Welcome back and I'm so sorry about the title of this post. I couldn't help it. But not that sorry because I for one think I'm funny. Continuing the trend of using dollar store toys to create usable tabletop minis, this post is similar to a previous dino-themed post, but took a bit more work. But not much more. Overall I'm happy with it.
So what the heck is a Behir? Not the most common of creatures to face. Behirs look sort of like wingless blue dragons with extra limbs. They weigh around 2 tons and measure around 40 feet long. They also climb things a lot. They also breathe lightning. Stand back. Wayy back.
Behirs also hate dragons weirdly enough and have a crazy history involving giants and wars. If you like nerdy lore I suggest you look into it. For the rest of us non-nerds, here's the mini:
Hoo boy, what is that thing? Why is it blue? Are those horns? Well I'll tell you once I've padded the word count on this post enough. That's probably good. Wait for it. Okay now.
This started as a cheap rubber Brontosaurus. You can get dollar store dinosaurs in big packs for very cheap. Then I hacked up some other useless dino and added their limbs and horns to this model. Didn't get one with horns in your pack? Toothpicks work. Or use a craft knife to carve extra bits into horn shapes. Then toothpicks for spikes and fangs and paint it all up.
Other things you'll need:
- superglue
- basing material (dollar store craft woods work well) for 3" x 3" base
I think that's it. Using toys is fairly simple since you already have a complete base figure and can then add extra bits to it. I also added some corks painted like rocks to my base to break up space. I will say make sure you wash the toys before you paint them. That's important if you want your cheap craft paints to stick. Sometimes cheap toys can have mold-release agents on them and it will cause your paints to peel off very easily. Avoid that if possible.
There you have it. All that work for a bad pun.
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