Pathfinder's Black Magga homebuilt

[James Holloway]

Fantastic. Simple but effective and beautifully executed.

[PhilB]

Can I ask who made the original dinosaur and octopus?

Looking back on my Amazon orders, the octopus was a Schleich figure and the elasmosaurus was from Bullyland. Each was 12 euros and change.

The most important thing to me was getting good tentacles. I had thought of trying to make them from green stuff, but whacking the tentacles off this toy gave far superior results. As you can see in the last picture, each tentacle was on its own washer base. I'm still thinking of making the octopus head into a sort of "watcher in the waters"... but that'll take a bit of sculpting.

[mweaver]

I agree with the others: very effective conversion!

-Michael

[SBRPearce]

Have a cookie if you get that obscure reference, and two cookies if you know where the author's house is.

A: One of the "Samurai Cat" books...

B: Delaware

[Hobby Services]

A: One of the "Samurai Cat" books...

B: Delaware

Double cookie!

Nice to see someone who appreciates the classics.  

I've found the octopus fig at good prices online, but the blasted elasmosaurus is harder to come by cheap.  Maybe another manufacturer would do as a sub, but it's hard to be sure of sizes and the local craft/toy stores never have any on the shelves for a firsthand look.

[PhilB]

I've found the octopus fig at good prices online, but the blasted elasmosaurus is harder to come by cheap.  Maybe another manufacturer would do as a sub, but it's hard to be sure of sizes and the local craft/toy stores never have any on the shelves for a firsthand look.

The one I used is on Amazon.com as "Bullyland Elasmosaurus Museum Line Action Figure", although I ordered mine from Amazon.fr. Min cost €12.77 but now it's listed for €17.90, so I guess the prices are as elastic as the figurines. It was perfectly sized for this project based on 28mm figures, even if it wasn't a 28mm-scale elasmosaurus, if you get what I mean. Unless it was a juvenile. <g>

I also ordered a Sarcosuchus from the same source, which will make a dandy giant crocodile one of these days. Those Museum Line figures are quite nice, for pre-paints.

[Hobby Services]

The one I used is on Amazon.com as "Bullyland Elasmosaurus Museum Line Action Figure", although I ordered mine from Amazon.fr. Min cost €12.77 but now it's listed for €17.90, so I guess the prices are as elastic as the figurines. It was perfectly sized for this project based on 28mm figures, even if it wasn't a 28mm-scale elasmosaurus, if you get what I mean. Unless it was a juvenile. <g>

I also ordered a Sarcosuchus from the same source, which will make a dandy giant crocodile one of these days. Those Museum Line figures are quite nice, for pre-paints.

Agreed on all counts.  I've been keeping an eye out for bargains for a while now, will get one sooner or later, as well as some other stuff.  Like you said, they're pretty well detailed for "toy" prepaints.

[SotF]

Black Magic Craft on youtube has a video, I think, that would have an alternate option for the tentacles.