second jaw in the belly.
like that :
(http://forum.reapermini.com/uploads/monthly_2019_01/521888436_reaperBonesYeti28mmconversionforAmazonianOGAM5.thumb.jpg.913f2f92a2e5f49ec0521bf993eb0d4c.jpg)
The beast is in action of course. A gore vignette !
Cheers
Eric
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I always love your conversions Eric. This one is another cracker!
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I always love your conversions Eric. This one is another cracker!
Thank you nic,
and here it is a new Legend :
the "fire" giant snake, Boitata or the black snake; Boiuna
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7826/46482731284_d7982e6370_b.jpg)
i think i'll get the fire snake option because it's give me more idea to convert this beautiful monster (bought again in AliExpress - Very cheap and great figurine).
Comparison scale with an Inca Foundry.
cheers
Eric
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news from the paint desk
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7827/40054080513_954d2e72c4_b.jpg)
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Excellent! Good clean fun. Really enjoy seeing the conversions too.
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As good fun conversion, i'll try to get snake into a real fire snake......with led ;D
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A new project as i have al ready the core troops made from 28mm Tupi from Coppelston collection.
Then a good occasion to create some specials new creatures for the Legends and gods.
See here a little selection about what i mean :
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9e/d8/ed/9ed8edabb52a943de7d82ba84b90eb76.jpg)
and i start the work with the Mapinguari, based on a Reaper Bones Yeti chieftain.
A cross over between a one-eyed Bigfoot and a giant sloth with a second jaw in the belly.
like that :
(http://forum.reapermini.com/uploads/monthly_2019_01/521888436_reaperBonesYeti28mmconversionforAmazonianOGAM5.thumb.jpg.913f2f92a2e5f49ec0521bf993eb0d4c.jpg)
The beast is in action of course. A gore vignette !
Cheers
Eric
At the risk of sounding pedantic the Tupi peoples are not really inhabitants of the Amazon, although they almost certainly originated there but they moved to the coast several millenia ago.
That chart is interesting. It’s certainly the first time I have seen the bull from the Bumba meu Boi festivities described as a mythological creature. It’s simply a bull costume in what is essentially a folkloric pantomime, think of a pantomime horse. I suppose at least it has some connection with Amazonas as one the most famous celebrations of the tradition takes place in Parintins.
In similar vein Saci isn’t really an Amazonian feature. Heis a widely recognised character, as he featured in a very popular Brazilian children’s program and children’s stories. Typically Saci is portrayed as Afro-Brazilian.
Probably the most Amazonian of the creatures on that chart is the Boto Encantado but I’m not sure what gaming potential there is for a pink river dolphin that emerges from the water to get women pregnant.
Nice work on the figures btw.
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I have insert the chart only to give an idea of the topic and a selection of monsters... :D
For true ancient mythologic creatures, it' ll be necessary to make some researchs by your own for designing your Legends. There is a lot of mixed folklores and origins (african, brazilian, etc..), and periods in the brazilian world.
May be the best way is to take a Tupi universe as a base for your list. i found on Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/555702041521476639 (https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/555702041521476639)) idea about Guarani-Tupi mythology only.
When i write "amazonian" that's a generic name. ;) i'll pick up all the creatures i like or that could give a good conversion work.
Eric
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Were you to type in a search of ‘mitologia Tupi’ or ‘mitologia Tupi-Guarani’ you’ll find a lot more interesting artistic interpretaions to inspire you. Of course as it’s principally an oral rather than visual culture and these are mythical creatures you won’t go far wrong from some basic descriptions.
A good a start point as any.
https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitologia_guarani
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Thank you for the link.
You understand my feeling about this OGAM project...following the tupi track :-*
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i start the work on the giant fire snake...
i drill a (big) hole in the snake's throat to insert the led...then the electric wire 'll run on the back to reach the base and the battery through a body's hole.
A picture will follow soon. ;)
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:o :o
Another Pantheon!?!
