An old piece today.

A diorama I made ages ago for a contest at a local gaming store (I won second place btw). Most of the temple is etched plaster covering a wood base.

For the sculpture on the wall, I pressed various figures on a clay sheet and poured plaster of Paris, then etched the brick patterns on it after it was dried. The columns are also made of plaster, poured in… cardboard toilet paper rolls. Yep.

The paint job is ok, but as for most of my older pieces, it consists mainly of layering and drybrushing.

It think the diorama should be viewed as a whole, telling a story: Mama dragon, protecting her eggs, wants to get a free meal from superstitious orcs, who are about to get attacked by a brave halfling thief and a (hopefully) powerful mage.

A jungle scene…

Overall view.

Some tension in this scene…

“Hum… free meal!”

“Wait… Something’s wrong…”

“Mom! Mom!”

“If I can just find that wand now…”

“Dinner served!”

“Just wait ’till the last moment: It will be more cinematic!”

“Now if that *&# mage could just find his stuff…”

3…2…1… Action!!!