Slight spoilers: events in Guardians of the Galaxy lead to a wonderful scene of a little potted Baby Groot swaying along to the Jackson 5's I Want You Back. It was such a cute, fun moment that I decided I wanted to make a custom figure of it. Several artists have done slightly larger versions of the character but I set myself the challenge of making Baby Groot in scale with Rocket Raccoon and the rest of the Guardians. Since this contest has started, there have been lots of Baby Groots in this scale on the Realm so I can only partially lay claim to being the "first" but I guess it doesn't matter. I started out using the cap of a tube of acrylic paint and used Aves to build around it to make the little pot. Then I sculpted Aves on top of a twisty wire armature to create Baby Groot himself. I tried to get the headsculpt to look cute, and I'm glad it wasn't a super detailed face to sculpt. So here's someone who can sit on the windowsill of the preschool while the rest of the heroes are throwing tantrums/getting along and paying attention to their teacher. Thanks for voting!