I'm creating this post to separate my DM ramblings from my creative ideas, creations and paints. This post will contain most of my creations, reconstructed mini pics and images.
I'm not sure if you recall but I bought about 500 Mage Knight minis about 3 months ago. Considering our current campaign, I took a huge number of elf minis and started to paint them black. It was a great suggestion at the table by one or two of you geniuses. I had never considered this, but it is a fantastic idea, and I have now started to do this. Who suggested this?
Here are some photos. Keep in mind these are Mage Knight minis which are very basic and not great with detail being one of the first prepainted minis ever made. Focus on the skin color change from white to black. Pretty cool I think, and I have now more drow! Details will be added to the paint but that will take time, and I was too excited by this revelation to wait.
It wasnt me, who made that suggestion. I don't know who. But that is so great that, this worked out, for you. We will definitely will need drow minis. And now you got a bunch. Guess that mage knight purchase. Is paying off.
I put in an order for multiple skulls. They are large sized and I'm starting to paint each a different color scheme. Yep, one is even a base pink but when done the pink will be much more subtle. Lots of work still needed for these but I'm enjoying it and their possibility. Initially I bought these for terrain pieces but accidentally added a base to them not thinking why I initially got them. Once a base is added it becomes a creature. Don't judge their look yet as they are in progress. You can see the bases are still a mess as well.
For those who care (and I thank you) give me a shout out for CRAZY MINIS for 5,000 xp's.
Yep 5,000 as I want to thank those that follow my ramblings. And remember posting "anything" Gains you XP's as well!
That could be as simple as a paint suggestion to add to a mini or great paint and not to change anything". Either would get equal xp's as suggestions and confirmations are equally LOVED! Thanks!
The only suggestion I have is. My two favorite colors are green and black. If you need a suggestion for your next mini on what color to paint it. Use those 2. Or repaint an existing one. Using those two colors.
Bought some hands and painting them to be some sort of undead crawling hand. There is such a creature as a "Crawling Hand" in the game, but they are small, and these will be "large" medium sized creatures and are bloodied and more brutal looking by far.
Anyone like Gelatinous Cubes? They do come in medium size when "split"! These will now get a light blue wash. I have 100, but in truth not all 100 (yep, I based 100), will be clear as there are other variations of color with the devastating cubes. I'll post when done with the other various color cubes.
The move to create various other colored Gelatinous Cubes! FAR FROM DONE! Just did their base color. You can see pink, green, black, cream, purple, orange and beige colors. I'm going to ask, when done what each of these various colored oozes can do as their special ability to differentiate them from a typical gelatinous cube. I look forward to that!
Some random table-top pictures of my creative work for OUR game. What will all of this turn into at its end?! Enjoy the insight into the terrible and devious mind of you DM! You guys are the best and thanks for the fun 1x a week! Pretty awesome and enjoy my ongoing work in creating things for our game. Those "balls" are my favorite and yet to be done but my plan and thought for them is pretty fun! Yep, they look like a mess now but wait until they're placed on the table!
Tonight, I worked on some random plants and stuff that my daughter gave to me when she moved out of her apartment. She was throwing this stuff out and I told her "Give it to me". I have much more but this is what I modified from her stuff so far. I took some fake house plants and made them into a couple of tropical looking trees and a massive bush (it's BIG)! I LIKE!
So tonight, I got some simple white rocks. I wanted something to add to my cold climate and snow areas. I thought I could do something with these, and they could work great for ice and snow terrain. So, I started playing around with them...............
They started like this (which was fine, but I needed an "ICIER" feel:
My 1st step was to add some silver shading to make them "shimmer".
Next, ice has a light blue shimmer, so I added a very faint blue to each.
Then, I added the first gloss coat to make them look shiny and "cold"
And now with gloss and a bit more color......
After, drying I subdued some of the gloss. Yes, I know they don't look as good as above but it's a process....
This is where I am with the watery rocks. I'm thinking of adding some silvery highlights to them next.
A couple of pics of minis I bought and repainted to look better. These are both gargantuan sized minis with a couple of medium and one large floating around in the bottom pic.
This idea may turn out to be a BIG nothing, but I thought I'd give it a try as I had these stress balls which were going in the garbage. I thought maybe I can do something with them. They are orange and pink so that's a garish start. So, the first thing I did was base them and here is the pic. Look nice as an enemy, don't they! 😁
Next, I painted them a base black as from there you can go in many different paint directions. They look blotchy but that will be gone when dry and worked on.
Here is one dry. You can see the difference. The slight imperfections are irrelevant at this point as there will be more paint added to the orbs. What that is, is yet undecided?
So, here I add some color.
The process continues. Yes, the color looks garish and bright, but it will get where I want it (blood like so I made the paint very thick),
First was my continued obsession with buying, painting and reconfiguring minis. I have a horde of minis on my desk from heroclix and other sources outside of D&D and Pathfinder. many of these minis need a bit of touch up for them to be acceptable. This could be slicing off guns and lazers and repalcing them with medieval weapons, repainting because the original paint was horrid or even slicing off a head and replacing it with some thing else. I've even added arms, wings, horns or other things to spice up a mini which just wasn't worthy for out table-top.
More important than the first was my need to relook at Desicus's stat sheet and update where necessary. He continues to gain xp's as you do and maybe at a faster pace with him doing the work for his beloved and betrothed. Hmmmm?
I then worked on some already prepared future missions which are planned but I continue to adapt and modify them as time goes on. These could be personal creations or published modules but I'm leaning heavily towards published modules moving forward. You may have had enough of the DM's dastardly offerings for now.
Looked over the next "Game" that you players will compete in. It's been done for many, many months but I'm waiting to start it when I feel the urge. For now, it's waiting and as time goes on, I have fun reading it over and modifying it for what I hope is the better.
I hope you know how important the boards are to me and my enjoyment with the game. I love seeing and reading your posts. Really gives me insight into your thoughts as players and characters. With that being said I also hope you enjoy reading my ramblings and if you do here are 2,000 xp's if you text, email or say to me in game "DM Ramblings"!
My mini collection continues to grow to an enormous record setting level amongst collectors. Remember these are yours if ya' want when I'm gone but Justin gets first dibs 😂. As of today, I have 6495 distinct minis. However, as I've said before I have many of these minis in multiples of 30, 20, 15, 10 or numbers in between.
So, I'd say at a low estimate I have 20,000 minis and at a high around 27,000. My calculations always come out different and in truth how accurate this # guess is I'll never know. However, my mini collection is certainly w/o question in the 5 digits!
It is really somewhat insane but quite fun nonetheless!
At times I have various "bits" from pervious mini work or simply sprues from buying minis. This is garbage but I like to see what I can do and transform it into something which might work. Many times, it doesn't, but sometimes it does. I think this scrap of junk could work for something (some slime or ooze I guess)?
This post is not about being creative but doing the tiresome chore of putting away the minis that were used for the Night Crawler Estate adventure. There were quite a few but I'm, happy to say they are all away with none missing!
The next BIG CHORE is pulling out the minis for the next BIG adventure which has way more minis than the Night Crawler Estate adventure. I'll get to that tomorrow I hope but, in the meantime, there are other adventures that may need your attention first.
Amazon gave us the day off tomorrow with pay! Amazing. They are doing maintenance in the building so for the first time in 3 years I got a free day off gifted by Amazon! WOW! Anyways with my day off I decided to work on a mission dealing with the Underdark. Some of you may love this location while others may hate it. Regardless I promise you it will enlighten all of your adventurous needs.
Personally, I love the Underdark and it's been so long since I've had a group adventure in it for an extended period of time. I also remember that there will only be 2 at the game next week! Well, I have something special in store for the two of you! Good or bad is undetermined although I'll be honest, I usually sway the good for a small player game at about 80% in your favor.
And just for the hell of it here are some plastic toy butterflies which I painted to make much more (both front and back). I think they're quite pretty so must be harmless!
They're original look was something like these spiders (below - which will be painted and upgraded). However, they were plain white plastic unlike these black. I forgot to take a picture at the start but at least this gives you an idea of what the plastic toys look like when bought! One color plastic.
Which of the 3 Butterfly paints you like best for 500 XP? Left, Center, Right?
I've mentioned here on the boards that I've been working on a colossal mission. Tonight, it has finally been completed with its final read. When I say colossal, I mean that literally in # of pages. The mission and monster stat sheets together equal 173 pages! It includes 98 different monsters/NPC's which totals about 400 minis. I certainly went overboard writing this, but it was fun and captivating, so it just kept going.
Tremendous diversity is needed in this mission using various skills. As you can see by the # of minis there are hundreds of potential battles ranging from easy to exceptionally dangerous and epic!
I'm a bit overwhelmed at the thought of pulling the minis as it will be a full night of work. When pulled there is NO WAY to avoid this journey 🤣! This is one that will be railroaded after all this work; however, I know you will enjoy it.
Besides the numerous creatures there are many lost relics and magic to be found. Creatures you've never seen or battled before will present themselves offering different challenges and mystery. This is the most comprehensive mission/adventure I've ever written. It could be an actual game world supplement if I worked for WotC as it is an entire world beneath the waves.
Here are a couple of pictures of the pages printed just as I ran out of ink! The first pic is the mission and monster stats stacked together. The 2nd picture is the monster stats. It is larger than the actual adventure write-up!
And here are some paints from mini purchases. I wanted some ghosts in numbers so bought these. My first step in painting was to simply add a gray overcoat.
Next, I added a dark wash to enter the crevices.
That's where I am as of now..................to be continued. Bed Time!
I've had one of a few next possible missions set for quite some time (besides minis pulled). However, one is pretty epic and massive. I've mentioned this before but wanted to say that I continue to explore ideas and add to its flavor. Tonight, I decided that this vast "area" would have some items of need. In other words, besides exploring, uncovering secrets, finding treasure, engaging in mysteries, battling wondrous monsters and much more I decided to add a "Need".
Exploration in of itself is awesome as long as the area is fun and interesting. However, adding a need and purpose adds so much more.
I totally agree, need, desire and purpose, are vital especially when trying to get the characters to move in that direction. Plus, they make that area have a such a great story or a mystery to have so much more depth.
