And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. Mark 15:33
I saw it as a whipping post, conveniently placed for pre-crux scourging -
Great idea for great crucifixions !
Tree is envious!!!
A dramatic background, put to good use here with appropriately dramatic effect!I am working on a couple of things, but I thought it would be nice to get something posted.
Nicely desolate looking landscape on Castle Mountain in Banff National Park in Alberta. I have enhanced the mountain's natural features somewhat with CF "decor". You may imagine a Roman or other "oppressor" of your choice, if you wish (or even a particulary sadistic hiking guide).
Cheers, Bob. In actual fact, I fudged the scale a bit. The mountain is considerably higher than it might appear here, and if I had been entirely realistic, the girls on the cliff would have ended up about 1/2 to 1/3 their current size, and the question would be whether to put them in at all.
Scouts marking the way for Hannibal's elephant army?
Time to add to this little collection again. This manip has been a bit of a pet project of mine for a few weeks now. A few select "critics" have seen various iterations of it. It started with the idea of a mass crucifixion on a beach, and I decided to see how far I could take that. If my count is correct this image includes about 48 figures in about 55 main layers, but some of the crux images themselves have 5-10 layers, so all in all there are likely over 200 distinct layers ultimately merged or grouped. I am just really hoping I got the perspectives somewhat right. I know some of the lighting and shadow work could use some, well, work, but sometimes you just have to let go and post something, so here it is, with a friendly note that someone might have better luck than I did finding 48-50 girls all lit from the same angle. Pretend it's a sort of cloudy day with light coming down through breaks in the clouds. I don't know - it worked for me.
For all you "mass crux" lovers out there, I give you "The Beach"
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Ah yes. One of my little creations.I will focus my unclean attention on this one.
I am glad you like her.
I will focus my unclean attention on this one.
Ah yes. One of my little creations.
Yes, I thought you'd feel left out if you weren't there.
Not sure what happens about the tides. Not good at that sort of planning, sorry. Anyway, you're up on a cross - I doubt you'll drown. 
Congratulations on such a complicated manip - I rarely approach 200 visible layers!For all you "mass crux" lovers out there, I give you "The Beach"
And I shall add this to my list of pending reviews, for three reasons - well, three which are immediately apparent!
It's nice of you to say. I always find that one of the more fiddly parts of a manip, and I tried a number of different methods. The best approach I've found (for me anyway) seems to be using a blood "layer" and then using various transforming and warping tools to get it the right shape on an arm or a foot. I tried "drawing" or "painting" the blood on one or two models, but the colour looks funny sometimes, and it often looks like you drew it on with a sharpie. Anyway, thank you for the comment.I thought the blood was nicely done.
You have a nice cold bath
There is a beach (entirely suitable for this sort of mass crucifixion, if the crucifiers have a guide with them for the best times to avoid the tides!) not far from me where the bath would be extremely cold even now!