Blimey, I am having trouble finishing my first two, Greeks and Norse, (but they are nearly there now...) before moving on to the Celts and Egyptians properly.
I like the idea and the first couple of Legends look great.
8) 8)
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the giant snake is now with 2 holes in the body ;)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7836/47396098591_d4998925e8_z.jpg)
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A new page on my blog about the WIP ;)
right here : https://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/03/le-re-animator-essaye-de-finir-un-truc.html (https://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/03/le-re-animator-essaye-de-finir-un-truc.html)
Cheers
Eric
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Well , the job led in test !
the electric wires running down the snake back :
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7831/46562795775_4e64d432a2_c.jpg)
the led view in the snake's mouth
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7895/32536130747_47fc77c2a3_c.jpg)
Now it 'll be time to fix it and start the fire mane with hot glue gun o_o
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and the light test of course !
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7899/46754736344_3c81d1f93e_b.jpg)
o_o
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the work on the fire mane :
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7915/46783159584_1c26b753b9_z.jpg)
plastic bottle for the frame and a lot of hot glue ;) to give some relief...
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7819/32564669487_e39c5e7020_b.jpg)
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As the snake is on the paint desk, i have taken some pics of my Tupi warriors.
Made nearly 10 years ago.
here is a part of the warband
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7844/46784400194_d3881b8f68_c.jpg)
For sure, this guys are Foresters lol
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Love the creativity here - looking forward to seeing that snake finished!
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Another great project of yours!
I'll be following this thread with great interest!
Cheers!
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Close up of leaders
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7804/32565857327_5787babb61_z.jpg)
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well, it's time to a new edition of my blog page about this work and some others WIP ;)
right here :
https://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/04/le-re-animator-boa-la-tasse.html (https://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/04/le-re-animator-boa-la-tasse.html)
Enjoy
Eric
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Close up of leaders
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7804/32565857327_5787babb61_z.jpg)
Nicely painted!
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You have a mind-boggling number of projects going, Eric, all of them deeply impressive and inspiring. Splendid work!
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thank you guys,
i try to do my best to keep you involved in my projects o_o
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i'm back after one week of an holiday break ;)
the painting is started on the big snake.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iv9b5QEeMy8/XKWfamm6c_I/AAAAAAAABxA/3cSA3ObSPyAUS9yma69DZlPc3vNz4k1vACLcBGAs/s640/OGAM%2Bgiant%2Bsnake%2Bfire%2B1.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xlaqu8yP6qw/XKWfahnw3fI/AAAAAAAABw8/WlQu859hmHkQ2tYDTiUAVlXlo8XJ0XzdwCLcBGAs/s640/OGAM%2Bgiant%2Bsnake%2Bfire%2B2.jpg)
and the basing too
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46713371635_7e5c9310f4_c.jpg)
Hope you like it :D
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Coming out impressive!
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here we are at the last step :
basing !
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33775352478_8021328fb8_z.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47652871981_3ca11782bc_z.jpg)
with some trouble during this step with the weldings o_o
i hope it will be finished tomorrow then :P :P
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You transformed such a humble toy to a centerpiece! Many congrats!
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You transformed such a humble toy to a centerpiece! Many congrats!
thank you DintheDin,
here it is the final step : Based and ready for action !
With the led on...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47605976752_f6bd623ebd_c.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47605978242_356970fe75_c.jpg)
enjoy :-*
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Came out really impressive! You must be proud of this work!
Happy Easter to you and your family!
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As you say DintheDin !
I post a new edition of my blog .
You'll find a little video about the led work on the
http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/04/le-re-animator-tient-le-bon-cap.html (http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/04/le-re-animator-tient-le-bon-cap.html)
Enjoy
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A difficult job as you described it and you had a little accident, but you found the solution without damaging the work already done!
Bravo!
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A new Legend/God for this project :
a giant Parrot !