In the process of making some plastic insect toys into something amazing and needed for the game. They've been based and now it is painting them to an acceptable standard. I've started on a few but there is a long way to go. Each was a one-color plastic toy but when done will be multi-colored as to their need with details, shading and eyes!
Here are some pics of things I picked up at Hobby Lobby this week. They just opened one on SI, so I was there in an instant! I think these scorpions look awesome and are as good if not better than D&D and Pathfinder minis. They weren't that cheap at $5.49 each but compared to a huge mini cost that is pretty good. Of course, I have to base them so that adds a cost but neither D&D nor Pathfinder have scorpion minis of this size. I added a medium mini in the pic for size comparison.
I also got a couple of other things. First is a bag full of cheap plastic insects. Pathfinder and D&D do not have a great insect diversity with minis, so I need to make my own oversized monstrous ones. This cheap bag will make some nice insect dangers when rebased and painted.
And finally, I bought these awesome looking dead, dry logs to add to terrain when needed.
Oh, on another note I bought these wooden blocks simply because I thought they were cool and figured I could do something with them painted. You have any ideas of color or shades they could be painted and what they could be used for? I love these so much I am tempted to buy 10 more sets if I can see a good reason!
They offered me some of my most enjoyable role playing, and they will be encountered again. I will wait for the right time and am very patient, but I never forget prominent NPC's like these. Do you recall what they are called or where they are from? Their name starts with an "S"! 🤓
First to guess right and post here on the boards gains 5,000 xp's as this may not be easy.
What the heck are these large disgusting looking things I bought and painted. A bit oversized on a large base but way too small for a huge. I think they look quite creepy for insects.
These things were really a garbage purchase. They were horrible pieces of rubbery junk. I informed the seller of my dissatisfaction and I'll see what happens.
They offered me a $2 refund. Better than nothing, I guess. I also realized grasshoppers often have black eyes, so I repainted them black. They are FAR from done as I need them to look much better for plastic rubbery toys. There will be some mutilation to the mini like slicing off some leg parts and repositioning the severed appendage to look right.
I've been working on a specific module to run for the last couple of weeks. The fun is it involves an old school prominent NPC that may need help. Additionally, it's a classic module rated the BEST EVER on many boards and gaming sites. I also think it is the BEST module ever written! This mission, if and when accepted is one that has an exceptionally high potential for a TPK. It includes an enemy that I do not want ever defeated unless I have no choice due to your actions. Some have expressed a great interest in this adventure and in time it will come to fruition. The group will have a choice to decline, but I doubt you will do to the mission, the individual involved and the one asking you to undertake it!
Of course who knows if this even hapens as you run your adventuring career!
sounds exciting you know the one sure hook for this group ... greed, greed is good especially for pirates and dwarves ... the paladin just hint that there is some evil at play ...lol
I received a bunch of unpainted minis today and started to work on a few. These arrived as gray plastic (color of the base) and the sculpt certainly looked like an earth elemental. However, I have enough earth elemental minis of all sizes, so I decided to make these Lava Stone Elementals. Now, that interests me!
Click on an image to enlarge it to see the details of what I'm speaking about on each step.
First, they're primed gray (priming is putting a paint coat on the mini so that the next paint steps adhere to the mini without flaking or chipping off down the line - an unprimed mini will eventually chip and flake).After primed a simple diluted red paint was applied (I dilute to about 30% paint to 70% water - it varies, and many people have different opinions on how diluted a paint should be - it's a personal painting preference).
I'm waiting for them to dry now and will add other details and shading afterwards. This type of creature doesn't need many paint steps (compared to a human or humanoid which have all sorts of little items, trinkets and weapons on them), but more than the first paint wash is without question needed. I'll update when the next steps are completed.
Next, you take any paint that has pooled on the base of the mini and spread it around so that you don't have any paint "clumps" on it. It's simply spreading the paint on the base. Keep in mind this color will not be the base color but when painting the mini itself a great deal of paint may drip on the base. You want to keep the base free from any paint clumps, so this is why this step is important and very, very easy.
This may not matter to many but to me it does. I need my mini base to be black not only on top but on the bottom as well. So here I painted the bottom gray bases black. Ah, the relief! The top base doesn't get painted black until the mini is completely painted.
EDIT: I LEFT OUT A CRITICAL PICTURE STEP - The addition of Black Thinned Paint (Wet Wash)! This is so important as it adds depth to all the crevices of the mini adding shadow. You simply take black paint, thin it to a watery consistency and then spread it accross the entire mini.
So, lets add some detail - TEETH! It's rare to ever use pure white for teeth on minis. A yellowed white is always best especially for monsters. For humans, elves, gnomes and dwarves you will certainly go with a much whiter coloration, but monsters and humanoids always look better with a slightly yellowed color. You can see that below.
This detail is almost always done in the end but sometimes I do it before that. The eyes! The first step is to put in a background eye color (sclera). Yes, typically it is white but for monsters I often use a variety of different colors. Here I've decided an off-red.
And here are the tiny black pupils added (hard to see thus the minor significance of this step for most minis besides unique ones). Black is most always used unless it is a humanoid or a monster you really want to add some detail to (a unique one - not a mass group). Otherwise, it's NOT worth the effort when you're painting minis for table-top game use.
For fun (isn't that what this is all about) I added some color to their fingernails. Maybe they're primadonnas!
When I feel pretty confident in the mini, I paint the base black. Shiny as they are not dry yet.
What? You thought it was done? No way. There is more and one thing is the "dry brush" after the mini is completely dry. Dry brushing is taking a fan brush and dipping it in white paint. After you must wipe the brush vigorously against a paper towel to get 90% of the paint off. You then very gently (this takes practice) brush the entire minis with the fan brush and white paint. This is a critical step as too much dry brushing will destroy the mini and your paint job. Start off so lightly as if you're barely touching the mini. Slowly continue to brush the fan brush across the entire mini until you feel it has the shading and look you want.
And my last step.............spray gloss. Some people don't do this as it adds a slight gloss to the mini which some people don't like. However, I DO LIKE IT. The importance is the gloss level. There various gloss levels available and after a bit of testing I found the one that works perfect with a gloss that is not too significant but adds some shine to the mini without it be glaring.
And here are the Lava Stone Elementals DONE! When I look at these little buggers on my desk, I think they can be fun in game!
I felt I should post something to keep your interest. I paint and work on so much stuff I forget to share much with the group. However, here is a pic of dollar minis repainted and made into some devasting enemies!
Hope you enjoyed the Triad Game Challenge tonight. I did looking on! Something different thrown at ya'!
However, you may not realize the work it takes to run this type of game! Why? Well, it's simply pulling out and then putting away all the Triad Cards used. They are stored in a huge 5" binder, and all go in a different section of the binder being different point values. The binder goes from the least powerful point card to the most. With this many cards it is a bit of a nuisance but well worth the fun. Remember the Triad Cards and their games were all an original idea of mine many years ago. I'm glad they still have a radiance and importance in our game and have never lost their flavor.
On another note, think of the time and work in their creation. I spent months deciding each card value, getting a picture for each creature, designing the cards, setting them up, printing, folding them to be ready to be laminated, laminating all, after laminating precisely cutting each from the laminated sheet (think of how many laminated sheets I went through) and finally ensuring each of the cards look good.
This even amazes me, and I wonder where I ever had the time to do this! I'm glad I did as they are an epic part of our game. The creatures were not pulled from any SRD of Pathfinder or Dungeons & Dragons as when I grabbed these creatures there was no such thing.
I obtained all these creature pics from a long-standing creature data base on-line. It listed almost every monster made from any source. Very obscure and that's why many Triad Creatures on the cards are things you may have never heard of. However, that adds to the mystery of the cards having creature types which have never been seen or identified in our world!
Too bad nobody won the Championship, but it was fun and a close possibility!
POINT of INTEREST: I know at the game many of you flip the card from side to side and then realize the image on the other side is upside down. You may ask why I designed the cards this way. The simple answer is when made them I copied and dragged the picture above to below it, so I had a duplicate image. I did not realize or consider when folded it would be upside down on the other side. After printing so many I said, "who cares" and simply felt it was not a big deal and worth re-printing 500 or so cards.
I've finished a major mission write-up which I think eclipses the Monastery of Souls. Maybe not, but it is so different that I guess I'm just feeling it right now. This one involves a bit of a challenge amongst players! No harm against each other but a test of each to see who is the best! It's been written but now the harrowing experience of pulling of the minis and writing their stats is on the horizon. That I DO NOT love.
Oh, just for kicks in the distance of the Pumpkin King being worked on and painted. He or it will be a fun big time encounter or enemy!
Protect mission can be interesting. Not sure if this type of task has ever been undertaken. Ex: Protect a King or Queen on their way to another city, protect & deliver an item or object, protect a town against marauders
a fun pirate twist could be .. that Captain Bluebeard arranges for us to replace those who were truly hired to protect & deliver an item; however we replace the item w/ a forgery and quickly deliver the real item to a buyer that the Captain has set up ahead of time.
I hope you had fun with the Monastery of Souls adventure (I did). That was one of my creations with all enemies, traps, building details and of course the main enemy Desicus. However, I'm now writing what I feel is another epic adventure using your requests from the past. After this one I should post another questionnaire to get your feeling on where and what you'd like next. However, for now I have many things planned and I hope you accept some and if not, Captain Bluebeard will force you into some!
With all this being said please post character desires here! If you give me insight into what your character and as you as a player want, I'll definitely and happily go there. I just need your desires to be shared!
I think its great and everyone should take advantage of this opportunity ...just was funny I sent the email and game to the boards and saw this .. it was as if the fates (or more specifically our great DM) was saying let your character's desires be known
As you know besides buying "brand name" minis I often buy toys and work them into pretty cool looking minis. I do this predominantly with normal animals and fish that Pathfinder and D&D do not make frequently in mini form. Even if they did each would cost $5+ each so if you wanted 10 manta rays that would cost $50+ plus shipping and tax (about $60 total). I'm not cheap, but I don't like paying for things which I know are not worth it when I can find very suitable minis to represent these things from other sources. Some painting and "BAMN" I have what I want at a fraction of the cost.
