Vortigaunt alien
~50mm
Vortigaunts are aliens from the "Half-Life" games; Gordon Freeman first meets them as opponents, enslaved troops firing an electrical attack. In the second HL game, we meet free Vortigaunts, and they've joined the human resistance against the Combine's invasion of Earth.
Goose Hydra
28mm scale
"I do not like the cobra chicken"
A friend had this fun, deranged model printed for me as a birthday gift. It's from Yasashii Kyojin Studio on My Mini Factory.
Bob Ross
28mm
"There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend."
"Everyone sees nature through different eyes."
The almighty Bob Ross; TV painter heir to Bill Alexander and the man who taught millions of viewers that art should be enjoyable, and that there are no mistakes, only happy accidents.
I put Bob Ross videos on very often when I'm painting. His calm, soothing, encouraging presence helps me overcome anxieties I have of my own creations, and keeps reminding me that I should be having fun, not stressing about details.
Bob was one of those people who epitomized kindness and compassion. His interest in helping foster animals was one of those things that epitomized this. "Peapod the pocket squirrel" showed up in season 22, but he introduced us to so many little birds and creatures on his show.
This figure is a resin 3D print made from a HeroForge STL I put together.
D&D Bard and Fighter
28mm
So a friend of mine is running a D&D game, or will be as soon as we can fit five adult schedules together 😄. We had a session zero to start our character creation and background, and I decided to play a bard. I've offered to source and even paint figures for anyone who wants, and I've had one taker so far.
Gedly of Lamneth is a bard of the College of Lore, who plays the bass lute. He has secret demonic heritage which allows him to cast the Fireball cantrip as well as his regular complement of bardic magic.
Thorin is a human fighter, and acolyte of Tyr the god of valor and war. Tall, fair haired, and lean, he wields a silvered sword.
Both of these figures were lightly converted, which is so much easier with the D&D plastic minis! For Gedly I removed a hat and added long hair and glasses, and modified his sword blade and lute. For Thorin, I covered up elf ears with more hair, and removed a falcon from his outstretched hand.
Red Barchetta
20mm scale
I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant Red Barchetta
From a better vanished time
Fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar.
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime...
This little vignette is inspired by the epic 1981 Rush song "Red Barchetta" from the album Moving Pictures. Neil Peart wrote the lyrics based on a science fiction story called "A Nice Morning Drive", about a future where old, "unsafe" cars have been replaced by safe armored behemoths... whose drivers sometimes run old cars off the road for sport. A man takes his uncle's carefully hidden roadster for a country joyride and has a narrow escape from two "gleaming alloy aircars".
The car is a Matchbox 1949 Kurtis Sportcar. The human figure here is actually my very first 3-D printed figure, a model from Thingiverse printed off on my supervisor's Ender 3. I included a few Rush references in the model just for fun:
