My wife and I, along with several of our friends, are lobster bib-wearing "Deadwood" fans. That means we REALLY like the show! Of course, given the pervasive nasty content of the show on multiple levels, I cannot go into further detail about the dialogue or characters without becoming markedly un-family friendly! The short story is that we were to attend a western themed party, and I decided to make a few buildings to serve as centerpieces. What buildings would serve as the foundation for a town like "Deadwood?" Why, a tool store and a ladies-of-the-evening store!
These two pictures are my first attempt to add text to a photograph. I have Photoshop, but its mind-boggling labryinth of function trees makes my eyes cross immediately! So good 'ole MS Paint came to the rescue. The width of the "Gem Saloon" text doesn't match, but meh! Do ya care?!
That's supposed to be Al on the right along with a couple of his hoe-ers. Can I say hoe-ers? I didn't actually type the dirty word!
When I finished the building, I got out my mini-figs and began to discover just how few specific female torsos and heads exist. It was a quite a challenge to populate the Gem with the appropriate selection of salacious servants.
Undoubtedly you've noticed by now the rather prominent patina of dust covering everything. That's not because it took me forever to photograph this MOC, oh no! It's because I knew that a thick layer of mostly shed human skin would just add to the atmosphere!
Yeah, that's it!!
The madam and her latest addition share the cupola, where the madam uncompromisingly informs her new recruit about all the "tricks of the trade!" You just know that innocent look won't last the night!
While the cold, hard truth is being served upstairs, the warmer, softer illusion is being dispensed downstairs at the bar by the rest of the staff. Only very high-class joints can boast silver from which to quaff the booze of your choice!
I like this shot as it seems to evoke the lonely life of the bartender. Everyone's friend but nobody's lu-vah! Awwwwwww!
After you've gone "round the world" it's time to get back to minin' the gold that will pay for your next "trans-Atlantic journey." What better place to do that then the General Store! They've got guns, picks, axes, shovels and much, much more! "Made an enemy? Lost a friend? Solve both problems with our top-quality tools!"
Ya know, life on the frontier is HARD, and after debauching your heart out at the Gem Saloon, you're gonna need a place to collect your thoughts and ponder your next move. Thankfully, the General Store has such a sanctum of silence. Of course, depending on your last meal, it may not be silent but...
ANYWAYS, once you've completed your "business", you can shop for the finest firearms west of the Mississippi. Corpseville's General Store has all the latest popguns & peashooters, and their staff really knows what you'll need to get yourself out of the most precarious situations, regardless of what you did to get in trouble in the first place!
I love this last shot as it shows the happy accident I discovered when trying to make an attractive counter for firearm perusal. Five six-shooters just happened to fit quite neatly between this arrangement of tiles.