#the chair is a popsicle stick and superglue monstrosity

[master-of-wii]

Never got around to posting this little fella, so here you go! He took me about 1.5 weeks to make, and he's gotta be one of my favorite clay figures so far! Really happy with the result

[conceptsandreality]

Box full of TEETH

You go to open the chest, but it seems to be locked. Moving to turn away, you suddenly find your hands are stuck fast to the wood - try as you might, you can’t seem to pull free. Now the lid creaks open of its own accord; you stare into the darkness, horrified, as instead of glittering gold pieces the chest is full of row upon row of monstrous, pointed teeth.

The Mimic is one of my favourite monsters in tabletop rpgs. Encounters are so simple, but can be so effective and fun if planned properly - especially against a low-level party!

This Mimic started life as exactly 1.65 lolly pop (popsicle) sticks, and a few well-placed dabs of superglue. I also filled the lid with glue from a glue gun to support the structure, since I knew I’d have to grip it quite firmly later on.

Added a few strips of card for the metal banding, and PAINT!

Hooray, we made an adorable little box! Now let’s turn it into a dentist’s fever dream lol

Slapping two big (well, proportionally big) lumps of Green Stuff™ gives us a lovely set of gross, protruding, misshapen gums, into which we stick a metric butt-ton of wooden splinters. Add a twist of foil covered in epoxy for that long sticky tongue, and PAINT once more!

The tongue is unpainted at this stage so we can still flex and twist it if needed without having to paint it again afterwards. Only a couple of bits left at this point, starting with another lump of Green Stuff™ on the lid. Use a cocktail stick to prod some eye sockets in there, and some lumpy head bits because what hideous monstrosity would be complete without lumpy head bits?

Once dry, we can shove some tiny tiny tiny balls of putty into the sockets, and then begin the laborious process of attaching the lid to the base using soft putty and holding it in place until it dries. Don’t want it to collapse under its own weight!

And we’re pretty much done! One final lick of paint to go, make a quick base with some epoxy and a 25mm washer, mount the bastard thing with a tiny bit of wire holy god damn was that annoying, and we’re good to go!

I am extremely pleased with how this turned out, honestly. I’m still fairly new to this, and my painting skills could certainly use work, but damn I call this a success. Only took a handful of hours, too - the most time-consuming bit by far was placing all the teeth.

Finished it just in time, too! A few days later I had a chance to bring it out in a 5e session with some new players: took a few nasty bites out of the rogue before they brought it under control!

Honestly with this success, I kind of want to do a full Mimic range. I mean, they can turn into anything, right? Doors, chairs, clothes, tools... the possibilities are endless...