I was able to recover my website after the offensive link hack after about a week and a half…boy howdy was that some kinda fun. After getting that fixed I was able to get back to work…
The warmer weather also brings in outside projects like this fire pit the wife and I decided we needed..
It’s the simplest build and the least expensive kit they sell ..and it works great for us.
I had a good May Oddmall and sold some things I didn’t expect to sell at all. As I mentioned in the last post The Bably Beholder found a new home and is now known as Bob the Beholder and is the office mascot for Jim at The Malted Meeple. So glad he found a home…
Some other builds found homes as well. My Cyclops Trophy mount found a home.. Which goes to show me.. .keep your experiments and test builds and the right person will come along and take one home.
The Brainy Smurf with his Book Trophy Mount sold at the show as well.. so I cooked up another one… these guys are all hand made so there are no molds involved.. so each build is unique even if it’s a second Brainy Smurf he’s still unique… right? This is the second build.. It is waiting to be attached to the wall plaque.
I’m making a plaque for the Malted Meeple that will be using QR Codes so folks can scan the code to find my facebook page or shoot me an email. I’m also building 3 new wood sprites one of which will be “holding” the frame in the picture below. Those are his feet and some early dragon teeth builds in photo as well.
Origins took place down in Columbus the first week of June and as a surprise I cooked up some Farscape communicators for the group I play an invite only game with.. They are a little thinner that the ones on the show but I think they turned out quite nice.
I have to get back to finishing of my baby Intellect Devourer. My wife did the wood burning on the base for me this past weekend. The basic form is there and i need to jump into the detail work on this sculpt….The wards on the base will keep this baby from taking control of your mind and then nesting in your skull… hopefully..at least the local wizards guild said they “should” work.
The Baby Dragon Trophy Mount is almost skinned and ready to be painted. I ended up using Apoxie Clay and cloth and glue for the hide.. its turning out well and if all goes as planned he will be up on a wall at the Malted Meeple in Hudson.
And lastly my Unicorn Trophy Mount is just about completed. I put the mane on this past week and will soon put on his beard and eye lashes.. Then its time for some more trimming and shaping and a little more touch up painting… plus I have a collar I need to make for him.
This is the first Unicorn Mount I have made and with some lessons I’ve learned on this build I’ll have an easier time with the next one.
The horn is out being molded and cast. I will also be selling castings of the unicorn horn on their own with display stands. This is the basic wooden stand and I have plans for a wall mounted “Iron” stand and table top one as well.
That’s it for now…
As always please visit my facebook page and store and feel free to ask me any questions you may have about my work.
Steve aka Claude Raymond Design.