Maudeheim & Environs Part I: Updated 10/29/13

While there are still some embellishments to be added, like some reed & cat's tails, Crazy Mary's Cay is now done...OH BABY! AND here are some Photos of ASTOUNDING Mediocrity to prove it:

The overhead & long shots with The Piranha Club off to the right:





Some close ups:

















As always your enlightened comments & critiques would be GREATLY appreciated & forestall any whining & guilt tripping...probably.

Oh man! That is top notch stuff! My favourite detail is the sewage (?) pipe - fantastic! But it's full of great and orginal ideas.

Love the lust potion no. 9 bit. This whole project is amazing, keep up the good work.

Hey does that trap door work? Wonderful stuff going on all over the place. Where's Mary?

Thanks for all the kind comments, Guys.

folketsfiende wrote:

My favourite detail is the sewage (?) pipe - fantastic!

The sewage pipe is from Crazy Mary's secret laboratory, aka still..she's not environmentally friendly.

Von Kurst wrote:

Hey does that trap door work? Wonderful stuff going on all over the place.

Well it doesn't actually open, but, as a prop to suggest some mysterious place beneath it, it's fully operational.
The place is pretty busy, & I have some plans to add more details. PLUS there are more Cays, Keys, & Isles in the the works. AND there will be more signs, theomar.

Von Kurst wrote:

Where's Mary?

I'm still deciding which Witch to use. In the process I'm accumulating enough Witches for a sizable Coven...or a smallish Convention.

wieeeeh! another round of sweet mushrooms and trees

They aren't really supposed to be scary, are they?

Thanks, Bolbotos: glad you like the stuff!
I hadn't intended the Thingies to be actually scary, perhaps a little disturbing, but not scary...sort of Corpse Bride or The Nightmare Before Christmas with a bit of Labyrinth/Dark Crystal mixed in. A number of Folk have, however, commented that the surrealistic quality of some pieces is disturbing; one L.A.Fer gets nightmares from the stuff. I think it's rather like the scariness that a lot of children associate with clowns.

Actually I don't like Tim Burton's style that much, but your style even more. It is disturbing but somehow seet and funny. If your work would be candy I would eat it at once

These are WAY TOO Creepy! The whole area should "Cause Fear" LOL!

LOVE 'EM!

DeafNala wrote:

it's rather like the scariness that a lot of children associate with clowns.

Man oh man, some psychotic clowns would fit RIGHT in with this scenery... great work as always, Nala.

Thanks MUCHO for the kind comments, Guys!

Bolbotos wrote:

Actually I don't like Tim Burton's style that much, but your style even more. It is disturbing but somehow seet and funny.

Even as a T.B. fan, I don't think I would or could copy the Burtonesque style. The wondrous part of Fantasy/Fictional modeling is that it allows you to do things to the dictates/limitations of your own imagination. My stuff is a creation of a vivid imagination as seen through the eyes of a Crazy Old man...how's that for SCARY!

Spectre76 wrote:

Man oh man, some psychotic clowns would fit RIGHT in with this scenery... great work as always, Nala.

Funny you should mention it. I've been picking up some of Wyrd's theatrical types & such along with these West Wind minis:

http://www.oldglory25s.com/index.php?cat_id=536&catname=%27Circus%20of%20Death%27

Ok Al...you're PURE GENIUS!

"Lust potion n°9"...have you got some? I promise...I'll use it properly. Won't put a couple of drops on my girlfriend before going to sleep.

Thanks, Fabio...glad you like it. It would be cool to link up somewhere & do a mutual project.

We just have to talk via PM. I'm absolutely willing to cohoperate with you and your genius.

drakkol wrote:

We just have to talk via PM. I'm absolutely willing to cohoperate with you and your genius.

Someday a Dark Freighter with a Character of Dubious Worth may arrive on the fair shores of Italy..one never knows.

DeafNala wrote:

Someday a Dark Freighter with a Character of Dubious Worth may arrive on the fair shores of Italy..one never knows.

Really?!

I'll have to prepare something worth and an appropriate welcome. My dwarven cannons will be ready. Whether as welcome shot or to defend my kazad... depending from what the dark Freighter takes with it

Jokes apart, I'll be happy and i'm curious to know what you have in mind.

Old Captain John occasionally mentions that we could take a European journey via his Merchant Marine contacts...SO may be one of these days.

You leave me every time more curious.

If you'll come to Italy remember one thing: distances are smaller than in U.S. but...times are longer... And gasoline is 2€ per liter...

A LOOK INSIDE A CRAZY OLD MAN'S MIND:
SO having used up five of my Mushroom Guys for Crazy Mary's, I figured I should replace them. Getting a tad carried away with the thing, The Five were duly replaced by The Eleven. Then says I...Old Men, particularly the of the deaf & crazy variety, tend to talk to themselves...while I'm at it I should paint the Lads/Whatever up to make things easy when I plant them.
The end result is The Twenty Eight:





Your kind comments, as always, would be GREATLY appreciated.

Absolutly gorgeous, love ´em . I just think about those little guys having a great time around by livingshrooms.
Well, with your permission i think i will bring those two kinds together with one of my next shrooms, could be fun!

Great job as always mr. nala!

Oh my. Madness. The.

I'm envious. Don't have the the proper time for my projects ftm, and you just keep churning things out. Splendid as always.

Thanks for the kind words, Guys.
After I had them all primed up & sitting there staring at me, they look too delightfully silly not to paint up for a Group Photo.

Insantity! What a crowd. This mob should last you for a week or 2. Exellent work.

Thanks, Amigo! I'm doing some bases today. That means that any excess putty will probably go to the making of YET MORE Mushrooms of Silly Surreality...obsessions can be fun.

Do they work as Oompa Loompas when you're sleeping?