Eehaw!!, a Donkey, a Bedouin and a Snake vignette

[rtfoe]

Buried the snake and waiting for the plaster to cure. I will paint the snake in situ after detailing the disturbed sand...

I'm heading to the Ardennes to continue with the 25 figures.

Cheers,
Wabble

[rtfoe]

Just trying some first passes of colour on the base...no detail painting yet. Kicked up dust still tweaking...

Most people would have painted their figures before working on the base but I'm just weird.

Cheers,
Wabble

[scottie3158]

Richard, that mate is a superb scene and very well thought out.

[Jim R]

Something very different and really well executed. Looking superb.

[Richard48]

Wow looks sooo good Wabble.It would make a great scenario in a similar theme to say Lawerence of Arabia or LRDG.
Richard

[Neil Merryweather]

Way better than I was expecting,and I had high expectations anyway!
Brilliant, Wabble!

[rtfoe]

Thank you Scottie, Jim, Richard and Neil.

Very experimental at the moment. The results are as new to me as what you guys are seeing. So many references show the desert in many colours during the latter part of the day as the sun begins to set casting long shadows which I will artificially paint on the base... something that I have not done before. Fingers crossed.

Cheers,
Wabble

[rtfoe]

The experiment seems to have worked with paper masks...

I had to create the shadow using an ordinary lamp bulb traced on typewriting paper placed flat and marked out the edges and dimensions of the base. LED lights didn't create the sharp shadows I needed...the ordinary bulb was more successful. The curvature and the cotton wool dust was the main hindrance in maintaining a flat surface for the mask...in future a pre shadow might work better since the colours sprayed was very diluted.
The snakes shadow is done with creative license because at that angle it just looked like a piece of rod. Now it looks like Godzilla about to bite the Bedouins foot. All the highlights and colours you see are airbrushed...no hairy stick work yet as I used top lighting for this shot.
I am quite happy with the outcome and will now add in more highlights and shadows to the landscape.

Cheers,
Wabble

[scottie3158]

Hi Wabble, that is a brilliant idea and superbly executed.

[Neil Merryweather]

Oh Brilliant!!

[Stefee]

Wow!!!!

[Jim R]

That is superb Richard.

[rtfoe]

Thank you Scottie, Neil, Stefan and Jim for commenting.
I love it when a plan comes together. Now I better start on painting the figures...that's the make or break of the vignette. The sooner I get it done the better as I had just dropped the Bedouin and his vest broke in two places...easily fixed after some censored explatives.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Richard48]

Mr Wabble industrial language hehe.Looking excellent Indeed.Do have a liking for desert scenarios.Ive got a Tamiya Panzer D in my wardrobe of doom with a Masterbox crew and guy on a donkey.Thinking of them bartering cigarettes with him for some fruit maybe.
Great stuff Wabble.
Richard

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Now that is impressive. WOW!!!