Re: The Last Hurrah Project: 07/27/25 The latest Mushrooms!

[DeafNala]

Lovely stuff.  I really like the vibrancy of this group as well as the contrast of the black shrooms.

Thanks for the kind reply, syrinx0...glad you like them. I am still a bright color Guy.

Impressive sculpting and such great colors! Do you use these in games or are they only on the hobby/artwork side?

Thank you for your kind words also, Frugalmax! These are destined to be scatter terrain for Friend Justin's Warhammer Night Goblins vs Dwarfs games. Much as I like doing display pieces, I like seeing them in action also; AND I know they will be properly handled by F.J..

[marianas_gamer]

Happy to have you back and all of the mushroom madness!!

[DeafNala]

Happy to have you back and all of the mushroom madness!!

Thanks, marianas gamer! It is nice to be back. I hope to spend more time on the forum. I really missed the place when I could access it.

[FramFramson]

Good expressions on the latest pair. Nice and goofy.

I dragged my feet going to Windows 10 also. I only got it when I bough my HP Pavilion; re, it was the software that cam with the PC. So far it is okay; being back on the air after a week of down time is WONDERFUL. I haven't activated Copilot, their AI, yet...could ne a Terminator hang up.

I uninstalled copilot the minute it poked its nose at me. 

I'm still on 10. They'll have to drag it from my cold dead motherboard, just like they did 7. 

[DeafNala]

Good expressions on the latest pair. Nice and goofy.

I uninstalled copilot the minute it poked its nose at me. 

I'm still on 10. They'll have to drag it from my cold dead motherboard, just like they did 7. 

Thanks, Fram. I am glad you like the new stuff. I was pleasantly surprised that Justin so enthusiastically love the weirder pieces. It makes the project that more interesting/fun to do.
I have one new & thoroughly strange stalagmite base in the painting stage & another equally strange Mushroom Forest piece being Green Stuffed...pics are imminent.
To be honest, I have never seen much improvement from one Windows version to the next. If not forced to do so I never would have gone to newer versions. Copilot shall remain in statis forever.

[DeafNala]

AND as promised/threatened here is the latest Creepy Stalagmite scatter terrain base.
Seen here with the rest of the Stalagmites:


By its lonesome:








So until next time whenever that is.

[FramFramson]

A tongue! Stalagmites with TONGUES!

(and it is a well-done tongue at that)

[DeafNala]

A tongue! Stalagmites with TONGUES!

(and it is a well-done tongue at that)

Thanks for the reply, Fram. I am happy you liked the way the tongue turned out. This definitely is going to a VERY creepy gaming board!

[Frugalmax]

Very cool! Your work is really impressive!

These remind me of a game that I'm interested in called "Stalagbite" by Midlam Miniatures in the UK (for anyone interested: https://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/stalagbite-board-game.html). I haven't been able to find it in the U.S. and unfortunately the shipping from the UK is about the cost of the game all over again, so I haven't taken that leap... yet. But if I did get it, I was thinking about sculpting my own carnivorous stalagmites/bites as well as the other critters to replace the meeples with miniatures. (Anybody in here played that game?)

What materials do you use for sculpting?

[DeafNala]

Very cool! Your work is really impressive!

These remind me of a game that I'm interested in called "Stalagbite" by Midlam Miniatures in the UK (for anyone interested: https://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/stalagbite-board-game.html). I haven't been able to find it in the U.S. and unfortunately the shipping from the UK is about the cost of the game all over again, so I haven't taken that leap... yet. But if I did get it, I was thinking about sculpting my own carnivorous stalagmites/bites as well as the other critters to replace the meeples with miniatures. (Anybody in here played that game?)

What materials do you use for sculpting?

Thanks for the reply, Frugalmax. I a, glad you like the stuff!
I start with a LITKO wooden base. Most of the pieces use a 50mm or 60mm base.
The basic shape is crumpled up aluminum foil . Once I have the desired shape, I hot glue it to the base; then I sculpt the rock formation with DAS air dry clay . I apply a coating of Mod Podge over the DAS sculpt to toughen it up a bit.
Once dry (24 hours) I apply a base coat of a mix of watered down Mod Podge & black acrylic paint (Blick or Americana). to seal it.
The  larger stalagmites are either Master Plumber Epoxy Putty (available from Ace & True Value Hardware or DAS oner a floral wire or armature wire with the largest one getting the crumpled aluminum foil treatment. Same deal on coating the DAS ones with Mod Podge.
The smaller stalagmites & details are done in green stuff.
The stalagmites also get the Mod Podge & black coat. Finally I do a white dry brush &. voila, ready to paint.

I hope that answers the question.

[DeafNala]

The latest & last mushroom forest base in this batch is done. Hopefully all the stuff will be on its way to exotic Iowa tomorrow.
Heres the mushroom forest gang:


AND the four faces of the new base:








Until whenever.

[DintheDin]

The stalagmites and the forest gang are of your best!
Very inspiring jobs! Lovely! Cheers!

[Tactalvanic]

Joy !  a cluster, a troop, a gregarious of shrooms!

Fantastic stuff as always, the cavernous denizens of your imagination poor forth in glorious colours to delight the eye.

[DeafNala]

The stalagmites and the forest gang are of your best!
Very inspiring jobs! Lovely! Cheers!

Thanks for the kind reply, Dinos. I am glad you like the stuff!

Joy !  a cluster, a troop, a gregarious of shrooms!

Fantastic stuff as always, the cavernous denizens of your imagination poor forth in glorious colours to delight the eye.

Thanks to you also, Tactalvanic, for your equally kind reply. I am happy you enjoyed the strange stuff & the colors I chose to do them in. Friend Justin seems pleased with what he is about to receive.

[Melnibonean]

I was just going through various pages of this post throughout the years - thirteen years by my count -  and what a fantastic and wonderful adventure this has been. I've followed your progress every now and then at various times, and I'm always amazed and I wonder what the whole collection must look like all put out together (maybe there's a post that I've missed along the way). Beautiful, wonderful and stunningly amazing work.