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I've been filling in some gaps in the illustrations for "The Serpent's Eye" where I had to skip over some of the action or else I'd never have finished. Looks like I might never finish anyway!

I'm working on some more scenes for the interval where Sabina is carrying her patibulum to the place of execution. I'd already shown her struggling and being pushed along once she balked upon seeing how close she was to her cross. Now, in this scene, she's almost at the end of her journey. Hercules, the executioner's helper who has been leading her by a chain attached to the iron collar around her neck, has stopped and turned around and is pulling her steadily closer, dragging her like a terrified animal. Meanwhile, Antius, the executioner, stands waiting with his hammer and nails.

Here are a couple of renders for context:

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And here is a near-victim's eye view and a couple of close-ups.

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I've been filling in some gaps in the illustrations for "The Serpent's Eye" where I had to skip over some of the action or else I'd never have finished. Looks like I might never finish anyway!

I'm working on some more scenes for the interval where Sabina is carrying her patibulum to the place of execution. I'd already shown her struggling and being pushed along once she balked upon seeing how close she was to her cross. Now, in this scene, she's almost at the end of her journey. Hercules, the executioner's helper who has been leading her by a chain attached to the iron collar around her neck, has stopped and turned around and is pulling her steadily closer, dragging her like a terrified animal. Meanwhile, Antius, the executioner, stands waiting with his hammer and nails.
Here are a couple of renders for context:

468160-45bd39e29d416480acadbe03ec30f059.jpg
468161-0e5c0de1f0059a032cde2d8c38544553.jpg


And here is a near-victim's eye view and a couple of close-ups.

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Surely the greatest story ever told.
If you never finish, the delights will be endless.
These add to the vivid horror of being brought to the crucifixion ground where none of the onlookers will help her. Where the executioner waits with nails.
 
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I've been filling in some gaps in the illustrations for "The Serpent's Eye" where I had to skip over some of the action or else I'd never have finished. Looks like I might never finish anyway!

I'm working on some more scenes for the interval where Sabina is carrying her patibulum to the place of execution. I'd already shown her struggling and being pushed along once she balked upon seeing how close she was to her cross. Now, in this scene, she's almost at the end of her journey. Hercules, the executioner's helper who has been leading her by a chain attached to the iron collar around her neck, has stopped and turned around and is pulling her steadily closer, dragging her like a terrified animal. Meanwhile, Antius, the executioner, stands waiting with his hammer and nails.

Here are a couple of renders for context:

468160-45bd39e29d416480acadbe03ec30f059.jpg
468161-0e5c0de1f0059a032cde2d8c38544553.jpg


And here is a near-victim's eye view and a couple of close-ups.

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468163-81bbc0576bc50778546d3db9f705c8d1.jpg
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Since a few weeks i use your illustrations as desktop background. All five minutes changed the picture. And now, five more.
 
Since a few weeks i use your illustrations as desktop background. All five minutes changed the picture. And now, five more.

Wow! That's very flattering to think that you'd do that! And believe me, you've only seen a small fraction of the renders I have for all of these scenes. I tend to experiment with various viewing angles, then pick what I think are the best ones to use for illustrations. And the ones I put here are only what I think might be appropriate for the "victim's eye view" of each scene.
 
Hercules, the executioner's helper, continues to drag Sabina toward her agonizing fate by her lead chain until finally, she staggers and falls to her knees. Her patibulum slides forward until its end is resting on the ground. Exhausted from fighting, she no longer screams or fights, just kneels there, body sagging in surrender. Hercules pulls up on her chain, forcing her head up so that everyone can see her shame and she has to look at the post where she is about to be crucified.

Here are a couple of pics to show the context:

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And here are some close-up near-victim's eye views:

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Wow! That's very flattering to think that you'd do that! And believe me, you've only seen a small fraction of the renders I have for all of these scenes. I tend to experiment with various viewing angles, then pick what I think are the best ones to use for illustrations. And the ones I put here are only what I think might be appropriate for the "victim's eye view" of each scene.
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Hercules, the executioner's helper, continues to drag Sabina toward her agonizing fate by her lead chain until finally, she staggers and falls to her knees. Her patibulum slides forward until its end is resting on the ground. Exhausted from fighting, she no longer screams or fights, just kneels there, body sagging in surrender. Hercules pulls up on her chain, forcing her head up so that everyone can see her shame and she has to look at the post where she is about to be crucified.