:o
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32760605257_6031a8488e_z.jpg)
with an Inca Foundry for scale comparison ;)
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Looks very nice! Eager to see what you'll do with him! Cheers!
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Looks very nice! Eager to see what you'll do with him! Cheers!
here it is !
An amazonian Goddess (or Legend) on a giant Parrot...... o_o o_o
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32779960987_2a25b7bfa4_z.jpg)
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Staying tuned to see the next stage! Cheers!
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Staying tuned to see the next stage! Cheers!
hope to not disappointed you ;)
The riding girl is kindly given by Jeff from Outpost. Not available in the store (commissioned work)
The figurines are ready for the undercoat step ....
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well back just to show you some of the paint work actually done.
not yet finished but a big part of the work is done ;) just missing a few color and the finitions.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47750236192_350f400cb0_c.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33925374708_a983012832_c.jpg)
hope you like it
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The figure is superb and the concept very original!
It remains to see the shading, highlights etc on the bird, which is already very imposing by itself!
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The figure is superb and the concept very original!
It remains to see the shading, highlights etc on the bird, which is already very imposing by itself!
thank you DintheDin
Still aware !
the figurine is very detailled for a toy bought on AliExpress. There is some good manufacturers in china.
The original paint was correct but i had to paint it with my own style. :-*
More news on my future blog page edition (a few hours to wait)
cheers
Eric
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Keep up the good job, Eric!
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Arara Gigante! Que bacana!
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Arara Gigante! Que bacana!
you are welcome carlos...
The new edition of my blog's page is ready.
right here :
http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/05/le-re-animator-perd-au-hockey.html (http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/05/le-re-animator-perd-au-hockey.html)
happy reading
cheers
Eric
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here it is the last step before basing :
the finishing are done
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40879999413_84c0b6e539_c.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47057143854_7bd4c122aa_z.jpg)
i have to paint the foot version of the Princess now :D
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Looks so live and the bird so cute! Good paintjob! One more addition to your Godly Heroes! Cheers!
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This is all shaping up to be an amazing and characterful army! I love these custom made conversions to fit a mythology that gets lets attention.
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You are welcome !
if you want, i have some other Projects of this kind ;
The inca : http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=114764.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=114764.0)
The Maori : http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=114114.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=114114.0)
enjoy ;D
Eric
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and the mighty Mapinguari !
now finished !
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47906998031_c31b0a9cab_z_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47906997791_ff104698d5_z_d.jpg)
;D
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Fierce and bloodthirsty!
Impressive vignette! One more great addition to your collection! Cheers!
If you could send some closeups of the beast's face and of the fallen body, I think you did an interesting job there so that we may enjoy it in more detail!
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Fierce and bloodthirsty!
Impressive vignette! One more great addition to your collection! Cheers!
If you could send some closeups of the beast's face and of the fallen body, I think you did an interesting job there so that we may enjoy it in more detail!
For the face, i have to repaint his one eye because my shading operation erase some of the white paint. I'll try a close up then.
The dead body is a simple Foundry's dark africa figurine, painted as an amazonian warrior with a typical red loincloth.
i'll drop pictures as soon as possible.
;)
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here is a closup of the face.
as you can see, the white of the eye is not visible
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47942200323_f28c3e9375_z_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47942220466_1d4254aee6_z_d.jpg)
Meanwhile, the Parrot is gone for basing
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47942200278_94cb140fa2_o_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47942200283_7dd9795200_o_d.jpg)
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the giant parrot is finished !
hope you like it ! :-*
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47948693482_c3930dfd14_z_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47948736941_4e9bc6cede_o.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47948693432_2e7e3830d7_o_d.jpg)
enjoy
Eric
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Oooh! What a beauty! Ready to take off! Cheers!
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Oooh! What a beauty! Ready to take off! Cheers!
