Tom Meier/Thunderbolt Mountain NEW DeafNala: In Living Colour 6-04-13

[OLeary]

It's far from that. I would tone the greens with browns and earth colours. This will make your miniatures pop and actually look natural. Looking forward to more in this thread.

Thank you, I will do that and will also look at a lot of other pics to see how others have achieved it.

The pieces are LOVELY. They have a surreal Fairy Tale feel to them which fits perfectly with you Ballerina War band. GREAT STUFF!

I'm going to be putting some of my live flowers into the piece when I do the photography and will most likely shoot it out doors with my trailing roses cascading down as a backdrop.  I'm looking forward to receiving your mushrooms

         

You are doing fine!  All the pieces look fantastic.  I think the skilled people here will have good advice, I will just sit here and be the bedazzled audience.

Gracias,

Glenn

Thank you for the encouragement Glenn. Truly you are a gentleman 

[DeafNala]

I thoughtlessly forgot to mention I really like the little mushroom in the Flower photo. I'm doing up the smaller Mushrooms with Faces to match...imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.

[Jevenkah]

They are looking beautiful! Our terrain leans towards the larger-scale, modular system moreso than the delicate scenery you've already created. If there's something specific we've done, please point it out and I'd be more than happy to explain.

As for the setting, when I picture fairies, they're either in a field in the middle of the woods, or under pine trees in the middle of the woods What about a scattering of dried pine needles & leaves as patches on the base? It might break up the green as well. I'm not positive about which materials to use; does the grass come in a brown? Maybe cut some pieces for a different scale from the grass.

I like the woodland base under the lord in your story thread. That was a neutral color if I remember right.

You have a great imagination and are doing a fantastic job of bringing to life the fun spirit of these figures!

Jevenkah

[OLeary]

I thoughtlessly forgot to mention I really like the little mushroom in the Flower photo. I'm doing up the smaller Mushrooms with Faces to match...imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.

I was being a wee bit cheeky with that lonely little mushroom sitting in that barren wasteland. Such a sad pathetic little thing... 

They are looking beautiful! Our terrain leans towards the larger-scale, modular system moreso than the delicate scenery you've already created. If there's something specific we've done, please point it out and I'd be more than happy to explain.

As for the setting, when I picture fairies, they're either in a field in the middle of the woods, or under pine trees in the middle of the woods What about a scattering of dried pine needles & leaves as patches on the base? It might break up the green as well. I'm not positive about which materials to use; does the grass come in a brown? Maybe cut some pieces for a different scale from the grass.

I like the woodland base under the lord in your story thread. That was a neutral color if I remember right.

You have a great imagination and are doing a fantastic job of bringing to life the fun spirit of these figures!

Jevenkah

The problem with the woodland base for my Lord was that it just looked messy and I want this to be tidy and more organized. I have ordered some fallen leaves from Secret Weapon and those should break things up a bit.

I do have trees to surround the scene with, but I didn't include them in this pic as I was limiting it to just things I'd built myself. Thanks for the idea on the pine needles as I can find them just outside my front door.

Thank you so much for your time and your input. Have a good Memorial Day weekend 

[DeafNala]

Thanks for mentioning the Secret Weapon Fallen Leaves. Fallen Leaves are something I've been looking around for. I checked them out at The War Store...they're perfect.

[M.P.]

I must say I love your terrain pieces, as DeafNala said very surreal. Keep posting such a quality stuff

[OLeary]

Thanks for mentioning the Secret Weapon Fallen Leaves. Fallen Leaves are something I've been looking around for. I checked them out at The War Store...they're perfect.

I'd seen a couple of people use them for basing and they looked really good, so I thought I'd pick them up. Got them from FRP so it's a hurry up and wait thing. They are so slow, but the prices are good.

I must say I love your terrain pieces, as DeafNala said very surreal. Keep posting such a quality stuff

Thank you for the encouragement. As a beginner it really helps me.

[OLeary]

As some of you may know, our DeafNala kindly sculpted some Mushrooms for me to use in my little project. You have seen them in pictures, but unless you've held one in your hands, you do not know just how beautiful they really are. To that end I have taken a few of them into my yard and photographed them in a natural environment.



After receiving them I realized that I will have much less building of terrain to do. I can create natural paths throughout the sedum I use as ground cover and wind the story in and through natural, living flowers.

You can see three of the Ballerina Princess Faeries in the foreground.

My Wood Elf Huntsman and his two dogs have base colours applied. Progress has been slow as my husbands health has recently deteriorated to the point that I can rarely leave his bedside and I am only able to paint for an hour or two a day. We are hopeful that things will improve over the next month.

To that end, it is unlikely that I will be posting in the Fantasy section of this forum again until next month.

My most sincere thanks to DeafNala for brightening my otherwise dreary days.

[maxxev]

Progress has been slow as my husbands health has recently deteriorated to the point that I can rarely leave his bedside and I am only able to paint for an hour or two a day. We are hopeful that things will improve over the next month.

To that end, it is unlikely that I will be posting in the Fantasy section of this forum again until next month.

My most sincere thanks to DeafNala for brightening my otherwise dreary days.

Sorry to hear that, I hope things imrpove for him soon.

Those mushrooms look great in the outdoors, still creepy but great .

[Engel]

Great.

I just love those Tom Meier sculpts but never could justify to get any of them for myself, and with the additon of DeafNala terrain you got your self an perfect fairytale setting.

[von Lucky]

All the best OLeary to you and your husband.

[DeafNala]

I must say the Lads do look happy in their pleasant, new environment...the floral setting is LOVELY & the Lasses are coming along NICELY. Thanks for the photos.

Give your Man my regards, & tell him he features in an Old Man's prayers.

[Jevenkah]

That picture is gorgeous! I don't care if they're not done yet, I love the colors! The scale compared to the mushrooms looks great! And putting them in your garden for the photo shoot was a perfect idea.

Our thoughts are with you & yours, we'll be here waiting for your fairies!
Jevenkah

[OLeary]

Thank you guys for the support, The Hubby is much better today.

Bezzo, my brush is loaded and I finally got my next Ancient Celt up on the 100 club. I had to follow some great entries, but at least it is there!