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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: The Red Graf on June 09, 2018, 04:33:54 PM
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I'm thinking about creating terrain for a hellscape. Think a combination of Dark Gothic and Bosch. Does anyone have any inspiration for me?
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Helge has done two projects you might find interesting:
http://wilhelminiatures.blogspot.com/2017/11/armies-on-parade-2017-aos-tzeentch.html
http://wilhelminiatures.blogspot.com/2016/10/armies-on-parade-2016-part-v-parade-day.html
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OK those are disturbing... cool... but disturbing :-X
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Below is a link to some imaginative sand sculptures depicting locations from Dante's Inferno (the book, not the game !):
http://www.momtastic.com/webecoist/2010/02/04/welcome-to-hell-sand-demons-of-dante%E2%80%99s-inferno-49-pics/
and here's one of the many, many medieval depictions :
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/86/7e/aa867ed7d84c9cb784a564789bf4ab30.jpg
and other parts of Bosch's works (in addition to his Hell, his Garden of Earthly Delights has some hellish visions !) :
https://static.artbible.info/large/tuinderlusten_vogel.jpg
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2016/04/bosch-1/lead_720_405.jpg?mod=1522794114
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/b1/3a/49b13a3b1f839c35546e7c9fb0322aa1.jpg
http://www.1worlddecor.com/images/MW/mw-jb24.jpg
http://kulturawplot.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hieronim-bosch-figurki-18.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Mad_meg.jpg
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The one with the faces is incredible. Some really top notch ideas guys, thank you.
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I have several hundred images saved but not an easy way to share them with you since I save hard copies rather than "curate" them online in something like pinterest. I'm planning similar projects for various netherworlds and planes in the D&D sense. I recommend Barlowe's Inferno for starters. It's a book but the images are available online, just use google. I'll put a few below.
Tumblr is the best source I've found for historical images, or any kind of images. Tumblr has almost no metadata to help you navigate, and instead you kind of have to feel your way as you go, finding people who share the kind of things you like. But you can probably start by searching for keywords like hell and demons and find people to follow, and comb through their archives.
Consider Asian depictions of hell and those from old magazines and newspapers, especially political cartoons. Artists like Barlowe are great for the look and feel and pallette, but in terms of the ideas of what hell is, these sources can't be matched. For me, hell is all about the specific torture devices and prison systems on the one side and artifacts of bureaucracy such as queues and offices and such. It's funny to me that for all our contemporary penchant for blood and violence, our framework is mostly a pg-13 sort of violence. The 40k novels are a great example. Lots of flashing guns, but remarkably tame. The Liber Chaotica is the best example I can think of. Many words minced on how horrible the visions are without any specificity. My 12 year old mind imagined a way more perverted and awful place and when I went to fiction it seemed to me a poor joke. But my own visions, were, in turn, tamer than historical depictions, and mostly nebulous. They are these old pictures that show the "what" rather than allude to it.
Here are a few Barlowe ones.
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Also Beksinski.
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Here's some:
https://julian-faylona.deviantart.com/gallery/63587586/HELLSCAPES
There were also the old Hellworks sets by Worldworks, but the original wasn't very, erm, original; mostly just the old "underground and hot" cartoon vision of Hell, while the later Cathedrae Noctis provided Gothic design being tainted by daemonic possession, and Celestus Pravatis, while designed to give you a spaceship set, was modular and every module could be replaced with a daemonic version, allowing a techno-hellscape.
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There is also the game Prisonkage (http://www.mediafire.com/file/s9tmlj314fa3lad/Prison+demo+0.2.rar):
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Very NSFW!
Then there's this...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018557697
And perhaps, Tormentum:
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Good project.
A lot depends on definitions of hell - classic fire and brimstone stuff is fairly easy to find but approaches around barren/empty, inhuman/mechanical, or the impossibility of reason seem more interesting perhaps.
That said recent games like doom, dark souls, agony are useful sources as are a lot of magic art (esp swamps and phyrexia)
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Great stuff. Since years I am interested I building something like Dante's Inferno on the gaming table. :)
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Some cover art by
Tim White Michael Whelan:
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Awesome thread, awesome art. Very inspiring :).
