Making a Green Slime

Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.

Scratch Built Green Slime Miniature

Starting this out, I had no idea what I was doing and I didn’t look up any directions or tutorials on how to make something with hot glue. As you can see in the first couple of pictures below that I initially started the “sculpt” on a piece of plastic. Huge mistake! I had to slowly slice the thing off of the tile with a surgical blade and then base it on more hot glue.

Others have pointed out to me that I can try making an armature out of wire to get a more dramatic leaping effect. I used a technique I improvised using gravity to attempt a lunging look to the blobs so that the miniature can be placed to maximize the look of an attack.

There are some very obvious flaws to this prototype, but I like where this is going. Sculpting with hot glue is completely new to me, and I burned myself pretty good once making this. Always use caution, safety third, all that jazz. Let’s be careful out there!

Hot Glue Slime Sculpture. Click to Enlarge.
Hot Glue Slime Sculpture. Click to Enlarge.
Sculpting Hot Glue. Click to Enlarge.
Sculpting Hot Glue. Click to Enlarge.

I tried plastic wrap (bad idea), wax paper, and aluminum foil for working surfaces after fumbling with the plastic tile. Going forward I’ll use foil unless I learn something new when I actually get around to googling how to do this.

 

Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.
Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.
Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.
Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.
Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.
Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.
Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.
Green Slime Sculpt Prototype Painted. Click to Enlarge.