As mentioned in my last post, when I made my ocean battle mat I ended up with a good amount of leftover glop consisting of latex caulk mixed with blue paint. I didn’t want let perfectly good glop go to waste, so I tried to brainstorm other low-prep-time ways to use it before it started to set.
Blobba the Hut
My first thought was to cut open a 2 liter soda bottle and smear some up and down the sides in the vague hope I could somehow peel the plastic away to expose something vaguely hut-shaped that could be textured and painted.
Let’s just say it… well.. didn’t work out. I left it to dry for a week and figured I could unscrew the cap and try to push the dried caulk out the open bottom to separate it. I stuck my finger into a puddle of still-liquid blue caulk goo. I left the cap off for a few more days, tried again, and stuck my finger into a a puddle of still-liquid caulk goo protected by a thin layer of cured caulk. But apparently this time the pressure caused the surface on the bottom side to rupture, and the wet stuff splorched onto my garage floor.
All we have to decide is what to do with the slime that is given us
Pretty sure Gandalf said that.
Someone on one of the tabletop crafting groups on Facebook suggested adding some yellow paint and making some green slimes out of them. So armed with some 2″ wooden disks, and some yellow craft paint, that’s exactly what I did.
(Apparently the “green slimes” of my youth are now referred to as “giant slimes”. Consarned new-fangled poppycock balderdash!)
The goo was able to hold a little bit of shape so I was able to use a toothpick to create some small protrusions as if the slimes were reaching out for a passing player character. After letting the slime dry overnight, I painted on some gloss varnish to give it a wet look. The bases were coated with dark grey and given a mild dry-brushing of a lighter grey so they’d look vaguely like simple dungeon floors.
I have no idea if I’ll ever even use these home-made minis, but at least I feel better having made some use of all that leftover material!