eastern temple help

[reynaud]

Are these LAUGHING BUDDAHs ok for a temple statue?





Is this of any use for a temple?

What about these?

[JollyBob]

Since these are for Pulp games, I would say that a suitable paintjob and all of the above would be fine.

The bottom three would make a lovely shrine to the monkey god on some forgotten south sea island.

[flooglestreet]

Id nix the whole lot, especially the monkey "totem pole" which is much too realistic. Those laughing Bhuddas are Hotai the Japanese god of luck, I believe. One or two of the terrain companies has far eastern statuary.

[Rhoderic]

The bottom three monkeys would be awesome placed around some evil temple, facing it. The temple would be ancient beyond human reckoning, while the monkey statues would be much later additions, put in place by the superstitious locals who believe the statues can somehow safeguard the surrounding lands from the evil within the temple. "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" after all.

[wolfgangbrooks]

I love the frog on the coins. Kitch Oriental decorations are such fun.

[Schweizer]

This thread got me thinking about some kitchy statues that I bought a while back to make a temple... got 'em out yesterday, cracked off a couple of limbs and ears, and am ready to get painting.  I bought them at a shopping mall store with a name like "Oriental Heaven" or something like that.  You can find the same sorts of things at places like World Market, etc.  I think they were six or seven bucks apiece, resin.



I think that, when looking for little statues, you should think about whether or not they look as though they're copies of larger statues.  The monkey pole doesn't really look like something a primitive civilization would make; as it was mentioned, it's too naturalistic.  The solo monkeys are closer, as they have a more angular design.

I'm going to painting mine gray, and cover them with roots and vines... here's a rough sketch of my plan for the final temple:



I'm not sure if I'm going to make the vines with sculpy and then cook them, or if I'll use hot glue and then paint them.  Same for the vines coming off of the trees; I thought that I'd get some thin wire and then use caulk on it for texture, and paint that. 

[P_Clapham]

Oooo nice Ganesh(?) statues.  I've a small collection of laughing Budas, Fu lions and Dragons I need to dig up.

[pierrebi]

Oooo nice Ganesh(?) statues.  I've a small collection of laughing Budas, Fu lions and Dragons I need to dig up.

my questio was about using laughing Buddhas in a temple ... is it real?