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I saw a very cool Gelatinous Cube miniature at the PFS HQ, but I did not get the chance to seek it out in the dealer hall. It was a yellowish, semi-opaque fig, probably resin, that had some kind of fig inside. Sorry, I only got a cursory look at it. If you know what I am referring to, please provide info on who manufactures it and if there is a web site.
Thanks,
It sounds like the Gelatinous Cube Miniature from Dark Platypus Studios.
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It sounds like the Gelatinous Cube Miniature from Dark Platypus Studios.
Yeah, it was most likly mine, I bought one thursday and had it out most of the convention. They were having a convention special, selling it for $30
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I happen to carry a Gelatinous Cube around in my gaming back pack. I keep it next to my dice bag. I would like to think of it as a good luck charm……well considering my often atrocious luck, it probbobly isn’t. Anyways I like to put it on the table next to the mini Im going to use. Someone at the table usually likes to play with it, to try and get the bottom off, and put their figurine inside. It looks like this
But I suspect That isn’t the cube you are looking for. I have another cube that looks like the one on the right of this image, with the skeleton inside
I think it is produced by Other world Minatures, and the product number is DM16b
After doing a Google search for images for the Gelatinous Cube, I realize there are other cubes out there. I hope this gives you a place to start
$30 for a gelatinous cube!?
Geez, I should start selling mine! I use clear plastic resin and use chunks of frankensteined minis laying around as the cube's "food". I usually end up with parts of zombies or skeletons which do a fine job of looking like partially digested people. Then I throw in a shield or sword or two.
My mold is just short of two inches by two inches. I'll post a photo of one of my gelatinous cubes on my blog and come back here for a link.
$30?
Seriously?
So, here's a link to my own gelatinous cube.
The body inside is actually a mutilated wight.
I wonder, can I link a photo directly?
[img="http://rpgobsessed.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/gelatinous-cube.jpg"]Does it show?[/img]
... apparently not...
$30 for a gelatinous cube!?
Geez, I should start selling mine!
Not everyone has the skill, time or materials to make their own gcube, just as not everyone has the skill, time, or materials to build their own terrain, or gourmet meals, or automobiles. :)
If you can produce copies of your gcube and sell them for an amount that you feel justifies your time and materials investment, I very much encourage you to do so. Especially as I lost track of finishing my own gcube project. :)
Sean, your cubes look fine to me. My own cube might be a bit big for some tile dungeon sets. But my group doesn't use those, so I just have to make sure it fits in my own dungeons, and so far it does.
My process of making a gelatinous cube seems to have been much, much simpler than yours. Here's how I did it.
1. I made a 1x1" sculpey clay cube (well, actually the bulk of the cube is crumpled up aluminum foil). Actually just slightly smaller than that. I did some very minor "sculpting" to give it a dynamic look, then I made a single part mold out of silicon mold material. I mixed a small amount of clear resin (the kind you get at Hobby Lobby in the metal cans, with the plastic bottle of catalyst) and poured it in the mold, filling it about 1/3 of the way. Then I let that cure overnight. The next day I put a homemade hobbit skeleton mini in it and mixed enough resin to fill the mold. The next day I had my first cast mini ever. I cut out a bit of blue thin foam sheet and glued it to the bottom.
2. Encouraged by that success I did the same thing for a 2x2" mini.
3. Then I made another cube because the first one came out pretty nice. Unfortunately I put too much catalyst in the second one and it cracked. But the crack is virtually invisible and when it is visible, it just looks like something else the cube has swallowed. I was able to make most of the cack vanish by letting some clear super glue wick into it.
That's pretty much it.
By the way, one more potentially interesting tidbit about my gelatinous cube mold. It's my clear resin overflow bucket. When I'm casting anything clear and I end up with more resin than I need, I dump it in the gelatinous cube mold. Periodically I'll drop in some solid objects or damaged minis to represent the cube's food. When the mold finally fills up, I pull out the cube and start the process again.
I do something similar with other molds for my opaque resins. For that reason I've got about 4 unpainted beholder heads...
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Are we sharing?! I want to share!
Here's my Huge Gelatinous Cube devouring a cleric. Sadly, this guy isn't practical for regular use cuz he's just a big block of ice.
You haven't experienced any problems with the clear resin looking "layered" from the multiple pours/cures?
Are we sharing?! I want to share!
Here's my Huge Gelatinous Cube devouring a cleric. Sadly, this guy isn't practical for regular use cuz he's just a big block of ice.
That's awesome!
You haven't experienced any problems with the clear resin looking "layered" from the multiple pours/cures?
I have not. But then again, I may not be as hard to please as other people are. But I was looking for any layering effect when I made the one I posted the photo of, and it seemed fine. I made one for a friend of mine and he hasn't mentioned any layering issues.
I'll make another one this weekend. I need to cast something, it's been too long since I've cast any mini...
