BEHOLD(ers)! [Archive] - Wizards Community

BEHOLD(ers)! [Archive] - Wizards Community

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beckyg
10-24-06, 11:19 PM When life gives you styrofoam balls, make Beholders (or call a doctor).
http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beholders_close-up_scary1.jpg

I was running a D&D campaign with Beholders in it, and to my surprise, Wizards of the Coast has not made any freakin' Beholder figurines! (Not that I could find, anyway.) They're only one of the most trademark monsters in the system, so why would we want to go and do something like make some figures of them - especially when we could make a fiendish gnoll warlock instead. Everyone knows there are just dozens of them running around. 9_9

Anywho, I corrected this shortcoming by making my own out of styrofoam balls, brown paint, pipe cleaners, googly-eyes (yes they move) and my trusty glue gun (also useful for making drool). The mouth I grabbed from one of my many pics of Cthulhu type monsters and printed them out and glued them on.

Here you can see that I used homemade stands to put them on (courtesy of my husband). I placed an unpainted figure there for scale. The Beholders are about the right size in comparison to the human figure.

http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beholders_scale1.jpg

The finale of my campaign had a Beholder "Hive Mother" in it. They're bigger and nastier. Mine also happened to be a lich, but that's niether here nor there. ;-)

Hive Mother
http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beh_hive_mother1.jpg

Hive Mother in scale.
http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beh_hive_mother_scale2.jpg

I know they're kinda primitive, but they get the job done. ;)
rudie
10-24-06, 11:22 PM :ayyyy!:
TheChilliGod
10-24-06, 11:29 PM I was running a D&D campaign with Beholders in it, and to my surprise, Wizards of the Coast has not made any freakin' Beholder figurines! (Not that I could find, anyway.) You weren't looking Hard Enough (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dk_gallery/x32.jpg).

Regardless, those are some really awesome-looking beholders. Complete with proper flying in the air! Bonus kudos for the drool.

:cookie:
Androlphas
10-25-06, 07:03 AM Brilliant!
CzarGarrett
10-25-06, 08:54 AM /target OP
/salute

Awesome
Moriollad_Redralle
10-25-06, 09:33 AM Not that I know anything about crafts, but wood won't balance very well on cardboard (not for long, anyway), which is relatively easy to bend. Note that before you try to use those much.
mathogre
10-25-06, 09:50 AM Those are beautiful!!!! Great job. Hmmm... maybe I can get my daughter to make one for me...

:behold: :behold: :behold: :behold:
mearrin69
10-25-06, 10:50 AM Very nice! If anyone is a teacher I vote that they have their entire class make beholders and beholder-kin. It might set the rest of the faculty on edge, however.
Fabius Maximus
10-25-06, 10:53 AM Awww! They're so cute. :D
The_Jester
10-25-06, 11:08 AM You weren't looking Hard Enough (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dk_gallery/x32.jpg).

Regardless, those are some really awesome-looking beholders. Complete with proper flying in the air! Bonus kudos for the drool.

:cookie:

If you count out-of-print minis that sell for a buttload...
You could make an army of arts-and-crafts beholders with the same amount of money.

How did you make the droll, that is brilliant!
eileenh28
10-25-06, 11:20 AM The angry eyebrow over the central eye makes it art.

Great work!
invaladuser
10-25-06, 03:14 PM Best Figure Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EscherEnigma
10-25-06, 06:00 PM I suddenly feel inspired to write an adventure with beholders as the main villains after I craft a few of these myself. nifty!
edit13
10-25-06, 06:03 PM The angry eyebrow over the central eye makes it art.

Great work!

Quoted for truth.
Silverthumb128
10-25-06, 07:19 PM How did you make the droll, that is brilliant!

It looks like some sort of glue?

I'm gonna have to go with the mob here, those Beholders=great. Anyone who brought those to my game would get 5000 xp automatically. :D
Moriollad_Redralle
10-25-06, 10:28 PM It looks like some sort of glue?

