So for an upcoming episode of The Forsaken Five I decided to stage an encounter around a Sarlacc Pit, here are the steps I went through to make it! The rules I created to play the encounter are here.

1. Cutting the basic shape

I stuck some polystyrene onto a piece of mount board then carved the basic shape into it, raised sides with a hole in the center.

2. Cover the po lystyrene

I then used some modelling clay to cover the polystyrene, then I moulded some detail into it, making the hole circular and the lip at the edge of the crater.

3. The spikes

Then I simply pushed cocktail sticks into the edge of the pit for the spines.

4. Making the beak

The beak proved pretty tricky, what I ended up doing was getting a hollow wooden egg. I took the top part of the egg then I cut it in half. I then cut an angle in each side so that they would sit angled away from one another to represent the beak.

5. Finishing Touches

Finally I moulded a tong ue and popped it into the maw, and glued sand on the slopes around the maw.

6. Painting

I undercoated the Sarlacc black, then painted the areas with various sandy colours to finish it off.

7. Tentacles

I then grabbed some tentacles out of my box of bits which I made up on separate bases.