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Title: Tower on the Hill
Post by: Blackwolf on April 13, 2020, 01:46:14 AM: Start of my bigger pics,hopefully enjoyable.

(https://myalbum.com/photo/XdsDV4KLWWFp/540.jpg)
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Post by: syrinx0 on April 13, 2020, 02:00:01 AM: Excellent choice to start. Looking forward to more!
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Post by: marianas_gamer on April 13, 2020, 03:13:42 AM: Nice moody start. Crank'em out!
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 13, 2020, 03:18:03 AM: (https://myalbum.com/photo/VVWUi3C8HSPb/540.jpg)

She didn't really get a look in...

(https://myalbum.com/photo/cPsoAH9Vt2ae/540.jpg)

Thanks fellas :)
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Post by: Sinewgrab on April 13, 2020, 04:53:25 AM: Can we get one far enough away to see what you did sizewise and how it is laid out? The photos are lovely, but won't let me get a sense of scale.
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Post by: Ragnar on April 13, 2020, 06:02:04 AM: Brilliant atmosphere in these pictures. More please!
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on April 13, 2020, 07:04:05 AM: Love it matey 8)
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 13, 2020, 07:08:06 AM: Thanks all :)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/AsgLF6wXc5Km/1k0.jpg)

(https://myalbum.com/photo/RVhu7nhtiZuj/1k0.jpg)
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 13, 2020, 08:07:02 AM: (https://myalbum.com/photo/njzNq7tcdEfG/1k0.jpg)

(https://myalbum.com/photo/wBYjbMMrFPoR/1k0.jpg)
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Post by: Old-N-Busted on April 13, 2020, 09:07:21 AM: That is just stunning work :-* love it.
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Post by: Malamute on April 13, 2020, 11:19:23 AM: Great stuff, good to see the Highgate Vampire Queen in occupation ;) :)
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Post by: Captain Blood on April 13, 2020, 11:25:56 AM: Magnificent Guy. Unbelievably creepy and evocative. Love it.
The hag creature lurking is deeply unsettling :-*

This shot through the trees is my favourite so far... Superb.

Quote from: Blackwolf on April 13, 2020, 08:07:02 AM
(https://myalbum.com/photo/njzNq7tcdEfG/1k0.jpg)
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Post by: Swordisdrawn on April 13, 2020, 12:09:07 PM: Thats remarkable! Very atmospheric pics too :o
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Post by: Sterling Moose on April 13, 2020, 05:02:41 PM: :-*
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 13, 2020, 10:15:29 PM: Thanks all :)
Sinewgrab; I'll take some distance photos next weekend, suffice to say I don't have a big enough back drop for it...
Richard; mine too! Have a look at Samuel Palmer's work ;) Victorian artist.
Nick; she's my favourite miniature at the moment, great sculpt :-*
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 13, 2020, 10:22:51 PM: (https://myalbum.com/photo/VKr9BNnokJ8Q/1k0.jpg)
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Post by: syrinx0 on April 14, 2020, 02:28:22 AM: That is not a place I would go near at night. lol

Fantastic work. That would be amazing to see up close. Thanks for all the extra pictures.
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Post by: Codsticker on April 14, 2020, 05:23:12 AM: Quote from: Captain Blood on April 13, 2020, 11:25:56 AM
This shot through the trees is my favourite so far... Superb.
I agree- wonderful photo.
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Post by: Flinty on April 14, 2020, 04:36:40 PM: Hah! like shots from a Hammer House of Horror, except the colour balance is better than my TV managed in the 70's...

Very impressed by those trees, did you use roots as well as twigs?
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 14, 2020, 10:06:53 PM: Thank you :) All the trees were made with roots, and either smaller roots,wire or seamoss.
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Post by: majorsmith on April 14, 2020, 11:57:58 PM: Creepy! Very atmospheric!!
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Post by: Sinewgrab on April 15, 2020, 02:28:13 AM: Quote from: Blackwolf on April 13, 2020, 10:15:29 PM
Thanks all :)
Sinewgrab; I'll take some distance photos next weekend, suffice to say I don't have a big enough back drop for it...

That's fine - while your shots give it a great feel, I am trying to get an idea of the ACTUAL size and layout. I can't from the photos, and for me, that really stops me from getting a feel for what you did, if that makes sense. It's like I'm trying to see an elephant from 20 up close photos, that aren't laid in any pattern.
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 15, 2020, 02:52:25 AM: Actual size is about 60 cm across the front by 30 cm,the hill is maybe 5cm,the depth of the river 3cm at its lowest point. Have you had a look at my build thread?
PS the tower itself is about 15cm,the miniatures are all 28 mm,Highgate, Games Workshop,Redbox Games and Hasslefree. The animals are Otherworld,Eureka, the fish I can't remember. All trees are scratch built,everything else is either scratch or lazer etch(the ferns),water is two part resin,and the board is foam,phew ;D
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Post by: syrinx0 on April 15, 2020, 05:13:16 AM: Quote from: Blackwolf on April 15, 2020, 02:52:25 AM
Actual size is about 60 cm across the front by 30 cm,the hill is maybe 5cm,the depth of the river 3cm at its lowest point. Have you had a look at my build thread?
PS the tower itself is about 15cm,the miniatures are all 28 mm,Highgate, Games Workshop,Redbox Games and Hasslefree. The animals are Otherworld,Eureka, the fish I can't remember. All trees are scratch built,everything else is either scratch or lazer etch(the ferns),water is two part resin,and the board is foam,phew ;D

