Flexor the Mighty!
18/100 Strength!
I just bought a mini for one and was looking to see what size base they were on and I can't find one in the MM. Is there an entry for them in any of the books?
Where is the cyclops?
- Thread starter Flexor the Mighty!
- Start date
frankthedm
First Post
I think deities and demigods. But should you not choose a base based on the mini size?
A Base within a base can help for figs tha can double duty Large / huge.
Hunched Stone Giant. >>>Click for larger image
Here is another image that might show the scale better. The other big boy is my Death giant.
[sblock=Details]75mm is the width of the metal lipped soup can base.
Like the WotC DDM Hunched Giant, this is a huge* mini that can squeeze onto a large* base. Were it to stand up, he’d be about 4” [20’ in mini scale] tall, about the same height as my Death Giant Lich. I prefer giants to be quite a bit larger than the D&D rules call for, 12 feet tall is just too puny for hill and stone giants. Ogres and trolls work at that size, but a giant’s knee should be the height of a human’s face IMO.
His club is a tree rather than a stalactite to have some variation in the tribe of these I will be painting up. He has not used the club much, but the grip has been worn down by his stony hands. The rocks in his reach were painted close to his own skin tone intentionally to represent the +8 [40%] bonus they get to hide in stony areas.
*’D&D size class’ Man size = 25mm base, Large mini = 40mm base, Huge mini =75mm base.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph35_gal...5_PG150_WEB.jpg {Jolly green giant is huge]
Steps taken
Dark grey primer
Base coated skin a mid grey
Base coated the apron a mid brown
Damp-Dry brushed the skin with a light grey mixed with base grey, lightening the grey each coat
Damp-Dry brushed a light brown directly onto the apron.
Magic washed dark grey over skin
Used a high gloss brown glaze on apron
Damp-Dry brushed the apron with a light brown mixed with base brown, lightening the brown each coat.
Damp-Dry brushed the skin with a light grey mixed with base grey, lightening the grey each coat.
Dry brushed the skin with the pure light grey on the upraised skin areas.
Spray Gloss coated while standing on back porch, left out in the cold due to stink for half an hour.
Touched up left chest muscle with light grey dry brushing.
Dull Coted while standing on back porch, left out in the cold due to stink of Dull Cote for 10 minutes, moved to garage and gave 2nd Dull Cote. Left in there for an hour to let stink dissipate.
Took a 7gram black poker chip and abraded the top of it.
Took 2nd copy of this fig, held it in place on base.
Slopped white glue on to the poker chip, leaving place where the mini will contact the base dry.
Dipped the base into dried out used coffee grounds.
Used 2nd copy if the fig to make sure the mini base glue points were clear.
Allowed the glue to dry, brushed off loose grounds.
Applied more white glue to the grounds and dipped into the grounds a second time.
Allowed the glue to dry, brushed off loose grounds.
Applied more white glue to the grounds and then applied the static grass.
Allowed the glue to dry, Brushed off excess grass.
Abraded painted mini’s contact points [knee, bottom of toes]
Applied white glue to contact points and pressed into base.
Took a 3 inch soup can lid that had been opened with a side cutting can opener.
Mixed white glue / water with dried out used coffee grounds to make base filler.
Taped another poker chip into the offset center of base.
Filled base with coffee ground/glue mix.
Allowed to partially dry, popped out poker chip.
Put extra glue on inner area to toughen up where the smaller base will be inserted.
Let dry & dry fit to get a feel for what the base needs
Hot glued together two pairs of gravel rocks
Painted up five pieces of gravel so they did not look like RL gravel.
Took a RL stick from bits box that looked like a huge club.
Abraded the grip as if worn down by strong stony hands.
Rubbed the club with the paper the coffee grounds were dried on to brown it slightly.
White glued the rocks to the base. Dry fit the fig JIC. Let dry.
Applied thinned white glue to the exposed grounds & applied static grass.
Applied thinned white glue to club tip [to soak through grass] and to where it would rest against a rock.
Fit the club and let the whole setup dry on the heat vent.
Photo shoot! {Mage Knight Castle wall was the backdrop}[/sblock]
A Base within a base can help for figs tha can double duty Large / huge.
Hunched Stone Giant. >>>Click for larger image
Here is another image that might show the scale better. The other big boy is my Death giant.
[sblock=Details]75mm is the width of the metal lipped soup can base.
Like the WotC DDM Hunched Giant, this is a huge* mini that can squeeze onto a large* base. Were it to stand up, he’d be about 4” [20’ in mini scale] tall, about the same height as my Death Giant Lich. I prefer giants to be quite a bit larger than the D&D rules call for, 12 feet tall is just too puny for hill and stone giants. Ogres and trolls work at that size, but a giant’s knee should be the height of a human’s face IMO.
His club is a tree rather than a stalactite to have some variation in the tribe of these I will be painting up. He has not used the club much, but the grip has been worn down by his stony hands. The rocks in his reach were painted close to his own skin tone intentionally to represent the +8 [40%] bonus they get to hide in stony areas.
