[Monte Williams]

Ghosts Crowd the Young Child's Fragile Eggshell Mind by Monte Williams, on Flickr




All Day I Face the Barren Waste Without the Taste of Water by Monte Williams, on Flickr






A Mortal Occupation by Monte Williams, on Flickr


A Babble of Blasphemies by Monte Williams, on Flickr




Big Iron by Monte Williams, on Flickr


A Cloud of Dust and a Hearty "Hi-Yo, Silver!" by Monte Williams, on Flickr




Hoyo en la Forma de Dios by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Through a World with Neither Map Nor Memory by Monte Williams, on Flickr




Tall in the Saddle by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Climb Upon My Faithful Steed by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Train Song by Monte Williams, on Flickr


You Can Stand Me Up at the Gates of Hell by Monte Williams, on Flickr


I Stab At Thee by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Country Death Song by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Ghost Town by Monte Williams, on Flickr




The Year is 1886 by Monte Williams, on Flickr


And Hell's Coming With Me by Monte Williams, on Flickr


And Wished for the Courage to Be A Bastard by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Every Mouldering Stone Was A Chronicle by Monte Williams, on Flickr


It Has Been Either My Good or Evil Lot to Have My Roving Passion Gratified by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Man's A Fiddle That Life Plays On by Monte Williams, on Flickr


A Thousand Superfluous Wants by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Composed Altogether of Villains by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Goin' Out West Where the Wind Blows Tall by Monte Williams, on Flickr






Hangman Jury by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Give Me Words Like Chains to Bind It by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Stories are the Only Thing Worth Dying For by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Back From Oz by Monte Williams, on Flickr


I Am Out of West To Run To by Monte Williams, on Flickr






Hi-Yo, Silver! by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Before the Canyon Wakes by Monte Williams, on Flickr






A Bone Would be a Banquet by Monte Williams, on Flickr






BioShock West by Monte Williams, on Flickr




I'm a Texas Ranger and By God I Range by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Bible and Sword by Monte Williams, on Flickr


A Summons in Bone by Monte Williams, on Flickr


All Culture Must Arise From Cult by Monte Williams, on Flickr


No Sleep 'Till Wahlstrom Hollow by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Uva Uvam Vivendo Varia Fit by Monte Williams, on Flickr


To Hell and Back Before Breakfast by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Fresh as the Morning by Monte Williams, on Flickr


And He's Here to Do Some Business with the Big Iron On His Hip by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Nothing Wounded Goes Uphill by Monte Williams, on Flickr


And the Notches On His Pistol Numbered One and Nineteen More by Monte Williams, on Flickr


His Own Shadow Was More Company Than He Would Have Liked by Monte Williams, on Flickr






Down Went His Hand for the Gun That He Wore by Monte Williams, on Flickr




More'n One Way to Kill A Dead Man by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Sun Would Burn Even Hatred Out of Him by Monte Williams, on Flickr






Deppths by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Old West Crime Lab by Monte Williams, on Flickr




I Mean the Game Called "Go Insane" by Monte Williams, on Flickr


An Iconic Tableau by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Sooner or Later God'll Cut You Down by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Door in the Page by Monte Williams, on Flickr


And If You Burn Somebody's Book Do They Die? by Monte Williams, on Flickr


A Bureau Man by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Up Front There Ought to Be a Man in Black by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Dust Storm by Monte Williams, on Flickr


But if You Want to Find Hell With Me... by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Amber Waves by Monte Williams, on Flickr


He Was A Man Proposing to Kill a God by Monte Williams, on Flickr








And I've Rocked Them All by Monte Williams, on Flickr


His Philosophy of Life Was Back the Fuck Off or Live to Regret It by Monte Williams, on Flickr


There are Plenty of Unkind Sons of Bitches in Tularosa by Monte Williams, on Flickr


They Began to Feel That All This Country Was Unreal by Monte Williams, on Flickr




Civilization Depends Upon Restraint by Monte Williams, on Flickr






My Wings Have Been So Denied by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Dirty Black Summer by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Ain't Nobody Likes Getting Bit By a Dog by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Cabin On Morelock Hill by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Cowboys and Aliens by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Words Like Violence Break the Silence by Monte Williams, on Flickr




I Never Been in a Tomorrow Before by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Pieces Were Stolen from Me... Or Dare I Say, Given Away? by Monte Williams, on Flickr




