From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Yep, minis primed black, drybrushed white. Only color is the masks. And trying out hand drawn paper terrain. I can make a box at least!
ReplyDeleteI have quite a few of the b&w compilations. I want to go through and screen shot stuff I might cobble together into something.
ReplyDeleteAwesome, Casey!
ReplyDeleteHoly shit it works so well
ReplyDeleteI'm too clumsy for drybrushing so I'll have to resort to prime white and wash black. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is really cool effect Casey
ReplyDeletethose Clan Foot ninjas look dope as hell btw. Which models are they?
ReplyDeleteNice!
ReplyDeleteThese guys come with a "bug eyed" head option. But there are decent Heroclix Foot ninjas now too. When I started this project there were only cartoon versions of the Foot.
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I love the paper building too!
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