Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Mystery Fish

One of the scenarios for Turnip28 is called 'Gone Fishing' and simply declares that both sides' regiments have been swallowed by a fish! But now they are escaping (they deploy in turns directly into a 12" square in the middle of the board - which is very close proximity to each other!). This scenario visually benefits greatly if you have a fish terrain piece for the two armies to climb out of.  Well, here's mine:




This is Sculpey formed around aluminum foil. I tried to make the guts weird but not too gross. The decision to give it a human nose and teeth was partially inspired by medieval drawings of whales and other sea beasts which the illustrators had never actually seen.  Below are some work-in-progress photos...







Here a spare toady shows you the various bits of the work in progress... (and to give you a sense of scale).





1 comment:

  1. That is awesome and terrifying! Well done! Seriously, nightmare material.

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