I Ain't Never Been Killed Before, In All These Many Stories by Monte Williams, on Flickr




Damn. Beans and Franks Again. by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Lone Ranger and the Secret of Somber Cavern by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Cursing Himself for His Interlude of Aeronautical Nostalgia by Monte Williams, on Flickr






Bloody Mary by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Kissin' Kate Barlow by Monte Williams, on Flickr




He is Leathery and Sunburnt and Old as the Hills by Monte Williams, on Flickr


I Been Sung About More Than Most by Monte Williams, on Flickr


This is a Land of Sand, Dry Rocks, and Dead Things by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Tenderize Bone to Dust by Monte Williams, on Flickr


'Till Things are Brighter, I'm the Man in Black by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Take Your Daughter to Work Day by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Play is the Tragedy, "Man" by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Can a Man Who Can Cast a Spell Ever Really Grow Up? by Monte Williams, on Flickr


I'll Sing You a True Song of Billy the Kid by Monte Williams, on Flickr


And its Hero the Conqueror Worm by Monte Williams, on Flickr


He Was a Voluble Enthusiast of His Trade by Monte Williams, on Flickr


How the West Was Weird by Monte Williams, on Flickr


He Had Never Been a Man Who Understood Himself Deeply or Cared To by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Got My Own Theme Music, Plays Wherever I Are by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Dispensing Quality Vigilante Justice Since 1869 by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Along Came a Spider by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[3233rafael]

Your work is art...your photos are a masterpiece Monte! Beautiful...

[305Batman]

That Iggy is the stuff of nightmares!

[salsa4datass]

amazing pics!!!

[ukmu]

Write me a letter, sing me a song.

Tell me all about it and what I did wrong.

Meanwhile, I'll be doin' fine....

Then load my box, on the 309.

[3233rafael]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukmu

Write me a letter, sing me a song.

Tell me all about it and what I did wrong.

Meanwhile, I'll be doin' fine....

Then load my box, on the 309.

Cash!!!

[Monte Williams]

Quote:

Originally Posted by salsa4datass

amazing pics!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3233rafael

Your work is art...your photos are a masterpiece Monte! Beautiful...

Thank you so much, folks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukmu

Write me a letter, sing me a song.

Tell me all about it and what I did wrong.

Meanwhile, I'll be doin' fine....

Then load my box, on the 309.

Thanks for introducing me to a new Cash song!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 305Batman

That Iggy is the stuff of nightmares!

Right?! Didn't seem like much of a stretch to make him the leader of some screwy cult making moonshine in the woods.


Here are some new photos:

My God is the Sun by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Great Spirit Horse by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Painted Desert by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[Monte Williams]

Ghost Bridge of Cold Canyon by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[Jasonwelcome]

Fantastic as always!

[Monte Williams]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jasonwelcome

Fantastic as always!

Thanks, Jason! Here are two more:

Thanksgiving by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Whole Useless Baggage of Blood and Tribe by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[Joe Moore]

Stunningly excellent shots there.

[Augustus_Cole]

GAWT DAMN MAN....those shots are either good, great, or just AMAZING!!.
fantastic work there...never seen too much like it..

what is the female figure in the pics (not as blonde though)..i like that sculpt...

[Monte Williams]

Belated thanks for the kind words, fellas!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkToyLord

what is the female figure in the pics (not as blonde though)..i like that sculpt...

That'd be Lilah, from NECA's Jonah Hex series. She's usually dirt cheap on the secondary market, as is Jonah himself and the villain. I've never seen the film, and the figures desperately need more articulation, but they sure are photogenic!


Some more recent photos:

Every Friendship With a Snowman is Doomed by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Long, Cold Winter by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Confronting Vast Tenebrific Spaces by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Malebolgia Tribe by Monte Williams, on Flickr


All Was Shadows, Emptiness, Echoes and Dust by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[ukmu]

The pics are amazing, but the titles are even better.

[Monte Williams]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukmu

The pics are amazing, but the titles are even better.

Thanks. I put a lot of thought into my titles most of the time... even when I'm just stealing song lyrics.

[Monte Williams]

Both Reason and Weapons Will Eventually Be Resorted To by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Alarga en la Pradera Una Pausada by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Raven King by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Habits of Whites Had Stopped Making Sense by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Meraudian Heresy by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[Monte Williams]

With thanks to my dad for the kickass new addition to my Old West cast!

