Our time is now!

[Connann]

Hello people!!

I want to show you the original idea for this new work, a lugubrious cemetery, with its tormented trees and rusty fences.

The materials that I have used are the same that I have come using in last times:

- a base of wood,
- dry roots,
- dry land,
- etched brass,
- plasticard (for the base),
- slate.

In this terrain I have tried to use a new material for me, natural dry land.

STEP 1

I opened the composition to give depth to the scene, height with the branches of the trees and extent in some zones of the base with plasticard of base.



STEP 2

Now I post you the terrain, almost finished, but I think it needs more small details.
But first of all I need to put the mini in its place. The miniature? Which kind of mini? It's TOP SECRET, muahahahaha!!

* The roots that I used are a little bushes (called Ollaga) that appears next to my village. I'm in love with them!! *

I painted the terrain with spectral and phantasmagoric colors: brown, green, yellow and blue, with turquoises and orange, color of the rust.

I added additional details as dry leaves, some skulls ... and little more details (I've put a heraldry in the frontal corner of the base, it gives a nice gothic touch, don't you believe?).



STEP 3

And now... the final update about this work. I really enjoyed with this little work!!

First of all I must explain what miniature I decided to put on it. It was Krell, Lord of Undeath, a new GW's miniature for Vampire Counts army.

This figure was made in Citadel Finecast, the new resin product from GW. And I must say... it's not ok. A lot of mini bubbles, very difficult to clean and fill.
Conclusion: very good mini but bad official copy. I prefer another name for this product: Citadel FAILCAST, haha!

And back to the topic ... I liked this miniature for the ancient aspect that it has, with this complete armor, corroded by the rust and these so wicked features in the skull.
It has an impressive and enormous axe ... but it wasn't that I expected.
So, with a little conversion, I changed the axe into a support staff, an ideal change for a necromantic who is raising his putrid army of his tombs.

The touch of color in this work is the green, the marks of the conjuration that turns to the life his warriors.

I hope you like this new work!!

And remember... be happy!!

[generulpoleaxe]

Fantastic piece with great atmosphere

It reminds me of Jarheads work.

[Doomhippie]

It's a very atmospheric piece! I like the idea and I like the way you built and composed it.
However, the colors kind of melt together, it is (at least for me) hard to focus on the main area of it, as the colors somehow seem to wash into one another. It might be the photography (no criticism there from me - I know how hard it is to get the important details stand out). Things never look as good on a photo as they do in real life.

That said I still think it's a magnificent piece of work.

[DeafNala]

You've created a WONDERFUL piece to draw inspiration from. Thanks for a good healthy dose of motivation. VERY WELL DONE!

[alrith72]

I'm with Doomhippie on this one. I think the base is a fantastic piece and really well crafted but for me the miniature just gets completely lost on it, the base overwhelms it completely.

That said i still wish i was capable of crafting a base like that 

[generulpoleaxe]

I have been looking at this more closely, more orange on the helmet (rust etc) would draw attention to it making it the focus of the piece.

Everything else is their, great scenery, great painting and atmosphere with a cool story. It's just the piece doesn't have an obvious focus and the colour contrast on Krells head would give the whole piece the focus it needs in my opinion.

[Andrew May]

Wow, you could make plenty of money selling those roots (to me) I'd bet.

[Connann]

Thanks for your C&C!!
All of you are right, the mini needs more contrast, but I couldn't take better pictures.
But I'll try to improve my paint work, I promise.

Andrew, I'm thinking about it, hahahaha!!

Take care!!

[stone-cold-lead]

Another bunch of photo's I've just saved for reference. 

[syrinx0]

I guess he is recruiting. 
Almost like looking at an old black and white picture there is so little color. Another great set piece.

[Andrew May]

Thanks for your C&C!!
All of you are right, the mini needs more contrast, but I couldn't take better pictures.
But I'll try to improve my paint work, I promise.

Andrew, I'm thinking about it, hahahaha!!

Take care!!

Seriously, I've got a little box of roots from the garden but those look incredible!