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Oh, that's weird that the image doesn't show, it does for me. In any case I waited until voting was over before posting this. Edited the original, should be visible now.

I also second-guessed whether those bugs were sculpted on or not

It's a combination black light and OSL - I used Fluor paints on the bamboo "glow sticks" and colored drops, then non-fluorescent paints on the lily pads/leg/dress/umbrella, water crests, etc. When lighting, I pointed a neutral ring light directly at it from the front, and held a black light flashlight strategically behind the ring light so I could block some of it while trying to only illuminate the parts with Fluor paint on them. There was a little blue light spillage on the her body, which always shows up more in a picture than it does to the eye for some reason. It was definitely a tricky one to photograph and I tried not to just wash it all out in blue as best as I could, cause I didn't want to lose the OSL. Anyway thanks for all the comments, here's a picture under a normal light. Doesn't look quite as good to me, but that's because I painted it specifically to be viewed under black light.

I also love that the models' bases are incorporated into the ground, presumably so they can pop out to use, rotate, etc, but still fit into the diorama. Very cool.

Would love to see the matching box done too, with the Kinderbaum and kids.

well done, and I'd like to know what this is from.

His hat 😆

Just add dubstep.

Lots of cool tints on here from glowing swords, I wish the light wasn't so bright, it's kind of washing out his mantle/head/sword.

I do too, very high technical skill. I don't get the "celebration" theme though.

There are a few models whose poses alone sell the "celebration" theme. Molly 2 is one of them. Great lighting too

I love the Cauldron the most, I wish I could see him a bit more. But they're all superbly done. You got more detail out of the toad than I thought possible.

The paint jobs are all good, but the styles kind of clash, with the simplified background, but more "realistic" job on the girl, but more stylized on the skeleton.

At first I thought the skelly on the left was face-palming. Interesting poses for everyone.

This is an awesome scene, but I had to open it up in a separate window and zoom way in to tell what was happening in some of the mini pictures, and the main one is pulled back so you can't see much detail. 10/10 for the paint job, but the photos make it harder to appreciate.

Love the smashed pumpkin.

Exploding piglet about to end someone's streak.

I think it's that there are Halloween pumpkins out, so this takes place on Halloween. In any case the smoothness and color palette of everything here is superb.

Poor pumpkin man

Really cool light effect where the coffin is bursting from the ground.

The pattern on the cloak is beautiful, I almost wish more attention was drawn to it because I missed it the first time.

Those stripes on the pants

The model is really clean, especially the face, but I also want to call out that awesome base.

I giggled at this but in a good way, he's just very cute.