Monday 15 August 2011

Fantasy Island

A question...did the makers of Avatar and Dragon hunter make up the floating islands they show ?
The Answer..No. They used references from a rare 12th century manuscript, the Libellus Plumbeus  which clearly shows a floating "island" and gives a full and indepth description of thier uses and users.
I have been given access to this document and have been able to recreate one of the scenes shown as shown below.

Here is the recreation of the floating  island (Insula natantes) An interesting fact I discovered is that the real reason for Stonehenge is not a sundial...but it´s a central docking point..a bit like a big harbour. Apparently there were lots of these structures around the country allowing the pilots of the islands to dock to take on supplies etc.
You may ask yourself  "How did these things travel??" This puzzled me at first but on closer inspection of the Libellus Plumbeus, I discoverd that they moved by means of light breezes along leylines, hence the Stonehenge dock  being on what is supposed to be central "hub" of ley lines
Here we see a farmer, who after helping to secure the anchor rope is asking wether his ploughing is straight. Life was much more simple back then eh??
All the buildings of the islands were built of Welsh blue stone, which is thought to contain magical powers. The tower holds the winding gear for the anchor rope and is a common feature of the islands.


What happened to these wonderfull floating mysteries??? Apparently in 1279, there was a massive hurricane which blew a lot of them out to sea, where lacking the powergrid of the ley lines they simply plumeted into the sea. One particually big one is reckoned to have become the isle of skye. The rest?? Who knows...probably all fell victim to soil erosion.

36 comments:

  1. I allways wonder where you find such ideas!

    Impressive.

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  2. Great dio and hitching post, bloody well done.

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  3. Excellent Paul ! Beautiful idea !! and excellence pictures ! Great work !. It remembered my an old pc game called Myst. !

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  4. Wonderfull creation Paul! And I didn't knew you had a medieval library :-D

    And it all stays up on that tiny piece of rope????

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  5. Thanks :-D
    @Peter...yep...the whole thing is magical so....no, it is made of foam and the rope is twisted wire :-D
    Cheers
    Paul

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  6. I got nothing but praise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  7. I think most of these ended up on 'Yes' album covers in the 1970s. This may well be the first time anyone has modelled such thing!

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  8. First class! Can I use some of your magic and get all my figures painted in the snap of your fingers....please!!

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  9. Not sure how you pull this off - amazing!

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  10. Those are some pretty spiffy skills on show. Not only the modelling, but the ideas and the jokes.

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  11. Very inventive and looks really cool!

    Christopher

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  12. Praised be Paul and wonderful dios.
    Cheers.
    Sebastosfig

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  13. Why do I have several 'Gorillaz' tracks going through my head?

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  14. I knew it! Stonehenge has a purpose!

    That is some fantastic modelling and painting, the text is the cheryy on the cake ... top stuff!

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  15. Very cool. I can imagine a new set of miniatures rules to handle the combat between these things.

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  16. Superb work! Fantastic idea! Bravo!

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  17. I feel enriched with this startling yet factual account.

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  18. Stunning. Really nice piece of work.

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  19. This has become one of my favorites Paul.
    The magic touch you put in to it, the way you made this...
    Suberb, great idea, respect!

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  20. You have added another thing to my project list

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  21. Heard about them. So glad that someone thought to take photos of them. Brilliant work yet again Paul.

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  22. Amazing! This is one of the best. The humour, the idea, the work you've done. You are now in my pantheon of heroes.

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  23. Great piece of work! Fantastic.

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  24. Thanks ....:-D :-D
    I´m happy that you all like this...I am quite pleased that it came out looking ok in the photos (and that it actually stays up as I wanted )
    Cheers
    Paul

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  25. Really snappy work there! Greatly inspiring.

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  26. What an imagination, and the skill to "make it happen!"

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  27. I tried making some of these many years ago, but never had the inclination to finish. I wish I had now! Excellent work, well done that man!

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  28. I don't know that you'll see this comment Paul as it's rather late in the game, but I'm new to your blog and am poking about in your backlog.

    This is stunning beyond belief. I'm gobsmacked.

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