Spell effect conversions in Zombicide (Gandalf Battle-Smoker)

[Teskal 1941]

Bob in the role as Tim The Enchanter.

I saw parts of the movies, seeing Bob throwing fire around and knew I need a Fireball for him. :-)



Small Fireball Tutorial:
01. Get a ~0,65mm needle and glue a small plastic bead on it. Some have balls at the end.
02. For the fire around the needle and the ball I used a small hotgluegun trying not to get a to smoothed surface.
03. After the hotglue was cold I tried with the hot a more uneaven surface on the hotglue, again.
04. I drilled a 0,65mm hole in the hand. (better use a hand drilling tool, not a machine!)
05. Bended the needle a little bit
06. used 2-epoxy-glue to glue it in the hand
07. to make it sure it does not change the position I put the fireball on something.
08. painted it white
09. painted it yellow
10. painted it orange
11. painted it red while orange is wet
12. painted it black on the jet near the hand while orange and red are wet

Edited July 3, 2016 by Teskal

[Darsc Zacal 46997]

That looks great Teskal. Wonderful use of the pin to sculpt the fireball around.

And the fireball effect really suits that mini and its pose. I really like it.

[Glitterwolf 204663]

Very cool idea.

 

You could transform the glue into a spell, Ice or something else too.

[Gargs 5898]

Awesome job!

[Teskal 1941]

Morgan starts throwing Lightning bolts in Zombicide: Black Plague

(I think this thread should be eventually in conversions and not in WIP)

Also known as Merlin in the movie Excalibur.

The mini is only in base colors in the moment. (I learned it is not a good idea to do it first, if you want to modifiy a mini...)
I used a ~0.6mm wire and pliers with sharp edges to get the curves in the wire. I wanted much sharper edges, but we can't get always what we want or not?

Drilled a hole in the staff and get the wire in the hole and bended the wire so mostly in one direction.

I painted it first in a metallic white and used Minitaire Ghost Ink Yellow and put on the edges and few other spots normal white.

 

I'm not sure if I will not change the color of the lightning. I'm not totally convinced if I like the color.
 

 

Another version I made before I made the new version on the top.

 

Same method, used round pliers instead and more bended wires. The wire under the hand is also in a drilled hole.

Glued partly parts with super glue or 2-epoxy glue.

 

I wanted lightnings, but after painting it blue-white, it looked more like water.

 

But I got also an idea on FB to let it black and that this could be Venom. :-) What I liked and will use it as spell effect eventually later.

 

[Teskal 1941]

Ok, completed Tim/Bob is >>here<<

 

Repainted the lighning. Next picture from him will be in the same thread as Tim.

 

[robinh 9916]

to get sharp edges  you might try pounding the wire a bit flat before twisting it up so it has more of a flat look.

[Teskal 1941]

I think I will try it. The new wire is not glued at all.

This could meant that I need a bigger hole in the staff...

[Glitterwolf 204663]

Great!

 

Maybe paint lightning silver with a  blue accent?

[Teskal 1941]

What I tried was silver and a blue transparent paint (Minitaire Ghost Inks). But wasn't really cool.

There is a cool miniature from Infamy Miniatures. It is named Tesla and has a lighning sculpted, which looks really cool and looks also cool painted blue white. Painted pictures are easy to find online. But on a wire only it looks not so good.

 

I'm thinking about making more magical effects. Two minis I would like to give spell effects:
1st: Baldric aka Gandalf
He need a pointed hat! And eventuall a pipe in his mouth and out of the pipe some smoke and the smoke looks like... I don't know... :-)

But more important I'm not sure which magical effect I can give him. He didn't use much magic in the books. Only a light spell I can remember and non-successful 'Open Door' spells...

 

Anyone remembering other spells?

 

2nd: Milo aka The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Does anyone know "Der Zauberlehrling" from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? (english translation) I thought about this poem the first time I saw Milo. :-)

So I thought maybe to make a broom standing on 'two legs' which he use to get more speed in the game. :-)

 

Eventually also a buckel fallen on it's side and water on the floor.

[Silvervane 11871]

[bookmarked] Great spell effects!  I will have to use these.

[Teskal 1941]

Check this picture:

 

 

And check this picture, can you tell what is wrong with this mini? Beside needing paint?

 

 

Working on his spell:
 

 

 

 

Also started working on his back:

 

[Teskal 1941]

Broomstick for Milo:
 



New picture of the bucket:


Milo's back:



Gandalf's pipe (Not sure if I use it.)

[Teskal 1941]

Ok, the bucket is not a beauty, but unique. :-)

 

Tell me what you think about the pipe?

 

My idea was to make the smoke glowing. I want to make a hat later and a glowing smoke-cloud hiding afraid under the hat and one cloud behind the had and in the top of the staff. Any one know the afraid glowing cloud?

Only drawback would be that the hat does hide the nice hair.

 

 

Edited July 3, 2016 by Teskal

[Glitterwolf 204663]

The pipe is a nice touch, although I wonder if a pipe like that shouldn't be too heavy to keep it in his mouth withouth holding it with one hand.