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| | recovered topic 8642 | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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Warlord
5692 Posts
| | 09/13/2005 4:45 PM |
| Wiring skeleton & paper mache (sp?).
Maybe some fiber optics for the eyes!! | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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sttmxn
Sergeant
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| | 09/13/2005 4:56 PM |
| | Paper mache could work--it's not that durable though. I wonder if it could be done in hard plastic somehow...like those plastic dinosaurs in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." | |
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yack
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| | 09/13/2005 5:37 PM |
| Someone on the WOTC Boards created one and man it rocked...not sure what he used but I'll see if i can did that thread up.
EDIT: sorry i checked and the older threads are gone...I think he used green stuff to create the ball and wire to mold the stalks. | |
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griffrat
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| | 09/13/2005 5:47 PM |
| Dude, that is a dream that anyone that is reading this post/thread could have at any given time.
It would be great at halloween!!! You don't need to play D&D to know it wants to eat you, and your CANDY!!! | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
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West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/13/2005 5:51 PM |
| What are the dimensions that a "life-size" beholder would have?
It sure would look odd on the front porch on Halloween...
You'd probably find out that there were people in the area that know about D&D that you didn't know knew about D&D. | |
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Warlord
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| | 09/13/2005 5:53 PM |
| | How did they make that fake shark head on Myth Busters? That might work for a Beholder. | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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sttmxn
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| | 09/13/2005 6:01 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Corim Danex
What are the dimensions that a "life-size" beholder would have?
squarescales and I were sort of mapping it out in a room. If it adhered to the scale of the miniature, it would be absolutely enormous: occupying about 7" x 7" x 10" of space (if you include the height of all his eye tentacles).
When you think about it that way, it really puts the menacing nature of the Beholder in perspective. I found myself rethinking the recent game night where we casually blew one away in a RPG adventure. | |
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sttmxn
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| | 09/13/2005 6:05 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by griffrat
Dude, that is a dream that anyone that is reading this post/thread could have at any given time.
That's probably true. The nerdiest aspect is not dreaming about a Beholder, or even a life-size Beholder--it's dreaming about finding a *retailer* of life-size Beholder. Ridiculous! | |
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squarescales
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| | 09/13/2005 7:56 PM |
| Inflatable holiday lawn ornaments seems like a good place to start. Something like this could be modified into a Beholder:
http://www.bronners.net/1087275.html | |
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Corim Danex
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| | 09/13/2005 8:48 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by squarescales
Inflatable holiday lawn ornaments seems like a good place to start. Something like this could be modified into a Beholder:
http://www.bronners.net/1087275.html
Ahem....Behold the Egg? | |
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sttmxn
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| | 09/13/2005 9:17 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by squarescales
Inflatable holiday lawn ornaments seems like a good place to start.
Smart. This might make a good inflatable armature:
And look, it's already eating children.
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japakar
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| | 09/13/2005 9:31 PM |
| One thing that seems to work well for mythbusters as said above is that foam. Not sure the type but its basically used for any type of sculpting of large items. You carve the basic shape using sand paper and knives (easily cut away, similar to florests foam they stick flowers in)
What id do off the top of my head is build the wire frame, paper mache it then take your time and layer plastic over the object until its coated. It would take a few days I am sure and a bit of plastic resin but youd have a hollow plastic beholder that was transparent, once you painted it it would appear to be a completly 1 piece hollow beholder.
Another very VERY good option is fibreglass.
You can make subwoofer boxes for your car out of it, I am sure it would make an awesome beholder! As said before youd make a wire frame and this time just layer on the fibreglass strips until you were satisfied with the thickness and coverage. Presto, let it dry sand off the rough spots and prime. Its ready for paint!
There are tons of tutorials for fibreglass out there.
Thinking again, I think fibreglass would be the best option. | |
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WakeXX
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| | 09/19/2005 8:19 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by sttmxn
quote:
Originally posted by griffrat
Dude, that is a dream that anyone that is reading this post/thread could have at any given time.
That's probably true. The nerdiest aspect is not dreaming about a Beholder, or even a life-size Beholder--it's dreaming about finding a *retailer* of life-size Beholder. Ridiculous!
Hmm,not nerdy at all.I purchase life sized beholders from my FLGS on daily basis.[)] | | | |
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dj-chuckles
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| | 09/20/2005 11:35 AM |
| | That would be frickin awesome... I'd put a laser spreaders in the eye stalks to get the real ray effect. But thats only if you got the money. | |
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