Ozmandias

[tao]

Used my left over turret for a bit of fun
Most of you may have read this poem by Shelly but it's pretty cool imagery
and fits this image in many ways.

[SCHWEREPANZER]

Uncannily realistic! Extremely well done. Kudos!

[jtracks]

I like your garden art tao. Looks like it's been there for years.

[tao]

Thanks guys..again the base and grass was the most fun!
Though the rust effects were interesting too.

[ALPHA]

TANK IKEBANA!!! ....

One of the best Dioramas I've seen

Great work TAO

ALPHA

[tao]

Thank Alpha..I appreciate that

[ALPHA]

Thank Alpha..I appreciate that

It's something very seldom seen Tao...very poignant display to the aftermath of war
a perfect blend to your title Poem


Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 - 1822

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

EXCELLENT

ALPHA

[tao]

Hey Alpha,

Glad you posted the poem and the very insightful comments!
I was going to use sand at first but then thought of the contrast of new
growth and hope springing around that "colossal wreck"

tao

[ALPHA]

Hey Alpha,

Glad you posted the poem and the very insightful comments!
I was going to use sand at first but then thought of the contrast of new
growth and hope springing around that "colossal wreck"

tao

It's perfect as it stands....even in the poem the sands of a time forgotten,,, are far and distant,,,implying "NEW BEGINNINGS" ...were things other that war can grow in peace

Again Tao...Excellent work...I especially like the vine slowly growing out of that "colossal wreck"

ALPHA

[HERMAN BIX]

Very poigniant and well said.
The dio is suggestive of so many things, and says it well without words.
Very, very well done Mr Tao.
I also like the creeper and other plant effects, quite life-like.