Hi guys,
I have been thinking a lot lately about the way in which early fantasy gamers had to make do with whatever they could find as models -- like Gygax making dragons from plastic dinosaurs or using cheap toys from the drugstore to create iconic creatures like the owlbear or the bulette. I think there's a lot to be said for that kind of creative bricolage!
With that in mind, I've started a little contest over on my blog, which some of you might enjoy. You can find the background and intro bits here:
here , and the contest itself here:
here. I haven't mentioned painting in the contest rules, but if you
want to paint things, that would be swell. I just didn't want to sound intimidating to non-painters.
My own submission includes this bad boy, which I found in Poundland.
If you like making new monsters and repurposing cheap junk, check it out -- I'm hoping for a lot of very creative entries.