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2 years ago ::
Dec 29, 2010 - 1:14PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 15, 2004
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I was hoping that the Chompers would be large enough to use as Seps, but unfortunately no (again, problem with lack of size references). They can easily be Sep whelps, though... just need to get something for the Sep itself. Bulette would work fine, but they're a bit pricey.
Interestingly: the original (suitably sized) plastic toy used by Gary Gygax as a Bulette/Sep is still being sold (in Rite-Aid) in an ironically named "Realistic Dinosaurs" playset. The set also contains a Roc and a Dragon. Unfortunately, the creature Gygax used as a rust monster is no longer part of the set.
Some other options include Star Wars Houjix and the 1Monk Landshark paper model.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 29, 2010 - 1:37PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 13, 2010
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I also ordered two Vice Pincers, to stand in for orange herps, and I was hoping that the Chompers would be large enough to use as Seps, but unfortunately no (again, problem with lack of size references). They can easily be Sep whelps, though... just need to get something for the Sep itself. Bulette would work fine, but they're a bit pricey.
My vote for Soul Besh is the Monsterpocalypse Dire Ant:
For Orb, the Squix:
For Terl, the Psi-Eel (with some wings added):
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2 years ago ::
Dec 30, 2010 - 9:04AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 31, 2009
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Interestingly: the original (suitably sized) plastic toy used by Gary Gygax as a Bulette/Sep is still being sold (in Rite-Aid) in an ironically named "Realistic Dinosaurs" playset. The set also contains a Roc and a Dragon. Unfortunately, the creature Gygax used as a rust monster is no longer part of the set.
Really? Cool. I've been wondering about those old toys lately. I'll have a look next time I'm in a Rite-Aid. 
My vote for Soul Besh is the Monsterpocalypse Dire Ant:
Yeah, I'd considered that one.
For Orb, the Squix:
I bought two of those, expressly for that purpose.
For Terl, the Psi-Eel (with some wings added):
Oh! I hadn't thought of that one. Nice. I even have plastic wings from a cheap set of plastic bugs I bought.
Returning to the topic of the thread, though (Yeah, I know, I caused the drift, but I'll try to fix it now. heh)...
I don't think there are any miniatures that can properly represent the death saucer, but there are some models.
www.amazon.com/Triangular-Gravity-Atlant...
This one would be around 4.5 inches wide, which would work nicely if mounted on a 4" base.
www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucer-Model-Atlan...
Peronally I like this one, though. It's about 3" wide, which you could still put on a 4" base to bring it up to gargantuan without it looking weird.
www.amazon.com/Pegasus-Hobby-9100-Area-5...
This one is really nice, but it's too big... about 8" in diameter. Honestly, though, given the scale of the saucer on the maps in FiFG, it might work the best. I'm working under the assumption that the death saucer is the saucer that the visitors are on, which is crashed, but I might be wrong about that.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 30, 2010 - 9:21AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 20, 2004
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The death saucer doesn't actually make an appearance in FIFG - the stats are just there for GM use. Plus, Gargantuan is technically 4x4 or LARGER. Give it a base and you're good to go.
I just might buy two of those - mount one on a six-inch pole colored green, and do the second one up as if it had crashed, for bloodied and non-bloodied.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 30, 2010 - 10:05AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 31, 2009
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The death saucer doesn't actually make an appearance in FIFG - the stats are just there for GM use.
Thanks for the clarification there. I'd skimmed through the adventure, but I didn't look close enough to tell if the saucer was used in one of the encounters.
Plus, Gargantuan is technically 4x4 or LARGER. Give it a base and you're good to go.
There's Colossal at 6x6, though. There's only one miniature that size, though, and very few monsters, so it would still be very easy to just hand-wave it and go with the 8" saucer anyway.
I just might buy two of those - mount one on a six-inch pole colored green, and do the second one up as if it had crashed, for bloodied and non-bloodied.
That's a cool idea.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 30, 2010 - 10:17AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 20, 2004
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There's no colossal in 4e, so if you want your gargantuan space ship to be 6x6 or 8x8, it is.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 30, 2010 - 1:46PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 31, 2009
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Oh, did they remove colossal? Well, that explains it then. heh. Thanks.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 19, 2011 - 4:56PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 18, 2010
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Siberys, Your Token is awesome. I will be using it for sure. Have you thought of making any others? If I may I request a token for Ghengis Tangh, the warthog porker in a space suit. He was the main villian in the Games Day adventure Trouble in Freesboro.
I ask for selfish reasons slightly, because of my plan to run the Games Day adventure at my local shop in Feb.
Thanks!
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2 years ago ::
Jan 19, 2011 - 7:17PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 24, 2001
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I snagged the token for my game.  May I make a suggestion for the bloodied / flip side? Rather than making the token "sky" content red, could you make the green border red instead? (My image manipulation skills are in the toilet, or I would do it myself.)
Here are the PHB essentia, in my opinion: - Three Basic Rules (p 11)
- Power Types and Usage (p 54)
- Skills (p178-179)
- Feats (p 192)
- Rest and Recovery (p 263)
- All of Chapter 9 [Combat] (p 264-295)
A player needs to read the sections for building his or her character -- race, class, powers, feats, equipment, etc. But those are PC-specific. The above list is for everyone, regardless of the race or class or build or concept they are playing.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 20, 2011 - 5:49AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 20, 2004
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I may be able to do Tangh. It might be a bit before I get to it, though.
I did the bloodied mark as a bleed effect because I thought it looked better than the solid circle, and I was designing it after the official FiFG stuff. I could do the border red - it's just a simple colorization - but I don't know if I might have to re-make the token to do it - I don't remember if I kept the component pieces or not.
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