Thank you ;)
i have started the foot version of the Priestress
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48007542642_b7af654070_o_d.jpg)
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Some news about in my new blog's page , right here :
http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/06/le-re-animator-est-de-sorti.html[/b]]http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/06/le-re-animator-est-de-sorti.html (http://[b)
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The Priest are finish and now gone to the basing step.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48031284966_283025c101_o_d.jpg)
Don't know how i'll use them (as Legend or as God attendant) but may be i'll wait the Priestess/Godess finsihed before make my choice... :?
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As the work on the Manta Ray s finished on the Polynesian Project, i come back to the Amazonian ' one...
the Godess 's base is now on production ! With a led under a firewood
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48203407701_65d2f8d737_o_d.jpg)
The led's mecanism is wrath with hot glue, for protection before basing.
Cheers
Eric
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Nice work!
Great to see something different.
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and the mighty Mapinguari !
now finished !
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47906998031_c31b0a9cab_z_d.jpg)
The Priest are finish and now gone to the basing step.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48031284966_283025c101_o_d.jpg)
Don't know how i'll use them (as Legend or as God attendant) but may be i'll wait the Priestess/Godess finsihed before make my choice... :?
I really like that gorilla beastie, and the two Mayan priests! Really well painted, and your jungle basing is fantastic!
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Thank guys,
i think it's good to try something different . Uniformity is boring, isn't it ? lol
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48213036711_e7a9cd8a23_o_d.jpg)
the jungle is growing !
the smoke is add with some basing to make basing figurines easier ;)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48213092262_b712859050_o_d.jpg)
hope you like it 8)
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back with finished version of the goddess/priests, hope you like it :P
The spanish prisonner won't be of the same advice. ;)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48290542682_b9491647fa_h_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48290435906_b61d3e0e3a_h_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48290543572_3bfbc4062c_k_d.jpg)
and with the led on ;
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48290434416_f4ad163b97_h_d.jpg)
And now, i'm going back to a new item for this project......
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Beautiful little diorama you made!
Well painted, well based and atmospheric!
The led idea is very inspiring!
Congrats!
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Thank you DintheDin,
A little overcrowded by plants but i like the idea of a sacrifice on the spot....on the battlefield.
At start, i would like to put a cauldron with a victim in it but i found this too caricatural for Tupi like army.
Even if some old drawings (from hans Staden) of the period show it, in different way.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLxMrILnXkPG3EFT1O8KyC1fiT3z4JT6GXWOTbTxcnnQMQkJ7Odw)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/cf/3b/7bcf3b3876b8e25f141ef687506b5f3b.jpg)
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Very nice.
Remember, only you can prevent forest fires. ;)
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Very nice.
Remember, only you can prevent forest fires. ;)
Thank you Marine0846.
To add more plants, i have create some carnivorous plants for my Project (and for some others games in tropical forest).
Made from these two plastic plants :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48264449072_89ff3170b6_k_d.jpg)
first step : disassemble the plants
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48264446732_befed46c91_k_d.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48264372686_469efd6797_k_d.jpg)
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2nd step :
Preparing the plant :
* Hot glue into the large leaves for the plant "jaw" representation.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48264450537_a651da5b93_h_d.jpg)
* Red paint on the large leaves and the foliage (from the other plant) is added at the base of the plant
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48264449447_d2a9fdc72f_b_d.jpg[s][/s])
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just back from Vacation 8) 8)
i post a video on my blog about Priest/godess firework with led ;
right here (http://chti-reanimator59.blogspot.com/2019/08/le-re-animator-met-le-feuau-barbecue.html)
cheers
Eric
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Spectacular! High technology, indeed! Cheers!
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The exotic plants are now finished.
Six plants are ready to play, but i'll need to creat trays for them now ???
So here it is the final result :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48314897437_0524eb354b_h_d.jpg)
Some foliage will be added to the base next .
More to come ; Six very carnivorous plants ;D
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a new variety is done :
The very carnivorous plant
Start of the WIP :
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48314660096_409020edf2_b_d.jpg)
Electric wire + plastic plant + natural seed