So tonight, I painted up some Manta Rays and lizards. For the cost of $41 I got 30 minis. Here is a sample.
I posted a close up of the ray as u can't really make out the green highlighting in the pics. I tried to enlarge the pic but you still can't really see it. It has a fairly heavy green dry brush effect. Tails are being painted a DIFFERENT COLOR right now! The manta rays are my favorite minis of the bunch.
Besides doing other game things tonight I've taken some random arms and hands from spare minis and made them into an undead of sorts. I'm displaying the start of the mini as I just cut them from their source and glued them to a base. Anyone want to give me an idea of what special ability a floating hand like this would have in game? I have ideas but yours are always great to hear.
And the next step........
And coloring the arms to a more natural color.
And making them somewhat bloody as they are undead detached arms.
You have so much fun, danger and adventure ahead of you as long as you survive this battle with Desicus. Trust me, I'm routing for you as there is just too much fun ahead! I have about 4 missions prepared right now. Some I wouldn't call missions as they're battles with cool, elite and different enemies.
Kill Desicus so you can move on to the other exciting endeavors! I just wonder who, if the group wins, will be able to come along with the potential of permanent death by certain spells and powers by this evil individual. The battle has only just begun!
It took about 90 minutes but all the terrain and tiles have been put away for the Monastery of Souls. Of course the level where you're battling Desicus remains but putting away all the stuff on the top level was quite a chore. I am very happy as now you have abundant space for your chartacter sheets and dice to take on this major enemy in battle. That terrain set-up, although gorgeous and one I'm very proud of, was a bit of a hindrance due to its size on the table.
What's been going on behind the scenes of our weekly game? Well, I'd say alot! First, I've been emailing with Tom on his planning to bring in his new PC. It's been fun and he's been throwing out some crazy interesting ideas. Where they all land we shall see but he will be joining in March.
I've also been doing my usual painting and buying of minis. I will no longer ever buy a full case of any mini release and that's been my way for a few years now. However, I certainly still buy minis and those include ones released from the new sets. I just pick and choose which ones are needed and creatures I don't have yet. If I see a cool looking NPC I'll always pick that up especially common looking NPC's that can be bought in mass and used as a group.
I haven't written any new adventuires because I feel there's no need. Why? Well, first you are on a pretty major adventure and I believe it will run a bit longer. After that we have Tom joining so once that happens my creation shifts a bit. Not to make easy adventures but to make adventures where a lower level party member can have success as well as the higher level characters a challenge. It's not easy but I've done this before and have become somewhat of an expert.
I've also continued to flesh out the on-line game (Monster NPC Battle) you will be playing shortly. These games are created from scratch and take me weeks if not months to finalize. First, I have to come up with the idea. Then I have to write rules, challenges and what the winner will get (easiest part). I also double, triple and quadruple check the game to search for any loop-holes or ways that one can take advantage of a game situation. That's not easy as I wrote the game so I'm bias thinking most is good as written. In my re-reads I do, however, make many changes and adjustments.
I'm also on Etsy, Ebay, and other game sites buying stuff. I often see things on Ebay at a price I wouldn't pay and place an offer if allowed. Often the seller rejects my offer and we haggle a bit but hopefully come up with an agreeable price. This is a 50/50 chance with my experiences.
I only buy game stuff (minis, terrain, paper, markers, laminating paper, pencils, ink, etc.). Nothing else besides beer! 🤣
Oh, the secret phrase of the week for 1,000 bonus xp's is "6 Players? Why not?" You know how to get the bonus xp's by now.
Crabs.........no not that type! Real life sea crabs. Bought a bunch of cheap toy crabs and have started working them into our needed game master pieces. Here's one example of a crab in the works. Rebased, painted and positioned. He will be dty brushed and then done with a gloss varnish.
Here's an example of another crab I bought before the repainting process began on the one above. This is what they were. If you see they had a lot of excess, overlapping plastic as well. This is trimmed before painting.
Tonight, I worked on the terrain set-up some more trying to get it perfect. Well....it's as perfect as it's going to get and it should be fun. I'll bet the group flees this mission immediately and then I have to spend hours putting everything away 🤣. Either way this is ready and I do think you guys are good with the mission as you met Vesib Vonner and agreed to guide him to the church to gain entrance to pay respect to his brother. Let us see how this goes!
I've mentioned this before but I've been working on a pretty fun and big mission for a while. The time invested has been writing it, creature and NPC stats and pulling minis but tonight I spent hours setting up terrain. This mission deserves a great terrain so tonight I took the time to prepare it. I pulled much terrain from various storage spaces to fill in the needs. Was an all-nighter to be honest and I think tomorrow I'll look everything over to ensure it's ready to go and up to your standards!
Here's a litte fun distant and purposely blurry picture of the terrain I set up tonight (well at least half of it). As you can see it's quite a large set-up but this may not be all of it! If you look you can see other terrain in the picture in the works.
Being on the Wicked Wench inspired me to ask for a specifuic Christmas gift. Tonight it is in use and it is Captain Bluebeards Ale Mug! And I think that should be the secret word of the week for 500 xp's.
So, for Christmas I asked for a bunch of game stuff. What else, clothes?
I'm at a point with my collection where I love stuff that I can be creative with and turn into something awesome. Yes, I still love prepainted minis like the ones you got for the Chrstmas Contest, but my time is often spent reconfiguring unpainted minis, painting minis and searching for "off the cuff" minis and things.
Well, the pictures are something I felt would be of great use in the game and isn't really available in pre-painted mini form. It's undead skeletal dinosaurs. Bought a bunch for pretty cheap and based them, modified some with cutting off heads and replacing them and now will work on painting them a bit. They will make a great addition when needed and all for cheap ($30). This many D&D or Pathfinder minis would easily be $250+ (estimate $10 cost for a large mini and there are 25)! Good stuff and the pic are them "out of the box" and simply based. Next will come some touch up paint!
Touch up Paint added. Bones are predominantly white, not yellow.
This post is connected to my last Post #35 so read that first. Here I enlighten you with terrain pictures of what you may encounter. I hope I'm not giving too much away here but enjoy the pics and speculate.
Really? Does the terrain scream "church" to ya'? 😁 If it is a church that would be a pretty large one. Now, could it be a Monk's Rest, a Warrior Meditation Temple, a Summonong Chamber or many more crazy DM ideas!
I started at 9pm and am still working on setting up the terrain for what I hope will be your next adventure. I'm pretty sure it will be as it has a need which some players may feel compelled to undertake. I also think it will interest all others due to the sheer excitement and challenge. This is the mission I've been writing for some time. It is finally written, with minis pulled and stats written and now the massive terrain has been set-up. The terrain is not any small set-up. It is pretty massive on "2 accounts". I'm exhausted pulling terrain pieces and setting it up but as long as it makes our game great and you as players still amazed! My goal is always your enjoyment and fun at the game. If I know you've enjoyed a session then I feel I've done my job and I am happy. If I feel there is some issue or turmoil with the mission or what has happened I'm always looking to immediately rectify that so never hesitate to text or emal me to discuss. Now, if ya die from my BBEG..............I'm sorry but we move on. 😉 Are you ready.............
AND I WANT TO SEE THOSE UGLY MINIS! IT'S BEEN FOREVER at LEAST IT FEELS THAT WAY!
I'd also like to throw out a secret word for those paying attention to my ramblings and for you to gain 1,000 xp's as a thank you and keeping up with the game. Please also remember to post and gain major xp's that way as well. The word this week is, Monastery!
I printed out 3 missions today for the group. All different, fun and exciting. I hope you accept one as I printed about 70 pages worth of stuff! If you don't then I put them aside ready for another time with a different rationale. You'd never know it's the same mission but I do this sometimes because of the work that went into getting it ready. I have many adventures sitting and waiting to be played which you've declined. Here is a hint at the 3 I have readied - Fey, Smuggler's and Dragon Mantle. I'm hoping to complete 1 more tonight which would be called Unseen Hand.
Only one way to kill Kraken and that’s by remaining on the boat. Need durable spears and lightning. Release the Kraken and The Sea Dogs will be indulging in calamari for days.
With the group's victory against Varouga and the cloud giants I have something WAY different, fun and much more light hearted in store. This might be something you could use. Oh, don't get me wrong it is dangerous, challenging and more than you'd expect but it has potential to play better or worse depending on decisions. Low level character or not you as players haven't changed so your thoughts and planning will be just as sharp. Are there any new PC's to come? There were deaths!
However, don't ever take my words as absolute as day to day thoughts and ideas change. I also have something very involved, creepy and fun dealing with a certain creature type that you either love or hate.
Let's not forget Captain Bluebeard wants the Kraken!
To your delight I've added nor painted any more additions to the cloud giant legion! They are what they are and ready for battle as is!
What I did do tonight was paint a few minis and take some junk and start to make "something"? I have no idea what the junk will turn into but when I picked it up I thought "hmmmm, maybe I can do something with that?" The three minis are in paint process and about 1-2 steps away from completion. One is a mummy, one is a wizard and one is a tumbling circus freak! Oh, by the way the secret bonus word this week for 1,000 xp's is Circus Freak!
I thought these would be great for the next major enemy considering how cool they are in their television series! Anybody know who they are? I think it's pretty simple. 😂 All kidding aside they will be display minis as I thought they were just too cool not to get! They are what I'd consider "huge" minis placed on a medium base. They will go next to Pete's Efreet mini from the DM Guide he gave.
Size comparison to show how oversized they are as medium minis!
Tonight I set up the room which I anticipate will be the big final battle. You are just about there so I'm glad I had the time to make a set-up. I mentioned before that I might not do a set up and simply use the tac-tiles because I don't have furniture and terrain that would be appropriate size for cloud giants. However, I was creative and came up with a pretty decent set-up and idea. For such an epic battle I really wanted the 3D terrain. You can decide for yourselves if it lives up to the standards and is better than a simple drawn out map on the tac-tiles.
