GAMING MINIATURES

This page contains a collection of the miniatures I have produced that are available for sale here, loosely themed under the 'Dungeon Life' moniker. Also, You can find some great physical Gaming Accessories here. Finally, I have a section showcasing the sculpting side of things and another with some tips and tricks for moldmakers and casters.

Miniatures

Coinciding with my discovery of D&D was my discovery of D&D miniatures. The cool little lead (back then) guys were just neat beyond belief, and I wanted right away to make my own. Of course, at the time I had no idea HOW to make my own, so it became an unfulfilled dream for many years. I remember at one point I carved some MECHANOIDS (from the Palladium game) out of drywall plaster or something similar. The little guys were incredibly fragile, and have long since broken into tiny little crumbs, but the fact that I even tried that shows just how much I wanted to do it. 

These days I have managed to learn quite a bit more, and since I now have my own casting equipment, I can even offer some of my creations to you!

DUNGEON LIFE is the name of the Dark-Platypus Studio miniatures line, including Bendy Dungeon Walls and the related terrain and accessories, and various fantasy-game oriented sculpts. There really isn't much of a theme here, or a unified game tying it all together. Simply put, these were by and large figures that I created for my own games -primarily D&D campaigns, and I thought I'd share them with the world. Odds are if I needed 'em and thought they were cool, somebody else out there might too!  

I once had the dream of running the entire climactic final battle in my Fulcrum campaign as a tabletop miniatures battle. I thought it would take a lot of room, so I wanted to do it in 15mm scale. Well, my ambition far outstripped my sculpting speed, and I finished the campaign (without tabletop battle, alas), long before I finished my sculpts. Here however, are the first two I did for the Undead army of Nagas Thool!

More mini's are COMING SOON!!!

Accessories

With the introduction of our Bendy Dungeon Walls dungeon terrain system, I thought it might be cool to have some other stuff you can throw down into dungeons too! I'm starting with pillars, but more cool dungeon dressing stuff will be coming soon. Right now I have them listed in the Bendy Dungeon Walls page, but as more stuff comes up they'll probably get their own shiny page!

 

Pillars and Bendy Dungeon Walls

Action Stands

Greens & Greys

Since I started getting into sculpting, I really like checking out other sculptor's uncast creations, their actual little sculptures. As such, I thought it might be fun to show some of what my pieces look like before they get turned into metal bits. Perhaps I'll even do a step-by step or tutorial at some point, although I am far from what you might call an expert. Still, I look forward to the journey of getting there, and you can watch my progress as I post new sculpts here.

The material I have learned to sculpt minis with is an epoxy putty that comes in blue and yellow parts, which is mixed together to form a green substance. This material seems to be pretty much prevalent in use in the sculpting community, and is why original miniature sculpts are referred to as "Greens", even though sometimes putties of differing colors are sometimes used. Recently, a new sculpting material known as "ProCreate" (I know, sounds kinky) has come available on the market. This putty is grey in color when mixed, and you can see that some of my newest sculpts utilize this material. So far I really like it, and will probably use it more and more.

Below are some images of some of the greens I have sculpted to date, with , in general, older sculpts appearing first, and newer ones populating the list towards the bottom as I add them.

Tips & Tricks

As I mentioned above, I am pretty much new to this whole sculpting thing, but I have been attacking it with some vigor, and some of the things I've learned, I shall share with you here. Trust me, this is as much for my benefit as for anyone else's. If you see something here, and you know a better way...by all means, share!