Happy New Year Everyone! :)
I ended up taking a break from RPG blogging / forums for the Fall while I focused on my teaching + freelance work. Now that's all finished, and I've had a chance to unwind, I've decided to start publishing some gaming resources at my site again.
I just completed this modeling project for a custom D&D mini and thought some folk here might find it interesting and/or inspiring: Sculpting Miniatures for D&D with Polymer Clay (http://robertsongames.com/miniatures/sculpting-miniatures-dnd-polymer-clay)
I think it turned out not-too-badly, and with some more prep-work and better quality paints I think the next one will turn out even better.
That's pretty good, (and he came out good!) but I'd also suggest some more uses..
Polymer/sculpey/fimo is too elastic to get much fine detail, so while it's ok for an earth elemental or something, it will be much harder to do characters. However, for scenery (inn tables, chairs, archways, fountains, doorways) polymer does really well. You can also do magic circles and teleporters and even traps with it.
One thing I also built out of sculpey a couple of years ago was a "Spiritual weapon" marker so the player wouldn't forget which enemy his spirit weapon was attacking.
In 4E you can make little stackable colored discs (for marked, bloodied, quarried, etc) that work pretty well.
Hey, Stuey!
I wish my good friend Eric had photos of his minis online. Years back he started playing with sculpey to make decorative bases, then worked up to various body modifications, and now he's making whole minis from scratch. His ever-growing gang of dwarven thugs is truly impressive.
Nice work!
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Looks good, Stuart. Glad to have you back!
Great job!
Welcome back, Stuart! I'm sincerely glad to see you around here again!
Stuart!
Thanks everyone - I hope you all had excellent holidays. :)
How many times have I recently pointed out our Stuartlessness? Glad to see you back, mister.