Welcome back to whatever the heck this blog is. I'm a little too scared to try and define it. It might get scared away. This got weird fast. Let's move on. This time around it's a classic monster from good ol' Greek mythology. Pretty much everyone has seen one of these at some point in their lives. But I bet those Chimeras were never as cute as this one:
D'aww. Goodest monstrosity ever. This lil guy is made purely from dollar store toys. The best part? You can make your own chimera out of whatever animals your local store has available. Mine just happens to be doggo, snek and goat. But yours could be gecko, lion and llama; you do you!
What you'll need:
- your choice of toy animals
- extra bits of plastic and a craft knife
- primer/paint/sealer
- hot glue
- super glue
- tooth picks
- basing materials
I think that's it. Working with pre-made plastic toys makes it fairly simple but once again WASH THEM BEFOREHAND with soap and warm water. Your paint will have a much better time. I repeat this very often but your paint could potentially just peel off if you don't wash your toys.
Take your chosen chimeric elements and chop 'em up. Get messy. I had to lop off a goat's head, a snakes head, a bug's tail AND carve out spaces on my dog to glue all those on. Yes, I felt terrible. No, I'm not completely over it. Super glue them on and use hot glue to fill the cracks, OR use the old superglue and baking soda method for fill. Any spikes are just tooth picks. I personally could not find any winged animals to brutalize, so I cut my wings out of an old pill bottle. I then used hot glue on them to give them texture.
Paint it up and base it. The dead body is optional, I just had an old mini I was never going to use lying around. I think it adds a bit of danger to the piece that my players will totally ignore. Also please excuse the base still needing a few touch ups. I got liberal with my glue. And that's all folks. With any luck your party won't kill it in one round like mine did.
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