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

Thanks, Jim...glad you like him/her. I can't imagine not doing the Mushrooms, Trees, & such.

Always interested to see new varieties/what you come up with next.

Thanks, West. I just did a refurbish on one of the Shroud Mushroom...photos later.

DN, in an earlier post you said that the mushrooms fit in with your storyline; do you think about that while you are sculpting them? Is there a little plot line running through your head while you are working that affects how they come out?

The story line is a work in progress. The framework is all the fantasy things I have come to love fro Jim Henson/Brian Froud through Terry Pratchett & Tim Burton with a twist of my own. I have found that there are a number of folk who follow my stuff that have their own stories about the place; that is what I try to encourage.
I do spin little tales about the pieces I am working on as I do them. It adds to the fun AND firms up what they will ultimately look like.  

I thought that might be the case. Each sculpt is so unique and full of character that it seems impossible that you wouldn't have their whole history in your head by the time you are done painting them.

Sometimes I think the Mushrooms are telling me what they look like & what their personalities are. Of course, I am not all that tightly wrapped.

I get it. Even when painting the minis frequently tell me what colours to use rather than me deciding.

I think this is one of the reasons I gave up on historical gaming.

Colonists with red coats wouldn't suit American Revolution games well.

DeafNala wrote:

Sometimes I think the Mushrooms are telling me what they look like & what their personalities are. Of course, I am not all that tightly wrapped.  

A sceptic might say you've spent so long on painting & modelling that you've developed an instinctive approach, unconscious, & indistinguishable from some external guidance.

Personally I suspect you've sculpted the necessary idols to release an elder god which has taken control of your mind. Cthulhu f'taghn!

Friedrich Hetzenauer wrote:

Colonists with red coats wouldn't suit American Revolution games well.

Thinking about it, 18th century stuff would make some splendid looking fantasy miniature...more Louis the 14th than Revolutionary War.  

Rhydderch wrote:

DeafNala wrote:

Sometimes I think the Mushrooms are telling me what they look like & what their personalities are. Of course, I am not all that tightly wrapped.  

A sceptic might say you've spent so long on painting & modelling that you've developed an instinctive approach, unconscious, & indistinguishable from some external guidance.

Personally I suspect you've sculpted the necessary idols to release an elder god which has taken control of your mind. Cthulhu f'taghn!

...I think it's more likely Tinkerbell.  

Well if you're looking for a new modelling project, I don't think anything's yet been done with Temeraire...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temeraire_(series)

Thanks, Rhydderch. It is interesting checking out new ideas.

SO this was going to be the base for the Goblin Brigand Chief aka The Mushroom King that Comsquare kindly send to me. It didn't work out, The King will get a new base & the photo stages have a new tree.










I used a variation of the foliage method that I did for The Spooky Woods photo stage; i.e., mesh & Super Leaf.

I'm going to have to take a closer look at your tree method they look good.

It's a beauty DN.

Thanks, Guys...glad you like it.
West: I have some W.I.P. photos in this album that might give you some ideas:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/nwvm9Cnu9FiyGDpl2

Thanks. I think I've seen some where you showed how you started them as well. I'll dig those out.

Friedrich Hetzenauer wrote:

Thanks. I think I've seen some where you showed how you started them as well. I'll dig those out.

If you need any explanations, give a holler.

Will do. I've been "gathering ideas" on how to make some trees for a few years now. It's about time I actually make a few.

The really are enjoyable to make, possibly addictive.
This is another article you might like checking out:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=41545.0

The photo of materials is very handy- I am going to have a look for the plumbers epoxy putty.

Codsticker wrote:

The photo of materials is very handy- I am going to have a look for the plumbers epoxy putty.

...glad to be of assistance. Master Plumber's Epoxy Putty from True Value/ Ace is THE BEST.

At a cursory glance earlier, I thought the purple capped mushrooms were the hands of some beast climbing out of the tree. (Consider this idea in future)

It is still a cool creepy tree, even after I realize my mistake