I'm gonna have to go with the mob here, those Beholders=great. Anyone who brought those to my game would get 5000 xp automatically. :D

...Which is enough to level up a Level One Cleric (my character) twice, I think.
SokenzanMarauder
10-25-06, 10:37 PM How did you make the drool, that is brilliant!
The answer:
Anywho, I corrected this shortcoming by making my own out of styrofoam balls, brown paint, pipe cleaners, googly-eyes (yes they move) and my trusty glue gun (also useful for making drool). The mouth I grabbed from one of my many pics of Cthulhu type monsters and printed them out and glued them on.

-Gene
halflingvampire
10-26-06, 09:57 AM awesome!!!!!!!
runestar
10-26-06, 10:12 AM I wonder if there might be a potential market for homemade dnd minis on ebay...:P
bgt
10-26-06, 10:33 AM Thank Pelor my mom practicly has a A.C. Moore in our basement; these blow the squares of cut-up lottery ticket i was going to use for beholders clean out of the water.
beckyg, giving you any old forum cookie isn't enough. You win a photo-realistic forum cookie: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/mutch/Smilies/cookie_01.jpg Also, here's a cow: http://www.gay.hr/web/smilies/cow.gif Congratulations!
Silverthumb128
10-26-06, 12:56 PM ...Which is enough to level up a Level One Cleric (my character) twice, I think.

Or a level one Fighter, or a level one Bard, or a level one Wizard, or a level one Druid, or a level one Barbarian, or a level one Rogue, or a level one Sorceror... :D
bholdr_mage
10-26-06, 01:11 PM Not that I know anything about crafts, but wood won't balance very well on cardboard (not for long, anyway), which is relatively easy to bend. Note that before you try to use those much.

If you look hard enough, you can see a penny below the cardboard for support.

Anyway, maybe we could see like a PC styrofoam party; fully equiped with weapons, spells, and the like with cut out bodies and teenie tiny styrofoam heads? :D
Noxweather
10-26-06, 04:15 PM When life gives you styrofoam balls, make Beholders (or call a doctor).
http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beholders_close-up_scary1.jpg

I was running a D&D campaign with Beholders in it, and to my surprise, Wizards of the Coast has not made any freakin' Beholder figurines! (Not that I could find, anyway.) They're only one of the most trademark monsters in the system, so why would we want to go and do something like make some figures of them - especially when we could make a fiendish gnoll warlock instead. Everyone knows there are just dozens of them running around. 9_9

Anywho, I corrected this shortcoming by making my own out of styrofoam balls, brown paint, pipe cleaners, googly-eyes (yes they move) and my trusty glue gun (also useful for making drool). The mouth I grabbed from one of my many pics of Cthulhu type monsters and printed them out and glued them on.

Here you can see that I used homemade stands to put them on (courtesy of my husband). I placed an unpainted figure there for scale. The Beholders are about the right size in comparison to the human figure.

http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beholders_scale1.jpg

The finale of my campaign had a Beholder "Hive Mother" in it. They're bigger and nastier. Mine also happened to be a lich, but that's niether here nor there. ;-)

Hive Mother
http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beh_hive_mother1.jpg

Hive Mother in scale.
http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beh_hive_mother_scale2.jpg

I know they're kinda primitive, but they get the job done. ;)

I love you.
Stardrake
10-26-06, 05:14 PM Those are some kinda nice!

And don't put down your skillz--they look better than the original drawing of a beholder on the cover of the OD&D Supplement 1, GREYHAWK. (Then again, most things look better than OD&D artwork....:D )
Jshock_75
10-26-06, 05:22 PM The large, staring googly eyes make them oddly scary... unnerving, anyway. Wikkid kewl!:bow:
Whisper_Swiftblade
10-26-06, 05:31 PM you truely deserve a high-five.

now if only we had a scale tarresque....
SquirrelMortis
10-26-06, 05:39 PM Awesome! I may have to come into your house and steal them in the night! After all, I am Squirrelmortis...
bhu
10-26-06, 06:52 PM Mass Kewl! :ayyyy!:
halflingvampire
10-27-06, 09:26 AM so kewl, i need to switch to l33tsp3ak
RobbyPants
10-27-06, 03:02 PM :behold: AWESOME! :D
Auburn
10-27-06, 03:42 PM That is awesome beyond belief. Poseable eyestalks. What mini could give you that?
Pangeon
10-27-06, 03:47 PM You win D&D. :D

