Saturday, June 11, 2011

Mycenaean Terrain - WIP +1

Slowly working on this piece as I'm still a little tired, or satisfied, from Enfilade! a couple of weekends ago. I finished another wall; the east wall. I think I'll leave off the north wall so the area can be accessible for gaming. I used a top of a plastic container for the hearth. The hearth at Pylos is 3 meters in diameter. This one is probably a little smaller, but close enough and I want to be able to move figures around the room. Here are a couple of pictures of the work so far - with a Redoubt figure for size comparison. Still need to paint the west wall with the entrance into the room - as well as the floor and hearth.
The frescoes are an amalgamation from several palaces. The one below - popularly believed to be the goddesses Hera and Athena is from Tiryns.
The next few are from Pylos (heavily restored); including a well-known artist's rendition:
The next image of running warriors is from Knossos on Crete; and again an artist's rendition of what the place there may have looked like.
The illustration below is really nice (in spite of the copyright cross-hatching).

15 comments:

  1. Your painting is seriously impressive. How long does it take to do a wall section?

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  2. Thanks, Gents!

    Speedy: About an hour or so - mainly trying to get the colors right; as the outlines are for the images are already printed on the paper glued to the foamcare. It's just like painting a coloring book ;) The borders have been simplified and are painted more for effect than precision.

    Warm Regards, Dean

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  3. Nice painting, Dean...pretty good color combinations

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  4. Very cool terrain - nice combination ogpf computer graphics with hand painting

    Are those drawings available publicly?

    Miles

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  5. Miles: I downloaded the images from the web several years ago - I tried locating the page again, but can't recall where/who it was. If I find them again, I'll post the link. Dean

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  6. Stunning work Dean.

    You would have had a job back then as a wall painter.

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  7. Really cool technique and very effective, looking forward to some more.

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  8. Really nice. Very inspirational for a dungeon RPG based on the Minotaur's maze

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  9. That´s a lovely looking interior!!!
    Cheers
    paul

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  10. I'm reading an interesting but wordy book about these places at the moment, your pictures have added a bit of colour to the experience. Nice and atmospheric.

    BTW, you're allowed to be both tired and satisfied!

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  11. Dean, those are just amazing images. I'm hoping to see the finished product up close and personal.

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