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2023-09-17

Barghest are creatures summoned by the Beast and haunt Vizima's outskirts. There are those who claim they are ordinary dogs transformed into monsters by some curse; others believe they came from the spirit world to torment the town's inhabitants. Packs of barghests appear out of the blue, in the…

2023-09-15

This is the point I decided to glue the house to the base, and I cut out a bit of wood to extend the canvas as it slightly overlapped. To create the base I squashed up tissues and hot glued them to the base to create the rough shape of the hills. This is to prevent applying the Fast Drying FastMache…

2023-09-10

Wyverns are an endangered species of ornithosaur with snake-like necks and long tails that end in a venomous trident, adorned almost fully in dark scales. Their menacing teeth allow the creature to swoop down from the sky, easily snatch their prey and carry it off to their nest, not caring if it…

2023-09-09

Before starting the plastering I decided to add the base colors for the wood and the brick. For the wood I used a wood stain paint after spraying the balsa wood first to help the stain to flow over the wood. This was just a thin coat for now to get the base color down before applying the plaster. I…

2023-09-05

Bruxa is a very powerful type of vampire that takes on the appearance of a dark-haired, young human, most often female, but whose natural form is that of a large, black bat with sharp fangs and claws. It is one of few vampire species not affected by sun, the others being alps, mulas and Higher…

2023-09-01

This stage involved taking the corkboard and cutting out various thickness strips. I then cut these strips into various length brick sizes, then roughed them up with my nails smoothing the edges and picking holes in them to make them look a bit more realistic. With the bricks ready I used superglue…

2023-08-27

Arachas, or crab spider, is a large insectoid with a distinctly large abdomen. Described as an extremely venomous, its variants are found in both desert and swamp regions. The varieties found in the Ysgith tend to have mouths that resemble a large orchid. Miniature Review The Arachas is a bit of…

2023-08-23

The first part was to hot glue the chimney section to the base. The house was left unattached for now, as it would need to attach to the side of the blacksmith that hasn't ben built yet. Next was to cut out the four corner posts of the blacksmith. To make them more realistic a hobby knife was used…

2023-08-20

Werewolves are therianthropes who transform into wolves or half-wolves. As other such creatures, they are hardly hurt by steel but very vulnerable to silver. I was going to carry on with my Kruleboyz, but I finally had The Witcher: Old World arrive after 2 years and it's thrown that plan out the…

2023-08-18

I've followed Real Terrain Hobbies on YouTube for a while now and at the end of last year he released a Builders Kit in collaboration with MuseKits with everything you need to build a Blacksmith. I've finally gotten around to building it and will try to post an update each week on how it's going…