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

[LordOdo]

Thanks, LordOdo! I'm hoping to gt the tentacles in place later today. I got hung up on trying to think of a way to make them removable...no luck on that. Once they're in place, I can agonize about color.

It made me think of this: (great comic too btw)

[DeafNala]

Now THATis cool...I need to paint up my West Wind Circus stuff.

[Bloggard]

SO I have The Tree primed & ready for some color. As a size reference, a W.I.P. Troll volunteered to pose by The Tree:

Now all I have to do is overcome the lure of monochromatic. 

fabulous stuff, literally and subjectively.

[DeafNala]

fabulous stuff, literally and subjectively.

Thanks for the morale boosting reply, Bloggard! I'm happy you are enjoying it all.

[DeafNala]

Don't you LOVE those Epic Movies that start with a dramatic scene of some vast area...like the Negev or some such desert in Lawrence of Arabia? Then the camera zooms in on The Hero as the theme music builds in the background. Well I took some photos of The Vault of Pack Rattiness & my Work Tables from HELL! for a rant about something I've decided not to get into AND, rather than waste them, I decided a cinematic approach to my diminutive Heroes-in-Progress would be a fine & inappropriate idea. SO sns the music, here we go:

The Work Space (well actually 2/3 of the work space, but let's not quibble):


...sweeping majestically past the Monochromatic Scenery:


...& the Dark Hold Goblins:


...we approach the Heroes:




...a leap into the Present:




...& a few possible distractions...hedging my bets:


...there you go. Wasn't that fun?

[Too Bo Coo]

Such a wonderful style!  LOVE IT!  LOVE IT ALL!!!!

[DeafNala]

Such a wonderful style!  LOVE IT!  LOVE IT ALL!!!!

Thanks for the kind reply, Too Bo Coo! I'm glad you feel that way about my stuff. It's VERY motivating for moi.

[Too Bo Coo]

The original sculpting, the colored bases with the b&w minis are such a pleasure to look at.  Wonderful collection!

[DeafNala]

The original sculpting, the colored bases with the b&w minis are such a pleasure to look at.  Wonderful collection!

Thanks again, Too Bo Coo! The minis will shortly be just as colorful as their bases. Then I'll do photos of them on the black & white Gray Scale Cavern board...it's all SO confusing.

[Dr. Zombie]

I don't comment near enough on this awesome thread.

There is an old danish joke about northern danes, who a known to be a very sombre/serious people. Where the wife complaints to her husband that he does not tell her he loves her enough. And his response is that he has already once told her that he loves her once and he will let her know if that changes.

Even thou I do not comment on every update. I do love them all.

I will let you know if that changes

[DeafNala]

I don't comment near enough on this awesome thread.

There is an old danish joke about northern danes, who a known to be a very sombre/serious people. Where the wife complaints to her husband that he does not tell her he loves her enough. And his response is that he has already once told her that he loves her once and he will let her know if that changes.

Even thou I do not comment on every update. I do love them all.

I will let you know if that changes

Thanks for the kind reply, Dr. Zombie...I liked the anecdote. . I don't comment as often as I should either; there are time that words fail me. I am glad you are enjoy The Project & took the time to say so.

[von Lucky]

How you have the energy to keep at this consistently (sure, there's peaks and troughs) - there's dark magic at play.

[Psychoflexible]

Sorry if it had been already asked but what do you use to prime your minis ? Do you drybrush in white on a black primer ?

As Dr zombie (thank for the anecdote) I love ervey update

[DeafNala]

How you have the energy to keep at this consistently (sure, there's peaks and troughs) - there's dark magic at play.

Well..it's partly do to being a coffee addict & an insomniac with a lack of a social life plus a streak of bloody mindedness several yards wide, but mostly because I genuinely love what I'm doing. The fact that other Folk seem to enjoy what I do only adds fuel to the fire.

Sorry if it had been already asked but what do you use to prime your minis ? Do you drybrush in white on a black primer ?

As Dr zombie (thank for the anecdote) I love ervey update

Thanks, Psychoflexible. I'm happy you like the stuff.
I don't mind repeating myself at all. I do a thin coat of black paint. Then a dry brush of white once the black is dry.

[FramFramson]

Well that's one hell of a slate of coming attractions