#scratchbuilding

[arcadebroke]

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[wizaardvarksworkshop]

“Not a coin or crown lies in the dragon’s lair. If not for the golden hue, you would think the dragon’s hoard a vast pool of quicksilver. But as you draw near, the surface ripples and, with an unearthly roar, it breaks as a dripping draconic form emerges to defend the boiling remains of its molten hoard.”

For Smaugust 2023 over on Instagram I am following prompt 3, molten. I knew it needed to be the dragon’s comeuppance for hoarding all that gold. Part ooze, part undead, part dragon, this is intended as a surprise boss at the end of dungeon for a lower level party of adventurers. It’s slow enough to keep away from, until it closes the distance along its trail, or locks you down in molten gold.

Knowing that this one was going to be basically covered in hot glue and UV resin, I focused more on overall shape when picking the dinosaur toys that went into this. It let me use some that had already been chopped up for other builds, and others that had defects in their plastic that I could hide under globs of gold.

[frogshunnedshadows]

Also drew up a 1/64 scale change machine, to go with the arcade cabinets & the rest. Here it is after assembly, puttying, sanding and priming. Very frustrating to get assembled well. Hopefully the paint job will hide the worst of it.

[wncrails]

Some more cutting on the workbench. Two more Ortner 5bays getting chopped down to 3 bays. Vulcan Materials (VULX) had asome of these in the early 2000's and later sold them to the Anderson's Group (AEX).

[timber-tinkers]

Looking good with some primer. #scratchbuiltrobots #scratchbuiltrobot #scratchbuild #scratchbuilt #trashbashing #trashbash #kitbash #kitbashing #robot #robots #scifi #scififantasy #scifiart #scratchbuilding https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDGSfBONJs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[doggirlcrown]

you losers talk about the permanence of plastic and the machine, the immortality and unchanging of parts and bits and flesh ridden computers while i understand that nothing is truly permanent and everything changes into one form and another. it doesn't matter how hard it is to take an object apart it doesn't matter how hard it is ill crack into those wires and plastic bits and rip out the circuits and internal components and the film will lace my hands like the guts of a vhs. it doesn't matter how unusable a single use plastic container looks ill take it apart, slice it up for scraps. meld and glue everything together. chop and reform. twist and contort it together into a finished and built model. even then those are subject to change and being smelted back into the system of pieces to be rebuilt in an endless cycle

[oldschoolfrp]

Deodorant tank!

Tzeentch Rogue Trader project. Including my first attempt at a Deodorant Tank

[roboyfriend]

Suletta, Nika and Chuchu painted figures by Re_JI_N_

[arcadebroke]

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[wizaardvarksworkshop]

It takes a special cunning to be a brood parasite, disguising yourself as a baby dragon. As cuckoos can mimic the eggs of other birds to lay in their nests, so too do cuckoo drakes use illusion and guile to lay their eggs in the nests of other dragons.

This was one of the first scratch builds I started, and the prompt ‘mimic’ was just the kick in the tail this aardvark needed to finish the stats, lore and design for this creature. The flimsy wings and slender body of the dinos I used made me think this would be a low threat dragon, relying on the protection of others for survival.

[bagea]

Finally finished! It was a beautiful day outside I thought I might take some photos of it there

Another one

[frogshunnedshadows]

Finally got to work on another 1/64 scale 'model' idea I'd had: a soda machine.

This is the second prototype. Silhouette-cut glossy cardstock, superglued together, and with a small magnet inside the bottom, for ease of handling & painting. It is currently covered in Mr. Surfacer 500, and probably needs to be primed or gessoed or something before I start sanding it.

[wncrails]

Primer and paint for this rebuilt Ortner hopper...

[nekrosmagos]

[wizaardvarksworkshop]

This is really cool! It reminds me a little of some of my favourite speculative evolution ideas - like the Birrin - but it's a really unique take that has me wondering if it's a plant, an animal, a fungus, or all of the above? Which, for me, makes for a compelling design because it leaves me with questions!

Triffid

Yet again another impulse build. I had a giraffe on hand and just had to use it for something.

It's some plant-like alien monster thing. I dunno.

Made with assorted bits (giraffe, triceratops, plants) miligreen (sounds better than greeniput), and finished with a mostly dry brushed paint job.