Be Wary Careful - We Hunting Old Ones!

[dreamingleopard]

Okay, here's a little amusement - a scavenger webhunt.  See how many suitable rpg-scale minifig sculpts (lead or resin) you can find for each Cthulhu Mythos Great Old One* or Deity (known avatars* acceptable). You can find a good tabled listing of the Old Ones at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Old_One, but it is not complete.

*Notes: We are not talking about Elder Things here. 
           

Rules:

No inventing allowed.  Let's restrict names and descriptions to the Mythos writers who have been published (including Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu).  So no, you can't just post a pic of a Wyrd minis evil cherub and claim it's one of the thousand faces of Nyarlathotep, but if your idea is particularly provocative, you can suggest it for a zero point submission.  If the being is easily linked to the mythos (like Bast or Quetzylcoatl), you can include it, with a source proof, as it would be seen as an avatar.

The fig doesn't have to be in current production, but it has to have been in production at some time, or immenent as a new release from the named manufacturer.

You cannot post the same sculpt as someone else on the thread. 
 
Each sculpt must give the manufacturer and if you can, the sculptor's name.  You must also include the actual name or alternatively, the product code of the piece along with the name of the Old One that you are nominating it to represent.  If you've added to (or need to add to) the sculpt, you must state how.
 
Score 3 points for your first representative fig for a certain Old One/Deity, 2 points for every subsequent fig for the same Old One/Deity, and lose 1 point for every sculpt that would require minor sculpting work to fit the description. 
Keep your own running score with every post you make.

The point?  To see if we can create a complete set of Mythos Deities and Old Ones from existing sculpts.  My example entry:


Bokrug
Reaper 02919: Burrowing Horror ($19.99) Sculpted by Jason Wiebe 
https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/horror/latest/02919

Sculpting mods: a short beard of tentacles, webbing between the digits and perhaps some spines along the backbone, mounted on a water base of course.



"It is also written that [the Beings of Ib] descended one night from the moon in a mist; they and the vast still lake and grey stone city Ib. However this may be, it is certain that they worshipped a sea-green stone idol chiselled in the likeness of Bokrug, the great water-lizard; before which they danced horribly when the moon was gibbous."  From "The Doom that Came to Sarnath" by Howard Lovecraft

dreamingleopard score for this post: 2 (3 pts - 1pt for the mod)
Cummulative total to date: 2 

[P_Clapham]

Cthulhu
Reaper 65095 - Eldritch Demon by Jason Wiebe

No Conversion required.  Works perfectly for the 1:72 and smaller scales.
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/demon/sku-down/65095


Above these apparent hieroglyphics was a figure of evidently pictorial intent, though its impressionistic execution forbade a very clear idea of its nature. It seemed to be a sort of monster, or symbol representing a monster, of a form which only a diseased fancy could conceive. If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings, but it was the general outline of the whole which made it most shockingly frightful.
The Call of Cthulhu, by H.P. Lovecraft

P_Clapham score for this post: 3 pts
Cummulative total to date: 3 

[P_Clapham]

In the spirit of competition, should we leave the RAFM Call of Cthulhu line out?  That's pretty much shooting deep ones in a barrel.

[Malebolgia]

King in Yellow
Miniature by Reaper Miniatures, no conversion required.
65081: Wraith ($3.99) - Jason Wiebe


And a second one!
Pulp City - Mourn (PPME01V) - 7.99 euro


"Night fell and the hours dragged on, but still we murmured to each other of the King and the Pallid Mask, and midnight sounded from the misty spires in the fog-wrapped city. We spoke of Hastur and of Cassilda, while outside the fog rolled against the blank window-panes as the cloud waves roll and break on the shores of Hali."

and:

"Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink beneath the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead;
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa. "

Referenced art:
http://www.rainfallsite.com/The_Yellow_Sign__1_-_Cover_op_393x600.jpg

My favorite Avatar in the mythos

[dreamingleopard]

In the spirit of competition, should we leave the RAFM Call of Cthulhu line out?  That's pretty much shooting deep ones in a barrel.

I will post the official Call of Cthulhu figs (RAFM and Grenadier), with no score taken for myself.  If anyone beats me to it (since I didn't exclude them at the start) they can claim the points for them.

[P_Clapham]

Oooooo..... Good call on the King in Yellow.  I prefer the first one, it seems less 'human' than the pulp city miniature.

