Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Twelve Days of Kitbash, Pt 2

 Here's the second half of my 12 day run of kitbashing and figure-making...


On day 7, I made 7 Myconids.  I used Air-Dry Clay and added a few props.  These were fun, fast and turned out well.  Possibly my favorite batch of the whole run.




Next, I did a batch of undead.  The skull is actually Das modelling clay in a Halloween chocolate mould.  The rest are converted toy soldiers (boy, did I ever dig deep into my bag-o-soldiers this year!





The ninth day was dedicated to: Goblins.  I realized too late that I didn't have photos that matched most of the goblins in the photo... really just 2 of them were made from my small-scall models with FIMO heads.  The others were recast from a bunch of board game figurines.




On day 10, I made 10 NPCS - these are villagers and guards and such.  I actually made 15 or so, but I needed something for day 10 and just grabbed a bunch from the 'finished' pile.  They are all recasts.  As with other recasts, facial features got lost.  But they look good enough for NPCs.





Day 11: Armorered Warriors.  More recasts.  Details turned out a bit better with these guys.




On the last day of kitbash, I did a whole slew of orcs.  I really like how they turned out - looking like demented cavemen/Texas Chainsaw Massacre cosplayers.  In game, I do the pig-faced orcs, but these guys remind me of Bakshi Fire & Ice orcs (if that's what those are) and they are pretty cool.  Recasts with thermoplastic, for the most part.





Well, that's the lot.  And it is a lot... If you do the math, I made another 78 minis this year.  My 2 year running total then is 156.  Actually, it's quite a bit more...  Maybe next year, seeing as I am starting to have a storage problem, I'll do 12 days with a single model each day, and I'll concentrate on quality over quantity :)  Who knows... I might even learn how to paint.








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