Skeletons, Scenics and Some Animals

 Some more completed skeletons for the Pulp Project - these have had a very minor conversion to the head wearing the Greek helmet, with the crest of feathers removed and the head of a spear added to the crown, to create an impression of a piece of ancient Chinese headgear.

This was the inspiration for the Chinese style helmets

Once again, the Chines character representing Death was added to the plain shields

The skeleton of some weird beastman!

Following are three "beasts" I picked up from a hobby shop near work - they are hard plastic by WizKids and cost $20 - $10 for the large lion like animal and $10 for the pair of dog like beasts

I put one of the Chinese fighters alongside to give an idea of scale - it is a BIG beastie!

The folds and wrinkles on these animals made them interesting to paint

Verses a French rifleman

Verses a Chinese officer

Finally, we went on a trip tp the other side of Auckland - way out west in the Waitakare Ranges, for our latest walk

A round trip of about 7km to one of five water reservoirs in this area of spectacular bush

The waterfall at the western end of the walk, which feeds water into the reservoir

There was lots of evidence of landslides and erosion, and further on, even more specific warnings about the risk of rockfalls and exhortations to limit the time you spent in the areas concerned - again, there were lots of loose rocks and boulders around to testify to the validity of the warnings!

View from the top of the dam looking eastwards towards Auckland

An old tramway that was used in construction and maintenance of the dam

This is the area with the warnings about rocks plummeting from the surrounding hillsides!

The dam from the position seen in the image eight above this one.

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