Another flight of fancy which may be headed for the bin. I simply get the urge and feel I must respond. Yes, yes, I promise to grow up.
Cardboard banged with a a hammer using a dowel to create embossed impressions. Painted aluminum. This is nothing more than a half hour. Then employ lighting to aid illusion of metal.
Normally the presence of the armored knight and the sword would indicate the desicion to strike but the placement of the sword is meant to convey the decision not to strike, hence the title, "A striking decision" which has nothing to do with striking but rather "noble" But hey, I die with my inferior ideas with pride. lol
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Ah, I thought this might be yours. I couldn't quite figure out the armor when I saw it before. After reading the description, I'm still not quite sure what I'm looking at! So is the aluminum color just paint? Whatever the case, it's surprisingly convincing for something that has a cardboard base!
Very good capture of the metal detail. Are you a ren faire patron? The light on the sword is also quite good. A little weak on conveying a decision, though. Still the picture came out really fine.
I feel like the decision should be clear without having to read the title. In this case, it isn't, so even though it's a nice picture in its own right, I don't think it meets the challenge well...
if he is stiking down, the flat sife of the blade will do very little harm, if the blade was at more of an anfle then there would have been nice shadows along it.
good idea and well done.
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