Explorations in Clayland Part 14: Fusions

A mish of this, a mash of that...

I tried something with my clay pieces that is utterly fascinating. Fusions. I took two different figures and then made a third one that was the compilation of the two. Sometimes the two figures were similarly themed. Other times, they were markedly not. In either case, the following fusions make for a physics-rending dissertation.

Fusion 1, Troll and Viper: I'll call it Serephtroll. Unfortunately, the Viper figure was lost.

Fusion 2, Spearman and Kraken: Talk about strange contrasts. We've already seen spearmen before, but one with four giant tentacles really mixes things up.

Fusion 3, Giant Clam and Merfolk Mobile: Both of these figures are marine-themed. With their power combined, the lightly armored wheeled merfolk scout and sessile clam transform into a heavily armored mobile marine tank.

Fusion 4, Medusa and Flying Carpet Raider: Greek mythology meets Arabian folklore with this flying figure of petrifying power.

Fusion 5, Phoenix and Bearskin Berserker: What happens when you give a bearskin wearing berserker the powers of a phoenix? More clothing and fireproofing, that's what!

Fusion 6, Enigma and Wrapped Mystery: These two figures were already intentionally bizarre. Combining them really didn't change the weirdness needle in either direction.

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