This past Friday, Tom Bisbee (AKA Gospog [1]) ran the first season finale session of his steampunk campaign — in which the PCs fought a 300-foot golem:
It goes without saying that in addition to being an all-around nice guy, Tom is an amazing minis painter and sculptor. I’m an evil overlord in Tom’s game (check out our PDF: Evil Overlords: Faction Players in Your Game [2]), and it’s things like this that make me wish I was part of his face-to-face group.
I mean, if you had the option, wouldn’t you like to kick out props like this? And as a player, wouldn’t your jaw have hit the floor when Tom popped that sucker on the table?
I know mine would have, and that’s why I wanted to share this photo (thanks, Tom!) — I can’t paint or sculpt like Tom, but this prop is definitely an inspiration.
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#1 Comment By Telas On October 4, 2007 @ 5:30 am
That wins my vote for “Best Use of a Salomon Rear-Entry Ski Boot”. Including as a ski boot… they sucked.
Nice work on that one. I really like the little gears and firing platform. Are there more online pics?
#2 Comment By Carolina aka Troy Taylor On October 4, 2007 @ 5:35 am
Wow.
#3 Comment By John Arcadian On October 4, 2007 @ 5:42 am
That is damn spiffy, and well beyond my ability to create. I make Halloween costumes and props, but nowhere near that good. Kudos. Dropping a huge prop like that on the table (especially in scale when using minis) definitely grabs the attention.
#4 Comment By Tracey On October 4, 2007 @ 6:06 am
As one of Tom’s players, I can safely say that jaws hit the table when he pulled this out.
It.was.awesome.
#5 Comment By gospog On October 4, 2007 @ 7:12 am
“Are there more online pics?”
Sadly, no. I have been so busy I was barely able to run the game. Hopefully, more pics to come.
“It.was.awesome.”
As always, a pleasure to run for this group.
And did no one else groan at Martin’s awesome pun?
“… wouldn’t you like to kick out props like this?”
#6 Comment By Martin On October 4, 2007 @ 9:22 am
If you get a chance to make more photos available, I’d love to see them as well, Tom.
#7 Comment By draconius On October 4, 2007 @ 11:59 am
you… are my hero… i… i… i don’t know what to say. i just feel so inadequate and overshadowed in light of this… kudos
#8 Comment By Dave T. Game On October 4, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
So how did this stay hidden until the crucial moment?
#9 Comment By Gospog On October 4, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
“So how did this stay hidden until the crucial moment?”
Brown paper bag (my favorite GM tool!). 😉
#10 Comment By DNAphil On October 4, 2007 @ 9:08 pm
I bow in the sight of a prop of that magnitude.
#11 Comment By Jill On October 7, 2007 @ 5:44 am
Tom is an amazing GM and an inspiration. :o)
Plus, an awesome husband!
#12 Comment By Ryan On October 9, 2007 @ 11:50 am
What game system/ world do you use for your Steampunk game? Or is it one of your own creation?
#13 Comment By gospog On October 10, 2007 @ 4:31 am
Hi Ryan,
I use Savage Worlds for the rules set.
The world is my own creation. Of course, I steal shamelessly from dozens of sources. Originally, I mainly stole ideas from he D20 Steampunk book by Mongoose (and my campaign was D20 back then, too).
It’s grown way past that now, though. (Due in no small part ot the efforts of my Evil Overlords)
#14 Comment By Ryan On October 10, 2007 @ 11:35 am
Thanks Gospog. So as not to fill the comments with this interesting discussion I started a thread in the forums. 🙂