Saturday 30 December 2017

From MichaelA: Sadako & Well (Ring) (15 Points)



I trust that you have all had a good Christmas and allow me to wish you a very happy New Year!  With the news that terrain would now garner points, I had hoped to snag a couple of easy wins with some plastic and resin scenery - I wonder how many Renedra barns we will see this winter?  I know I have one primed and ready to go!  That said as soon as I saw Curt's stunning, opening entry, I was so inspired that I had to try something a little different.


This then is my homage to the Ring, a 1998 Japanese, psychological, horror film directed by Hideo Nakata.  A wonderfully odd piece of celluloid that revolves around a cursed videotape that kills the viewer seven days after watching it.  Without wanting to give too much away a young girl, Sadako is killed and her body disposed of in a well; her grisly return forming part of the cursed tape.

The build started with a Fenris Games well, but thinking that I might want to use it in my 'Witchfinder' games, I added some little extras in the form of a rope and bucket, some mushrooms and even the remains of some luckless soul, perhaps Sadako herself?


I have subsequently 'filled' the well with some epoxy resin, which helps to convey a much needed feeling of depth to the piece.  As for Sadako, this was another of my Studio Miniatures horror characters and was relatively simple to paint on account of her damp, matted hair covering her face.  So hopefully my first points on the board and with a suitably monstrous theme to boot, let's see how many more times I get distracted before the challenge is over! 


Artist: Beyoncé
Title: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

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Ahh, it's great to see you back with us Michael. Welcome to the Challenge.

What a wonderfully evocative (and seriously creepy) vignette. I loved 'The Ring', even though it scared the bejezzus out of me. The film has a great aesthetic which I think you've done an admirable job conveying here. I particularly like the little details you've added like the mushrooms and the rope and pale next to the well. You need to come back with another shot of it with the addition of the epoxy resin water - I'd like to see the effect of that with the human remains just below the surface. 

An excellent opening to your Challenge this year. Now, get ready for your minion duties next week - I think you'll be busy. :)

AND with Michael's entry we now have half of the participants with points on the roster. Great work people!! Let's keep the steam up.


23 comments:

  1. welcome on board again. Beautiful and creepy

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  2. The thought of Michael paining to Beyoncé.... now that’s funny ...

    Cracking job done

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  3. Very evocative work Michael :)

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  4. Glad to see you back on board! That’s quite a creepy first submission my friend. Wonderfully within the theme of this years challenge.

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  5. Wonderfully chilling entry Micheal! Well done I say!

    Christopher

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  6. Great piece, well done with lots of details. Great movie too.

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  7. Oh great, thanks Michael.

    Now I have to find someone else to look at this blog post or I'm done for by next week!
    ; )

    Excellent work and extremely evocative - creepily effective!

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    1. Meow. Make your standing stones into a vignette and then I'll be painted into a corner. :P

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    2. May be waiting a while for that - catastrophic material failure yesterday has thrown a spanner into the works! More later!

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    3. Is that a delicate way of saying that your toilet has backed-up?

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    4. 34C and high humidity play merry hell with some of the most basic hobby tasks. Things which should set, don't, and adhesive doesn't play nice. So I may just go back to figs for the time being!
      : )

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    5. Now that doesn't sound like fun Ev! Mind you looking at the relentless rain outside, I could do with a break in the weather.

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  8. Ahhh... that's better. I don't feel like the Challenge is properly started until you've treated us to something evocative and considered mate. Wonderful as ever!

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  9. Brilliant entry, Michael! Wonderful work on the well too, I loved the intial photo.
    Beyonce the single ladies....I wonder why Sadako is still single, maybe if she fixed her hair? ;)

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  10. Very nice indeed - seriously spooky!

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  11. Dear lord Michael, how are you able to nail creepiness in it's most frightening way with figures like this time and again? Flabbergasted mate, truly!

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  12. Great work and interesting models.

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  13. Now that is cool, that film still makes me shake!

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  14. Cracking first entry Michael! Can't wait to see all the amazing minis and vignettes you'll come up with during the challenge again!

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