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Scratch building the Winged Ape


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I didn't participate to Mythic Battle KS and didn't buy the crossover box featuring the mighty winged ape. For reference, this is this one, sculpted by Dustin Nguyen:

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I've started with a Kong mini from the Monsterpocalypse game and wings from one of my daughter's doll:

 

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First I had to pin down the wings before glueing them. I've then sculpted some fur to blend the wings into the ape's back. I also used a Micro Art base representing jungle covered ruins, just like the setting of its battle against Conan at the end of the Queen of the Black Coast short story.

 

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Afetr white priming you can see he looks a bit taller than the official mini but, nonetheless, i'm happy with the result.

 

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The sculpt is really great and made the painting really easy. To make it fully playable, I also had to print its activation tiles:

 

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The easy part is done, now i have to make a scenario ... any ideas ?

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Dear friends, 

enchanted by Bawon Samdi's idea, I decided to create the Winged Ape myself! Here is the result:

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I bought a painted King Kondo (no time or talent to paint one from scratch), and for the wings, I used the ones from a Plastoy Red Dragon:

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And added some epoxy putty above them, to cover my tracks :)

 

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The base is a simple thick cardboard circle (without it, the Ape would fall because of the wings' weight)

 

The belt is scratch buit from cardboard and pin heads.

 

That's all! I hope you like it.

 

Bawon Samdi, I'm eternally grateful for your idea!!!

 

 

 

 

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