Walls of Troy project

[Lost Egg]

Well thats a slip up Corrected now

[Andym]

Perfect! I can already imagine these painted up with some market scenery or gubbins spread around them.

[GamesPoet]

Excellent!

[The Dozing Dragon]

Brilliant work!

[Marine0846]

Outstanding work on the buildings.
What a set up when are all cast and painted.

[herr zinnling]

Wow. That's brilliant!

[Hu Rhu]

Really, really like these.  They might just be the spur that gets me into a Trojan War project.

[Mason]

They look amazing and, with all the possible configurations, so versatile.
 

.... even swords & sorcery settings like Conan.

I think that you could be on to a winner there.
 

[Vongoosewink]

Thanks to everyone for all of the great feedback so far, I really appreciate it, and all of your enthusiasm it gives me the courage to keep working on this project - usually late at night!

With the walls, tower, and town buildings done, I've been thinking a little more about decorating the city - what sort of statues and decorations could be there?  Large greek sculpture actually came along later than 1200-1100 bc, but the Trojans have influences from the east, and would certainly have traded with cultures that built colossal statues in stone, like the Egyptians.  Some of the illustrations in the Black Ships book show a greek sphinx statue, and I think this is ideal -- it still looks suitably archaic (not classical), and has a hint of the mysterious east about it.  Perfect for Troy!

Here's a pic from the book where the sphinx is visible:



Having had fun working with the Beesputty, I decided to attempt to sculpt one with some.  Making this out of green or bronze epoxy putty (like I use for sculpting miniatures) would take a long time, but since the shape is actually pretty simple, I thought it might work.  And here's the finished result!  I think it turned out pretty well, and I may try some other Beesputty sculptures in the future.

To be clear - she is meant to be a stone statue, not a living sphinx, so I was able to breeze over some of the fussy details with her body and face and complete the sculpt quickly. 

I will definitely be getting this piece cast to make multiples of, I'll need several for the project.  I imagine these flanking the entrance to a temple, or perhaps a colonnade of them along some open public space.  I think they will be very useful!

[swiftnick]

Beautiful!

[gamer Mac]

That a great little sculpt

[manic _miner]

 Nice work on the Sphinx Chris.

 Looking forward to seeing what you will be doing next.

[Alxbates]

That little Sphinx is great - I'm glad to hear that you'll be casting her up!

[Patrice]

   Ooooh I waaant sphinxes...!

[LeadAsbestos]

I'll need a few too please!