Saturday, June 18, 2011

Mycenaean Terrain (Megaron) - Completed

Finally got around to finishing this piece. To allow its use in gaming, one wall has been left off. Still need to finish the outside - mainly plastering and painting an off white; as well as the basing itself.
As mentioned previously, this central hall, or megaron, is based on several Mycenaean/Minoan palace ruins. The throne and the fresco wall behind it is based on the one at Knossos. The other walls have designs based on frescoes from both Tiryns and Pylos. The hearth is based on the one at Pylos.
For the hearth fire aquarium rocks were used. The areas around the rocks were given a wash of red, highlighted with yellow to represent flames. The rocks were then drybrushed gray to represent ashen coals. The throne was made from styrene plastic.

A lion gate I built a long time ago out of styrofoam:

18 comments:

  1. Wow Dean, that is truly stunning!

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  2. Nice work Dean,it come up very well int the photo's

    PP

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  3. Very nice Dean, extremely original!

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  4. Beautiful! That is the best ancient terrain I've ever seen

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  5. Excellent...the colours are great!!!
    Cheers
    paul

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  6. Amazing!!!! Other level up in the wagame!!!!

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  7. your Megaron looks very great!

    Cheers, Wolfgang

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  8. Nice work Dean. Have you considered doing the same thing at 1:1 scale it would make a stunning dining room.

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  9. Thanks for the kind words everyone. I really appreciate them. Hope to use in a "Labor of the Gods" game soon. Regards, Dean

    P.S. I think the Mycenaean color scheme would be a bit bright (gaudy) for most modern tastes ;)

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  10. Fantastic work Dean, a real centrepiece for your games!

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  11. Just a magnificent piece of work Dean. Good stuff.

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  12. That looks fantastic! It really will locate games in time and space with an atmosphere suiting to both. If I didn't say it before, I love the central hearth, looks hot enough to melt steel.

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  13. wow, looks very, very authentic, with the vivid colours and themes painted. Though I do not know much about the Mycenaean structures it looks similar to Minoan/Crete style wall art.

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  14. Thank you, Sir! I hope to one day visit the actual locations too! Best, Dean

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