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 Post subject: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:14 pm 
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Hi, I’m pluv and sometimes I customize. Been a while.

First up is a D&D character I’m playing. A Giff (hippo folk) sailor with access to magic. Couple of weird things on this one worth pointing out.

First, is I made a very similar character for an entirely different campaign and this was the culmination of all the choices I ended up not going with. Never throw out ideas. Everything can be recycled.

Technique wise, I wasn’t satisfied with any of the toy hippo heads out there and I wanted to be able to add an opening mouth later. So I carved out essentially a foam skull and then sculpted over the foam. Not perfect, but I liked that process and have already figured out how to improve it.

Lastly are the soft goods, namely the top tunic. I wanted to be leather. It is supposed to be heavy leather on the character. Closest I could find were purses. Then an old baseball fell out of the closet and hit my foot. I dressed it up with some jewelry leather lace. Play Ball!

Oh, did I mention his main weapon is a magic floating tentacle?
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A better shot of his harpoon.
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My wife mentioned seeing a haunted house decoration on tiktok that the lady used a Dollar Tree dollhouse for. We found the doll house and I sprayed painted it. But then she wasn’t sure if she wanted it inside or in our herb garden by the front door. So I know it lacks details. But what I did want to show her was how cool it looked with tea lights…and a fiber optic. What I wanted to show you guys is it is Jada scaled!

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 Post subject: Re: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:18 pm 
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Very cool on both projects!

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 Post subject: Re: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:06 pm 

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Masterful work on the tunic. The crease above the belly looks in scale for the figure, adding lots of realism.


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 Post subject: Re: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:52 pm 
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That would be a cool scary doll house for sure. I think there is a hippo skull in the safari mammal skull toob.

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 Post subject: Re: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:30 pm 
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I love every damn thing about this magnificent Hippo--er, Giff.


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 Post subject: Re: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:25 pm 
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Both are excellent. That Giff is exceptional.

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 Post subject: Re: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:42 am 
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Been thinking of getting one (or two) of those houses for customizing for the Joe table top game. Maybe a Springfield situation or even a D20 modern game.

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 Post subject: Re: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 10:15 am 
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harlie wrote:
Been thinking of getting one (or two) of those houses for customizing for the Joe table top game. Maybe a Springfield situation or even a D20 modern game.
It has a hinge on the side and nubs on the other, so if you find two of them, you should be able to snap them together to make a full house to add to your tabletop game. For a $1 and change, you can't beat it.

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 Post subject: Re: D&D Geoffrey Bowsprit and a Dollar Tree haunted house
PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2022 9:30 pm 
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Awesome work, I especially like the Giff.

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