And you have to find the butterfly. lol
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Post by: Sinewgrab on April 15, 2020, 05:46:19 AM: Quote from: Blackwolf on April 15, 2020, 02:52:25 AM
Actual size is about 60 cm across the front by 30 cm,the hill is maybe 5cm,the depth of the river 3cm at its lowest point. Have you had a look at my build thread?
PS the tower itself is about 15cm,the miniatures are all 28 mm,Highgate, Games Workshop,Redbox Games and Hasslefree. The animals are Otherworld,Eureka, the fish I can't remember. All trees are scratch built,everything else is either scratch or lazer etch(the ferns),water is two part resin,and the board is foam,phew ;D

I did actually - I may not be explaining myself well. Your build thread went from straight down shots at the base to close ups of everything, so there is no chance to actually see it all at once - everything is close enough that I can't see the scale of the tower to the base, how big or small figures are in relation to the overall piece. Gah, I don't know if I am making sense.

It feels like everything is like this photo

(https://myalbum.com/photo/njzNq7tcdEfG/1k0.jpg)

But none of them are like this

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/1352-300419041446-38839450.jpeg)

I guess I can't put them all together in my head without a pulled back shot that gives me the whole picture. I dunno, maybe I should go back to sleep.
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Post by: Bloggard on April 15, 2020, 01:08:19 PM: what absolutely wonderful photos of a fantastic set-up :-*
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 15, 2020, 11:48:57 PM: Thanks Bloggard :)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/hSYhFJgNyd5Z/1k0.jpg)
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Post by: Golgotha on April 16, 2020, 12:09:29 AM: A gothic romance I think I am in love.

Very inspirational.
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Post by: Christian on April 16, 2020, 01:20:14 AM: This is incredible work, Guy - I love it! Lots of detail, and I really like the colour-palette. This is really pleasing for me to look at and explore - well done!
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 16, 2020, 01:25:07 AM: Thanks both :)
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Post by: Sinewgrab on April 16, 2020, 01:41:23 AM: Oh, wow. That is bloody gorgeous as a full piece. That's what I was looking for, thank you. Now I can parse where the rest of it goes without getting lost.
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Post by: syrinx0 on April 16, 2020, 03:20:13 AM: I love all the various entries as I wish I could create all of them... but this remains my favorite. Even more impressive in this shot. I think I missed the dead guy in the water in front of the vampire before. Hard to appreciate these entries remotely.
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 16, 2020, 03:30:40 AM: Oh dear,he fell before I noticed the photo...It’s telling its own story now :)

Thanks fellas :)
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Post by: Ballardian on April 16, 2020, 02:56:45 PM: Fantastic scenery piece and great paintjobs on the minis :)
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 18, 2020, 01:59:34 AM: Thanks mate,it was a lot of fun to do :)
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Post by: War In 15MM on April 19, 2020, 03:11:13 AM: It's a beautiful piece of work. Richard
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Post by: Bloggard on April 19, 2020, 10:14:18 AM: Quote from: Blackwolf on April 15, 2020, 11:48:57 PM
Thanks Bloggard :)
(https://myalbum.com/photo/hSYhFJgNyd5Z/1k0.jpg)

and this 'au naturel' photo, showing, as it does, a terrain board that most of us I'm sure would be very happy to get anywhere close to in terms of modelling etc, also underlines how much art there is in the 'narrative' photos preceding it.

they take it a whole step or two further up, and I hope that hobby publications move towards this quality in time to come.
lighting, framing etc is still lacking in many commercial efforts where figures in terrain are featured.
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Post by: Blackwolf on April 20, 2020, 10:03:12 PM: Thanks fellas,and Thankyou Bloggard,much appreciated :) It's all in my head lol
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Post by: Kitsune on August 01, 2020, 07:49:17 AM: Best thing I’ve seen on LAF for a long long time!
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Post by: Blackwolf on August 01, 2020, 08:01:59 AM: Thank you Kitsune :)
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Post by: Mad Lord Snapcase on August 01, 2020, 08:17:06 AM: Quote from: Kitsune on August 01, 2020, 07:49:17 AM
Best thing I’ve seen on LAF for a long long time!

Have to agree with that. I've only just seen this thread. What beautiful work! Otherworldly and very atmospheric. Superb.
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Post by: Bloggard on August 01, 2020, 10:18:33 PM: and only just clocked the Samuel Palmer refs! Brilliant.
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Post by: Blackwolf on August 02, 2020, 01:56:38 AM: Thanks all I really appreciate your kind comments :)
Yep,Samuel Palmer has informed my style ever since I discovered him, in my 20s,I see him as a romantic realist,obviously he was of that rather loose term a romantic, that or a symbolist ;)
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Post by: Chimpfoot on August 07, 2020, 09:49:23 PM: What everybody else said...so good :)
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Post by: Blackwolf on August 09, 2020, 01:41:38 AM: Thanks man :)
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Post by: chaplain severus on September 03, 2020, 01:44:59 PM: just coming back to this community. Great piece of scenery! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Karadek on September 23, 2020, 07:23:42 PM: Awesome. Very atmospheric!
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Post by: Blackwolf on September 24, 2020, 11:55:18 AM: Quote from: chaplain severus on September 03, 2020, 01:44:59 PM
just coming back to this community. Great piece of scenery! Thanks for sharing.

Quote from: Karadek on September 23, 2020, 07:23:42 PM
Awesome. Very atmospheric!

Thanks chaps,means a lot :)