Moderator Froggy the Great Posted November 16, 2005 Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2005 Parents often tell their children fairy tales to lull them into sleep, or more often, to get them to behave. Bogeymen legends abound in every civilized land, but just outside Craclaw, the bogeyman is all too real. The Wintershreken, a mad goblin of unknown origin, terrorizes the children of families in small villages outside the reach of justice. The insane little green beastie rides in his gigantic sleigh through the snowy forests, prowling for stray and naughty children to take back to his cave. The three monstrous Charcoal Hounds pull the sleigh and are able to smell the very ill personalities of snotty children. The cruelest of Meplets come from the Wintershreken's pit, liberated by Lord Hop for his own twisted purposes. Wintershreken is a solitaire for The Moonscar Court, a homebrew Warlord army you're probably sick of hearing me talk about. Here are construction details: The base is a CD-ROM. The sleigh is from the 2004 Xmas Sophie. The wolves are from the DHL line. Wintershreken himself is Terezinya's familiar. The crossbow is from a weapons pack. The heads and body parts are just bits left over from writing an article. The tethers are twisted-up wire. I could swear I've posted this before, but I couldn't find any posts here or pics on my computer, so I took a couple more and here you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuCulain42 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Tis the season, eh Frosch. That's a great piece of work. I love how that little goblin just looks insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 anther fantastic looking peice some parts look like were meant to be in the same package. BTW where the head from, a bond slave?? Randy M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted November 17, 2005 Author Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2005 That head is from a bondslave, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingwreckage Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 You've made me afraid of Santa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted November 17, 2005 Author Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2005 My work here is done then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyspyr Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Very imagninative! I'll be hiding under the bed now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan6 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Sick, twisted, demented and altogether marvelous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted November 17, 2005 Author Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2005 For those of you who may be interested, here's his Moonscar Court datacard front. I love The Gimp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Adcock Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 How'd you get the wires to twist up so neatly for the reins? I may have to do the same thing for a project I'm working on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted November 18, 2005 Author Moderator Share Posted November 18, 2005 Take a longish peice of 24ga beading wire and bend it in half at the center point. Hold the two ends together and clamp them in a hand drill as if they were a bit. Anchor the other end on a nail or something. Twist the wires with the drill till they're as tight as you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Adcock Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Doesn't sound too bad...I just have to get access to a hand drill then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kutz Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Hand drill works...but it is easy to go a bit too far, and takes up a fair ammount of room, and costs a bit... For me, I use what is known as a safety wire pliers to do my wire twisting 99 times out of 100 (when I am doing large tree armatures I use a hammer drill and my bench vise). Anywho, you take your wire and double it up. Secure one end either to a solid object (vice, small stud, nail...or I normally just hold it with a pair of pliers) and clamp the pliers down on the other end. Grab hold of the knob at the end of the safety wire pliers and pull. As you pull it twists the wire a given number of times (I think my small one is 12 turns). Push the knob back in and it doesn't turn, but allows you to add more twists if needed. You can get them for $75+ if you really wanted to but that is a good bit silly. Airparts Inc sells very good quality ones for $20 or so - but for only the occaisional use Harbor Freight sells one for $10. Other than stuff like this, they come in handy with making armatures for trees, barbed wire fencing - lots of stuff. Also, you can use safety wire in place of the beading wire. Comes in lots of small diameter sizes for around $5 for a 5 lb roll (length depends on gauge of wire - might be as little as 250 feet or as much as 2000 feet on a roll). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humansquish Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 [*]The heads and body parts are just bits left over from writing an article. I wish I had pieces of pewter show up when I write an article. I like the color of his skin. I keep wanting to get Terezina and this guy, but always forget when I'm at the flgs. I also keep telling myself that I'll try out the Moonscar Court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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