I believe the cloud giant mission will be reaching its climax soon (easy men). You've killed a number of them and know where the castle is and have discussed plans to enter. The way things have played out I believe the castle exploration/battles may not be as involved as they could have been. That's good for you. In no way does that mean I believe it will be easy as I still believe a TPK is without question still on the line. However, you've made things easier with your battle success and this gives you a chance.
I do however, guarantee that the end encounter will be epic in scale, fun and danger! Varouga is absolutely NO joke and she may still have others by her side. How many others? You shall see very soon I believe! I wish you sincere luck as I want the Sea Dogs to survive as there is so much ahead for you!
I'll be sending out a game survey soon. I haven't in a while and these surveys help me get an idea of your thoughts. Every survey is different so one survey may help answer some questions while another others. I need 100% response so ALL opinions can be heard. After all are received I'll compile the answers and present them at the game!
I've had fun with this mission but I feel it's moving slow. I understand your tactics and in no way want to rush your approach but with that being said it's MY job to keep the game moving and I've taken steps to ensure that. I'm not making things easier, but simply having things happen in a manner that works to move you forward.
With these simple steps I believe next week might reach the epic battle with the cloud giant queen. If not there will be battles before her which will almost be as epic. I look forward to them!
I want you to have 100% success & survival but I find that hard against the "Queen of the Clouds"!
So far 4 of 5 players got the bonus xp's this week for sending me the secret word on the boards. Good for you and thanks for reading our posts!
UPDATE: Anybody want to guess who hasn't yet? I'd think you'd be surprised 😮
So, just for crazy information I made the Cloud Giant Queen my wallpaper on my phone! Looks so good I'd hate for her to be one I'd have to remember in passing!
With that being said I want to remind every player that your characters are not static or stagnant. If you like your PC but feel dismayed by their abilities, skills, battle abilities or anything else know things can be modified to make them more of what you want. I've done this many, many times with players to enhance their fun with the character they have. If you DON'T feel a strong love or need to continue your current PC for whatever reason then role up something new to ensure you maximize your fun at the game. That's what the game is for - MAXIMUM FUN!
In the end it is all about coming to the game, loving your PC and having fun with him in the game world.
I have been down this route before. Sometimes, classes look good on paper/ in the book. But then you start playing them, and they just dont match, what you thought it would be like. The DM helped me, alot. With situtuion. we worked together to change some things around. Look at some new prespectives . And it worked. Also feel free to ask me stuff also. I can help with feats and such.
As mentioned below in DM Post #21 I always have missions ready. So for now one involves dragons (maybe a BIG one), one involves undead (maybe a POWERFUL one) and one involves secrecy/information gathering (ones that work in the night most likely led by ONE).
So please survive this cloud giant ordeal as I have so much in store for you movoing forward at this level. Now to be honest if things go drastically wrong it's not hard creating a 1st level mission. As an experienced DM I can do that in less than an hour. Creating a deadly enemy at 1st level is pretty simple as compared to creating one for a 13th level or above party.
Do you guys have an idea as to the reason for this? I'd love to hear why you think its so much harder creating a 12th level adventure as compared to a 1st. Can't wait until Wednesday to game!
I would say that low level characters face less complex challenges obviously so less time has to go into planning. Basic encounters and role playing and some skill checks are challenging enough at low levels...
Also being said encounters are generally basic and involve smaller numbers...less minis to pull-We know that is John''s favorite part 😀!
Here are some undead phantom riders painted up. These will be fun to unleash on the group! Need to ensure a consistent color on their hooves as I tried both red and a black. I know the color I'm going with but what color do you think looks better?
I've just about finished writing and identifying minis for what I feel is a truly exciting mission ahead. There was a type of adventure that I felt was requested when last asked about mission desires. I've been relentlessly working on this one for a few weeks and it's just about done (in fairness I was working on another to meet ALL your needs but moved off from it).
My hints and clues to it, if accepted, are energy oh my, dead or are they, a place to rest in peace, a good sanctuary can be transformed, many battles, epic end battle and a chance to encounter many things never before dealt with.
Sounds fun to me and hopefully you as well. As I've always said go awith what you want. If you don't like a mission then pass and search elsewhere. Krinthius is a good but dangerous world where things always need to be rectified.
I always have missions on the ready although in truth I may not have the minis pulled out yet for all. However, if you redirect and it was unexpected I ALWAYS have random encounter minis ready for battle or random role play encounters on the wait! Any good DM has to be ready for the unexpected.
Continue making things for no reason other than the game! Got a rock in my greenbelt walk with Zoe and added it to a cobra-head piece. The end result is here! The stone does not look as good as it does in person. Looks very natural and quite shiny when you see it first hand. VERY!
Tonight I worked on painting some vicous undead. Spectre, ghost or something in between. I like the mini and paint job and look forward to throwing them out against ya'!
Enjoy my continued purchase of minis to one day delight you in battle!
You know I must have one of the largest mini collections in general. Seriously, I have so many thousands and being a member of the mini boards I see what others have and know I have at least equal to the top collectors and probably more!
That white spot on the base has been corrected! Did u see it? I did!
I do not see any white spot. How many minis do you have. I think you made a game of it, for us to guess the amount. I dont remeber what that number was
Anybody remember BIG BABY DINOSAUR?! I'd guess you do!
Well, he's been to the salon and got a make-over! He wanted to blend in with the crowd a bit more and for 1,000 xp's the secret phrase is "Blend in with the Crowd" in honor of Big Baby Dinosaur!
Thank you, but to be fair it was really a simple repaint. He also has red eyes now but you can't see them in the pic. He does look more intimidating and natural with his new look and when I put on the game table will be differnt with attacks!
Some mystical horse minis in the process of being turned into something fun! Step by step paint process. Only 2 steps done here. They were gray to begin.
Can't post an update as they are still drying! from the last photo.
Some updated pics as the work continues to progress. They are quite shiny which can't be seen in the pics sadly. Still a ways to go.
I can't post a pic as no one has ever seen it but I've heard the Cloud Giants have an Ice Tiger that is as powerful, if not more so, than the leading giant!. It's said that it has blue crytals along its back which can do devastating damage and its white claws can deal some unknown mystical damage! Let's keep some calm and not even bring up the stories about its speed and bite attack! Hopefully this is all rumor!
You are 100% correct and I'm glad you picked that up, but there is a story and reason behind it! Remember, it's only 1 Ice Tiger they say!
Now, let's not forget that a drow is an underdark creature but they can move to the surface with some difficulty. An elf is a woodland race but they can move to the mountains.
So, can an "Ice Tiger" which likes the cold survive in the clouds? Does it require a certain temperature to survive? How cold does an ice tiger need its temperature? How warm or cold is it in the clouds?
Hope I got ya' thinking 😁! The DM always has a story for everything and the Ice Tiger and the Cloud Giants certainly have one. The funny thing is I write stories and the reason for everything but more often than not you guys never get these details.
Sometimes at the end of a mission I throw out details about the characters or reasons for things but I certainly leave stuff out as sometimes there's too much.
So, I love your intuitive nature with the ICE TIGER and the CLOUD GIANTS, but that is something which maybe you can figure out as players and even work to your advantage. OK, too many hints being given!
Here are pics of my mess which in the end leads to something pretty good - usually! S ome dinosaur pics are before and others are after. Hope you can tell the difference.
Here are a couple of pics of my painting to bring to the table to challenge you! I buy, modify and challenge you! Yes, your attention is drawn to that big guy in the back. However, I needed to get some nice dinosaur minis repainted for our game. Pathfinder and D&D offer such a slim pickin' of dinosaurs so i bought a bunch which needed work!
That big guy, looks like some type of construct. He definitely looks deadly. As for the dinosaur. Do you buy regular dinosaurs toys and just put them on bases. I remeber as a kid you could buy a big bag, of all random types.
So tonight, after a fun night at Resorts Casino in Queens with the family I decidedd to create. Using junk from my job I made this adding some purchased gems and items from my inventory. Any suggestions to make them even better? I'd listen but do like them as they are right now.
What can they be when placed down as terrain? I don't know right now but what do you think?
Do you like the brighter colors on these minis or the darker color pallet? Not done but I love hearing your opinions! Maybe you like both so let me know. Always remember that in the end they get "washed" so the colors are never as vibrant (a wash in painting terms is: the wash will build up in areas that have seams or depth bringing out the highlights and deepening the recesses. It also slightly darkens the mini if using a dark wash - which I almost always do).
Here are some pics of crazy things I created and am working on to bring to the table at some point! What the hell are each and when completed and brought to the table what can they do? The 2nd mini is on a HUGE base! The top is a LARGE base.
I was curious to see what you think of this mini from D&D. It is called a Gem Stalker and is a huge mini. I'm curious if you like the colors of the mini or think they're a bit silly? Here are the pics.
I don't even know what this is but it has potential to be something crazy. So, for details the blue stuff is actually toilet paper. The standing spears are actually plastic party accessories. The top is a black marble and toy gem. The center piece is a plastic tube from work underneath another plastic piece of junk I used. The thinner orange piece is yet another plastic tube with a couple of pieces of junk from work. The middle red section extending on the thinner tube is a piece of disposable razor blade with the various red extensions being painted fishing line. Oh, and there are a few pearls placed on the blue toilet paper!
There you go. My creations from junk. I take pleasure in doing this creative crap.
Now looking and reading these ramblings are bound to give you a gift. get me the word "fishing line" sent to me in any way you'd like and gain 1,000 xp's. I just need to hear, see or read these words for the bonus xp's. Enjoy!
Besides being an expert pain in the ass which my wife has crowned me I guess I'm ok with creativity and DM'ing. Thanks Dan. I'd like to give you a double post bonus for the compliment but then all would be sending false statements of my greatness 😋!
Here you remember was the illithid pool I created way back when. If you look really closely, you will see the illihid tadpoles swimming within its center. The pool walls are bit yellow and is something I changed after the illithid adventure so it could be re-used at some point. However, I don't really like the repaint and will modify it when necessary.
This is a favorite of mine and took some time to create. It involves a lot of left over crap like a dog bone, a piece of Styrofoam, toothpicks, a couple of marbles and some other things which I don't have identifiable names as they are just "junk". In the end this is the creation!
