Aston, scraped vipers, gerbils and much more

[GrimbutGerbil]

As ever, the gerbils are yours to command...

A peek at Grinling's studio...

It made me in dark and milk chocolate

Chocolate... beetles...

Inspired by @Chersfrozenface, given that AI won't do real names & thinks 'frozen face' refers to faces from the movie 'Frozen'. This is cracked ice & plum blossom.

A portrait of BBeetle in chocolate.

... and as jewellery.

Is that a VW Beetle in the background?😂

@ifIwerenotanandroid there's something rather beautiful about the carved chocolate ones!

And I'm liking the look of the beetle jewellery! 😍

Checking in.

Visiting the UK next week. Grimbuts will be travelling as stow aways.

Trying out effects. I wish these were real!

Those beetles are rather beautiful, I wonder if you could colour chocolate that sort of iridescence?

That's actually very pretty. If it existed in real life I'd be very torn about eating it.

Awl dis chocklit iz makin a rattee hungree! Ratz an prymatez r sum ov da onlee mamilz too bee aybles too eet chocklit cuz of theobromyne 🐀

Hasch-Tagg Ratfax!

I've always felt the spirit of the great Beatrix Potter in the wonderful multi-talented highly-politicised furry little creatures we've been treated to - so can I ask: are these ones in Gloucester by any chance?

I was away from online for a short while but in that time the previous thread got hexed, and a new one has started up with the same wit and energy. More wonderful gerbiloid goings-on to look forward to with admiration and anticipation. And alliteration.

The image I'm referring to won't copy for some reason - it was on the last page of the old thread and it was happy little gerbils with new threads.. lovely to see them so happy, they have a lot on their furry little shoulders

You get lots of metallic choc around Christmas these days but usually one colour per individual choc in a box. Presumably a manufacturer could mix colours on a chocolate beetle to get a bit of the same effect.

I'm always amazed by those sheets of designs that can be transferred onto chocolate. Magic! Can't remember if they can be metallic or pearly.

Marie en chocolat

Inspired by @Dumbo12

Oh wow, wow, wow, I now need an iridescent chocolate elephant. (Not a phrase I expected to use today, or any day actually)

Everyone needs an iridescent chocolate elephant!

Oops, I meant the first pic to be this one...

Lovely 😍 and non-fattening.

The AI wouldn't put you on a cake, but these are neat anyway.

Watercolour versions