1 | [[quoteright:721:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gothic_times.png]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:721:Clockwise from top left: "Mother", "Piper and the Wisemen", "Risen", and "El Muerto".]] |
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4 | Creator/JasonStieva, a tattoo artist, created a series of Gothic-themed {{sculptures}} with a prominent skeleton motif in 2014. They were crafted by assembling metal scraps, plastic miniatures, animal skulls, horns, an assortment of knick-knacks, and carved wood, the color homogenized with a layer of beige paint. |
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6 | [[AC:Sculptures]] |
7 | # "Say Hello To My Lil Friends" |
8 | # "Horned Vengeance" |
9 | # "Reign of Terror" |
10 | # "Mutiny" |
11 | # "Gimme Sum Sugga" |
12 | # "Piper and the Wisemen" |
13 | # "Times R A Changin" |
14 | # "Preacherman and the Union of Funk" |
15 | # "Rally The Troops" |
16 | # "Living Dead" |
17 | # "Mother" |
18 | # "Head Fulla Brains...Shoes Fulla Feet" |
19 | # "Welcome 2 My World" |
20 | # "Jolly Roger" |
21 | # "Shipping Leviathan — Ark of Apocalypse" |
22 | # "Sullen Badge" |
23 | # "Thou Shall Rise" |
24 | # "Ground Control 2 Major Tom" |
25 | # "Motley Krue" |
26 | # "White Tipped Kuato Morphis Slag" |
27 | # "Symphony of the Damned" |
28 | # "Together We Rise" |
29 | # "Risen" |
30 | # "Corporate Shenanigans" |
31 | # "Kings Farewell" |
32 | # "Deceit" |
33 | # "El muerto" |
34 | # "Bandito" |
35 | # "Quarantine" |
36 | # "Horny Bebe" |
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38 | The set also includes crafter-per-commission repetitive pieces such as skull chalices, gothic skull frames, skull sconces, and the "[=Triple6=]" skulls. Additionally, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BQBlPaLD9og/ "Wisdom"]] is a print design made in 2013 and sort of a ConceptArt for the upcoming sculptures. |
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40 | The most well-known is "Shipping Leviathan -- Ark of Apocalypse", currently within the possession of a collector. It took 14 months to craft, weighs a whopping 200 pounds, measures 7 meters in length, 2.5 meters in width, and stands at a titanic 8 feet tall. |
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42 | Pictures of the set--both finished and in various [[ConceptArtGallery states of assemblage]]--can be found in Stieva's [[https://www.instagram.com/shallowgravestudios/ Shallow Grave Studios]] Instagram account. |
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44 | !!Tropes: |
45 | * BilingualBonus: A couple of the pieces' titles are in another language. "Bandito" translates as 'bandit' in Italian, while "El Muerto" is 'the dead one' in Spanish. |
46 | * ConceptArtGallery: Stieva has an alternate Instagram account called [[https://www.instagram.com/shallowgravestudios/ Shallow Grave Studios]]; there, he posts overview and detail pictures of his ''Gothic Times'' pieces in various states of assemblage. |
47 | * DemBones: The main visual {{motif}} is the bones scattered through all of the sculptures, particularly, skulls. In "Shipping Leviathan -- Ark of Apocalypse", part of the ship's crew (as well as the scaffold) is made of human skeleton beings. |
48 | * FanArt: "Preacherman and the Union of Funk", "Thou Shall Rise", and "Motley Krue" are ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan sculptures made of plastic figures of several characters (including Yoda, Jabba, and C-3PO) on carved wood frameworks. |
49 | * FlyingDutchman: "Shipping Leviathan -- Ark of Apocalypse" is a giant decrepit monstrosity built from the ground up with a SkeletonMotif and manned by monsters. |
50 | * {{Gashadokuro}}: The figurehead of "Shipping Leviathan -- Ark of Apocalypse" is decorated with a pair of skeletons much larger than members of the SkeletonCrew. Given this sculpture's name, it's not a stretch to assume that these sailors (some of them belonging to historical armies) died from famine. |
51 | * GiantWoman: The titular beautiful, horned lady of the "Mother" sculpture stands at least ten times taller than the demonic and skeletal figures accompanying her. |
52 | * GothicPunk: All of the sculptures in the series were designed with Jason Stieva's admiration for classic Gothic (skulls and skeletons, mostly) design accompanied by Steampunk paraphernalia. In "Shipping Leviathan — Ark of Apocalypse", there are gears at the bottom that are implied to propel it (considering the ship is too big to row by hand and there are no sails). |
53 | * OneWordTitle: "Mutiny", "Risen", "Mother", "Deceit", "Bandito", and "Quarantine". |
54 | * SkeletonCrew: "Shipping Leviathan -- Ark of Apocalypse" is manned by a densely populated crew crowding every nook and cranny, varying from [[DemBones actual skeletons]] to AmbiguouslyHuman crew-mates in uniforms from different eras. Given the decrepit nature of the ship, this trope was the idea. |
55 | * SkeletonMotif: All the sculptures in the set display skulls and human skeletons rather prominently or, at the very least, abundantly; be it in the wood frameworks, as actual animal skulls, or miniature human skeletons and skulls. This is what gives the set the {{Gothic|Horror}} part of its title. |
56 | * VehicleTitle: "Shipping Leviathan -- Ark of Apocalypse" is called after a fictional ship made of human skeletons. |
57 | * VerbingNouny: "Shipping Leviathan -- Ark of Apocalypse" has the first part of its title styled this way; ''Shipping'' (the verb in gerund) ''Leviathan'' (the noun). There's also the tenth piece "Living Dead". |
58 | * TheXOfY: The subtitle of "Shipping Leviathan -- Ark of Apocalypse" is phrased this way. We also have "Reign of Terror", "Preacherman and the Union of Funk", and "Symphony of the Damned". |
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