SS6 87 Exploring the Mill
skyangel on July 15, 2018
Just a quick note today as I just want to get this page posted before bedtime!
This is where our Lenore story really comes to a head! If you can't work out what Sarah has spotted then you'll find out next week anyway!
Out of interest, this setting I used as a prequel to the finale does exist and it's really just fate that the story centres here because it was never originally planned that way. When it came time to draw the pages where Lucy, Laura and Sarah meet up for a chat I wanted somewhere new to play with artwise and first thought drinks at a pub and then of a local one to me, the Barge at Battlesbridge in Essex. It also occurred to me that I could use the antiques centre and river etc. as a backdrop if I wanted more interesting views. But the really beautiful thing about this place is that besides having a nest of antique shops both inside and around the mill, it also has one of the weirdest shop/museums I've ever come across, a sort of museum of the macabre called ‘The Fifth Corner’. When I first walked into the shop last summer there was an enormous stuffed crow sitting on the counter which was a bit of an omen as I'd been doing the Carlingford Legend pages at the time as well. For the comic though I've created a similar but un-named shop inside the Mill along with an equally unrecognisable owner to avoid any publication problems in the future. Besides all that though you can see from this lovely photo here taken by Terry Joyce that the bridge, the pub, and the Mill on the river are all fairly accurately depicted in the comic just as they are in real life.
Battlesbridge pub and Mill
Have a nice week :)
BarryCorbett at 1:32PM, July 18, 2018
Watch out for that noose!
skyangel at 12:27AM, July 21, 2018
Yes indeed! lol
fredhedges at 7:26AM, July 18, 2018
Looking at the photo in your link -- and back at your settings -- I definitely prefer your world to the "real" one.
skyangel at 12:31AM, July 21, 2018
Fred: I was saying to Becky during the week that I wish now I'd left the iron reinforcements off of the bridge as it's totally destroyed the grace and charm of the bridge and makes it look so ugly. I am considering redoing those few panels just to keep 'my world' the way I prefer it.
DarkVisor at 12:14AM, July 18, 2018
Ignore the rather obvious object that-looks-like-an-urn, butt the object _in front_, the one that looks like it may be a photo or drawing of a certain mysterious figure
DarkVisor at 3:44PM, July 21, 2018
Was meaning the blue one, and the plaque in front (specifically the plaque, butt was wrong)
skyangel at 12:37AM, July 21, 2018
DV: The thing on the left is called an aquamanile or 'devil jug' Apparently they were filled with Holy water and used by priests during Mass to cast out devils.
tommym at 10:25AM, July 17, 2018
Dear Sky, Next to last panel has so much wonderful stuff. Like the handcuffs. tommym
skyangel at 12:27AM, July 21, 2018
Tommym: Haha yea, It was fun going through all my refs looking for things to put on the shelves. :)
KimLuster at 9:07AM, July 17, 2018
I love this Shop!! I want to shop there!! And try on Armor Helms!! That is all!!
skyangel at 12:23AM, July 21, 2018
Kim: It's a fun place to shop for sure but sadly most of the more normal 'antiques' I've seen there would be cheaper to buy from charity shops or Ebay. Great atmosphere though and really fun to look round. DV is probably right too, I've seen replica helmets for sale made of thin tin and they not only look fake but are rather crudely made too.
DarkVisor at 12:18AM, July 18, 2018
If that was an authentic helm, she was lucky to have managed to get it on at all: people back then were much shorter and smaller then modern people
moizmad at 1:32PM, July 16, 2018
Someone's ashes?
skyangel at 12:18AM, July 21, 2018
Possibly! ;)
skyangel at 12:18AM, July 21, 2018
Nic and Ben: I wanted to make more of Lucy playing with the helmet but as it was just a small sideline joke anyway it would have pushed the last panel over onto another page so I settled for 2 panels only.
BearinOz at 6:31PM, July 15, 2018
Plenty of details in some of these panels .
Infected Blood at 3:20PM, July 15, 2018
ed Blood at 3:19PM, July 15, 2018 delete The helmet trick was pretty funny hahaha Beautiful locations and what's that object Sarah is looking at? *Goes back to Lenore's story for a clue*
skyangel at 12:11AM, July 21, 2018
IB: You'll know for sure now ;)
fallopiancrusader at 3:08PM, July 15, 2018
I love all those weird items in panel 5! Is that a brain in a jar in the lower right corner?
skyangel at 12:09AM, July 21, 2018
FC: Yes it is. Probably with the name Abby Normal on it. ;)
bexlicious at 2:09PM, July 15, 2018
It's nice to see Laura smiling.