SPECIAL DEFENSES: Silver or magic weapons to hit Here are the stats, 1st edition Monster Manual style: GREAT WIGHT SHARK There’s a steel pin running through the bark base through the bottom jaw of that I’ve disguised as blood dripping out its maw and running off the lowest point of its chin. I added bloodsplatter to create visual interest, and also to attach it to a gaming base. She’s a shark, and she glows in the dark. Rather than squander this gimmick under putty and paint I decided to harness it to portray a fish spectre. But then I realised the toy was not just green but GLOW IN THE DARK. I also thought I could sculpt a samurai armour visor on top and make it into an Oriental Knightfish. I was initially drawn to it because of the armour-plated head, which I thought could be transformed into a cool fantasy fish-helmet. This monster started life as a free gift with some CBBC kids magazine. It’s explicitly not a modelling or painting challenge, so don’t expect to win with technical excellency.No point finding a cheap plastic toy dragon and painting it to be a … dragon. It’s a challenge about creating a fresh iconic monster. (“Did you try company X‘s miniatures?” you could snark.) Not any of this blog’s regular finely-detailed fodder, but something entirely unsuitable for real miniature modelling. Find something cheap and nasty and plastic.
The competition rules I took to heart were: James’ challenge is to do the same and win fabulous magic prizes. Legend goes that young Gary, looking for fantasy monsters to populate his dungeons, got a bag of cheap plastic monsters from Hong Kong and made up names and rules, bringing Rust Monsters, Bulletes and Owlbears to life for the first time. James over at Gonzo History is running a competition inspired by Gary Gygax’s antics designing the original D&D monsters.
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