I try to avoid sharing updates at absurd hours, but who am I kidding-- I'm a vampire and this is the only time of day (night??) I'm firing on all cylinders.
Small diversion first: earlier I received a pic of these two before they were shipped out and the pose is killing me. They look so excited to go on their big journey to the states 😭 They should be here Tuesday!
Okay! Now back to the topic at hand.
We've been having a lot of trouble getting the tatzelwurm just right. Like...so much trouble. I can't even tell you how many revisions its gone through at this point cause I lost count and each day we stray further from god (aka my vision), but I'm no quitter. And Charmsey reminded me that I've had a lot of luck with making 3D models for my suppliers to reference, so that's what I've been working on this week!
Here's my tatzelwurm mockup. Please bask in the derpiness and cross your fingers with me that this finally conveys the shape we're looking for. I'm very optimistic despite the difficulties we've faced so far!
While I was in a modeling mood, I also mocked up a quick unicorn. The goal here is to make something more ungulate-coded with eyes on the sides of their head, and then to use this as a loose base for the peryton (and possibly some kelpie adjustments).
An additional upside to this is I think it will also work well as a starting point for the cockatrice (small snoot, big bulbous forehead) so it should make the process of sampling future bedtime beasts just a bit easier/faster.
While we're on the topic of 3D models, I thought it'd be cool to show another Tiny Teeth plush that benefited from modeling in the past! Choop is a weird guy, but this same supplier absolutely knocked him out of the park (almost on the first try too) thanks to a quick model I mocked up. Fun stuff!
If there's anything else you'd like to know about the sampling pipeline, I'm happy to share what I've learned so far or point you in the right direction! I've always enjoyed demystifying the process, but I don't always know where to start or what folks wanna know 😅