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Huge, zoomable interactive version of Bosch's the Garden of Earthly Delights:
https://tuinderlusten-jheronimusbosch.ntr.nl/en#
A selection of grotesque creatures all sorts, including the Gates of Hell aka Hellmouth:
The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (pics are zoomable, but for me that only works if I right click on 'zoom image' and open the link in a new tab):
- https://www.themorgan.org/collection/hours-of-catherine-of-cleves/115
- https://www.themorgan.org/collection/hours-of-catherine-of-cleves/124
- https://www.themorgan.org/collection/hours-of-catherine-of-cleves/125
- https://www.themorgan.org/collection/hours-of-catherine-of-cleves/259
Orcus' mouth in the Gardens of Bomarzo (in a way a Hellmouth as well):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bomarzo_parco_mostri_orco.jpg
Egbert II van Heemskerck on Monster Brains:
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2015/04/egbert-ii-van-heemskerck-calvin-and.html
Jacob Isaaczs van Swanenburg on Monster Brains:
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2015/04/jacob-isaaczs-van-swanenburg.html
Herri met de Bles on Monster Brains:
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/search?q=Herri+met+de+Bles
Frans Francken the Younger on Monster Brains:
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2017/08/frans-francken-younger-1581-1642.html
Pieter Bruegel:
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Thetriumphofdeath.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dull_Gret#/media/File:Dulle_Griet,_by_Pieter_Brueghel_(I).jpg
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_The_Fall_of_the_Rebel_Angels_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_Big_Fish_Eat_Little_Fish,_1556_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
- https://www.pieterbruegel.net/series/the-seven-deadly-sins
Zumbo's wax sculptures in La Specola (more or less allegorical depictions of various diseases) : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Museo_della_Specola_(Florence)_-_Grotesque_waxes
some things a bit more baroque but still worth a casual scroll:
Arent van Bolten:
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2016/04/arent-van-bolten-engravings-1604-1616.html
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2016/04/arent-van-bolten-ink-drawings1588-1633.html
Wendel Dietterlin the Younger:
https://www.metmuseum.org/search-results#!/search?q=Wendel%20Dietterlin%20the%20Younger
Salvator Rosa: http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2016/01/salvator-rosa.html
even more modern:
Albín Brunovský- not all pics fit thematically but still good:
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2016/07/albin-brunovsky.html
some of the sculptures may provide some inspiration, try to imagine the stuff with more period specific weapons/ clothing: https://www.kuksi.com/
remotely related:
Danse Macabre/ Dance of Death/ Totentanz- while not really hellish as such, these allegorical depictions of death as the great equaliser still may provided some inspiration. Admittedly more for for minis/ conversions than scenery:
A whole website dedicated to various Dances of Death:
- http://www.dodedans.com/Eindex.htm
on archive.org
- pictures starting at p. 29 https://archive.org/stream/iconesmortissexa01holb#page/n5/mode/2up
- https://archive.org/stream/dertotentanzvier00holb#page/4/mode/2up
- alphabet of death: https://archive.org/stream/celebratedhansho00holb#page/n7/mode/2up
- https://archive.org/details/dertodtentantzwi00holb
somewhat related (and far from serious):
Hellmouth in modernish architecture- Cabaret de L'Enfer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_de_L%27Enfer
http://www.coolstuffinparis.com/cafe_de_lenfer_paris.php
Some of the pics remind me a bit of the Diableries: http://www.londonstereo.com/diableries/index.html
Scenrywise things commonly encountered in medieval and later art depicting the torturing of souls in hell include
various types of breaking wheels,
cauldrons filled with boiling water, oil etc. ,
trees or some type of framework with penitents hanging from branches or a beam respectively -sometimes the rope is put around the neck but often it's attached to other limbs.
Often the above are combined with burning fires and demons/ devils operating bellows while others hold fire pokers and pincers.
For decorating hellscapes barrels of various sizes seem like a must have as well. Also boats/ ferrymen/ versions of the river Styx. And piles of bodies, bodies tumbling all over the place.
For large cauldrons Halloween deco might prove usefull (e.g. https://www.amazon.de/Horror-Shop-Packung-Hexenkessel-Halloween-Walpurgisnacht/dp/B009CA5Z7C/ref=pd_sbs_21_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RK41024Q398BVMMB4Q85 )
minis and scenery:
- Hellmouth (and medieval demons & devils) available via Antediluvian Miniatures: https://antediluvianminiatures.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/shop-medieval-demons/
- Boschish minis: http://www.eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_838&sort=3a
- barrels: http://www.renedra.co.uk/productlist.php?category=4&secondary=14
- GW's Silver Tower fish familiar would fit right in, the Tzaangor heads and legs would be good for conversions
Minis suitable for creating Dance of Death/ Triumph of Death type stuff:
- 28mm http://www.skullncrown.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=85&zenid=CiwWP2EnV4Qi9S1gFI3SA0
- 15mm http://totentanz-miniatures.com/product-category/totentanz/
as for real world landscapes, Dallol + the sulphur pools (https://www.google.de/search?biw=1536&bih=888&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=Sa4dW63TC8T-6ATAk4v4CQ&q=sulphur+pools+dallol&oq=sulphur+pools+dallol&gs_l=img.3...17886.19209.0.19898.6.6.0.0.0.0.101.551.5j1.6.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.H933Mp3Swas#imgrc=_) seems like a truly hellish place...
