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Marin MarDoomed Mariner

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Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Ray Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:19 pm

This gnome is a one piece casting except for the pipe holding hand, by Nemrod/Historex

The name on the plastic bag read Marin, so I presumed he is a man of the sea, a mariner

He'll be depicted as a marooned mariner on this tiny island which will be surrounded by water

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Marin's marooned island, walk around

There is a dead flying insect at the front of the base actually an insect & a head of his brother stuck downside up for clarity

There is also the remains of a Spider which got half of her legs & abdomed devoured by ants before I painted the whole thing

The acetate wall is stuck with GATOR GLUE (Doc you are an Angel...Ooops sorry Alex you are an ArcAngel ) & it will serve to hold the resin mix pour at the end
After the Butterfly Princess's water little set back, I'm AIMING to come out with guns blazing on this one

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Samwel18 Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:14 pm

Very original Ray Wink

Wink

keep them coming Wink

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

iCocker Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:54 pm

Sweet idea Ray, from were you grabbed that gnome?

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Ray Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:56 pm

iCocker wrote:Sweet idea Ray, from were you grabbed that gnome?

Iv

The same person who brought Zack his present from UK last year, right after Euro

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alexbb Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:56 am

love it already

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

bcauchi Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:36 pm

What a cool little guy, i love it and the whole idea. He is also very comforting. At least there is someone uglier than me!!... I hope.

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Guest Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:40 pm

Very nice, really like the micro island idea!!!

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Ray Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:09 am

Just finished fixing the 3 GIANT WINGED ANTS & THE WINGLESS GIANT ANT that I caught from near club onto the Micro Island (love it JF )

Fixed them (AFTER I SORT OF KILLED THEM with a needle lance ) as they still twitched afte a while & covered with diluted PVA Glue as the Gator is in the construction workshop downstairs

Now the whole thing is on the bathroom window which is ajar so that everything will be dry by morn & hoping that the other micro ants are not Cannibals & won't devour my Giant Babes I'll brush them with Gator tomorrow as I said if they're still there that is

Alex, I know you'll LOVE & SMILE re this whole process

Tried to Google Gnomes but did not find anything spectacular so please redirect me at your convenience.....no hurry as I am painting the Consul first

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Ray Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:04 am

No Cannibalism by the Micro Cousins during the night Yippeeee

Now the scene is like this.....2 crawling up to poor Marin from the front and left side & would be partially (1/3rd roughly) submerged in the water 1 at the back would be fully submerged & the last 1 has fully crawled out a da water behind poor Marin's left foot

Also changed the 2nd word in the caption to MarDoomed instead of just Marooned

Aleeeeeeeeeeex, where are you ?

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iCocker Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:52 am

You seem depicting our island's destiny ... us the ants lol!

lol!

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Tancred Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:22 pm

Very interesting stuff you're doing Ray Cool

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Ray Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:51 am

GIANT ANTS update

I just hope that the Giant Ants' Innards would DRY UP till I pour the resin/water as I do not want the crystal clear water getting any discolouration of any sort

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

RayCaruana Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:52 pm

SADISTA!!! affraid

affraid

Shocked

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

bcauchi Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:42 pm

Looking good!

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bcauchi Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:43 pm

Isma Ray, if he is in such imminent danger of being eaten alive by huge insects, why is this guy so cool, has he something up his sleeve?

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Ray Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:15 pm

bcauchi wrote:Isma Ray, if he is in such imminent danger of being eaten alive by huge insects, why is this guy so cool, has he something up his sleeve?

Actually Bri, at first, I only thought of depicting him as a marooned mariner

The idea of the "insects" (since the original half devoured poor spider is not an insect) only cropped up while I was making the micro island and which continued to develop in my mind since I was not happy with the "puny insects" that dared invade my construction workshop

So, on Wed & while having a drink & a chat outside club, I saw a GIANT ANT colony + their GIANT WINGED COUSINS so I hunted & caught what you're seeing in the pics

My Imagination stops at the scene I am depicting, smiling @ Marin being so unarmed, cool & unsuspecting of the CRAWLING PERILS around him that is why I altered the 2nd word to MarDoomed (marooned/doomed)

However, if one had to ask the same concerning question as you did, then he would be opening the doors for further Imagination

Marin is ARMED after all as his pipe is GLOWING & he's got ALCOHOL in that bottle

And Marin's HANDS & FEET are quite BIG as well

Bri, do you still think he'll be eaten alive by the GIANT ANTS?

It will make a GOOD POLL if our Insect Expert, Doc Roe (I'm sure his cousin Alex is nothing less on this matter ) would enlighten us if an ANT of that proprtion, compared to poor Marin's stature, is capable or not of winning the encounter, knowing that an ant is strong enough to lift 7times or how much her own weight

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smallia Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:14 am

Nice stuff. Looking good

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Of ants and stuff...

Dottore Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:28 am

For the record ants can lift up to 80 times their own weight by their jaws...ants on their own are rather insignificnat and uncapable of major waring feats...But swarms of ants like the Amazonian army ants (as the name implies) have been known to even attack successfully unweary animals and even humans...so their power lies in numbers...much like the Sherman tank Twisted Evil

Twisted Evil

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

bcauchi Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:57 pm

Judging from what Doc just wrote and seeing that maybe our little friend is limited to being attacked by a few random ants and not an Amazonian army of ants, then i guess that his huge fists and legs are enough. Subject closed from my part!

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

in nannu pec Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:02 am

very original Bro...I love the ants.....oh yes he will definetely have something up his sleeve... Smile

Smile

Smile

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Guest Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:45 pm

in nannu pec wrote:very original Bro...I love the ants.....oh yes he will definetely have something up his sleeve...
in nannu

gas???

Twisted Evil

lol!

lol!

lol!

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Noel Petroni Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:21 pm

Ray.... you need to put a note saying

"no insects were harmed in the making of this diorama"

....otherwise, you'll have nature geeks up yout a*s!

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alexbb Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:55 am

mela waqafna jew?

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iCocker Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:29 pm

alex GIMLI wrote:mela waqafna jew?

Alex nahseb wasal iz-zmien li tibda l-arlogg mela ... tik tok, kemm fadal? lol!

lol!

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Re: Marin MarDoomed Mariner

Ray Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:29 pm

iCocker wrote:

alex GIMLI wrote:mela waqafna jew?

Alex nahseb wasal iz-zmien li tibda l-arlogg mela ... tik tok, kemm fadal?

Alex, yes I shelved all projects as time caught up with me & will only concentrate on Nestor Mahkno

As Ivan ponted out, Aleeeeeeeeeeeeex Kemm Fadaaaaaaaaaaaaal

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