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LotR Inspired Vignette

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
LotR Inspired Vignette
Posted by ajlafleche on Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:26 PM

Here's my latest work, a Lord of the Rings inspired 54mm vignette using Andrea's "Untamed" figure, Enigma Miniature's Yarry, a tree trunk from Bayardi bases from LaMeridiana and M Models and a Games Workshop type figure posing as Gollum.

The groundwork is Celluclay over styrofoam. The stream is a base of Liquitex with Woodland Scenics Water Effects some of which has cotton strands imbedded in it. Most of the vegetation is Sphagnum moss. Paints are primarily Andrea and Vallejo.

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  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:13 PM

Cool!  A couple things I noticed, I know you said it was only "inspired" by LotR, but;

1.  The "Hobbit"'s head looks huge for the rest of the body.

2. If that is supposed to be gollum/schmeagol (spelling?), the skin should be more on the gray side, IMO.

Last, that mossy stuff never really looked right to me in dios/vignettes.  I mean, it doesn't really resemble any 1:1 plants I've ever seen personally. 

That said, I really like the rest of the groundwork, and the moving water looks great.  Great figure painting too.

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:04 PM
 IanIsBored2000 wrote:

Last, that mossy stuff never really looked right to me in dios/vignettes.  I mean, it doesn't really resemble any 1:1 plants I've ever seen personally.

Thanks. As far as the moss goes, I wanted a look of an unnatural, blasted, almost haunted landscape rather than what I usually do for groundcover.

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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