Author Topic: Tengu Models Shoggoth (Read 18893 times)

Commander Vyper · « **Reply #15 on:** February 03, 2011, 08:05:01 PM »

Iain, what's it going to retail at and will there be a tentacled version too?

D@rth J@ymZ · « **Reply #16 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:06:32 PM »

Damn fine work.

blackstone · « **Reply #17 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:12:00 PM »

Thanks for the comments.

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My two (minor) complaints are that I'd have liked the orificies to be more mouth-like. Also, I think it should be bigger.

I thought about the mouths alot. I wanted to avoid putting teeth in the mouths since I felt it doesn't sit well with the plastic amorphous nature of the creature. Then I begun thinking that they wouldn't have much knowlege of a human style mouth to have evolved an imitation of one so I went for the sucker maw.

Yeah was thinking about making a much larger shoggoth as I sculpted this but like you say it would be pretty expensive to produce and just sculpting the 160+ eyes on this one blasted my sanity a little

I was thinking of this model as a "Shoggoth Slave" a smaller creature than the one from ATMOM. Something that hasn't gained the independence of it's larger kind and could be controlled by Deep Ones or Cultists etc.

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Iain, what's it going to retail at and will there be a tentacled version too?

I could package it with the tentacles from the Yog Sothoth kit but then those tentacles are available separately anyway. Also people may want the non-tentacle version or want to use their on tentacles on the model. Still working this out

It'll be around the same price as the Yog Sothoth kit probably a little less but that would be with the metal tentacles.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #18 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:05:52 PM »

Bloody marvellous.

Please release it ASAP so I can get one, paint it red and use it as a Soviet mutant monster roaming the prospects of Pripyat.

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #19 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:31:49 PM »

Quote from: Westfalia Chris on February 03, 2011, 10:05:52 PM

Please release it ASAP so I can get one, paint it red and use it as a Soviet mutant monster roaming the prospects of Pripyat.

now that's a bloody good idea.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #20 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:35:58 PM »

Quote from: Prof.Witchheimer on February 03, 2011, 10:31:49 PM

now that's a bloody good idea.

Not mine, unfortunately, but if I pull it off adequately, I think I might be forgiven.

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #21 on:** February 03, 2011, 10:40:12 PM »

Quote from: Westfalia Chris on February 03, 2011, 10:35:58 PM

Not mine, unfortunately, but if I pull it off adequately, I think I might be forgiven.

I'm sure you will pull it off on an appropriate level

widgren · « **Reply #22 on:** February 03, 2011, 11:56:59 PM »

ill buy one.

Uncle Mike · « **Reply #23 on:** February 04, 2011, 12:14:39 AM »

Fantastic! I'll be needing one of those asap!!! LPL is just around the corner and a 'Mountains Of Madness' entry can't be far away with this sort of thing slurping around! Great realization of the theme material.

Connectamabob · « **Reply #24 on:** February 04, 2011, 12:56:23 AM »

These are great models. I like the bubble look because I always imagined shoggoths moving in a rolling/flowing way, like a bean bag rolling, or a very soft blob of dough flowing downhill.

Quote from: Ajsalium on February 03, 2011, 07:38:41 PM

My two (minor) complaints are that I'd have liked the orificies to be more mouth-like. Also, I think it should be bigger. I know that mini is big, yet a shoggoth as described by H.P.L. is massive... Although I understand the problems with very big minis, that have a high production cost that induces a high price tag, which puts sales at risk.

Heh, you've got me thinking now. A large shoggoth would be expensive, but not prohibitively so, I'd guesstimate. I'd bet I could probably make a resin one that would ring in at about the 30.00 USD range. About the same as a resin vehicle. Shoggies are level boss type monsters anyway IMO, so one wouldn't need that many on the table at once).

Bigger problem IMO is making something that big maneuverable enough on the table. Vehicles are a static shape, so it's okay if they're restricted to main roads and such, but shoggies' amorphousness means they should be physically able to follow a player pretty much anywhere, despite their bulk. I can think of at least four ways to do that off the top of my head, but they'd all drive the cost up, and one of those would necessitate prepaints.

Big Frank · « **Reply #25 on:** February 04, 2011, 12:56:44 AM »

Great stuff. It looks much better than any of the other versions I've seen.
A Shoggoth + tentacles bundle would be great.

Harwood Hobbies · « **Reply #26 on:** February 04, 2011, 02:20:59 AM »

Awesome Shoggoth! The painting is fantastic too! Love the green.

supervike · « **Reply #27 on:** February 04, 2011, 03:01:37 AM »

Funny, I was just wondering why I hadn't seen anything new from Tengu.

I'll buy that for a dollar! (or whatever it costs!)

Darkoath · « **Reply #28 on:** February 04, 2011, 05:43:17 AM »

Very nice!

Darkoath

mortimer · « **Reply #29 on:** February 04, 2011, 08:57:54 AM »

Again great... I have some of tengu minis waiting for paintwork, I will add sure this Shoggoth... with tentacles is more dinamic, sure

Congratulations... masterwork man

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