Post by indigo777 on Jul 15, 2013 14:45:22 GMT -5
Decided to make a Gelatinous Cube miniature out of hot glue using a similar method to how I create oozes.
To make this I built a 1 brick tall 1 and 7/8ths by 1 and 7/8ths of an inch square frame out of legos and placed a dice container in the middle.
I made sure to coat all the legos and dice container with petroleum jelly so the glue would not adhere to the frames.
I then applied hot glue around the container until I reached the top of the first layer of bricks.
I then put another layer of bricks on top of the lego frame and applied hot glue again to fill up the frame.
I then repeated this over and over until I had an almost 2 inch tall cube of glue with a hollow center.
When the glue had dried I flipped the mold over and applied a layer of glue over the top of the dice cube making the gelatinous cubes top.
Once this was cooled I removed the entire frame of legos from the cube. Sadly I had to cut the Gelatinous cube in half on one side to remove it from the dice container and the dice container broke in the process. The gelatinous cube was easily hot glued back together though.
To finalize the cubes shape I applied another layer of hot glue over the gelatinous cube similar to how I make oozes, doing this for the top and four sides of the cube. This added a nice continuous coating to the cube and sealed up spots the hot glue had not reached while it was in the mold.
I added globs of glue on to the top of each side of the cube and and let them run down the cube to give it an organic ooze appearance. I ran the hot glue guns tip over the bottom of the cube to flatten it out so it stood evenly. It measured about 2"x"2x"2 give or take 1/8th of an inch in some places. This was what it looked like when done.
The cube is hollow and able to fit over miniatures. Here it is flipped over to show the cavity holding 4 medium sized creatures.
I gave the cube a spring green colored paint wash to bring out the details and give the cube its infamous green color. Then coated the cube in a thick clear coating of paint to make it look slimy.
To finalize the Ooze I plan to add an LED to the inside to make it glow. Here it is with an LED flashlight illuminating it from behind.
This miniature ended up being more costly than I had thought it would have been. In the end it took 22 miniature Glue Sticks worth of glue to make it (about $2.50 worth of hot glue) and I lost a dice container in the process lol. I'm extremely happy with it though. Its strong and flexible so I don't see it ever breaking in play. And even though it took an insane amount of glue it is still 20 times cheaper then the $60.00+ the WOTC Gelatinous Cube sells for.
To make this I built a 1 brick tall 1 and 7/8ths by 1 and 7/8ths of an inch square frame out of legos and placed a dice container in the middle.
I made sure to coat all the legos and dice container with petroleum jelly so the glue would not adhere to the frames.
I then applied hot glue around the container until I reached the top of the first layer of bricks.
I then put another layer of bricks on top of the lego frame and applied hot glue again to fill up the frame.
I then repeated this over and over until I had an almost 2 inch tall cube of glue with a hollow center.
When the glue had dried I flipped the mold over and applied a layer of glue over the top of the dice cube making the gelatinous cubes top.
Once this was cooled I removed the entire frame of legos from the cube. Sadly I had to cut the Gelatinous cube in half on one side to remove it from the dice container and the dice container broke in the process. The gelatinous cube was easily hot glued back together though.
To finalize the cubes shape I applied another layer of hot glue over the gelatinous cube similar to how I make oozes, doing this for the top and four sides of the cube. This added a nice continuous coating to the cube and sealed up spots the hot glue had not reached while it was in the mold.
I added globs of glue on to the top of each side of the cube and and let them run down the cube to give it an organic ooze appearance. I ran the hot glue guns tip over the bottom of the cube to flatten it out so it stood evenly. It measured about 2"x"2x"2 give or take 1/8th of an inch in some places. This was what it looked like when done.
The cube is hollow and able to fit over miniatures. Here it is flipped over to show the cavity holding 4 medium sized creatures.
I gave the cube a spring green colored paint wash to bring out the details and give the cube its infamous green color. Then coated the cube in a thick clear coating of paint to make it look slimy.
To finalize the Ooze I plan to add an LED to the inside to make it glow. Here it is with an LED flashlight illuminating it from behind.
This miniature ended up being more costly than I had thought it would have been. In the end it took 22 miniature Glue Sticks worth of glue to make it (about $2.50 worth of hot glue) and I lost a dice container in the process lol. I'm extremely happy with it though. Its strong and flexible so I don't see it ever breaking in play. And even though it took an insane amount of glue it is still 20 times cheaper then the $60.00+ the WOTC Gelatinous Cube sells for.
