Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror! The beginning of something new...?

[Helen]

Congrats, pure magic and thankyou for sharing your craftmanship.

Helen

[vikotnik]

Thank You for the nice comments, guys(and lady)!
 

In the last few days, some people asked me about the manufacturer of the houses. I will post some comparison pics in the next few days.
During the fuss of uploading I seemed not to be able to upload one of the most important pictures, the one with the ship that brings the vampire to the city!




It was designed by the brilliant Geboom. He sells it and the two houses You see on the left behind the ship through his page shiftinglands.com. Check them out!

In a good vampire story, there must be a first victim, here he is:


Even the priest went out of his mind...:


He is a 'LE' Foundry miniature. First thing when it arrived here was cutting off the boooooring cross he was carrying, discarding it and replacing it with a resin casting I had lying around in my workshop. He did not have the bible in his other hand, too, so i cut it off and made a new one carrying a book.

Orlock can make himself invisible to sneak up on his unsuspecting victims(  ), so I made a copy in clear resin:


...enjoy the pics!   

[Bullshott]

This is absolutely amazing I knew it was going to be good when we talked about it last October and you showed me one of you first figures in black & white, but the end result is fantastic.

How will you improve on this for your next project - or shouldn't we ask?

[Captain Blood]

The ship is the best picture of them all 

Sumptuous. Immaculate attention to detail. And true artistry. I can say no more. Words fail me.

(Well, actually - just a couple of questions... 1. The sea in the harbour is fabulous. How did you do it? And 2. I like the milkmaid with the buckets on a yoke over her shoulders. What make is that figure? I'd like to get hold of one... Thanks).

[vikotnik]

Thanks again for the comments!
 


@Bullshott:
Next one will be quite relaxing(For me, not the players...), I will keep you updated through here.

(Adds in a raspy voice)The items we talked about are not forgotten, my friend...


@Captain Blood:
 The ship really is special to me. The masts have been heavily converted and elongated to give the whole ship a more passenger cargo feel. Mrs. Vikotnik senior seamed the sails for me in order to furl them on the (would not ever know what the word for this one would be).

 Question one: The water is made of a product called 'Gel Denso' by Vallejo and dries to a very convincing, transparent finish. Before You start working on the surface, it has to be painted, because the stuff really is translucent. If You put it on your carefully painted, painstakingly detailed surface, it looks like this:



Believe me, it takes a looooooong time to cure. Longer than you are expecting to. Just at the point of time, when you think 'Hmmm, this stuff does not work, just like some varnishes. Perhaps I shoul...' something happens. Seriously, I heard from Zafarelli beforehand that this takes a long time to dry and was prepared. So I placed a fan heater in front of it. Just about SEVEN days after that!
The surface is easy to do. Just dab it with a palette knife after spreading and leave to dry.
Question two: Foundry, eighteenth century civilians

[twrchtrwyth]

Wow.

[dodge]

And I didn't think it could be any better , but good lord this is just brilliant.

dodge
 

[Malamute]

And I didn't think it could be any better , but good lord this is just brilliant.

dodge
 

I wholeheartedly agree with that statement

[Overlord]

Stunning work Karsten. 

I knew it would be good when you mentioned it at BLAM, but WOW!

[Hawkeye]

Amazing!
 
Truly amazing!
There's so much that's good about it that I don't know where to start! Fantastically imaginative and brilliantly executed.

[Le matou rouge]

 
I can only add my voice to the chorus of superlatives - and I like the way Helen summarizes it : "pure magic" !

May I ask where did you find this great figure ? you probably sculpt it yourself, isn't it ?

 m'WOW,
Matt






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[Malamute]

I believe that figure is from the Blue Moon London Civilians pack. Am I right Vikotnik

[Le matou rouge]

Of course, you are !
It shows how a great painting scheme could change a mini - but I'm sure Vikotnik could have sculpted it

Thanks,
Matt

[ace67]

im sure you have heared lots of great comments
but i would like to say its people like you that makes
this hobby worth coming back to again and again
when the paint pot is sitting there and the lead mountain
looks unscaleable and i think about giving it all up for the
9th or 10th time i just need alittle look at work like yours
to inspire me
enough of the smossing whats next on the horizon?
cheers
ace67

[vikotnik]

Thank You for the comments, guys!
 

I believe that figure is from the Blue Moon London Civilians pack. Am I right Vikotnik

Of course, you are !

You are indeed, Malamute.

Ace67,  happy to have inspired you!