Edna and the Mudmen

All the recent flirtation with evil clown beds makes me want to construct more Simpsons objects. This is a hallucinatory image of Edna Krabapple from "El viaje misterioso de nuestro Jomer." I'm hoping to follow it up with other hallucinatory images from the same episode.




I'm starting the new season of D&D Encounters, Beyond the Crystal Cave, next week. I decided not to bother with the Xivorts/Xvarts (sinister, gnome-like beings with blue skin and big orange eyes) since they probably wouldn't get done in time. Instead, I'm looking at the mudmen.

I started out with three lumpy blobs...




... and moved on to three lumpy blobs with eerie doll-mold faces and arms.

Evil Clown 2

This is an Evil Clown flat sculpture/hanging based on Bart's bed from the Simpsons episode "Lisa's First Word." I made a similar object in 2009, but I didn't think the available glazes were bright and tacky enough. I think acrylic paints worked better for the effect I wanted.




Evil Clown 1 from 2009:

Ustilagor

The ustilagor is a Dungeons & Dragons monster originally published in the first edition Monster Manual II. It was a psionic fungoid creature shaped like a human brain. The original concept had neither eyes, mouth, nor mouthparts (see below).







The original illustration of the ustilagor. Note lack of facial features, but what fun is a crawling brain without eyes and an orifice? It also had limbs with which to scurry across a dungeon floor, but I decided that, if I did try to provide it with limbs, they would probably be damaged during the firing process.




Later editions of D&D reimagined the ustilagor as a larval form of the intellect devourer, a dog-sized human brain on four legs which, yes, did its best to make you stupider.

Dogface Plaques

There was a plaguechanged hound in one of the last sessions of Lost Crown of Neverwinter, but I didn't get the molds made in time. Here they are, attached to the body of some bat-like creature.




The dogface molds are made from this charming toy depicting Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of the underworld of the Greeks.

Four Small Chamsas

Chamsas 44 - 47:

Replacement Giraluna

This is a replacement giraluna for the one that Calvin destroyed last night.

Giraluna Cat Casualty

This is the first clay casualty to the agent of chaos and destruction with whom I share my apartment.




Apparently this is the only photo I have of the intact giraluna, pre-Calvin.

The Clown Project

I've chosen the Clown Project over the Lemur Project. The lemurs (ringtailed lemur, aye-aye, indri) have complex organic looks and the clowns seem more rubbery and cartoonish.

Treif Chamsa Ceremony

Somewhere in Philadelphia, within a magical circle of light, the Treif Chamsa has officially found a home.

Lemurs and Clowns

Recently I looked at some work from 2009. I wanted to try the lemur and evil clown flat hanging sculptures again.




The lemur came out a little rough the first time. After two attempts to recreate it tonight, I like the rough original better. We also no longer have the glaze used for the golden highlights.




It's hard to see in the photo, but the original clown (based on Bart's scary clown bed from The Simpsons episode "Lisa's First Word") got somewhat warped as it dried and doesn't lay flat.




Four small chamsas. It was a productive Saturday night at the studio.

Lesser Fire Elementals

These are lesser fire elementals for next week's session of Lost Crown of Neverwinter.

Painted Doll Face

Stars

I'm planning on using these stars in a mobile or similar hanging project.




Carrion Crawler








Bossk




Cy-Gor




Tessek

Unfired Ustigalor

Ever since I acquired the brain mold, I've been thinking of possible uses for it beside to make clay brains. The ustilagor is a brain-shaped D&D monster - a psionic, fungoid, larval creature that happens to look like a human brain. This is my interpretation. Ustilagor are supposed to have legs and be able to scurry across a room like a psionic, fungoid, larval mouse, but I knew any legs I could make would be unlikely to support the body, so I'm going to imagine it zooming across a room on a slug-like slime trail.







Here are some dogface plaques made from a plastic likeness of Cerberus.