Michka's fantasy projects. (Totems & Throne, the Final Chapter 4/18/15)

[Michka]

Yeah!!!  I think you'll enjoy it.  Welcome to the madness.

[Argonor]

Yeah!!!  I think you'll enjoy it.  Welcome to the madness.

I'm working nights at a mental institution, so I'm kinda used to that 

[Michka]

It's been a while since I updated this thread. We gamed last night, so now I can show off my newest additions. First off is the Hill Giant.



and here are some other angles...





Here are some Work In Progress shots...





And here are some shots from our game last night. Lunderbud the Hill Giant is part of an Ogre clan.



Lastly, I have a shot of the Rune Giant statue that was standing at the end of a cavern. Yet another last minute solution. It started as a DC comics Blue Devil action figure. I wrapped a piece of white-glue-soaked paper towel around his waist, sprayed it black and texture painted it. A few brushes of brown craft paint. Another coat of texture paint and you have a statue. I was planning to fill in all the joint that give away the toy-ness of the thing, but once again I ran out of time. I did start putting green stuff into the leg joints, but it was taking far too long. For a piece of set dressing that I can't use that often, I figured I'd go with something quick. If I change my mind I can fill the gaps and texture paint it again later. Here's a shot for scale. He's supposed to be a 40 Foot tale Rune Giant from out of ancient Pathfinder history.



There's also some 2.5d terrain there, along with some stone columns that are supposed to be 20 foot high Dragon Bones. Anyone want to calculate how large a dragon is supposed to be if it has twenty foot tall rib bones? Get the feeling some module writers don't always consider scale when they're typing? The columns are cut out of pink insulation, painted with craft paint and hit with texture paint before getting some more paint to match the tiles. I'll do some more shots of the terrain once I've finished the chapter and have all the tiles together.

Let me know what you think.

[Little Odo]

I wouldn't have noticed the toy joints on the Rune Giant statue if you had not mentioned them. Nice work indeed! I also really like your Hill Giant - especially the comb-over.

[Metternich]

Simple yet very effective rendition of the Hill Giant.  Congratulations.

[DeafNala]

The Big Guy certainly has an abundance of personality if a hint of not too much in the way of intelligence. He & the Statue are VERY IMAGINATIVE creations. VERY WELL DONE!

[blackstone]

All your giants have bucket loads of charm. They have an old school feel which is very nice. The stone giants look like living Moai!

[Michka]

Thank you Little Odo. The comb-over turned out better then I expected. The statue's toy joints don't really bother me either. I just wanted to explain them.

Thank you Metternich. The simple look was actually the goal here. I'm an old school D&D guy, so I like my figures to be as basic as possible.

Thank you DeafNala. After making the head, I realized it looked too much like a fat Stone Giant head. He needed hair. The idea of a traditionally hairy creature that was going bald was fun, so I made the hair ring around his head. I didn't want a full beard, so the long side burns seemed the next rational step. And of course if he's going to have long sideburns he really needed some bushy eye brows.

And Thank you Blackstone. As I said, I'm an old school guy, so that's the way I sculpt. It also has something to do with me being a beginner. The stone giants looking like Moai was a very happy accident. I noticed how long and thin the first giant's head came out and figured that was the way I wanted them to look.

[Michka]

Quick update from last night's Rise of the Runelords game. First off, some more Bear Skin Rugs. These were bedding from the Ogre Clanhold Cave the players cleared out last game.



and here are some stalagmites from the same cave.



but one of the stalagmites wasn't what it seemed to be...



I love the idea of making before and after transformation sculpts for monsters. It's something you can afford to do with cheap materials like Scupley or Fimo or Air Dry Clay. I do have to be careful not to over do this trick though.

Here's a shot from the game last night. This one shows the size of this beasty.



Let me know what you think.

[von Lucky]

Love it. You can always play the double bluff - make scenery to look like it could become a monster.

Isn't a GM's role to make the players paranoid with hemorrhoids?

[Mason]

 

Wonderful!
 

[Michka]

Thanks von Lucky. You know, you have a point. I do enjoy being a bit unpredictable.

Thank you Mason. One of the great advantages to making my own monsters and terrain is I can make transformation figures without having to cut up expensive or rare lead. I now have an Otherworlds Roper that will never get painted. There's just no point.

[matakishi]

Quality stuff. The roper is excellent.

[DeafNala]

The Roper is a WONDERFUL piece...one doesn't often see a Rock with an abundance of personality. The bearskin rugs are just as SPLENDID sans the personality. I can picture one transforming into a ticked off Grizzly Bear a la The Far Side. GREAT STUFF...VERY WELL DONE...ENCORE!

[verd]

More great work.