This creation is just about done. I cannot give you an answer as to what it is as that will be figured out when needed. I simply took some crap and built it to be what it is. Tubes, toothpicks, beer caps and many other odds and ends makes a great dangerous entity in Krinthius! This will be encountered and when it is I feel sorry for the group! Does it NOT look dangerous?
Here is something simple to wet your whistle as to what I may post!
I think Budha is cool, so I bought a mini and re-painted it for something in our game! Creepy golden with accents! I put it on a base which means it is a "mini" which can take action.
Creative Post #71
I'm not sure if you recall but I bought about 500 Mage Knight minis about 3 months ago. Considering our current campaign, I took a huge number of elf minis and started to paint them black. It was a great suggestion at the table by one or two of you geniuses. I had never considered this, but it is a fantastic idea, and I have now started to do this. Who suggested this?
Here are some photos. Keep in mind these are Mage Knight minis which are very basic and not great with detail being one of the first prepainted minis ever made. Focus on the skin color change from white to black. Pretty cool I think, and I have now more drow! Details will be added to the paint but that will take time, and I was too excited by this revelation to wait.
Creative Post #73
I put in an order for multiple skulls. They are large sized and I'm starting to paint each a different color scheme. Yep, one is even a base pink but when done the pink will be much more subtle. Lots of work still needed for these but I'm enjoying it and their possibility. Initially I bought these for terrain pieces but accidentally added a base to them not thinking why I initially got them. Once a base is added it becomes a creature. Don't judge their look yet as they are in progress. You can see the bases are still a mess as well.
Creative Post #72
For those who care (and I thank you) give me a shout out for CRAZY MINIS for 5,000 xp's.
Yep 5,000 as I want to thank those that follow my ramblings. And remember posting "anything" Gains you XP's as well!
That could be as simple as a paint suggestion to add to a mini or great paint and not to change anything". Either would get equal xp's as suggestions and confirmations are equally LOVED! Thanks!
Creative Post #71
Bought some hands and painting them to be some sort of undead crawling hand. There is such a creature as a "Crawling Hand" in the game, but they are small, and these will be "large" medium sized creatures and are bloodied and more brutal looking by far.
Anyone like Gelatinous Cubes? They do come in medium size when "split"! These will now get a light blue wash. I have 100, but in truth not all 100 (yep, I based 100), will be clear as there are other variations of color with the devastating cubes. I'll post when done with the other various color cubes.
The move to create various other colored Gelatinous Cubes! FAR FROM DONE! Just did their base color. You can see pink, green, black, cream, purple, orange and beige colors. I'm going to ask, when done what each of these various colored oozes can do as their special ability to differentiate them from a typical gelatinous cube. I look forward to that!
Creative Post #70
Some random table-top pictures of my creative work for OUR game. What will all of this turn into at its end?! Enjoy the insight into the terrible and devious mind of you DM! You guys are the best and thanks for the fun 1x a week! Pretty awesome and enjoy my ongoing work in creating things for our game. Those "balls" are my favorite and yet to be done but my plan and thought for them is pretty fun! Yep, they look like a mess now but wait until they're placed on the table!
Creative Post #69
Tonight, I worked on some random plants and stuff that my daughter gave to me when she moved out of her apartment. She was throwing this stuff out and I told her "Give it to me". I have much more but this is what I modified from her stuff so far. I took some fake house plants and made them into a couple of tropical looking trees and a massive bush (it's BIG)! I LIKE!
This one is NOT DONE.
These two are DONE:
UPDATE: I finished the bushes.
Creative Juice Post #1
Who bought these cacti? I think John but please correct me if I'm wrong. I LOVE them.
They are great, and I think I painted them up nicely.
Creative Post #68
So tonight, I got some simple white rocks. I wanted something to add to my cold climate and snow areas. I thought I could do something with these, and they could work great for ice and snow terrain. So, I started playing around with them...............
They started like this (which was fine, but I needed an "ICIER" feel:
My 1st step was to add some silver shading to make them "shimmer".
Next, ice has a light blue shimmer, so I added a very faint blue to each.
Then, I added the first gloss coat to make them look shiny and "cold"
And now with gloss and a bit more color......
After, drying I subdued some of the gloss. Yes, I know they don't look as good as above but it's a process....
This is where I am with the watery rocks. I'm thinking of adding some silvery highlights to them next.
Creative Post #67
A couple of pics of minis I bought and repainted to look better. These are both gargantuan sized minis with a couple of medium and one large floating around in the bottom pic.
Creative Post #66
This idea may turn out to be a BIG nothing, but I thought I'd give it a try as I had these stress balls which were going in the garbage. I thought maybe I can do something with them. They are orange and pink so that's a garish start. So, the first thing I did was base them and here is the pic. Look nice as an enemy, don't they! 😁
Next, I painted them a base black as from there you can go in many different paint directions. They look blotchy but that will be gone when dry and worked on.
Here is one dry. You can see the difference. The slight imperfections are irrelevant at this point as there will be more paint added to the orbs. What that is, is yet undecided?
So, here I add some color.
The process continues. Yes, the color looks garish and bright, but it will get where I want it (blood like so I made the paint very thick),
Creative Post #65
Tonight, I continued a few projects.
First was my continued obsession with buying, painting and reconfiguring minis. I have a horde of minis on my desk from heroclix and other sources outside of D&D and Pathfinder. many of these minis need a bit of touch up for them to be acceptable. This could be slicing off guns and lazers and repalcing them with medieval weapons, repainting because the original paint was horrid or even slicing off a head and replacing it with some thing else. I've even added arms, wings, horns or other things to spice up a mini which just wasn't worthy for out table-top.
More important than the first was my need to relook at Desicus's stat sheet and update where necessary. He continues to gain xp's as you do and maybe at a faster pace with him doing the work for his beloved and betrothed. Hmmmm?
I then worked on some already prepared future missions which are planned but I continue to adapt and modify them as time goes on. These could be personal creations or published modules but I'm leaning heavily towards published modules moving forward. You may have had enough of the DM's dastardly offerings for now.
Looked over the next "Game" that you players will compete in. It's been done for many, many months but I'm waiting to start it when I feel the urge. For now, it's waiting and as time goes on, I have fun reading it over and modifying it for what I hope is the better.
I hope you know how important the boards are to me and my enjoyment with the game. I love seeing and reading your posts. Really gives me insight into your thoughts as players and characters. With that being said I also hope you enjoy reading my ramblings and if you do here are 2,000 xp's if you text, email or say to me in game "DM Ramblings"!
Creative Post #64
My mini collection continues to grow to an enormous record setting level amongst collectors. Remember these are yours if ya' want when I'm gone but Justin gets first dibs 😂. As of today, I have 6495 distinct minis. However, as I've said before I have many of these minis in multiples of 30, 20, 15, 10 or numbers in between.
So, I'd say at a low estimate I have 20,000 minis and at a high around 27,000. My calculations always come out different and in truth how accurate this # guess is I'll never know. However, my mini collection is certainly w/o question in the 5 digits!
It is really somewhat insane but quite fun nonetheless!
Creative Post #63
At times I have various "bits" from pervious mini work or simply sprues from buying minis. This is garbage but I like to see what I can do and transform it into something which might work. Many times, it doesn't, but sometimes it does. I think this scrap of junk could work for something (some slime or ooze I guess)?
Creative Post #62
This post is not about being creative but doing the tiresome chore of putting away the minis that were used for the Night Crawler Estate adventure. There were quite a few but I'm, happy to say they are all away with none missing!
The next BIG CHORE is pulling out the minis for the next BIG adventure which has way more minis than the Night Crawler Estate adventure. I'll get to that tomorrow I hope but, in the meantime, there are other adventures that may need your attention first.
Creative Post #61
Amazon gave us the day off tomorrow with pay! Amazing. They are doing maintenance in the building so for the first time in 3 years I got a free day off gifted by Amazon! WOW! Anyways with my day off I decided to work on a mission dealing with the Underdark. Some of you may love this location while others may hate it. Regardless I promise you it will enlighten all of your adventurous needs.
Personally, I love the Underdark and it's been so long since I've had a group adventure in it for an extended period of time. I also remember that there will only be 2 at the game next week! Well, I have something special in store for the two of you! Good or bad is undetermined although I'll be honest, I usually sway the good for a small player game at about 80% in your favor.
And just for the hell of it here are some plastic toy butterflies which I painted to make much more (both front and back). I think they're quite pretty so must be harmless!
They're original look was something like these spiders (below - which will be painted and upgraded). However, they were plain white plastic unlike these black. I forgot to take a picture at the start but at least this gives you an idea of what the plastic toys look like when bought! One color plastic.
Which of the 3 Butterfly paints you like best for 500 XP? Left, Center, Right?
Creative Post #60
I've mentioned here on the boards that I've been working on a colossal mission. Tonight, it has finally been completed with its final read. When I say colossal, I mean that literally in # of pages. The mission and monster stat sheets together equal 173 pages! It includes 98 different monsters/NPC's which totals about 400 minis. I certainly went overboard writing this, but it was fun and captivating, so it just kept going.
Tremendous diversity is needed in this mission using various skills. As you can see by the # of minis there are hundreds of potential battles ranging from easy to exceptionally dangerous and epic!
I'm a bit overwhelmed at the thought of pulling the minis as it will be a full night of work. When pulled there is NO WAY to avoid this journey 🤣! This is one that will be railroaded after all this work; however, I know you will enjoy it.
Besides the numerous creatures there are many lost relics and magic to be found. Creatures you've never seen or battled before will present themselves offering different challenges and mystery. This is the most comprehensive mission/adventure I've ever written. It could be an actual game world supplement if I worked for WotC as it is an entire world beneath the waves.
Here are a couple of pictures of the pages printed just as I ran out of ink! The first pic is the mission and monster stats stacked together. The 2nd picture is the monster stats. It is larger than the actual adventure write-up!
Creative Post #59
And here are some paints from mini purchases. I wanted some ghosts in numbers so bought these. My first step in painting was to simply add a gray overcoat.
Next, I added a dark wash to enter the crevices.
That's where I am as of now..................to be continued. Bed Time!
