Crafts of Annihilation - Making G'lyh'rul

The aboleth mini is a Goroloth from Reaper Minis. I got this mini for free from a friend and it was missing its tail and two of its fins. I had to sculpt a new tail and fins out of green stuff - which I ran out of and had to make the fins out of cheaper and not-as-good plumbers putty from the hardware store.

This is the first mini I painted with my airbrush.

Crafts of Annihilation - Making the Death God's Nursery

Death God's Nursery

The Death God's Nursery was made from Dollar Store foam core.

After assembly I spray painted the whole thing black.

I got some cheap battery-powered lights from Michael's and put down several layers of red and yellow crepe paper - the kind used to put in gift bags - which I used as paper mache for the lava. I painted the paper mache lava yellow with dry-brushed orange, red, and black, in that order.

I didn't get the diffused lighting I was hoping for. The lights were still clearly tiny pin-points of light.

I then painted the "visible" areas gray and painted on a 1" grid.

The balconies eventually curled up a bit, but it was good enough for one encounter.

Crafts of Annihilation - Making the Atropal

The Atropal had an interior core made from crumpled up foil. I covered the foil with Sculpey polymer clay. I re-did the arms and face several times because I wasn't getting that "evil fetus" look I was hoping for.

Baking in the oven. I had to make a support cradle out of tin foil.

Painted a gray base coat.

Painted on watered down colors to give it a translucent look.

Drilled a hole in the butt for the Games Workshop flying base.

The final product among the scenery.

Crafts of Annihilation - Making the Froghemoth

I sculpted the froghemoth out of Sculpey polymer clay. I made the tentacles separately and glued them on after baking. I then primed and painted it using simple ceramic paints and some ink washes.