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Rime of the Merchant Marienburger
This is a display built for Warhammer Fantasy, for the Adepticon Championships in Chicago IL in April 2013. It is 7.5 ft (~2.5m) tall from floor to mast tip, and built using a large (1m or 3 ft) wide trunk that is a family heirloom. The mast and relastic rigging separate, and the base was designed to fold down for transport. The lid as well is held by a pin and hinge system and is removable. This massive display breaks down and fits into the back of a standard SUV. Into the box a second fake box was built about 1.5 feet deep. This second box is removable and allows for storage (and is somewhat hidden!) Inside the faux box, a ship was constructed of shaped foam, covered in around 2000 hand cut and shaped "wooden" planks made of plastic stock strips. The ship was painted with freehand woodgrain same as you would a miniature base, and then sunk into the box and surrounded by 2.5 gallons of clear resin. The miniatures themselves are each individually converted and shaped to fit in a specific spot in the unit. The entire army is made from Forge World Manaan bodies and Empire bits. The bases were made by cutting square holes for the units in the ship floor, and then building the planking solid. When finished the magnetized chunks of unit were cut away from the decking, and then each base was hand cut away from the others. All decoration on the bases had to be carefully sawn to lock together later. The poem on the lid, and story behind the army is a rewrite of the classic Rime of the Merchant Mariner poem by Coleridge. Interested in more images or a similar display for you or your company? Please visit a following site of your preference for contact information and more images: gmmstudios.net facebook.com/gmmstudios Thanks for looking!
Posted: 6 Apr 2015
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