Creative Post #58
I've had one of a few next possible missions set for quite some time (besides minis pulled). However, one is pretty epic and massive. I've mentioned this before but wanted to say that I continue to explore ideas and add to its flavor. Tonight, I decided that this vast "area" would have some items of need. In other words, besides exploring, uncovering secrets, finding treasure, engaging in mysteries, battling wondrous monsters and much more I decided to add a "Need".
Exploration in of itself is awesome as long as the area is fun and interesting. However, adding a need and purpose adds so much more.
These will be amazing once you put your creative flair on them
Creative Post #57
In the process of making some plastic insect toys into something amazing and needed for the game. They've been based and now it is painting them to an acceptable standard. I've started on a few but there is a long way to go. Each was a one-color plastic toy but when done will be multi-colored as to their need with details, shading and eyes!
Creative Post #56
Here are some pics of things I picked up at Hobby Lobby this week. They just opened one on SI, so I was there in an instant! I think these scorpions look awesome and are as good if not better than D&D and Pathfinder minis. They weren't that cheap at $5.49 each but compared to a huge mini cost that is pretty good. Of course, I have to base them so that adds a cost but neither D&D nor Pathfinder have scorpion minis of this size. I added a medium mini in the pic for size comparison.
I also got a couple of other things. First is a bag full of cheap plastic insects. Pathfinder and D&D do not have a great insect diversity with minis, so I need to make my own oversized monstrous ones. This cheap bag will make some nice insect dangers when rebased and painted.
And finally, I bought these awesome looking dead, dry logs to add to terrain when needed.
Oh, on another note I bought these wooden blocks simply because I thought they were cool and figured I could do something with them painted. You have any ideas of color or shades they could be painted and what they could be used for? I love these so much I am tempted to buy 10 more sets if I can see a good reason!
Creative Post #55
Anybody remember these two "fellows"?
They offered me some of my most enjoyable role playing, and they will be encountered again. I will wait for the right time and am very patient, but I never forget prominent NPC's like these. Do you recall what they are called or where they are from? Their name starts with an "S"! 🤓
First to guess right and post here on the boards gains 5,000 xp's as this may not be easy.
Creative Post #54
What the heck are these large disgusting looking things I bought and painted. A bit oversized on a large base but way too small for a huge. I think they look quite creepy for insects.
Creative Post #53
I've been working on a specific module to run for the last couple of weeks. The fun is it involves an old school prominent NPC that may need help. Additionally, it's a classic module rated the BEST EVER on many boards and gaming sites. I also think it is the BEST module ever written! This mission, if and when accepted is one that has an exceptionally high potential for a TPK. It includes an enemy that I do not want ever defeated unless I have no choice due to your actions. Some have expressed a great interest in this adventure and in time it will come to fruition. The group will have a choice to decline, but I doubt you will do to the mission, the individual involved and the one asking you to undertake it!
Of course who knows if this even hapens as you run your adventuring career!
Creative Post #52
And here is a general pic of my desk during a "work night"!
What can you see sneaking into the game shortly when painted and done?
Creative Post #51
I received a bunch of unpainted minis today and started to work on a few. These arrived as gray plastic (color of the base) and the sculpt certainly looked like an earth elemental. However, I have enough earth elemental minis of all sizes, so I decided to make these Lava Stone Elementals. Now, that interests me!
Click on an image to enlarge it to see the details of what I'm speaking about on each step.
First, they're primed gray (priming is putting a paint coat on the mini so that the next paint steps adhere to the mini without flaking or chipping off down the line - an unprimed mini will eventually chip and flake). After primed a simple diluted red paint was applied (I dilute to about 30% paint to 70% water - it varies, and many people have different opinions on how diluted a paint should be - it's a personal painting preference).
I'm waiting for them to dry now and will add other details and shading afterwards. This type of creature doesn't need many paint steps (compared to a human or humanoid which have all sorts of little items, trinkets and weapons on them), but more than the first paint wash is without question needed. I'll update when the next steps are completed.
Next, you take any paint that has pooled on the base of the mini and spread it around so that you don't have any paint "clumps" on it. It's simply spreading the paint on the base. Keep in mind this color will not be the base color but when painting the mini itself a great deal of paint may drip on the base. You want to keep the base free from any paint clumps, so this is why this step is important and very, very easy.
This may not matter to many but to me it does. I need my mini base to be black not only on top but on the bottom as well. So here I painted the bottom gray bases black. Ah, the relief! The top base doesn't get painted black until the mini is completely painted.
EDIT: I LEFT OUT A CRITICAL PICTURE STEP - The addition of Black Thinned Paint (Wet Wash)! This is so important as it adds depth to all the crevices of the mini adding shadow. You simply take black paint, thin it to a watery consistency and then spread it accross the entire mini.
So, lets add some detail - TEETH! It's rare to ever use pure white for teeth on minis. A yellowed white is always best especially for monsters. For humans, elves, gnomes and dwarves you will certainly go with a much whiter coloration, but monsters and humanoids always look better with a slightly yellowed color. You can see that below.
This detail is almost always done in the end but sometimes I do it before that. The eyes! The first step is to put in a background eye color (sclera). Yes, typically it is white but for monsters I often use a variety of different colors. Here I've decided an off-red.
And here are the tiny black pupils added (hard to see thus the minor significance of this step for most minis besides unique ones). Black is most always used unless it is a humanoid or a monster you really want to add some detail to (a unique one - not a mass group). Otherwise, it's NOT worth the effort when you're painting minis for table-top game use.
For fun (isn't that what this is all about) I added some color to their fingernails. Maybe they're primadonnas!
When I feel pretty confident in the mini, I paint the base black. Shiny as they are not dry yet.
What? You thought it was done? No way. There is more and one thing is the "dry brush" after the mini is completely dry. Dry brushing is taking a fan brush and dipping it in white paint. After you must wipe the brush vigorously against a paper towel to get 90% of the paint off. You then very gently (this takes practice) brush the entire minis with the fan brush and white paint. This is a critical step as too much dry brushing will destroy the mini and your paint job. Start off so lightly as if you're barely touching the mini. Slowly continue to brush the fan brush across the entire mini until you feel it has the shading and look you want.
And my last step.............spray gloss. Some people don't do this as it adds a slight gloss to the mini which some people don't like. However, I DO LIKE IT. The importance is the gloss level. There various gloss levels available and after a bit of testing I found the one that works perfect with a gloss that is not too significant but adds some shine to the mini without it be glaring.
And here are the Lava Stone Elementals DONE! When I look at these little buggers on my desk, I think they can be fun in game!
Creative Post #50
I felt I should post something to keep your interest. I paint and work on so much stuff I forget to share much with the group. However, here is a pic of dollar minis repainted and made into some devasting enemies!
Creative Post #49
Hope you enjoyed the Triad Game Challenge tonight. I did looking on! Something different thrown at ya'!
However, you may not realize the work it takes to run this type of game! Why? Well, it's simply pulling out and then putting away all the Triad Cards used. They are stored in a huge 5" binder, and all go in a different section of the binder being different point values. The binder goes from the least powerful point card to the most. With this many cards it is a bit of a nuisance but well worth the fun. Remember the Triad Cards and their games were all an original idea of mine many years ago. I'm glad they still have a radiance and importance in our game and have never lost their flavor.
On another note, think of the time and work in their creation. I spent months deciding each card value, getting a picture for each creature, designing the cards, setting them up, printing, folding them to be ready to be laminated, laminating all, after laminating precisely cutting each from the laminated sheet (think of how many laminated sheets I went through) and finally ensuring each of the cards look good.
This even amazes me, and I wonder where I ever had the time to do this! I'm glad I did as they are an epic part of our game. The creatures were not pulled from any SRD of Pathfinder or Dungeons & Dragons as when I grabbed these creatures there was no such thing.
I obtained all these creature pics from a long-standing creature data base on-line. It listed almost every monster made from any source. Very obscure and that's why many Triad Creatures on the cards are things you may have never heard of. However, that adds to the mystery of the cards having creature types which have never been seen or identified in our world!
Too bad nobody won the Championship, but it was fun and a close possibility!
POINT of INTEREST: I know at the game many of you flip the card from side to side and then realize the image on the other side is upside down. You may ask why I designed the cards this way. The simple answer is when made them I copied and dragged the picture above to below it, so I had a duplicate image. I did not realize or consider when folded it would be upside down on the other side. After printing so many I said, "who cares" and simply felt it was not a big deal and worth re-printing 500 or so cards.
Pumpkin King will be flattened by my recently named +4 War Hammer 'OrangeCrush'.
Creative Post #48
I've finished a major mission write-up which I think eclipses the Monastery of Souls. Maybe not, but it is so different that I guess I'm just feeling it right now. This one involves a bit of a challenge amongst players! No harm against each other but a test of each to see who is the best! It's been written but now the harrowing experience of pulling of the minis and writing their stats is on the horizon. That I DO NOT love.
Oh, just for kicks in the distance of the Pumpkin King being worked on and painted. He or it will be a fun big time encounter or enemy!
Protect mission can be interesting. Not sure if this type of task has ever been undertaken. Ex: Protect a King or Queen on their way to another city, protect & deliver an item or object, protect a town against marauders
Creative Post #47
I hope you had fun with the Monastery of Souls adventure (I did). That was one of my creations with all enemies, traps, building details and of course the main enemy Desicus. However, I'm now writing what I feel is another epic adventure using your requests from the past. After this one I should post another questionnaire to get your feeling on where and what you'd like next. However, for now I have many things planned and I hope you accept some and if not, Captain Bluebeard will force you into some!
With all this being said please post character desires here! If you give me insight into what your character and as you as a player want, I'll definitely and happily go there. I just need your desires to be shared!
Creative Post #46
FIRST - NOT DONE - IN PROCESS
As you know besides buying "brand name" minis I often buy toys and work them into pretty cool looking minis. I do this predominantly with normal animals and fish that Pathfinder and D&D do not make frequently in mini form. Even if they did each would cost $5+ each so if you wanted 10 manta rays that would cost $50+ plus shipping and tax (about $60 total). I'm not cheap, but I don't like paying for things which I know are not worth it when I can find very suitable minis to represent these things from other sources. Some painting and "BAMN" I have what I want at a fraction of the cost.