[Monte Williams]

Across the Whisper of Old Storms by Monte Williams, on Flickr


A Cattleman's Paradise by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Comanche Spawn by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Up North Ain’t a Place—It’s a Direction by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[Monte Williams]

You Would Be Surprised How Many Problems a Pair of Pistols Can Solve by Monte Williams, on Flickr


There's a Hell of a Lot of Different Kinds of Dead by Monte Williams, on Flickr




This is Not a Land for Gods by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Goodbye, Blue Sky by Monte Williams, on Flickr


He Was No Longer Scared of What Tomorrow Might Bring, Because Yesterday Had Brought It by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Avenues to Death are Numerous and Strange by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Tonto's Greatest Battle, Captured in Oil by Larry Fanning by Monte Williams, on Flickr


White People Have Some Fucked Up Gods by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[TheBlueMarvel]

Beautiful, Monte. I really dig what you're doing with the absence of color (certain pics) contrasted by the striking red of the queen xenomorph. Those Lone Ranger figs have much better articulation than I previously thought. You've got some cool posing going on in many of these photos! I especially enjoyed the shots of Ranger reloading while hiding behind a ridge and the "F'd up gods" image! Lastly, I think I'm learning the topography of these gorgeous settings at which you shoot your photos. Do you scout out favorite locales, or just hike until you arrive somewhere interesting?

[Monte Williams]

Thank you, BlueMarvel!

Pixlr's Splash tool makes that partial color gimmick pretty easy. I use it a lot, probably more frequently than I should. Here are some Dick Tracy portraits that utilize the Splash tool:

Calling Dick Tracy! Come In, Dick Tracy! by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Dick Tracy Pulls Plug On Electric Menace! by Monte Williams, on Flickr

That's the 10,000-Volt Ghost from Scooby-Doo. I used Splash to suggest he's been de-powered.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Do you scout out favorite locales, or just hike until you arrive somewhere interesting?

Nine times out of ten I just use my reliable setting beneath the bridge. It's the brown, rocky backdrop that dominates my photostream, and I like it because the rocks work with figures of any scale, and they are always covered in shade because of the bridge, so lighting is never an issue.

I have an alley I use for urban settings, and some concrete platforms under the bridge perform the same function. For other outdoor settings, there's a waterfall I try to use sparingly, and miles and miles of cliffs and prairie-looking settings to choose from, but I usually stick with the rocks under the bridge unless I have a specific idea suited to something different.

Thanks again!

[Monte Williams]

The Tale is the Map That is the Territory by Monte Williams, on Flickr


No Sleep 'Till Agua Fria by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Children of the Corn by Monte Williams, on Flickr




Now He Worships in That Bone Church Forever by Monte Williams, on Flickr


But This is Not a Country That Tolerates Gods for Long by Monte Williams, on Flickr


American Music by Monte Williams, on Flickr




We Magicians Collect Curiosities by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Kiss Me Deadly by Monte Williams, on Flickr


No Sleep 'Till the Dry Bean Saloon by Monte Williams, on Flickr


The Witching Hour by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Of Course Mama's Gonna Help Build a Wall by Monte Williams, on Flickr




If Life is But a Dream—Wake Me by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Then He Slept, and Dreamed of Hidden Indians by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Thirst by Monte Williams, on Flickr


I Loved Him Like a Brother, and I Wept When Utah Died






His Sole Conflict Was With Gravity by Geek Creek Junior, on Flickr


Skyhook by Monte Williams, on Flickr


I Get the Feeling Sometime, In Another World I Lived in El Paso by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Like Clockwork by Monte Williams, on Flickr




One Day He Would Have to Go Home. And One Day He Would Have to Make a Home to Go Back To. by Monte Williams, on Flickr


Reverence by Monte Williams, on Flickr


This Land is All Too Shallow... It is Painted On the Sky by Monte Williams, on Flickr

[Monte Williams]

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[PlayTime]

Man I love your photos. Never get tired of seeing what you come up with next. Top notch photography.
My favorite are the ones that include the Alien. Would love to see some old west meets Predator

[Skoob]

Love the old west stuff. Does anybody else have the old classic Louis L'Amour pocketbooks? I pulled my old box out of storage recently and started to go through it again. It's like reuniting with old friends.