Brother Meredith
Baron
Needs some snail trail slime? 
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twisted moon
Moderator
thank you.
twisted moon
Moderator
they've got some (gloss varnish), but perhaps i need to emphasis it.Needs some snail trail slime?
twisted moon
Moderator
thank you.
me-2 boromir, f8 viking and a plastic frostgrave barbarian with the metal (head and right-hand weapon) conversion components from the frostgrave folio nickstarter.
twisted moon
Moderator
another birthday present.
shoals of piranha from checkpoint miniatures.
the water is painted to match my swamp mat.
shoals of piranha from checkpoint miniatures.
the water is painted to match my swamp mat.
MichaelStockin
Lord
Holy crud, that is terrifying.
twisted moon
Moderator
finally a return to sci-fi projects.
many years ago, before i had many sci-fi miniatures, two hour wargames chain reaction went on sale at a price i couldn't resist having read a fair few battle reports.
i bought a packet of glow in the dark toy spiders to use as the game controlled opposition force.
chain reaction wasn't really for me (although i should give it another go), but i still have the spiders.
the spiders are as they came, my work here is all in the bases.
they have a significant leg-span and so required 60mm diameter bases. i had a couple, but only a couple of mdf bases in that size.
rather than buy more, i decided to make a couple of masters using various bits of junk i've collected and have lying around, and use these to make hot glue press molds (having seen that in a few youtube videos and discord channels), and then cast the bases with milliput.
the molding process ripped most of the junk off the mdf bases, so if i want more i'll be making different ones. the hot glue is not very supple (i perhaps laid it on too thick) so i'm using talcum powder as a release agent.
obviously i've painted and washed them, then attached the spider super glue. as you can see, it's gone a bit gloopy, i presume that's because it's very hot at the moment. i may paint over it once it has fully cured.
i'm calling these beasts vacuum spiders, and they'll play the role of any space bugs i may require, including genestealers.
many years ago, before i had many sci-fi miniatures, two hour wargames chain reaction went on sale at a price i couldn't resist having read a fair few battle reports.
i bought a packet of glow in the dark toy spiders to use as the game controlled opposition force.
chain reaction wasn't really for me (although i should give it another go), but i still have the spiders.
the spiders are as they came, my work here is all in the bases.
they have a significant leg-span and so required 60mm diameter bases. i had a couple, but only a couple of mdf bases in that size.
rather than buy more, i decided to make a couple of masters using various bits of junk i've collected and have lying around, and use these to make hot glue press molds (having seen that in a few youtube videos and discord channels), and then cast the bases with milliput.
the molding process ripped most of the junk off the mdf bases, so if i want more i'll be making different ones. the hot glue is not very supple (i perhaps laid it on too thick) so i'm using talcum powder as a release agent.
obviously i've painted and washed them, then attached the spider super glue. as you can see, it's gone a bit gloopy, i presume that's because it's very hot at the moment. i may paint over it once it has fully cured.
i'm calling these beasts vacuum spiders, and they'll play the role of any space bugs i may require, including genestealers.
ManicMan
Lord
yeah, even for a temp, Hot glue isn't fantastic for making the mould, okay (in some cases) for casting. If you can't get some decent silicon, you want something which has a bit of give to it which'll allow you to take the stuff out of the mould.
still if came out that well, that's fine ^_^
still if came out that well, that's fine ^_^
symphonicpoet
Moderator
^Some people are silly about their seriousness. I prefer to be serious about my silliness. It's a game. With toys. For fun. 
Toys for the toy god!
And the spiders look like they'd make fun monsters in a sci-fi bug hunt sort of scenario. Not familiar with chain reaction, but I'd think they ought to be pretty useful in other games too. No reason you couldn't play Space Hulk with them if you wanted. Or Aliens. And hey, the glow in the dark could make for some great atmospheric photography.
Toys for the toy god!And the spiders look like they'd make fun monsters in a sci-fi bug hunt sort of scenario. Not familiar with chain reaction, but I'd think they ought to be pretty useful in other games too. No reason you couldn't play Space Hulk with them if you wanted. Or Aliens. And hey, the glow in the dark could make for some great atmospheric photography.
Brother Meredith
Baron
Have you tried Oyumaru?