.:edit:. some pics and a couple more links for minis:.
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I'd also have a look at the chapman brothers hell dioramas. they are at the very least a good source of creative model kit bashing.
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There used to be Bosch/Brueghel inspired figures from Miniature Figurines in the late 70s in their Aureola Rococo & Valley of the Four Winds ranges.
http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Category:Aureola_Rococo
http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Valley_of_the_Four_Winds
East Riding Miniatures used to have a range of exotic looking figures (Blemyes? from Grumpy) with no heads but eyes in their chest and mouth in their midriff etc. Again quite a while back, but if you email them (is it still run by Tony?) you might find where they went.
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Some more minis for weird little guys:
Northumbrian Tinsoldier's Nightfolk (https://www.northumbriantinsoldier.com/product-category/nightfolk-fantasy-miniatures/) range has some suitable minis
Raging Heroes has a box with 7 little demon familiars (https://www.ragingheroes.com/products/minions-s-sf), they are resin minis and some are a bit fiddly bits heavy but quite cute (well, kind of). Still haven't assembled mine.
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Hasselfree has a demons and faery range that could add some denizens :
https://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=fantasy-%26%0D%0Asteampunk~fantasy-daemons-%26-faerie
A few of the Warhammer and Warhammer 40k demons are suitable for populating a hellscape; examples:
https://www.miniaturemarket.com/gw-83-47.html
https://www.irresistibleforce.com.au/products/sloppity-bilepipper-herald-of-nurgle
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ctdd55zWEAIE0-M.jpg
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Miniatures wise Eureka's Chaos line is very suitable
http://www.eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_838&sort=3a
and Antediluvian miniatures have their medieval demons range
https://antediluvianminiatures.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/shop-medieval-demons/
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@ Diablo Jon: yup, both nice ranges (and allready linked to).
More minis:
Fenris Games:
Deep Ones, not your typical man-fish-hybrids but rather beastmen (or fiskmenne, if you'd like to give them a pseudo medieval name) http://fenrisgames.com/shop#!/Deep-Ones/c/8945807/offset=0&sort=normal
also stocking the Bederken/ Darkling Games Chaos Dwergs (http://fenrisgames.com/shop#!/Darkling-Games-miniatures/c/23119011/offset=0&sort=normal), a certain Mr. Crowangle (http://fenrisgames.com/shop#!/FGDKL02-Chaos-Dwerg-Crowangle/p/85461532/category=23119011)in particular would fit right in.
Can picture the Aetheric Fishtank (http://fenrisgames.com/shop#!/FGAK01-Aetheric-Fishtank/p/41513164/category=10718264) stalking the planes of Hell as well...
Ral Partha Europe:
Has some of the old Heartbreaker Kev Adams demons (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/heartbreaker-miniatures-28mm-c-115/kev-adams-demons-c-115_141/) and the Demonworld Torgogs (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/demonworld-15mm-c-76/demonworld-classic-c-76_151/the-icelords-of-isthak-c-76_151_84/4212-torgogs-8-p-2623.html).
Also selling the old Vor Minis- the Growler (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/vor-c-55/growlers-c-55_62/?page=1&sort=3a)Pups would make good little demon critters.
CP Models has a range of Chaos Dwarfs (https://cpmodels.co.uk/product-category/28mm-ranges/fantasy/chaos-dwarfs/) that includes some suitable specimens.
Four A Miniatures (http://www.fouraminiatures.com/page2.htm) has quite a few nasty little ones, e.g. Oswald, Mortimer and his girl, the Pumilis Limax trio
Heresy Miniatures has the Demonic Familiars (http://heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=Demonic+Familiar) and some rather nasty Maggotmen (http://heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=maggotman).
Then there's this: https://www.facebook.com/boris.woloszyn/photos/a.611409158977069.1073741835.596063407178311/1608358609282114/?type=3&permPage=1
While not available, the comment "For now, will be a single work. But I already have proposals to make a KS." makes me hope there will be a range of Boschian Oddities emerging somewhere...
For inspiration, why not have a look at Don Han's blog: http://realmofcitadel.blogspot.com/
That at times almost luminescent painting combined with black & white art on the shieldes makes for quite an otherworldly look. Try to imagine a whole landscape coloured that way with ruined buildings in stark black & white for contrast, populated by demons and weird little hybrid guys and gals.