Just A Side Table

Been working on a small project involving a side table and a weird painting.

Click on the image below to get a tour..

Thingies

On these pictures you can see a deliciously rusted, elongated 'thingie' with four holes, which I found on the street today, sitting on top of another 'thingie', a Meccano piece which I 'weathered' to make it look rusty. I'm sure I'll find a good use for both!

Night Flight

Real magic starts at night. When the good people sleep, and the shadows roam the land, supernatural beings venture outside for a ride. Ghostly and ethereal, they cross the skies in silence. Oh, how I love the night!

Diana

Meet 'Diana', a 'O Gauge' clockwork black beauty with red trimmings, manufactured by Hornby of Liverpool, England. 

She's seen here pulling a coal tender as she entered the Rust & Steel Train Maintenance workshop earlier today. Welcome, Diana!

Royal Scot 6100

I've managed to acquire this deliciously aged, and rare Hornby Royal Scot 6100 'O gauge' steam loc body!! It was quite a challenge, because there were several other people trying to get their hands on her as well, but in the end it was for me!

She will remain 'as is', because no mortal can compete with the work of the great  'Master Painter' named Time. Instead, I intend to use her in a scene depicting either a derelict loc, or one in 'deep maintenance'... 

Below is a pic of how this loc would have looked like when complete and alive...

Photo credit: oliverk1373, UK (photo's 1-6), Anderson & Garland Ltd, Auctioneers, UK (photo 7)

Scavenger

I'm a scavenger. When I walk outside, my eyes are drawn like a magnet to anything lying around that may look like scrap.  I'm sure many of you will recognize that habit. 

Little pieces of metal, a discarded air cartridge, a rock with a certain shape, a piece of weathered wood... everything draws my attention! Then I stop, pick it up, and carefully study it, while my mind tries to identify at lightning speed if it could have a potential use for my work with miniatures.

Today it was this metal 'thingie'. My best guess is that this is a clip from a picture frame; you know, one of those clips that hold the frame assembly together. But to me it could be anything, really, and definitely of use for miniatures! So I kept it, and here it is, in all its glory..!

Miniature painting

The ghostly figure in this semi-abstract painting looks as if he's wondering around in desolation.. His eyes are hollow, his gaping mouth is big and black. Is he holding a candle? Is it even a 'he', or, perhaps, a 'she'..? And what are those geometrical features in the background? A window, or a mere reflection of one? If up to you to decide what you see...

Ghastly figure with candle. 2018. Acryl on canvas, with wooden frame. 4x5cm (1,5x2inch)