The Devourer in the Dark (UPDATED) - Painted

[The Hooded Claw]

I have been wanting something big, nasty, and Lovcraftian in my collection. Unfortunately, much of what I really like is either beyond my current budget or, in many cases, not released yet (Kickstarters). So, I have enlisted my own sculpting/converting skills to bring something to the collection.

Take one cheap, plastic frog, apply green stuff..and...



I blocked out the details in a quick-curing, horrid smelling putty. It only takes about 5 minutes or so to set, smells like burning hair, but allows me to set the basic forms so I can get on to the fun stuff. You also see some of the early details here, including the fleshy mass in the mouth that I later decided to get rid of.





Here you see the basic form and shape put together. I really should have put the tongue/tentacles and teeth in later, but I have a habit of growing inpatient on conversions and put it all together. This will come back to haunt me when it comes time to paint.





The next step was to blend the putty work into the original frog toy. I applied thin layers of putty over the green putty, except in areas where I wanted the smooth texture to remain. The primary tool for this process was a .05mm mechanical pencil tip with the lead pulled out. This makes a nice, find pock marking. In some areas I used the hollow end of a plastic stir stick (the red kind) for slightly large pocks. Where the patches came together, I pushed them into one another with the tip of my sculpting tool to hide the edges. There were also a few details I enhanced at this time, such as evening out the sensory lobes (top of the head) and the venom sacks (cheeks).



Once all the details had hardened and I was satisfied with the blending, I shot the whole thing in a even spray of black and a spritzing of grey. I find that this always makes a conversion or scratchbuild look better as it unifies the various details. The grey will serves as my basic pallet for what I want as a gaunt, sickly color scheme fitting a Lovecraftian terror.

The next step is to get painting, which I should be able to accomplish over the next couple of days.

-Eli

[Dr Mathias]

Impressive!

[Amalric]

Great work!
I look forward to seeing this one painted up and eating poor heros. 

[The Hooded Claw]

Oddly enough this creature of madness has been keeping me sane at work the last couple days 

[Wolf Girl]

Great idea. This gives us another reason to buy more plastic toys. 

[The Hooded Claw]

You can do so much with plastic toys. Often I just repaint them, but sometimes I just have no use for the animal and it gets put into the bin. The bin is where the horrors lurk, waiting... 

[The Hooded Claw]

Finished the thing. I did notice a few touch-ups needed after it was painted, but I am happy. I am not painter, so I stumbled my way through this.

[Amalric]

Very very creepy looking.

Great job!

[The Hooded Claw]

My wife asks, "So, now that he's done, what're you going to do with him?"

I reply, "He's for Pulp Alley!"

She looks at me with the proper response to this creature and says, "I'm not playing anymore"

 

[Duke Donald]

great conversion!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Really great work, I love it!

[FramFramson]

Suitably terrifying!

[Mason]

Brilliant concept and execution.
 

[Wolf Girl]

Looks awesome, Eli. Is it going to be a Terror? 

[The Hooded Claw]

A Terror indeed!