[dreamingleopard]

The official Call of Cthulhu figs from Grenadier (now at Mirliton):

Naggoob(Nug) or Yeb
Mirliton NM049 Drak Young of Shnub Niggurath [sic] 5,42€ Sculpted by John Dennett
(formerly Grenadier Call of Cthulhu Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath from 6502 Creatures boxed set)

Sculpting mods: none



"In various references in Lovecraft's letters,  he describes these beings as only ten feet in diameter when in their ordinary form. They are mmade the offspring of Shub-Niggurath and Yog-Sothtoth and are said  to be the asexual progenitors respectively of Cthulhu and Tsathoggua.  We learn of a "shrine of Nug, in  the Temple of Infra-Red Vapour on the doomed nebula Zlykariob," of a "Black Fire of Nug and Yeb," of "the Black Litany of Nug and Yeb."  Nug is said to have appeared at Kadath in the Cold Waste." – from “The Shub-Niggurath Cycle” ed. Robert M. Price (Chaosium Inc., 1994)

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 0


Iod, The Shining Hunter
Mirliton UD037 Ghosts  7,42€ Sculpted most likely by John Dennett (alternatively Andrew Chernak)
(formerly Grenadier Call of Cthulhu from 207 Nightmares; formerly Grenadier Nightmares  from 605 Ghosts & Apparitions)

Sculpting mods: none



"I learned of the fungoid, inhuman beings that dwell on far cold Yuggoth, of the cyclopean shapes that attend unsleeping Cthulhu in his submarine city, of the strange pleasures that the followers of leprous, subterranean Yog-Sothoth may possess, and I learned, too, of the unbelievable manner in which Iod, the Source, is worshipped beyond the outer galaxies."– from "The Secret of Kralitz" by Henry Kuttner

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 0


Shudde M’ell 
(Perhaps as a baby?  Okay, it’s pushing it, but there are so few minis for Cthonians!)
Mirliton NM027 Cthonians (the larger of the two) 6,33€ Sculpted most likely by John Dennett (alternatively Andrew Chernak)
(formerly Grenadier Call of Cthulhu in 213 Cthonians; formerly Grenadier Nightmares in 615 Tentacled Terrors)

Sculpting mods: none



"...a great gray thing a mile long chanting and exuding strange acids... charging through the depths of the earth at a fantastic speed, in a dreadful fury... melting basaltic rocks like butter under a blowtorch." – from“The Burrowers Beneath” (1974) by Brian Lumley

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 0


Tsathoggua (Zhothaqquah, The Sleeper of N'kai)
Mirliton NM014  Cursed One  5,83€ Sculpted most likely by John Dennett (alternatively Andrew Chernak)
(formerly Grenadier Call of Cthulhu 215 Tsathoggua; formerly Grenadier Nightmares 620 Cursed One)

Sculpting mods: none



”In that secret cave in the bowels of Voormithadreth . . . abides from eldermost eons the god Tsathoggua. You shall know Tsathoggua by his great girth and his batlike furriness and the look of a sleepy black toad which he has eternally. He will rise not from his place, even in the ravening of hunger, but will wait in divine slothfulness for the sacrifice.” — from "The Seven Geases"(1933) by Clark Ashton Smith,

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 0


Cthulhu (The Sleeping God, Master of R'lyeh, The Great Priest, Kthulhut, Tulu, ZTHOOD'aLU)  (although it’s way too small)
Mirliton  NM004  Hell Beast  5,83€ Sculpted most likely by John Dennett (alternatively Andrew Chernak)
(formerly Grenadier Call of Cthulhu 217 Spawn of Cthulhu; formerly Grenadier Nightmares 625 Hell Beast)

Sculpting mods: none



"...yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature.... A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque scaly body with rudimentary wings." – from "The Call of Cthulhu" by Howard P. Lovecraft

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 0


Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos (in Bloody Tongue form)
Mirliton NM001  Spawn Horror  5,83€ Sculpted most likely by John Dennett (alternatively Andrew Chernak)
(formerly Grenadier Call of Cthulhu 214 Nyarlathotep; formerly Grenadier Nightmares 624 Spawn Horror)

Sculpting mods: none



"The Bloody Toingue is an enormous monster with clawed appendages and a single long blood0-red tentacle in place of a face.  This tentacle stretches forward when the Thing howls at the moon." – Call of Cthulhu (Rulesbook, 6th ed). by Petersen and Willis, Chaosium Inc., 2005. p.192

Other Reference: Harms, Daniel. The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana (2nd ed.), Chaosium, Inc., 1998. "Cult of the Bloody Tongue", p. 68.

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 0


Yig, Father of Serpents
Mirliton has the rights, but this figure has not been re-released yet Sculpted most likely by John Dennett (alternatively Andrew Chernak)
(formerly Grenadier Call of Cthulhu 222 Yig (sold with Moonbeast))

Sculpting mods: none



"The half-human father of serpents...the snake-god of the central plains tribes – presumably the primal source of the more southerly Quetzalcoatl or Kukulcan – was an odd, half-anthropomorphic devil. – H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, “The Curse of Yig.”

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 0

[dreamingleopard]

Ugh... thought that posted as intended, but all the links to the Mirliton pages for the Grenadier figs above are embedded in the words "Sculpting mods: none."  Note: the Yig is currently not in production, but I'm sure Mirliton will get around to re-releasing it (and others soon).

[P_Clapham]

Seems like Reaper ought to be a category all in itself.

Tsathoggua
Reaper Miniatures, Frog Demon, sculpted by Jason Wiebe

Sculpting Mods:  None



Black Tsathoggua moulded itself from a toad-like gargoyle to a sinuous line with hundreds of rudimentary feet. . .
—H. P. Lovecraft, "The Horror in the Museum"

P_Clapham score for this entry: 2 (2nd entry)

Total Score: 5

[P_Clapham]

dreamingleopard, I seem to recall a conversion / painting of the Burrowing Horror as Dagon.  I think it was even posted on these forums.

