Re: The Last Hurrah Project: 04/25/24 Mushroom & Mini-Me Mushroom Done!

[DeafNala]

Wow. Awesome stuff, Nala!

Thank you, Knight-Captain Tyr! I am happy you like the new stuff.

Comparing the height of the trees with the bottles, they must be of impressive size! 

Thanks for the reply, Dinos! They are about a foot in height & quite broad. I am planning on having a dozen or so of them plus some smaller, deader looking ones. I am going to try to have them all festooned with Spanish moss & looking very Bayou  appropriate. Did I mention that I get carried away with things? I thought I might have.

[FramFramson]

"...where snakes snakes hang from the cypress trees like sausage on a smokehouse wall..."

Snakes, or... something else.    Trees that large are going to need plenty of decoration!

[DeafNala]

"...where snakes snakes hang from the cypress trees like sausage on a smokehouse wall..."

Snakes, or... something else.    Trees that large are going to need plenty of decoration!

Now snakes are something I hadn't thought of until you mentioned them. Thanks, Fram. There definitely will be snakes.
The Trees will take quite a bit of decorating. Some will be more personable that others, but they all will need mushrooms of various sort & little feathered & furry folk to inhabit them...it is comforting to know what I will be doing for the rest of my life.

[Wirelizard]

That shrine looks like it fits perfectly with the creepy gonzo aesthetic you do so well, nice find!

Looking forward to seeing the trees progress, seriously big trees are something a lot of us don't do on the gaming table and we really should.

[DeafNala]

That shrine looks like it fits perfectly with the creepy gonzo aesthetic you do so well, nice find!

Looking forward to seeing the trees progress, seriously big trees are something a lot of us don't do on the gaming table and we really should.

The Zealot Miniatures' Shrine just seemed the thing to have hidden on a swamp islet. It will probably get creepier still as the trees get closer to completion.
Considering the amount of time a gaming army needs to get table worthy, smaller less detailed terrain makes sense. I am happy you like my trees. Thanks for the reply, Wirelizard!

[DeafNala]

The snakes idea has made me think about just what sort of snake would inhabit The Swamp. A version of Tall Tales' Python would be just the thing:



He/she/whatever is certainly whimsical/silly enough.

[DeafNala]

I finally finished twisting the branches on Tree #1.






You can get a better idea of just how many branches are involved from the top view:




Doing the clay sculpt on the trunk & larger branches & glue gun teasing the smaller branches & roots is next. This one will be getting a face as well. Then there will be another eleven or so trees to make...sigh.

[DintheDin]

So, this will be a grand and extended project of yours, with branches & roots!

[DeafNala]

So, this will be a grand and extended project of yours, with branches & roots!

It's more of an extension of the existing Last Hurrah Project. The Swamp is a significant part of the story. The Trees are a major feature of The Swamp.
Right now I am doing some work on bases for the Witch & Wizard Frogs. I also hope get some painting in while I do YET MORE wire twisting. All this will be interrupted this afternoon by a first visit to my new doctor...nothing wrong, just getting a blood test for my anticoagulates.

[DeafNala]

I finally had some stuff to photograph. Tree #2 has all its branches twisted & Tree #3 is on its way. The Shrine is now base coated as well:




I also have the understructure for Tiltin'Town, a Howl's Moving Castle inspired bit of Swamp scenery:








More whenever.

[DintheDin]

I predict that a lot of green stuff will be employed for this job! 

[DeafNala]

I predict that a lot of green stuff will be employed for this job! 

Probably along with Milliput, plumbers epoxy putty, foam, balsa, & miscellaneous bits of scrap material aka junk.

[FramFramson]

"Junk" is only a temporary condition once you get ahold it, it seems. 

[DeafNala]

"Junk" is only a temporary condition once you get ahold it, it seems. 

"One man's junk is another man's treasure" has become my way of life.
I forgot lots of hot glue, foam putty, AND miles of floral wire figure large in the equation as well.

[Anatoli]

Smashing stuff as always DeafNala - love your quirky creations. I must ask, where and how to you store all the hundreds of items you have made?!