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Ozmandias

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:08 pm
by 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.

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:19 pm
by SCHWEREPANZER
Uncannily realistic! Extremely well done. Kudos! :thumbup:

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:43 pm
by jtracks
I like your garden art tao. Looks like it's been there for years.

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:50 pm
by tao
Thanks guys..again the base and grass was the most fun!
Though the rust effects were interesting too.

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:50 pm
by ALPHA
TANK IKEBANA!!! :D .... :clap: :clap: :clap:

One of the best Dioramas I've seen :clap:

Great work TAO :thumbup:

ALPHA

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:53 am
by tao
Thank Alpha..I appreciate that :)

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 2:51 am
by ALPHA
tao wrote: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 :thumbup:

ALPHA

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:38 am
by 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" :D

tao

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:08 am
by ALPHA
tao wrote: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" :D

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 :D

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

ALPHA

Re: Ozmandias

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:17 am
by 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.