[P_Clapham]

Two More for Hastur, the King in Yellow

Reaper Miniatures: 02546, Death Shroud, sculpted by Bob Olley

No conversion required



"Have you seen the Yellow Sign?"

P_Clapham Score for this entry 2 (2nd entry)

Total Score 7

[P_Clapham]

Ubbo-Sathla
Reaper Miniatures Faceless Horror 02838, sculpted by Julie Guthrie

No conversion required




There, in the grey beginning of Earth, the formless mass that was Ubbo-Sathla reposed amid the slime and the vapors. Headless, without organs or members, it sloughed from its oozy sides, in a slow, ceaseless wave, the amoebic forms that were the archetypes of earthly life. Horrible it was, if there had been aught to apprehend the horror; and loathsome, if there had been any to feel loathing. About it, prone or tilted in the mire, there lay the mighty tablets of star-quarried stone that were writ with the inconceivable wisdom of the pre-mundane gods.
—Clark Ashton Smith, "Ubbo-Sathla"

P_Clapham score for this entry 3

Total score 10

[P_Clapham]

Ithaqua

Reaper Miniatures: 02252 Wind Elemental, sculpted by Sandra Garrity

No conversion required.



P_Clapham scoring for this entry 3

total score 13

[dreamingleopard]

dreamingleopard, I seem to recall a conversion / painting of the Burrowing Horror as Dagon.  I think it was even posted on these forums.

That was me, and on the Reaper forum (and I haven't refound the broken links) - so don't you go using my listing there to post my ideas here!     No fair swiping my Ithaqua contribution... 

Seriously... the thread for me is really about gathering up the Old Ones and Deities, and to that extent, I really don't mind.  (It saves me having to post Ithaqua et al anyway).  The forum benefits for having their rather obscure names put to the search function and I get to view your contributions! 

That being said, and since I've given you the jump start on me, for having to do the Grenadiers and the RAFMs - I will have to catch up to you soon!  You're going down, mister!     

[dreamingleopard]

Othuyeg  The Doom-Walker
Mirliton NM044 Horror Monsters 2 (Enchanted Eye)  6,25€ Sculptor Unknown
(formerly Grenadier 350 Enchanted Eye)
http://www.mirliton.it/product_info.php?pName=horror-monsters-2&cName=nightmares-28mm

Sculpting mods: none, though you might want to lengthen and increase the number of tentacles.



First mentioned in Crispin Burnham’s. "Demons in the Flesh" (19??) and described as a a great, tentacled eye.

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 3


Basatan  Master of the Crabs
Mega Miniatures 1034D Giant Crab Man 60mm tall (!) $11.39 US  Sculptor  Leandro Ventic (Painted image by Roger O'Dell)
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/giantcrabman60mmtall.aspx

Sculpting mods: none, though where he would wear his supposed supernatural ring is open to debate; maybe it’s a bracelet or anklet or choker.  You could sculpt one in, if you wanted to, but I would just paint one of the ribbings on this fig’s arm a precious metal colour. *



First mention is in "Master of the Crabs" (1948) by Clark Ashton Smith.

Note: In keeping with the horribly anthrocentric tradition of making “masters” of “lesser” beings anthropomorphic rather than just enormous, I claim this as a reasonable human interpretation, especially considering the usual descriptions are vague and/or quite boring, and you can use this excuse for your submissions too – try to be reasonable, though, and feel free to dock yourself points if you are stretching believability against known descriptors (keeping in mind that all deities, if not the Great Old Ones, should probably have avatars).

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 3


Nyarlathotep (in Rat Form? – An Honourable Mention)
Mega Miniatures DEAL-10009a Rat Giant $3.33 US Sculptor Unknown (Painter Unknown)
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/ratgiant.aspx

Sculpting mods: none, though wiping at least the eyes out with fur would still be appropriate, as would adding a bloody, slavering tongue.



(Shown with Mega’s rat swarm to show the scale.  This isn’t any ordinary giant rat – it’s gigantic, and that’s why this one would qualify – if there were a rat-god/GOO in the Mythos.  The theme certainly fits Lovecraft, as evidenced in the following quote, though perhaps the Narly-as-Rat should be faceless, or perhaps morphing to his faceless form in this quote.  Rats are tricksters, and the persona fits Narly quite well – leading a human on and into a dangerous lair is so like him.)

“It was the eldritch scurrying of those fiend-born rats, always questing for new horrors, and determined to lead me on even unto those grinning caverns of earth's centre where Nyarlathotep, the mad faceless god, howls blindly to the piping of two amorphous idiot flute-players.”   — H. P. Lovecraft, ''The Rats in the Walls''

dreamingleopard score for this entry: 0
(There’s no evidence that Narly, or any other named Mythos supreme being had a rat avatar. If you know differently, let me know!)


dreamingleopard score for this post: 6
Cummulative total to date: 9