DIY Miniature - Spinal Ooze
A friend of mine (the same one who did this wonderful custom terrain video ) recently entered a scratch-build mini contest on http://dmscraft.proboards.com and won. Since dmscraft requires registration, he's allowed me to repost his winning entry here... ====== I entered a contest for building a miniature from scratch, and actually won, haha! Contestants had one month to build the mini, and the rules stipulated that entries must include a tutorial. Since this was the first mini contest, there was no specific theme. Here's my entry: SPINAL OOZE This guy is based off one of my favorite World of Warcraft monsters, Blizzard's version of the Black Ooze: I loved how they had a skull, spine and debris stuck in them and could bite. In my version, they collect a couple of spines and connect them together to extend their reach, like a support structure. This explains why the skull is so far from the ribcage in the photos below. Ok, let's get to it... Started with ...