My biggest issue with the cube is that the clear resin can sometimes be more brittle than I would like. I am sure the professional ones are in a much more flexible clear plastic than the resin I'm using.
$30 for a gelatinous cube!?
Geez, I should start selling mine! I use clear plastic resin and use chunks of frankensteined minis laying around as the cube's "food". I usually end up with parts of zombies or skeletons which do a fine job of looking like partially digested people. Then I throw in a shield or sword or two.
My mold is just short of two inches by two inches. I'll post a photo of one of my gelatinous cubes on my blog and come back here for a link.
$30?
Seriously?
I, too, have molded a few of my own gelatinous cubes. Not hard at all to make, if you are familiar with mold making and resins, and you have plenty of skeleton bits sitting around.
That $30 price tag shocked me, too, when I saw it earlier. I had intent to sell mine at various cons, but so far don't have the time to invest in multiple pours of clear resin, since it cures over a longer time. But $30 does still seem like too much.
Are we sharing?! I want to share!
Here's my Huge Gelatinous Cube devouring a cleric. Sadly, this guy isn't practical for regular use cuz he's just a big block of ice.
LOL
When I was a kid, the head fell off my Han Solo Hoth Outfit figure. So I took one of those two-part ice trays and removed the separator part, and I filled the tray part with water and some strategically-placed ketchup, and stuck Han and his head and the rest of it in the freezer. Then I promptly forgot about it (as kids do).
My mom found it the next day. You could hear her in there shrieking, then laughing.
Yes, playing with figures and ice is fun!
Sean,
I'm sorry to hear that your Gelationious Cube project never finished. It was your project that motivated me to make my own. I'll try and post some photos when I have time.
Brassbaboon - I can understand retailing a 28-32mm gelationous cube with a painted mini (or better yet - one with 4 pieces of painted treasure) floating inside for $30US. The primary cost factors are (based on my own experience):
- The time it takes to get a mold just right (I went through 3 failures before hitting on one with the look I wanted)
- The time to paint the internal components - especially if the paint job is more than just a coat of ivory on a plastic skeleton The time to layer in 3-5 layers of resin and the ability to avoid bubbles between the layers
- and the cost of materials
Overall, making a good looking g-cube is tough. Casting them in bulk is tougher.
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It sounds like the Gelatinous Cube Miniature from Dark Platypus Studios.
That's the one. It looks great, but I didn't know it was $35
With all the other linky's in here, I am inspired to make my own...or two
The nice thing about making your own is that if you do it with a mold, it doesn't cost any more to make 10 than to make 1.
Well, OK, you might have to pay something for the chewed up food minis... but just get a bag o' zombies and you'll have all the cube fodder you could ever need.
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$30 for a gelatinous cube!?
Geez, I should start selling mine!
I bought it for a few reasons:
1) the D&D minis one sells for anywhere from 25-40, and not a single vendor at the con had one.
2) This one looked better to me than the D&D minis one.
3) I don't have time to paint metal minis I own, never mind make Gcubes
I'm sorry to hear that your Gelationious Cube project never finished.
Meh, I have a bad habit of starting projects, then dropping them to start another project. It doesn't help that for a while there I was moving to a new apartment every 6-12 months, hard to get settled in that sort of situation.
It was your project that motivated me to make my own.
Ah, so something good came of my posts about it, yay! :)
My cheap ooze was to change the cube to a dome. I then used one of the plastic containers you get from a machine in the front of stores. It is "large" sized, and you can sit it on a miniature.
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So I found something last night that works perfect for a gelatinous cube.
The only drawback is they are only 1.5" so they aren't quite the 10' cube, but it works well for tight spaces like Dwarven Forge curved hallways/tunnels.
Found these at Hobby Lobby last night. In their Christmas crafts section, these are ice cubes. They came 2 to a pack normally for $4.99 this week they were 30% off, so I got the two of them for $3.50. They had smaller ones too (don't know if there's any use for medium/small/tiny Gel cubes, but they make them).
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Eric, that's a great find.
My preferred method of making gelatinous cubes:
1. Buy Jumbo silicone ice cube tray
2. Make clear (or not) gelatin. Flavor as you like.
3. Fill with tray and let set.
3. Devour adventurers with one. (You can set it down on a piece of wax paper so it doesn't get the battlemat gungy)
4. Devour the rest yourself.
So I found something last night that works perfect for a gelatinous cube.
The only drawback is they are only 1.5" so they aren't quite the 10' cube, but it works well for tight spaces like Dwarven Forge curved hallways/tunnels.
Found these at Hobby Lobby last night. In their Christmas crafts section, these are ice cubes. They came 2 to a pack normally for $4.99 this week they were 30% off, so I got the two of them for $3.50. They had smaller ones too (don't know if there's any use for medium/small/tiny Gel cubes, but they make them).
Just picked up a pair as well as some smaller ones. Thanks a lot. For those looking, my local hobby lobby had them near the bells. I missed them to the first time, but luckily my wife caught them.