*’D&D size class’ Man size = 25mm base, Large mini = 40mm base, Huge mini =75mm base.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph35_gal...5_PG150_WEB.jpg {Jolly green giant is huge]
Steps taken
Dark grey primer
Base coated skin a mid grey
Base coated the apron a mid brown
Damp-Dry brushed the skin with a light grey mixed with base grey, lightening the grey each coat
Damp-Dry brushed a light brown directly onto the apron.
Magic washed dark grey over skin
Used a high gloss brown glaze on apron
Damp-Dry brushed the apron with a light brown mixed with base brown, lightening the brown each coat.
Damp-Dry brushed the skin with a light grey mixed with base grey, lightening the grey each coat.
Dry brushed the skin with the pure light grey on the upraised skin areas.
Spray Gloss coated while standing on back porch, left out in the cold due to stink for half an hour.
Touched up left chest muscle with light grey dry brushing.
Dull Coted while standing on back porch, left out in the cold due to stink of Dull Cote for 10 minutes, moved to garage and gave 2nd Dull Cote. Left in there for an hour to let stink dissipate.
Took a 7gram black poker chip and abraded the top of it.
Took 2nd copy of this fig, held it in place on base.
Slopped white glue on to the poker chip, leaving place where the mini will contact the base dry.
Dipped the base into dried out used coffee grounds.
Used 2nd copy if the fig to make sure the mini base glue points were clear.
Allowed the glue to dry, brushed off loose grounds.
Applied more white glue to the grounds and dipped into the grounds a second time.
Allowed the glue to dry, brushed off loose grounds.
Applied more white glue to the grounds and then applied the static grass.
Allowed the glue to dry, Brushed off excess grass.
Abraded painted mini’s contact points [knee, bottom of toes]
Applied white glue to contact points and pressed into base.
Took a 3 inch soup can lid that had been opened with a side cutting can opener.
Mixed white glue / water with dried out used coffee grounds to make base filler.
Taped another poker chip into the offset center of base.
Filled base with coffee ground/glue mix.
Allowed to partially dry, popped out poker chip.
Put extra glue on inner area to toughen up where the smaller base will be inserted.
Let dry & dry fit to get a feel for what the base needs
Hot glued together two pairs of gravel rocks
Painted up five pieces of gravel so they did not look like RL gravel.
Took a RL stick from bits box that looked like a huge club.
Abraded the grip as if worn down by strong stony hands.
Rubbed the club with the paper the coffee grounds were dried on to brown it slightly.
White glued the rocks to the base. Dry fit the fig JIC. Let dry.
Applied thinned white glue to the exposed grounds & applied static grass.
Applied thinned white glue to club tip [to soak through grass] and to where it would rest against a rock.
Fit the club and let the whole setup dry on the heat vent.
Photo shoot! {Mage Knight Castle wall was the backdrop}[/sblock]
Last edited:
Knightfall
World of Kulan DM
Hey, thanks for that information. I've been wanting to create a customized version of a cyclopskin race for my campaign setting, but didn't know of any stats to start with.frankthedm said:
I think I'll combine the two versions there into one Large creation with some different character options. Hmm, decisions to make.
Cheers!
KF72
Cthulhudrew
First Post
There are Cyclopes in a recent issue of Dragon (don't recall the # offhand), and in the Shining South accessory for FR.
Nyaricus
First Post
spelling mistake; whoops!
As for combinding the two, bear in mind that these two races of giants are, historically, two very different creatures. The greater cyclopses (the plural word rhymes with "please" at the end FYI) were only 3 in number and served Hephaestus. They were Brontes (thunderer), Steropes (flasher) and Arges (brightener) and they forged a number of important magical items for the gods, included Zeus' lightning bolts. They were the sons Uranus (sky) and Gaia (earth).
The lesser cyclopes we sons of Poseidon, and were primitive man-eaters, such as the one found in the Odessey. Very different than their greater cousins
cheers,
--N
Cool, a cyclopean race (not monster, per se) is always a neat addition to a campaign settingKnightfall1972 said:
As for combinding the two, bear in mind that these two races of giants are, historically, two very different creatures. The greater cyclopses (the plural word rhymes with "please" at the end FYI) were only 3 in number and served Hephaestus. They were Brontes (thunderer), Steropes (flasher) and Arges (brightener) and they forged a number of important magical items for the gods, included Zeus' lightning bolts. They were the sons Uranus (sky) and Gaia (earth).
The lesser cyclopes we sons of Poseidon, and were primitive man-eaters, such as the one found in the Odessey. Very different than their greater cousins
cheers,
--N
Last edited:
Ogrork the Mighty
Explorer
frankthedm said:
What do you use for bases? Especially for Huge? The closest I could find are the round bases from Warhammer but they're not quite big enough.
Blair Goatsblood
First Post
Dirigible said:
