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

I like your trees- is that florists wire you are using for the structure?

Thanks, Codsticker! I use a variety of floral wires. The trunk, roots, & heavier branches are the raffia wrapped type from Naturally Wired.

That's a good start, looking spooky already!

I have to say, I do like your work. It's very different from anything I've thought of doing, but still with great character. Spooky, creepy, sometimes funny in a crazed laughter of the mad sort of way... Very much your own, I think.

Grimscull wrote:

That's a good start, looking spooky already!

Thanks, Grim. I am happy you like it. I think it's the twisted shape of the tress that give it the spooky look I was hoping for.

Rhydderch wrote:

I have to say, I do like your work. It's very different from anything I've thought of doing, but still with great character. Spooky, creepy, sometimes funny in a crazed laughter of the mad sort of way... Very much your own, I think.

Thanks for the reply, Rhydderch. I am glad you enjoy the stuff.
I just draw my inspiration from an odd mix of things I love with a touch of my own imagination. It is admittedly a strange mix.

Yesterday was an unfocused affair. This is how things looked at the end of the day:




...on the Spooky Woods Board, I got the tree roots for the background trees & some groundwork done:




...a few Mushrooms were made. These will be featured on a base for a Wyrd mini, Ano No Zako:


...this is Herself. I believe Amo No Zako translates as SCARY Old Crazy Lady:


...AND the excess green stuff = more Faces:


...that's how the day went. Being unfocused can be productive as well as fun.
Some regular-tough-large mushroom were also made; you can see them to the left in the top photos.  

Love those trees amigo

Thanks, Jim. I do have hopes for the Woods. I am happy you like it.

So by the end of the evening I had the Crazy Lady based up. I may have gotten ever-so-slightly carried away with the base:


Today I added to the ever-so-slightly some somewhat-normal-although-large mushrooms:




...here's a once around the Old Girl:








...insanity cab be such fun.

Lol... you must have quite the mushroom forest by now!

I would have quite a jungle of the things, but most of them I give away...they are taking over the World.

The crazy lady needs some cats...

Looking great amigo

...cats would work. I'll have to put my Sizechek mini in the next photo.
Thanks for the reply, Jim. I am glad you like her so far.

I made some small progress with the Spooky Woods Stage. The clay work is done on the background tress. The upper branches will get the teased out hot glue treatment & some foliage...probably:




...from the Mushroom Forest, I got the idea that the foreground pieces should go to either side to limit the view & frame the miniatures:




...I rarely learn from other Folk's mistakes, but I'm a champ at learning from my own blunders.

AND the foliage has been added to the background trees...the foreground ones will remain dead & leafless for contrast:




The clay is almost dry enough to paint; ergo, more later today or tomorrow.

...tomorrow. The background trees are primed & ready for some paint. Detailing is a probable...it's my getting-carried-away-with-things nature.


...with the foreground trees:




...I'm thinking of doing the sunken brick road in yellow. More later..."later" being a nebulous concept.

I like the bark texture on those trees; what kind of clay did you use?

Thanks, Codsticker.
The background trees are done with Premier/Primiere air dry clay. The foreground tree on the left is done with Das. They both work nicely. The Premier seems to dry a little quicker, but that might be due to the package being open for awhile.

Great work on the trees. I may never do any of my own, but I like seeing what is possible.

Thanks, Jim. In defiance of Murphy's Laws, they are easier than they seem.

Really nice work, as always.

Thanks for the kind reply, Rhydderch. I am happy you like it thus far.

Some progress was made on the Spooky Woods Photo Stage:






& the foreground tree:




...I hope to finish the highlighting today, The sunken road sections will get painted tomorrow. THe the ground cover & detailing...love detailing.  

...later the same day. I finished the highlights, did the road, & went nuts with the photos:
















Tomorrow should see the flora, details, & done...or not.

The trees are very impressive. I will have to take a shot at making some.