Maudeheim & Environs, Part III: Updated 06/14/20

"Twisty" shrooms! Love it.

Now that you mention it, there is a similarity. Thanks for the reply, Codsticker!

SO after some down time I have done a little work on the Mushroom background board:
The faces were gently removed for later use elsewhere. A Mushroom & some additional floating eyes were added:




...the free standing background Mushrooms are now primed/base coated:

Wouah, those sculpts are great! It must add so much personality to your games!

Kibo

Thanks for the kind reply, Kibo. I am glad you like them.
I haven't gamed in a while, but the Mushrooms & associates add to the atmosphere of my photos. It's more a story telling thing.  

The Mushroom Board has gotten more colorful:




...as have the background Mushrooms. The photos give an idea how the board will work for future miniature pics:






...even the Fey Faerie Wizards base got some attention:


...I'm hoping to have the board done by the weekend. Then on to the Urban Alley Board(s)...maybe.  

What's Urban Alley Boards? Your Mushroom Board looks very stylish. I hope it works out for you the way you planned. The backgrounds for photos I know usually are a bit more subtle and also brighter, though not as characterful as yours

Grimscull wrote:

What's Urban Alley Boards?

I have two more boards like the Mushroom one. One of them will have foreshortened buildings along the background side. It wil be a connection to other Urban Boards, like the Blight & the Twisted Tower as well as a photo stage for the miniatures.

Grimscull wrote:

Your Mushroom Board looks very stylish. I hope it works out for you the way you planned. The backgrounds for photos I know usually are a bit more subtle and also brighter, though not as characterful as yours

Thanks, Grim. I am glad you like it thus far...I have hopes for the Beasty.
I did some groundwork & finished the smiling background Mushroom along with one other.

Yesterday & thus far today, I have finished the big middle ground Mushroom, the smiling background Mushroom & one of his associates along with the towering background Mushrooms:








...the first of the Malignant Seven:




...more later...when later is in question.

Thanks, Rat...I'm glad you like it thus far!  

Yesterday's progress: finished three more background Mushrooms:


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AND added The Puddle Thing:


...the Thing will get a few coats of gloss finish after the matte spray.  

I quite like the pudddle thing: very creepy.

The color palette is very unique and inspiring. I like the yellow dots/violet/brown contrast of the mushrooms.

Hehe, the Puddle Thing is nice - and so simple! (in a good way simple)

Thanks for all the kind comments, Guys! I am happy the puddle thing is proving popular. A simple approach to things is often the most effective.

Woot! Puddle things! Insidious places, puddles.

Thanks, Jim. Glad you like IT.
I'm in the final stages of the place. The Background Mushrooms are planted, grass tufts are in place, the Eyes in the gloom are shining...painted. I just have to do some spray finish, brush on the gloss, & a tweak or two....maybe three. Then some more photos.

SO sometime Friday I finished up the Mushroom Forest background piece. Photos were taken yesterday. AND today I shall show you the results...such as they are:










...The Thing in the Puddle:






...since the thing was made to be the background for miniature photos, I got some volunteers to pose in the setting.
Wilhelm Von Shakespeare & Herald:






AND The Mushroom Adventuring Consortium:






I did pick up a few ideas of things to do & not to do in the next background boards, but I think I will have some fun with this one as it is.

Superb

Very menacing!

Fat Rat wrote:

Superb

Thanks, Rat! I'm glad you like it.

Codsticker wrote:

Very menacing!

Thanks for the reply, Codsticker. Folks seem to find my stuff either disturbing/nightmare inducing or funny. As long as you enjoy it I'm happy.

The photos look great!

Thanks, Jim. This batch were done on my painting table. I think using one of the other work tables would work a little better.  

This is the start of the second photo stage, The Spooky Woods. It was supposed to be #03, but I'm still thinking about The Blight Street Board, which is now #03.
That aside, I have the background tree forms made & glued in place awaiting some clay work:




...with the foreground trees in place:






...more later...but not necessarily today.