My take on the next chamber, "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a Chinese version of the tale. My good friend Mad Guru from Maiwand Day blog fame asked his wife to translate for me. This is her translation, thank you Xinhua.
Poor Yu had been convicted of crimes against the govt, tortured, and forced to watch his comrades being beheaded prior to his own execution. His story is timeless.....
陷阱与钟摆（The Pit and the Pendulum) Xian Jing yu Zhong Bai
The figures are based on washers to sit in their magnetized boxes. I used wood glue, ballast, sand, and old coffee grinds for the basing materials and painted with craft store paints. Burnt Umber, then Honeycomb, then highlighted with Bamboo.
Here's some close ups.
(4) 25/28mm figures x 5 Pts each + 20 points for the chamber = 40 Pts + standard pts - ?
Great post and glad I can be first to comment. Loved the painting and figures from a more unusual period that we dont often see painting for! Cheers Jez
ReplyDeleteFantastic vignette! Gruesome but very colourful
ReplyDeleteGruesome but fantastic covers it! Love the hair being pulled tight. The standard came out very well, kind of Tintin like.
ReplyDeleteLovely work Jeff, suitably horrible subject matter.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully painted vignette - I feel bad for the victim.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the comments. It is quite gruesome indeed! I never thought I'd ever paint it up. I have no idea how long I've even had these figs. On to the next chamber .....
ReplyDeleteGreat looking vignette, nasty execution!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you sir!
DeleteCool little vignette, simple yet striking.
ReplyDeleteThank you, that was my intention, I'm glad I succeeded.
DeleteVery dramatic vignette!
ReplyDeleteThank you Barks
DeleteNicely executed vignette! (I’ll get my coat.....)
ReplyDeleteWell played, lol, thank you.
DeleteWow, fantastic vignette Jeff. Now we know what those long pigtails were for... Yeash.
ReplyDeleteCurt, thank you, that's high praise indeed coming from such an accomplished painter.
DeleteGreat little group of figures 👍
ReplyDeleteRegards KenR
@Yarkshire Gamer, thank you, I appreciate your time to look and comment. I've been enjoying your blog for years sir. Your Roman army project is excellent!
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