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
beckyg 10-24-06, 11:19 PM	When life gives you styrofoam balls, make Beholders (or call a doctor). http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beholders_close-up_scary1.jpg I was running a D&D campaign with Beholders in it, and to my surprise, Wizards of the Coast has not made any freakin' Beholder figurines! (Not that I could find, anyway.) They're only one of the most trademark monsters in the system, so why would we want to go and do something like make some figures of them - especially when we could make a fiendish gnoll warlock instead. Everyone knows there are just dozens of them running around. 9_9 Anywho, I corrected this shortcoming by making my own out of styrofoam balls, brown paint, pipe cleaners, googly-eyes (yes they move) and my trusty glue gun (also useful for making drool). The mouth I grabbed from one of my many pics of Cthulhu type monsters and printed them out and glued them on. Here you can see that I used homemade stands to put them on (courtesy of my husband). I placed an unpainted figure there for scale. The Beholders are about the right size in comparison to the human figure. http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beholders_scale1.jpg The finale of my campaign had a Beholder "Hive Mother" in it. They're bigger and nastier. Mine also happened to be a lich, but that's niether here nor there. ;-) Hive Mother http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beh_hive_mother1.jpg Hive Mother in scale. http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beh_hive_mother_scale2.jpg I know they're kinda primitive, but they get the job done. ;)
rudie 10-24-06, 11:22 PM	:ayyyy!:
TheChilliGod 10-24-06, 11:29 PM	I was running a D&D campaign with Beholders in it, and to my surprise, Wizards of the Coast has not made any freakin' Beholder figurines! (Not that I could find, anyway.) You weren't looking Hard Enough (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dk_gallery/x32.jpg). Regardless, those are some really awesome-looking beholders. Complete with proper flying in the air! Bonus kudos for the drool. :cookie:
Androlphas 10-25-06, 07:03 AM	Brilliant!
CzarGarrett 10-25-06, 08:54 AM	/target OP /salute Awesome
Moriollad_Redralle 10-25-06, 09:33 AM	Not that I know anything about crafts, but wood won't balance very well on cardboard (not for long, anyway), which is relatively easy to bend. Note that before you try to use those much.
mathogre 10-25-06, 09:50 AM	Those are beautiful!!!! Great job. Hmmm... maybe I can get my daughter to make one for me... :behold: :behold: :behold: :behold:
mearrin69 10-25-06, 10:50 AM	Very nice! If anyone is a teacher I vote that they have their entire class make beholders and beholder-kin. It might set the rest of the faculty on edge, however.
Fabius Maximus 10-25-06, 10:53 AM	Awww! They're so cute. :D
The_Jester 10-25-06, 11:08 AM	You weren't looking Hard Enough (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dk_gallery/x32.jpg). Regardless, those are some really awesome-looking beholders. Complete with proper flying in the air! Bonus kudos for the drool. :cookie: If you count out-of-print minis that sell for a buttload... You could make an army of arts-and-crafts beholders with the same amount of money. How did you make the droll, that is brilliant!
eileenh28 10-25-06, 11:20 AM	The angry eyebrow over the central eye makes it art. Great work!
invaladuser 10-25-06, 03:14 PM	Best Figure Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EscherEnigma 10-25-06, 06:00 PM	I suddenly feel inspired to write an adventure with beholders as the main villains after I craft a few of these myself. nifty!
edit13 10-25-06, 06:03 PM	The angry eyebrow over the central eye makes it art. Great work! Quoted for truth.
Silverthumb128 10-25-06, 07:19 PM	How did you make the droll, that is brilliant! It looks like some sort of glue? I'm gonna have to go with the mob here, those Beholders=great. Anyone who brought those to my game would get 5000 xp automatically. :D
Moriollad_Redralle 10-25-06, 10:28 PM	It looks like some sort of glue? I'm gonna have to go with the mob here, those Beholders=great. Anyone who brought those to my game would get 5000 xp automatically. :D ...Which is enough to level up a Level One Cleric (my character) twice, I think.