So tonight, I painted up some Manta Rays and lizards. For the cost of $41 I got 30 minis. Here is a sample.
I posted a close up of the ray as u can't really make out the green highlighting in the pics. I tried to enlarge the pic but you still can't really see it. It has a fairly heavy green dry brush effect. Tails are being painted a DIFFERENT COLOR right now! The manta rays are my favorite minis of the bunch.
Creative Post #45
Besides doing other game things tonight I've taken some random arms and hands from spare minis and made them into an undead of sorts. I'm displaying the start of the mini as I just cut them from their source and glued them to a base. Anyone want to give me an idea of what special ability a floating hand like this would have in game? I have ideas but yours are always great to hear.
And the next step........
And coloring the arms to a more natural color.
And making them somewhat bloody as they are undead detached arms.
More progress:
Creative Post #44
You have so much fun, danger and adventure ahead of you as long as you survive this battle with Desicus. Trust me, I'm routing for you as there is just too much fun ahead! I have about 4 missions prepared right now. Some I wouldn't call missions as they're battles with cool, elite and different enemies.
Kill Desicus so you can move on to the other exciting endeavors! I just wonder who, if the group wins, will be able to come along with the potential of permanent death by certain spells and powers by this evil individual. The battle has only just begun!
Creative Post #43
It took about 90 minutes but all the terrain and tiles have been put away for the Monastery of Souls. Of course the level where you're battling Desicus remains but putting away all the stuff on the top level was quite a chore. I am very happy as now you have abundant space for your chartacter sheets and dice to take on this major enemy in battle. That terrain set-up, although gorgeous and one I'm very proud of, was a bit of a hindrance due to its size on the table.
Creative Post #42
What's been going on behind the scenes of our weekly game? Well, I'd say alot! First, I've been emailing with Tom on his planning to bring in his new PC. It's been fun and he's been throwing out some crazy interesting ideas. Where they all land we shall see but he will be joining in March.
I've also been doing my usual painting and buying of minis. I will no longer ever buy a full case of any mini release and that's been my way for a few years now. However, I certainly still buy minis and those include ones released from the new sets. I just pick and choose which ones are needed and creatures I don't have yet. If I see a cool looking NPC I'll always pick that up especially common looking NPC's that can be bought in mass and used as a group.
I haven't written any new adventuires because I feel there's no need. Why? Well, first you are on a pretty major adventure and I believe it will run a bit longer. After that we have Tom joining so once that happens my creation shifts a bit. Not to make easy adventures but to make adventures where a lower level party member can have success as well as the higher level characters a challenge. It's not easy but I've done this before and have become somewhat of an expert.
I've also continued to flesh out the on-line game (Monster NPC Battle) you will be playing shortly. These games are created from scratch and take me weeks if not months to finalize. First, I have to come up with the idea. Then I have to write rules, challenges and what the winner will get (easiest part). I also double, triple and quadruple check the game to search for any loop-holes or ways that one can take advantage of a game situation. That's not easy as I wrote the game so I'm bias thinking most is good as written. In my re-reads I do, however, make many changes and adjustments.
I'm also on Etsy, Ebay, and other game sites buying stuff. I often see things on Ebay at a price I wouldn't pay and place an offer if allowed. Often the seller rejects my offer and we haggle a bit but hopefully come up with an agreeable price. This is a 50/50 chance with my experiences.
I only buy game stuff (minis, terrain, paper, markers, laminating paper, pencils, ink, etc.). Nothing else besides beer! 🤣
Oh, the secret phrase of the week for 1,000 bonus xp's is "6 Players? Why not?" You know how to get the bonus xp's by now.
great jobn .. they look amazing
Creative Post #41
Crabs.........no not that type! Real life sea crabs. Bought a bunch of cheap toy crabs and have started working them into our needed game master pieces. Here's one example of a crab in the works. Rebased, painted and positioned. He will be dty brushed and then done with a gloss varnish.
Here's an example of another crab I bought before the repainting process began on the one above. This is what they were. If you see they had a lot of excess, overlapping plastic as well. This is trimmed before painting.
Here is what is final besides a spray gloss.
And the FINAL! Slight gloss if you notice.
Looking forward to delve into the Monestary of Souls ... it looks amazing
Hard to see but only thing for certain is evil breed here and must be crushed.
Creative Post #40
Tonight, I worked on the terrain set-up some more trying to get it perfect. Well....it's as perfect as it's going to get and it should be fun. I'll bet the group flees this mission immediately and then I have to spend hours putting everything away 🤣. Either way this is ready and I do think you guys are good with the mission as you met Vesib Vonner and agreed to guide him to the church to gain entrance to pay respect to his brother. Let us see how this goes!
The pic may be blurry. But I can still make out things. Looks like a chruch😃
Creative Post #39
I've mentioned this before but I've been working on a pretty fun and big mission for a while. The time invested has been writing it, creature and NPC stats and pulling minis but tonight I spent hours setting up terrain. This mission deserves a great terrain so tonight I took the time to prepare it. I pulled much terrain from various storage spaces to fill in the needs. Was an all-nighter to be honest and I think tomorrow I'll look everything over to ensure it's ready to go and up to your standards!
Here's a litte fun distant and purposely blurry picture of the terrain I set up tonight (well at least half of it). As you can see it's quite a large set-up but this may not be all of it! If you look you can see other terrain in the picture in the works.
Three Ale per day keep the goblin away!
Creative Post #38
Being on the Wicked Wench inspired me to ask for a specifuic Christmas gift. Tonight it is in use and it is Captain Bluebeards Ale Mug! And I think that should be the secret word of the week for 500 xp's.
Creative Post #37
So, for Christmas I asked for a bunch of game stuff. What else, clothes?
I'm at a point with my collection where I love stuff that I can be creative with and turn into something awesome. Yes, I still love prepainted minis like the ones you got for the Chrstmas Contest, but my time is often spent reconfiguring unpainted minis, painting minis and searching for "off the cuff" minis and things.
Well, the pictures are something I felt would be of great use in the game and isn't really available in pre-painted mini form. It's undead skeletal dinosaurs. Bought a bunch for pretty cheap and based them, modified some with cutting off heads and replacing them and now will work on painting them a bit. They will make a great addition when needed and all for cheap ($30). This many D&D or Pathfinder minis would easily be $250+ (estimate $10 cost for a large mini and there are 25)! Good stuff and the pic are them "out of the box" and simply based. Next will come some touch up paint!
Touch up Paint added. Bones are predominantly white, not yellow.
Creative Post #36
Everybody likes pictures!
This post is connected to my last Post #35 so read that first. Here I enlighten you with terrain pictures of what you may encounter. I hope I'm not giving too much away here but enjoy the pics and speculate.
Creative Post #35
I started at 9pm and am still working on setting up the terrain for what I hope will be your next adventure. I'm pretty sure it will be as it has a need which some players may feel compelled to undertake. I also think it will interest all others due to the sheer excitement and challenge. This is the mission I've been writing for some time. It is finally written, with minis pulled and stats written and now the massive terrain has been set-up. The terrain is not any small set-up. It is pretty massive on "2 accounts". I'm exhausted pulling terrain pieces and setting it up but as long as it makes our game great and you as players still amazed! My goal is always your enjoyment and fun at the game. If I know you've enjoyed a session then I feel I've done my job and I am happy. If I feel there is some issue or turmoil with the mission or what has happened I'm always looking to immediately rectify that so never hesitate to text or emal me to discuss. Now, if ya die from my BBEG..............I'm sorry but we move on. 😉 Are you ready.............
AND I WANT TO SEE THOSE UGLY MINIS! IT'S BEEN FOREVER at LEAST IT FEELS THAT WAY!
I'd also like to throw out a secret word for those paying attention to my ramblings and for you to gain 1,000 xp's as a thank you and keeping up with the game. Please also remember to post and gain major xp's that way as well. The word this week is, Monastery!
Creative Post #34
I printed out 3 missions today for the group. All different, fun and exciting. I hope you accept one as I printed about 70 pages worth of stuff! If you don't then I put them aside ready for another time with a different rationale. You'd never know it's the same mission but I do this sometimes because of the work that went into getting it ready. I have many adventures sitting and waiting to be played which you've declined. Here is a hint at the 3 I have readied - Fey, Smuggler's and Dragon Mantle. I'm hoping to complete 1 more tonight which would be called Unseen Hand.
Creative Post #33
With the group's victory against Varouga and the cloud giants I have something WAY different, fun and much more light hearted in store. This might be something you could use. Oh, don't get me wrong it is dangerous, challenging and more than you'd expect but it has potential to play better or worse depending on decisions. Low level character or not you as players haven't changed so your thoughts and planning will be just as sharp. Are there any new PC's to come? There were deaths!
However, don't ever take my words as absolute as day to day thoughts and ideas change. I also have something very involved, creepy and fun dealing with a certain creature type that you either love or hate.
Let's not forget Captain Bluebeard wants the Kraken!
Creative Post #32
To your delight I've added nor painted any more additions to the cloud giant legion! They are what they are and ready for battle as is!
What I did do tonight was paint a few minis and take some junk and start to make "something"? I have no idea what the junk will turn into but when I picked it up I thought "hmmmm, maybe I can do something with that?" The three minis are in paint process and about 1-2 steps away from completion. One is a mummy, one is a wizard and one is a tumbling circus freak! Oh, by the way the secret bonus word this week for 1,000 xp's is Circus Freak!
Creative Post #31
I thought these would be great for the next major enemy considering how cool they are in their television series! Anybody know who they are? I think it's pretty simple. 😂 All kidding aside they will be display minis as I thought they were just too cool not to get! They are what I'd consider "huge" minis placed on a medium base. They will go next to Pete's Efreet mini from the DM Guide he gave.
Size comparison to show how oversized they are as medium minis!
Battle to the death! Varouga will eat meese stone.
Creative Post #30
Tonight I set up the room which I anticipate will be the big final battle. You are just about there so I'm glad I had the time to make a set-up. I mentioned before that I might not do a set up and simply use the tac-tiles because I don't have furniture and terrain that would be appropriate size for cloud giants. However, I was creative and came up with a pretty decent set-up and idea. For such an epic battle I really wanted the 3D terrain. You can decide for yourselves if it lives up to the standards and is better than a simple drawn out map on the tac-tiles.
Creative Post #29
I believe the cloud giant mission will be reaching its climax soon (easy men). You've killed a number of them and know where the castle is and have discussed plans to enter. The way things have played out I believe the castle exploration/battles may not be as involved as they could have been. That's good for you. In no way does that mean I believe it will be easy as I still believe a TPK is without question still on the line. However, you've made things easier with your battle success and this gives you a chance.
I do however, guarantee that the end encounter will be epic in scale, fun and danger! Varouga is absolutely NO joke and she may still have others by her side. How many others? You shall see very soon I believe! I wish you sincere luck as I want the Sea Dogs to survive as there is so much ahead for you!
Creative Post #28
I'll be sending out a game survey soon. I haven't in a while and these surveys help me get an idea of your thoughts. Every survey is different so one survey may help answer some questions while another others. I need 100% response so ALL opinions can be heard. After all are received I'll compile the answers and present them at the game!
Creative Juice Post #27
Some things on my mind.
I've had fun with this mission but I feel it's moving slow. I understand your tactics and in no way want to rush your approach but with that being said it's MY job to keep the game moving and I've taken steps to ensure that. I'm not making things easier, but simply having things happen in a manner that works to move you forward.
With these simple steps I believe next week might reach the epic battle with the cloud giant queen. If not there will be battles before her which will almost be as epic. I look forward to them!
I want you to have 100% success & survival but I find that hard against the "Queen of the Clouds"!
So far 4 of 5 players got the bonus xp's this week for sending me the secret word on the boards. Good for you and thanks for reading our posts!
UPDATE: Anybody want to guess who hasn't yet? I'd think you'd be surprised 😮
Creative Juice Post #26
So, just for crazy information I made the Cloud Giant Queen my wallpaper on my phone! Looks so good I'd hate for her to be one I'd have to remember in passing!
With that being said I want to remind every player that your characters are not static or stagnant. If you like your PC but feel dismayed by their abilities, skills, battle abilities or anything else know things can be modified to make them more of what you want. I've done this many, many times with players to enhance their fun with the character they have. If you DON'T feel a strong love or need to continue your current PC for whatever reason then role up something new to ensure you maximize your fun at the game. That's what the game is for - MAXIMUM FUN!
In the end it is all about coming to the game, loving your PC and having fun with him in the game world.
Creative Juice Post #25
And who doesn't love pics dedicated to what is B4 you!
Creative Juice Post #24
And who doesn't like pictures? Here's my work desk with minis and other crap for the game.
Can that really be a hairspray cap and a rock picked up from the Greenbelt behind my house? NO WAY!
All work in progress!
Creative Juice Post #23
As mentioned below in DM Post #21 I always have missions ready. So for now one involves dragons (maybe a BIG one), one involves undead (maybe a POWERFUL one) and one involves secrecy/information gathering (ones that work in the night most likely led by ONE).
So please survive this cloud giant ordeal as I have so much in store for you movoing forward at this level. Now to be honest if things go drastically wrong it's not hard creating a 1st level mission. As an experienced DM I can do that in less than an hour. Creating a deadly enemy at 1st level is pretty simple as compared to creating one for a 13th level or above party.
Do you guys have an idea as to the reason for this? I'd love to hear why you think its so much harder creating a 12th level adventure as compared to a 1st. Can't wait until Wednesday to game!
Creative Juice Post #22:
Here are some undead phantom riders painted up. These will be fun to unleash on the group! Need to ensure a consistent color on their hooves as I tried both red and a black. I know the color I'm going with but what color do you think looks better?
Creative Juice Post #21:
I've just about finished writing and identifying minis for what I feel is a truly exciting mission ahead. There was a type of adventure that I felt was requested when last asked about mission desires. I've been relentlessly working on this one for a few weeks and it's just about done (in fairness I was working on another to meet ALL your needs but moved off from it).
My hints and clues to it, if accepted, are energy oh my, dead or are they, a place to rest in peace, a good sanctuary can be transformed, many battles, epic end battle and a chance to encounter many things never before dealt with.
Sounds fun to me and hopefully you as well. As I've always said go awith what you want. If you don't like a mission then pass and search elsewhere. Krinthius is a good but dangerous world where things always need to be rectified.
I always have missions on the ready although in truth I may not have the minis pulled out yet for all. However, if you redirect and it was unexpected I ALWAYS have random encounter minis ready for battle or random role play encounters on the wait! Any good DM has to be ready for the unexpected.
Creative Juice Post #18
Fiddled around with a D&D Lion Mini with some repainting. Can you tell which one has been repainted?
Creative Juice Post #17
Continue making things for no reason other than the game! Got a rock in my greenbelt walk with Zoe and added it to a cobra-head piece. The end result is here! The stone does not look as good as it does in person. Looks very natural and quite shiny when you see it first hand. VERY!
Creative Juice Post #16
Tonight I worked on painting some vicous undead. Spectre, ghost or something in between. I like the mini and paint job and look forward to throwing them out against ya'!
Enjoy my continued purchase of minis to one day delight you in battle!
You know I must have one of the largest mini collections in general. Seriously, I have so many thousands and being a member of the mini boards I see what others have and know I have at least equal to the top collectors and probably more!
That white spot on the base has been corrected! Did u see it? I did!
Creative Juice Post #15
A purposely small and distant pic of your potential enemies (but u can easily see it large)! They look like easy pickin's don't they!
On another note so far 4 of 5 players gained the bonus xp's this week for the secret word!
Creative Juice Post #14
Anybody remember BIG BABY DINOSAUR?! I'd guess you do!
Well, he's been to the salon and got a make-over! He wanted to blend in with the crowd a bit more and for 1,000 xp's the secret phrase is "Blend in with the Crowd" in honor of Big Baby Dinosaur!
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Creative Juice Post #13
Some mystical horse minis in the process of being turned into something fun! Step by step paint process. Only 2 steps done here. They were gray to begin.
Can't post an update as they are still drying! from the last photo.
Some updated pics as the work continues to progress. They are quite shiny which can't be seen in the pics sadly. Still a ways to go.
Creative Juice Post #12
I can't post a pic as no one has ever seen it but I've heard the Cloud Giants have an Ice Tiger that is as powerful, if not more so, than the leading giant!. It's said that it has blue crytals along its back which can do devastating damage and its white claws can deal some unknown mystical damage! Let's keep some calm and not even bring up the stories about its speed and bite attack! Hopefully this is all rumor!
Creative Juice Post #11
Here are pics of my mess which in the end leads to something pretty good - usually! S ome dinosaur pics are before and others are after. Hope you can tell the difference.
Creative Juice Post #10
Here are a couple of pics of my painting to bring to the table to challenge you! I buy, modify and challenge you! Yes, your attention is drawn to that big guy in the back. However, I needed to get some nice dinosaur minis repainted for our game. Pathfinder and D&D offer such a slim pickin' of dinosaurs so i bought a bunch which needed work!
Creative Juice Post #9
So tonight, after a fun night at Resorts Casino in Queens with the family I decidedd to create. Using junk from my job I made this adding some purchased gems and items from my inventory. Any suggestions to make them even better? I'd listen but do like them as they are right now.
What can they be when placed down as terrain? I don't know right now but what do you think?
Creative Juice Post #8
Do you like the brighter colors on these minis or the darker color pallet? Not done but I love hearing your opinions! Maybe you like both so let me know. Always remember that in the end they get "washed" so the colors are never as vibrant (a wash in painting terms is: the wash will build up in areas that have seams or depth bringing out the highlights and deepening the recesses. It also slightly darkens the mini if using a dark wash - which I almost always do).
Creative Juice Post #7
Here are some pics of crazy things I created and am working on to bring to the table at some point! What the hell are each and when completed and brought to the table what can they do? The 2nd mini is on a HUGE base! The top is a LARGE base.
Creative Juice Post #6
I was curious to see what you think of this mini from D&D. It is called a Gem Stalker and is a huge mini. I'm curious if you like the colors of the mini or think they're a bit silly? Here are the pics.
Creative Juice Post #5
I don't even know what this is but it has potential to be something crazy. So, for details the blue stuff is actually toilet paper. The standing spears are actually plastic party accessories. The top is a black marble and toy gem. The center piece is a plastic tube from work underneath another plastic piece of junk I used. The thinner orange piece is yet another plastic tube with a couple of pieces of junk from work. The middle red section extending on the thinner tube is a piece of disposable razor blade with the various red extensions being painted fishing line. Oh, and there are a few pearls placed on the blue toilet paper!
There you go. My creations from junk. I take pleasure in doing this creative crap.
Now looking and reading these ramblings are bound to give you a gift. get me the word "fishing line" sent to me in any way you'd like and gain 1,000 xp's. I just need to hear, see or read these words for the bonus xp's. Enjoy!
, but it was fun making.
That gold buddha could be used for some many things. By just changing the color. Very cool
Creative Juice Post #4
Here you remember was the illithid pool I created way back when. If you look really closely, you will see the illihid tadpoles swimming within its center. The pool walls are bit yellow and is something I changed after the illithid adventure so it could be re-used at some point. However, I don't really like the repaint and will modify it when necessary.
Creative Juice Post #3
This is a favorite of mine and took some time to create. It involves a lot of left over crap like a dog bone, a piece of Styrofoam, toothpicks, a couple of marbles and some other things which I don't have identifiable names as they are just "junk". In the end this is the creation!
Creative Juice Post #2
This creation is just about done. I cannot give you an answer as to what it is as that will be figured out when needed. I simply took some crap and built it to be what it is. Tubes, toothpicks, beer caps and many other odds and ends makes a great dangerous entity in Krinthius! This will be encountered and when it is I feel sorry for the group! Does it NOT look dangerous?
Creative Juice Post #1
Here is something simple to wet your whistle as to what I may post!
I think Budha is cool, so I bought a mini and re-painted it for something in our game! Creepy golden with accents! I put it on a base which means it is a "mini" which can take action.