“But a smell shivered him awake.
It was a scent as old as the world. It was a hundred aromas of a thousand places. It was the tang of pine needles. It was the musk of sex. It was the muscular rot of mushrooms. It was the spice of oak. Meaty and redolent of soil and bark and herb. It was bats and husks and burrows and moss. It was solid and alive - so alive! And it was close.
The vapors invaded Nicholas' nostrils and his hair rose to their roots. His eyes were as heavy as manhole covers, but he opened them. Through the dying calm inside him snaked a tremble of fear.
The trees themselves seemed tense, waiting. The moonlight was a hard shell, sharp and ready to ready be struck and to ring like steel.
A shadow moved.
It poured like oil from between the tall trees and flowed across dark sandy dirt, lengthening into the middle of the ring. Trees seem to bend toward it, spellbound. A long, long shadow...” ― Stephen M. Irwin, The Dead Path
This is my take on Galapagos Miniatures The Messenger bust, there have been some excellent versions of this on here, so I thought I'd give it a more Pagan spin and used the Green Man as an inspiration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man
There is a little bit left to do on the owl around the legs/feet and parchment. But it's done to all intents and purpose. The base is one of Chippy's and fits perfectly with the look I wanted
Hope you like him and if not please tell me why not
As ever all comments welcome. All Acrylic apart from the orangey brown on the owl (Oil)and the gold and silver (enamel) the
Thanks
Steve
It was a scent as old as the world. It was a hundred aromas of a thousand places. It was the tang of pine needles. It was the musk of sex. It was the muscular rot of mushrooms. It was the spice of oak. Meaty and redolent of soil and bark and herb. It was bats and husks and burrows and moss. It was solid and alive - so alive! And it was close.
The vapors invaded Nicholas' nostrils and his hair rose to their roots. His eyes were as heavy as manhole covers, but he opened them. Through the dying calm inside him snaked a tremble of fear.
The trees themselves seemed tense, waiting. The moonlight was a hard shell, sharp and ready to ready be struck and to ring like steel.
A shadow moved.
It poured like oil from between the tall trees and flowed across dark sandy dirt, lengthening into the middle of the ring. Trees seem to bend toward it, spellbound. A long, long shadow...” ― Stephen M. Irwin, The Dead Path
This is my take on Galapagos Miniatures The Messenger bust, there have been some excellent versions of this on here, so I thought I'd give it a more Pagan spin and used the Green Man as an inspiration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man
There is a little bit left to do on the owl around the legs/feet and parchment. But it's done to all intents and purpose. The base is one of Chippy's and fits perfectly with the look I wanted
Hope you like him and if not please tell me why not
As ever all comments welcome. All Acrylic apart from the orangey brown on the owl (Oil)and the gold and silver (enamel) theThanks
Steve
I like it!
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