"The Making of The Glob!" Topic

At great peril, I give you:

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Doc

YES!

…wow…it was hot glue.

You sir have a masterful touch to take something simple and elevate it to the point that it befuddles the viewer into believing it is something else.

Well on you.

Damn.

I had all these complex thoughts…you tricked me…you pulled a veritable Lucy holding a football to my Charlie trying to kick it…aaaaaarrrrrrgggggg *bam!*…good grief…

I thought for sure you found a source of shaved plastic…like an industrial factory of some sort…damn…well done.

Thanks for the share.

:)

Awwwww, baby Globs :)

Fabulous effect!
… now to plan for an arm extending out
with a skeletal arm inside!!!

Chris

thanks for the tips!

To be honest, looking at the above picture a moment ago it struck me that these are perfect Lovecraftian Shoggoth.

"shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes forming and un-forming as pustules of greenish light all over the tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us"

A fun aspect would be the gaming use of the above, I mean to say have all the pieces touch base to base, the whole monster can spread out in any direction as far as it has base to base contact…the only real hope the hapless humans have is to break the monster down, burn the smaller parts before they reconnect with the mass or consume the humans adding to the mass.

A game of attrition and cat/mouse.

Fun times.

"the only real hope the hapless humans have is to break the monster down, burn the smaller parts before they reconnect with the mass or consume the humans adding to the mass"

…or consume the humans…

What if that were "consume any organic material"?

"Oh god Clem it's heading for the grain silos!"

Very cool, and easy to do them in different colors, too.

OMG!!!

That is so cool and so original. I've got to try that!

Doctor Merkury, you are a genius! Truly, this is like one of the best ideas I've seen in a very, very long time. And I'm not kidding when I say that.

I wonder what they would look like on oval bases, so you can represent movement and direction of the organism. Perhaps thin teardrop-shaped "woodsies"?

NOTE #1:

The following mixed pack could be used to show stationary (circular), movement (teardrop) and mytosis (See Note #4). The beads and woodsies are so cheap, you can have 5 done (one of each shape of standard size, and two small ones) for each glob on the board:

NOTE #2:

And if the ovals aren't entirely flat, just add a thin lip to the underside and press down. That should make them nice and level.

NOTE #3:

And different colored beads could be used to show full strength and stages of wounding!!! Or even rank (if you don't want to simply use multiple number bead groups of the same color, to show the higher rank or just plain gradual expansion – like after a good feeding with a half-absorbed person inside). !!!

NOTE #4:

You could even use the oval shape (or a wood icecream spoon) and two small circular ones to show mytosis (asexual reproduction via division. You start with a large circular (stationary) one for the starting point, the oval (or wood spoon) to show the middle of the actual split process, and a couple of little circles to show the two baby blobs.

What do you guys think? I know I can't stop thinking about it.

Dan

I would use wooden tasting sticks

Put the marble on the round end and the trailing or reaching tendrils onto the other end.

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$14.50 +shipping for a 1000 or check with the local restaurant stores

But the teardrops work well also!

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You added extras pics after I posted lol…the bag of mixed shapes/sizes would be perfect…I just saw that at Hobby Lobby and for some reason didn't think of it.

Good one.

Dan
Could you have found a bigger pic?
lol

And . . .

If you want them to stay nice and hostile and make for a fun game, just don't let Spock anywhere near them!!!

Unless . . .

NOTE #5:

Tactile communication may be a tactic a couple of psychics in your army can use to neutralize them – if they don't fail and get eaten for being so close.

The look rock blob just gave me another idea . . .

NOTE #6:

You can sprinkle and then paint a few bits of gravel after the initial hot glue coat if you want the rock/blob mix effect:

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Guys, PLEASE HELP ME! I can't stop spilling out all these stupid ideas. It's like I'm suddenly possessed or something!!!

Which leads me to another idea . . .

NOTE #7: You could add tiny blobs on the top of the heads of humans (or simply somewhere on the base) to show they are possessed.

Dan
PS. 28mmMan, I was just trying to show a close up that showed the different sizes. :)

Doctor Merkury,

See what you've done!!!

One more . . .

NOTE #8:

If you mounted your glass beads on a washer, or you have placed a washer under the woodsies for weight, you can use a magnet to hold the figure while you apply the hot glue. That may put a little more distance between the hot material and your hand.

Dan

I would think that a variety of marbles and half flats would give you another measure of difference.

NOTE #9:

And, if you don't like the mytosis reproduction idea, you may want to get a whole bunch of tiny silver cup cake sugar balls/sprinkles (dragees):

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Just like the eggs of ST's "Horta":

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Dan

Gentlemen, proceed with caution, these "things" are not to be toyed with, they are deadly in every form.

Doc

With fear in her heart, Pandora wanted to warn everyone…but she knew it was too late…once the box was open…it was just too late…just too late…too late…

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Dan

QUESTION:

Has anyone tried doing something similar to this with clear silicone aquarium glass sealer?

Thanks,

Dan

my wife was right! she called the ink and hot glue.

Yep I gave her full props on the original thread.

Well done…she is the woman!

My brain took the bait and ran with it lol.

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Dan I have vast experience with silicone. Aquarium sealer is high cost without high returns…I would use the cheapest you can find

Usually $2 USD-7 for a tube…if you do not have a gun then stick a wire into the tube stem to break the seal and a hammer…handle side up into the base of the tube and pull down…the silicone will come out, collect and use…

Your only real issue will be that silicone will tend to droop, so build up in layers and keep an eye on it…or hang upside down for a few minutes to allow the tendrils to set.

Hmm, hanging stuff upside down is a great idea. I did that once with Green Stuff, to make fire on torches:

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Dan

Dan, this one?

:)

Mount your goo babies on cheap washers and hang them from a strip magnet.

The good Doktor has done it once again! Let us all bow to SCIENCE!!!!

Yeah, I'd avoid the cake decorating sugar. That's just asking for ants/bugs/etc.

Simple and effective.. nice one.