Thanks, Laney...glad you like the stuff!
The white thingy is an Armorcast Steampunk Mushroom Observatory; I got that awhile ago with the Mushroom Furnace. Here's a link to the site:

http://armorcast.com/store/index.php?cPath=119_63

AND their pic:

That is awesome - can't wait to see your version all painted up! I've never bought anything from Armorcast, but they have some very nice cinematic effects that might tempt me into a purchase.

Laney

I've always been pleased with the pieces I've received from Armorcast; HOWEVER, they can be a bit slow at times getting out their orders & they're not especially responsive to e-mails. Caveat emptor, eh?!

While I'm at it, here are the last of The Edge pieces:

Looking down into the Master Tree from a bat's perspective:





The Long & The Short of It:



Can you spot the second eye?



Other views of The Short:





Closeups of The Tall, aka The Master Tree (only to himself):





Van Halfling volunteered to stand between the two for a size comparison; to the top of the flame he's 2 3/4" or 69mm tall:



Comments & critique, as always are WILDLY APPRECIATED.

That wraps up the W.I.P. pieces. Now on to the Witches' Hut with a trio of Witchy Women, AND drakkol's FANTASTIC Jareth & Hoggle minis.

This is insane! My favorite is the detail... "Better living through chemistry" HAHAHA! Let me not even go there. You are insane... my kind of crazy! Amazing work.

Thanks, Mord! We are definitely kindred spirits...you have my condolences.

You've got a sweet collection of freaky stuff now Deaf!
Can you post a photo of the complete set? Curious how they'll look together.

Thanks, Gatlag. A Group Shot/Tour of the Neighbor is definitely on the agenda.

I took a couple of W.I.P. photos of the WONDERFUL Jareth & Hoggle minis that drakkol made for moi.







Cool, huh! Now I hope my paint job will be worthy of my friend's efforts.

You say comment and critique, but theres nothing I can be critical about with your work, every single piece is stunning, and together I'm sure they will look incredible (please do a pic of everything together)

Those guys look really good too, and if everything I've seen of yours so far is anything to go by, then they're going to end up as some amazing looking models.

You know what I HATE about these WiP?

That they STILL look better than any models I try to make look like statues.


Well, that was pure envy talking! Anyway.... how do you come with the color visualization? I mean, once I have some colors on a model, I get into a 'roll'... but before that I find the endeavor so HARD to start! How do you do it?

Thanks, Guys. I think drakkol, aka Fabio, did a FANTASTIC job on Jareth & Hoggle.
@Mordheimer: I think I got fairly good at dry-brushing from all the terrain pieces I've done over a lot of years.
Figuring out a color scheme sometimes takes longer than painting the piece...sometimes MUCH longer. With the Jareth & Hoggle minis I might just go with the colors from the film:

OMG!!!! YES!!! Its the Goblin King... and Hoggle! Hmmm ... how about some Jennifer Connelly?

WOW! Little Jennifer turned into a Babe.

While I'm at it, here's Hoggle in GLORIOUS full color...mostly:







As always, your commentary would be GREATLY appreciated.

Ace models of Jareth and Hoggle. Looking forward to seeing the paint job on Jareth (if it's anything like Hoggle it will look top notch!)

Laney

Thanks, LaneyI I've finished the base on the Jareth mini; now I'm pondering the colors for Himself...this is the part that takes time.