Here are a couple of pics to show the context:

468654-a3f4445cfac65eafe79503f493c82f7a.jpg
468658-122ed1726320f8873da47720a4395a3a.jpg


And here are some close-up near-victim's eye views:

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"Hercules pulls up on her chain, forcing her head up so that everyone can see her shame and she has to look at the post where she is about to be crucified."

This is very effective! You have captured her look of shame and helplessness, and her physical exhaustion so well. The body language is as effective as her facial expression.
 
"Hercules pulls up on her chain, forcing her head up so that everyone can see her shame and she has to look at the post where she is about to be crucified."

This is very effective! You have captured her look of shame and helplessness, and her physical exhaustion so well. The body language is as effective as her facial expression.

I gave that a good bit of thought! Looking at the scenes immediately preceding this one, from the moment she entered the Sessorium and could see the place of execution, she was struggling and screaming, eyes wide with terror:

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Rather than have a continuation of that, I thought it was natural that once she fell to her knees in front of her cross, she should have more of an appearance of resignation and exhaustion. This is the end of her journey. She won't have to do anything further, from here on out it will all be done to her. No use to fight any more.

So I tried for a facial expression of exhaustion and surrender. Her head would naturally be hanging down, but Hercules has pulled her head up so that she's facing her punishment and everyone can see.

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When she fell to her knees, she let the patibulum slide forward on her shoulder so its end rests on the ground, and now she's leaning on it. Her left arm is still curled around it with her hand resting on top, but her right hand slipped off and is hanging by the chain between her wrist shackles.

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Hercules, the executioner's helper, continues to drag Sabina toward her agonizing fate by her lead chain until finally, she staggers and falls to her knees. Her patibulum slides forward until its end is resting on the ground. Exhausted from fighting, she no longer screams or fights, just kneels there, body sagging in surrender. Hercules pulls up on her chain, forcing her head up so that everyone can see her shame and she has to look at the post where she is about to be crucified.

Here are a couple of pics to show the context:

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And here are some close-up near-victim's eye views:

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Since I saw yesterday's scene (8c) I've been hoping you would fill in just this missing moment, when she falls at the end of the via doloris, before the beam falls to the ground as she is dragged to her feet in front of her implacable mistress and the executioner.
And lo! here it is.
Thanks Jeddak.
 
With Sabina at the place of execution, the two executioner's helpers, Ajax and Hercules, begin to make the final preparations for her crucifixion. While Ajax removes the shackles from her wrists, Hercules lifts the patibulum off of her shoulder, continuing to hold the lead chain that connects to her iron collar.

Sabina, exhausted from carrying the heavy beam, twists her head around to watch what Ajax is doing, knowing that in just a few minutes they will pin her down and nail her wrists to the old, blood-soaked timber. The executioner is standing right in front of her waiting, hammer and nails in his hands.

Here are some pictures for context:

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And here are a couple of near-victim's eye views:

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With Sabina at the place of execution, the two executioner's helpers, Ajax and Hercules, begin to make the final preparations for her crucifixion. While Ajax removes the shackles from her wrists, Hercules lifts the patibulum off of her shoulder, continuing to hold the lead chain that connects to her iron collar.

Sabina, exhausted from carrying the heavy beam, twists her head around to watch what Ajax is doing, knowing that in just a few minutes they will pin her down and nail her wrists to the old, blood-soaked timber. The executioner is standing right in front of her waiting, hammer and nails in his hands.

Here are some pictures for context:

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474823-1c71b4149a085916cf2e5976dcb760b1.jpg


And here are a couple of near-victim's eye views:

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474825-0346e1b9cfe81aa344e30d407c7a924e.jpg
Great new stuff with good description.
 
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