Darklord

Theres no greater exponent of Smoke and Mirrors than Mystery Inc! This was my version of Peppers Ghost, a centuries old stage illusion that create a floating ghost to appear. Using a reflective glass and Led to light the hidden ghost to make him appear, floating in the scene. Its hard to grasp from the photos but theres a link to a video of it: The switch is just visible as a small brick square on the box front.

Lowdown and Dirty, as an act and as the victims emotion. I wasnt sure if to even do this scene. I spent several days speaking to other painters, many female and some said it was a great idea, others that it was too controversial. Hopefully it is seen in a positive light. I wanted to create a really tight scene to emphasise the situation. There are homages to my opponent, Kai, the 3 judges plus a couple to Wyrd themselves.

No one knew exactly what he put in his famous Mashed Potato but they knew they loved it! I added a couple of tributes to my opponent Gos. The captive victim is wearing the Latvian flag and the barrel contains Kvass, a Latvian beer.

Listen to Kai, Keep It Simple Stupid. Don't get any daft ideas. This is Iron Painter, 2 weeks sounds like a long time but its not. You need to do a single mini on a plain base, don't get clever just Keep It Simple Stupid! Did I listen? Of course I bloody didnt! I got Stupid, just like Jack did. he only had to sell the cow. Still, he wasn't as stupid as that giant!! This was a big effort. It took a week to just get the beanstalk sculpted and balanced. There are no weights or anything in the base and the giant is only attached at his hands, the rest is pure balance. (and I made sure the stalk is cut so its in mid-air and not a basing element!). Theres even a little homage to my opponent!

I tried not to go too obvious on the theme. While I did include flame I tried to do it in a non direct way and I wanted to push what OSL can be. Burn it all immediately three up connotations of rage and destruction marked not only by the fire but the evil in her head. I tried to make this tell a story of dark against light. Both the innocence of youth v inner demons and the fire and shadow set against the purer light of the lamp. Lots of reference pictures were used to make sure the OSL was realistic. Its quite an extreme use of Osl but hopefully you folks like it.