Perils of the Underworld diorama

[Metalchaos]

Good day everyone, I completed my Perils of the Underworld diorama. I changed the name simple because there is a trademark on the word Underdark. Here are the pictures, do not hesitate to leave any critiques as I would like to improve anything that does not look right. The building WIP can be found here and the painting WIP here. To realize this diorama, I used Reaper Miniatures model and MSP paint only.

 

The whole idea of this project started with the gemstone the gnome is holding in her left hand. I converted 03082 Ingrid the female gnome sculpted by Derek Schubert as a svirfneblin prospector. (Svirfneblin is the name given to deep gnome in the Forgotten Realms lore). She is exploring the Underworld in search of precious minerals. She's riding her faithful familiar the 14453 hunting cat sculpted by Sandra Garrity. They are taken as prey by an ambushed 03602 stone lurker sculpted by Kevin Williams. There is also a 02018 bat from the familiar pack 1 hanging from its perch and several mushrooms I sculpted in green stuff to complete the scene.

 

The mushroom I sculpted are all found in the Forgotten Realms lore, the blue ones are called nightlight fungus, the round ones on the ground at the back of the display are called timmask, the pink ones are glowcap mushroom and the ones growing on the roots are  ripplebark. It took me about 90 hours of work to do this diorama, not including the time I spent preparing the WIP. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 7, 2021 by Metalchaos

[MoonglowMinis]

This turned out incredible!  It was fun watching the progress in your WIP thread.

[chaosscorpion]

Wow you completed it already! That was quick.

 

[Glitterwolf]

I love how this piece tells a story.

The Mount being attacked while the rider is still examining a gem.

Will they be able to break free or not?

And I love the mushrooms and the bat they really complete the scene.

 

 

[Metalchaos]

2 hours ago, MoonglowMinis said:

This turned out incredible!  It was fun watching the progress in your WIP thread.

Thank you @MoonglowMinis, I'm glad you like it and you enjoyed following the WIP thread.

 

2 hours ago, chaosscorpion said:

Wow you completed it already! That was quick.

 

Yes @chaosscorpion, I worked almost full time on it. I wanted to have it done before starting on something else. I have so many project ideas, I don't want to scatter too much.

 

1 hour ago, Glitterwolf said:

I love how this piece tells a story.

The Mount being attacked while the rider is still examining a gem.

Will they be able to break free or not?

And I love the mushrooms and the bat they really complete the scene.

 

 

Many thanks @Glitterwolf, I appreciate.

[malefactus]

That is a WONDERFULLY imaginative creation, BEAUTIFULLY crafted, converted, & painted. I, of course, LOVE the mushrooms. VERY WELL DONE!!

[Metalchaos]

Thanks a million @malefactus, I particularly appreciate your feedback since you are the myconid expert on the forum. I'm glad you like it.

[Chaoswolf]

Oh, this turned out great, fantastic work! 

[Iridil]

jawdroppingly beautiful, creative and evocative. It tell such a full story and every detail is spot on, the glinting gold chunks, the mushrroms, the roots, the bat... and your three main players are each full of character. I love this piece

[Metalchaos]

Thank you!! @Iridil, I’m glad you like my little visual story. The only thing I didn’t plan and realized afterwards is that the cave wall itself seems to be alive. View from the front, the shape of the rock wall looks like the open maw of a monster, the stalactites and stalagmite being the teeth and the pink mushroom the eye. And view from the back the blue mushroom looks like the tentacles of an illithid. It’s weird how chaos plays random tricks on us.