SokenzanMarauder 10-25-06, 10:37 PM	How did you make the drool, that is brilliant! The answer: Anywho, I corrected this shortcoming by making my own out of styrofoam balls, brown paint, pipe cleaners, googly-eyes (yes they move) and my trusty glue gun (also useful for making drool). The mouth I grabbed from one of my many pics of Cthulhu type monsters and printed them out and glued them on. -Gene
halflingvampire 10-26-06, 09:57 AM	awesome!!!!!!!
runestar 10-26-06, 10:12 AM	I wonder if there might be a potential market for homemade dnd minis on ebay...:P
bgt 10-26-06, 10:33 AM	Thank Pelor my mom practicly has a A.C. Moore in our basement; these blow the squares of cut-up lottery ticket i was going to use for beholders clean out of the water. beckyg, giving you any old forum cookie isn't enough. You win a photo-realistic forum cookie: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/mutch/Smilies/cookie_01.jpg Also, here's a cow: http://www.gay.hr/web/smilies/cow.gif Congratulations!
Silverthumb128 10-26-06, 12:56 PM	...Which is enough to level up a Level One Cleric (my character) twice, I think. Or a level one Fighter, or a level one Bard, or a level one Wizard, or a level one Druid, or a level one Barbarian, or a level one Rogue, or a level one Sorceror... :D
bholdr_mage 10-26-06, 01:11 PM	Not that I know anything about crafts, but wood won't balance very well on cardboard (not for long, anyway), which is relatively easy to bend. Note that before you try to use those much. If you look hard enough, you can see a penny below the cardboard for support. Anyway, maybe we could see like a PC styrofoam party; fully equiped with weapons, spells, and the like with cut out bodies and teenie tiny styrofoam heads? :D
Noxweather 10-26-06, 04:15 PM	When life gives you styrofoam balls, make Beholders (or call a doctor). http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beholders_close-up_scary1.jpg I was running a D&D campaign with Beholders in it, and to my surprise, Wizards of the Coast has not made any freakin' Beholder figurines! (Not that I could find, anyway.) They're only one of the most trademark monsters in the system, so why would we want to go and do something like make some figures of them - especially when we could make a fiendish gnoll warlock instead. Everyone knows there are just dozens of them running around. 9_9 Anywho, I corrected this shortcoming by making my own out of styrofoam balls, brown paint, pipe cleaners, googly-eyes (yes they move) and my trusty glue gun (also useful for making drool). The mouth I grabbed from one of my many pics of Cthulhu type monsters and printed them out and glued them on. Here you can see that I used homemade stands to put them on (courtesy of my husband). I placed an unpainted figure there for scale. The Beholders are about the right size in comparison to the human figure. http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beholders_scale1.jpg The finale of my campaign had a Beholder "Hive Mother" in it. They're bigger and nastier. Mine also happened to be a lich, but that's niether here nor there. ;-) Hive Mother http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beh_hive_mother1.jpg Hive Mother in scale. http://www.wildlife-fantasy.com/photos/beh_hive_mother_scale2.jpg I know they're kinda primitive, but they get the job done. ;) I love you.
Stardrake 10-26-06, 05:14 PM	Those are some kinda nice! And don't put down your skillz--they look better than the original drawing of a beholder on the cover of the OD&D Supplement 1, GREYHAWK. (Then again, most things look better than OD&D artwork....:D )
Jshock_75 10-26-06, 05:22 PM	The large, staring googly eyes make them oddly scary... unnerving, anyway. Wikkid kewl!:bow:
Whisper_Swiftblade 10-26-06, 05:31 PM	you truely deserve a high-five. now if only we had a scale tarresque....
SquirrelMortis 10-26-06, 05:39 PM	Awesome! I may have to come into your house and steal them in the night! After all, I am Squirrelmortis...
bhu 10-26-06, 06:52 PM	Mass Kewl! :ayyyy!:
halflingvampire 10-27-06, 09:26 AM	so kewl, i need to switch to l33tsp3ak
RobbyPants 10-27-06, 03:02 PM	:behold: AWESOME! :D
Auburn 10-27-06, 03:42 PM	That is awesome beyond belief. Poseable eyestalks. What mini could give you that?
Pangeon 10-27-06, 03:47 PM	You win D&D. :D