As my gaming room is being (sloooowly
) redecorated, right now, there is nothing on the walls at all.
But I do have stuff to put up, once the heavy work is out of the way. Some of these I've had for many decades, and will finally see their time to shine.
An original 1977 Star Wars film poster (which will be framed and go on the door), the full set of Ralph McQuary portfolios (SW, ESB and RotJ); I've reserved a stretch of wall for a small selection of these (can't and won't put all of them up
), so probably somewhere between 1 to 4 per movie, each one framed.
Back in highschool I copied the LotR fold out map from my copy of the book on parchment paper in coloured inks, added an actual wax seal to it and framed it. It has been on the wall in every place I've lived since then, so it will be put up too (even though I am sorely tempted to create a much better version, with my vastly improved skill set of today...).
Then there are 4 technical blueprints of original (unseen) mechs from Battletech; I'll have to choose one of them to put up, since they're rather big.
Right now, there are also a couple of non-wargaming related artworks stored in the room, which may or may not be put up permanently: several small impressionist paintings by an uncle of my ex, on canvas, and a rather old framed print copy of an Anton Pieck work for the Efteling (a local fairy tale theme park), depicting Little Red Riding Hood. I like Pieck's work (he did some really dark stuff too), so who knows?
I also have a plethora of wargames posters, which I might reserve one frame for, and change them out every now and then. Think mostly Warhammer (40K), but also Infinity, Warmachine, Battletech, Bolt Action, Gates of Antares, and many more.
A copy of the famous Times Magazine (Man of the Year) mirror from The Big Lebowski.
A reproduction of a huge Out of Africa painting from a Spanish museum on pre-history we visited last year; it's a skull, but also Africa, representing the Out of Africa theory. Hey; I liked it.
And finally, back in the day I framed all certificates I received for winning tournaments and/or painting competitions in the GW circuit. They're all way in the past now, so I might do away with them, but if I have to keep one, it'll probably be the triple finalist nomination from Games Day 2006. That was the very first time I entered a Golden Daemon, and went through to the finals with all three of my entries. So that one's a bit special I suppose.
Oh, and I just remembered having some limited artworks of Fokker planes of WW2 lying around too; I certainly have the G-1, and then the D-VII and one of the biplanes. They might make an appearance too.
So, phew; that's quite a bit of wall surface already reserved, and there is only so much real estate to go around. I might have to make choices...
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