Story:


The thunder gods had been riding the land hard for weeks on end!
Now, suddenly, the sun broke through the stormy clouds,
and, according to the great Mushroom master, the conditions for rainbow chasing were optimal!

The DunderTroll got up steam, and headed out into the great valley, carefully guided by the helmsman.
The big troll couldn't see too well after all those years in the black mines.
Little Ole at the steering wheel just couldn’t believe his luck. To be chosen as helmsman on a great and important adventure like this was beyond his wildest dreams!
The Pinecone-Knight was already missing his big comfy chair by the fireplace.
Princess Aurora knew she had a prophecy to fulfill. She just didn’t know what?
The eyes of the great Mushrom Master were sore from peering into his magic marble. He could see great hardships, dangers, and rewards in the future.
But what worried him the most was…
...he could not see the end of this great journey!
And Bulder the cook…
...he was just so nervous that he had been occupying the toilet all morning!

This is my contribution to The Journey Begins challenge.

This is the big sooty steam troll and his little fellow travellers setting of on the great rainbow chase.
Looks like it could be a long journey in deed. From my personal experience they are extremely hard to catch! 

Background is sort of a mat paining mixing 6-7 photos and painted over in Photoshop.
The foreground was made with 3ds Max and mostly rendered in final render (some scan line and mental ray).
Hair and grass is standard max hair.