Theme Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU
Welcome 148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/
LTO Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0vFUCz
Some FX https://www.zapsplat.com
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Monday, January 5, 2026
The 12 Days of Kitbash Part 2
Here's the 2nd half of my annual 12 Days of Kitbash. Let's get right int it!
On Day 7, I made a gang of rowdy gnolls. I think there were 8 or 9 of them in the batch. I used real mixed media for these: Fimo, green stuff, acetone plastic and other things like toothpicks and thread. Some came out well... others are a bit messed up looking.
On Day 9 I scratch built this Giant Forest Troll. Green stuff and wire armature. I tried to get some anatomical details right, but one nice thing about trolls is that they are kind of lumpy anyway. Turned out OK... but even working with a bigger model, details are so hard to achieve.
On Day 10 I decided to switch it up and do a terrain piece. I used a chocolate mold for the skulls - with air dry clay. Actually the whole thing is air dry clay. Not sure how useful this is, but it looks decent.
Day 11 was for a trio of cursed wraiths. These came out a bit worse than I thought they would. The oyumaru mold captured good details, but when I cut them out, the edges were all messed up and bubbly. Fimo would've been a better choice... live and learn. (The second wraith from the right in the last photo is the original model, btw.)
Today is the last day and I am coming back home with - more skeletons. I am on a mission to get these right. And you know, I came closer than ever in getting good results. Of the 8 I made, 4 are really good looking. A few are awful and will be relegated to the rear ranks. Mixed medium again, but this time I molded each piece separately. For many of the very thin bits, I used paper clips. Slap some glue on them and they can pass for bones. In the 'bits' photo, the orange one is the 3D printed figure I took apart and used as my model.
And that's all she wrote for the Twelve Days of Kitbash, Year 3!
Saturday, January 3, 2026
A Bit More About Naachuu
Naachuu is a character I had been sitting on for ages before she finally made an appearance. Back at FanExpo 2024 (before S3 even began), I ran an art contest. The best portrait drawings of fantasy characters would get a spot in the upcoming season. One of the best was a little bug-eyed elfin thing called Nacho.
Well, I wasn't about to put a character named Nacho in the show, but I liked the idea of a Naachuu (Not-You) because it fit the theme of identity (or rather, the search for it) I intended to explore and develop.
Here's the original picture.
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Naachuu Art!!
Amanda T, who voices Naachuu, is a seriously talented artist. Her version of the gnomish librarian improves upon what I had in my imagination.
It's just awesome!
Check out her Insta here.
Shownotes for Episode 45
Theme Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU
Welcome 148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/
LTO Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0vFUCz
Some FX https://www.zapsplat.com
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
The 12 Days of Kitbash Part 1
Doing a run of kitbashing at the end of the year is becoming a tradition for me, but this year I have changed things up. The way I did it in 2023 and 2024 produced as many figurines as the number of the day, so 1 on the first day, two one the next, three on day three and so forth. The total (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12) produced 78 minis each time I did the challenge. That's a LOT of work, it turns out... and then I have to find somewhere to store them all. So I decided to just post something on each day, and forget about the whole number thing. Added benefits are that I can be more choosy about what I make and also I am not incentivized to postpone all the builds I'd like to do until the end of the year.
So here's what I have posted so far for my 2025 builds, most of which are scratch-builds and recasts, supplemented with kitbash bits. Actually, I think I have gone more 'mixed media' than ever this year, which is a bit surprising.
These hill giants started out as tinfoil armatures and then green stuff supplied most of the rest. The feet might have been taken from old plastic dinos, now that I think about it. The teeth are short grain rice.
An oyumaru mold of a caterpillar toy I found, using fimo as the main medium, plus some green stuff tentacles... and voila, carrion crawlers.
For this Displacer Beast: 2 plastic panther toys, one cannibalized for the extra legs, wire armature and green stuff tentacles. The base is DAS clay, I think.
The top half is green stuff out of an oyumaru mold, and the bottom half is kitbash. I think I did some cloaks with toilet paper and white glue to cover mistakes. Some of these turned out well... others lack definition, especially in the face.
This ... dire bear? was an unbelievably poor quality toy with gaps and ragged edges. In the end, it became a kind of green stuff repair job - mostly to the face and hands. Turned out great!
I just keep coming back to skeletons. They are fun and somehow... the right amount of challenge. For these models, I used paper clip and garden wire armatures (they make for a good looking rib cage) and then green stuff skulls (I just cannot get proper detail on these) and then thumbtack shields (a trick I use way too often) and swords cut from margarine lids.
Shownotes for Episode 44
Theme Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU
Welcome 148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/
LTO Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0vFUCz
Some FX https://www.zapsplat.com
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