Plodding Along on The Gaming Table, Part I: Updated: 06/05/116

Thanks Gatlag! I think drakkol is a VERY TALENTED sculptor/converter.
The Emperor Squig & the Barker will probably be part of the West Wind Horror Circus Gang I picked up awhile ago...or not.

The Emperor Squig & the Barker are my favs! Hope you'll give them some paint first!

Gatlag Stonetooth wrote:

The Emperor Squig & the Barker are my favs! Hope you'll give them some paint first!

They'll be done before The Worm; I won't wait for a definite setting for them...that was the big holdup on them. Hopefully as I paint them some locale/theme will pop up....hopefully.
The next post will be the Stoned Hedge Isle. I should have it done by Monday, & will post some photos then...hopefully again.

Stoned Hedge Isle & Bar & Grill is, with the exception of some signs, finally done. As the largest (so far) of the Isles of Langerhans, it's shown here in an inordinate number or TRULY MEDIOCRE photos...being a shameless Old Man I won't apologize for the lack of quality:

The Long View:




The Roots:






Up Top:








There now, that wasn't SO bad now...or was it?
Some Group Shots to follow...consider yourselves warned.

As threatened, here are a few Group Photos as things stand thus far. The Plan is to have a ring of Petrified Tree Islets surrounding the Inner Circle Bar & Grill. All the Cays, Islets, Isle will have connecting walk ways/bridges...beneath which are helpful little Aquatic Creatures (like the Piranha Club) ready to lend the unfortunate accidental swimmer a helping hand/fin (& a set of teeth like you wouldn't believe).

SO here's the Isle Group:






As always, your commentary, kind or otherwise, would be most welcome.



AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y'ALL!

Wow man! Just amazing!
Great work as always and I wish you a very merry christmas as well!

Thanks Gatlag...you've brightened my day!

Ferndock the Elven Ranger had his pointy ear pressed to the damp forest dirt. He could pick out heavy footsteps drawing closer & closer; &, out of the equally pointy ear that wasn't in the dirt, it sounded like someone was singing. Just before a foot stepped on his head, he heard it clearly: " Mushroom, Mushroom Man! I've got to be a Mushroom Man..."

SO I picked up a pack of Reaper's Mushroom Men (02679). This is the first of the Fungus Fellows, hot off the painting table:









I did rather a fancy base for M.M., which, doesn't show up in the photos...perhaps when I get M.M. the II done & photographed, it will show up in the Group shot...or not. That aside, your comments & critiques would be most welcome...mostly.

Ace looking work Deaf - makes me feel even worse that I haven't picked up a brush in anger in far too long!

I like the way you manage to make a dark and foreboding forest so bright!

Laney

Thanks, Laney! Glad you like the stuff...maybe it will get you motivated again...maybe.
From the feedback I've received, it seems that going wit vibrant colors adds to the spooky, surrealistic atmosphere of the place.

While this may stain my reputation of being a slothful ne'er-do-well, an impression I've cultivated over the years, I finished the second of the Mushroom Men.

AND here's the proof:




The Group Portrait:




ONCE MORE your kind commentary is requested.

Yet another variety of Mushroom has been discovered in the Darkest recesses of the Isles of Langerhans. A strange creature whose principle features an array of mouths & eyes. Dubbed the Madness Mushroom or the Creature of Continuous Cacophony; re, when two or more of the Creatures are found together, they begin to harmonize with each mouth singing a different song in a different key...for hours on end.

AND the evidence (W.I.P.):





Your comments, critiques, suggestions, & offers of untold wealth would be greatly appreciated...especially the "untold wealth" part.

That is a christmas present for me!

The fungus-lore are incredible too

You just are not stopping - and that's a cornerstone for me, just keep going on, because we like to - not because we have to.

I wil need a complete shot of the whole shabang very soon Alan, just to be shone upon by its grand and weird glory!

Thanks for the kind comments, Amigo! I draw heavily on all the positive feedback for my motivation...the rest comes from a rather non-existent social life.
I have a Group Shot up on the previous page, down toward the bottom:
http://www.deathsquadsgame.com/t1305p390-plodding-along-on-the-gaming-table-updated-12-29-12
With the next Isle completed another overview will appear. This time I hope to have some walkways included...hopefully.

I may have reached new heights of pure silliness with these Mushroom Guys...years of Bugs Bunny have paif off.

The Individuals:








AND the Group Portraits:




Once more your kind commentary is requested.

Awesome! I love how you are pushing boundaries with these.

Thanks, Narcissus; glad you like them.
I was struck by how much the Guys looked like Jim Henson creations; this is a plus.

Getting carried away with things seem to be a character flaw or trait with moi. SO the Mushrooms Four are now The Mycelian Seven; I can almost hear One Eyed Jacks, the theme song from The Magnificent Seven, playing in the background...hearing things is another trait of mine. That aside, HERE THEY ARE:

I think the first Guy looks like he's playing the Air Guitar:






AND the Group Shot:




Start the New Year off right & leave a comment...or break an Old Man's heart & lurk.

You just keep on truckin'! Or make some more mushrooms

What do you use for sculpting(GS, miliput)?

Thanks, mudboy...glad you like the stuff AND took the time to say so!
Commenting on other Folk's pieces here on D,S. is one of those things I hope to do more this year.

mudboy wrote:

What do you use for sculpting(GS, miliput)?

The answer is "yes". Well to be more precise. I make a form out of Plumber's Epoxy Putty, which is very similar to Milliput. Then I add beads for the eyes & fangs from toothpicks if necessary. The final sculpt is done with Green Stuff.

Awesome models! Love the character and uniqueness of them. Keep making!

I love them! Just one thing... Is seven enough? What about more heroic number? Say 300?

Anyway, looking forward to see them painted (and hopefully I'll add some sculpts of my own slightly inspired by your creations )

Thanks MUCHO for the kind words, Guys! I love getting feedback; it's highly motivating...of course that means this is all your fault.

Lazi wrote:

I love them! Just one thing... Is seven enough? What about more heroic number? Say 300?

Anyway, looking forward to see them painted (and hopefully I'll add some sculpts of my own slightly inspired by your creations )

The only upward limit on these particular Guys(?) is the number of Ghoul arms I have on hand. I got some Vampire stuff from an erstwhile friend awhile ago, SO, unless I plunk down some bucks for more Ghouls, production stops when I run out of parts. ...HOWEVER, there are some other useful parts in the the mix, & there are never enough Mushrooms...right?

At any rate, I'm looking forward to what you come up with using my horrors as a base. We could wind up going back & forth with ideas...at least until they come & take us away.

YET ANOTHER Isle is under way. This one will sport some of the newly discovered Mushroom Mutations. It's name probably will be a corruption of Fraggle's Rock of T.V. fame...at least on this side of the Atlantic or Pacific if your out there.

SO viewed from several directions & angles here it is:
















There you go...whatcha think?

Nice touch with the eye kind of sliding around the corner.

I think the tree could use a bit more colour, it seems a little dull.