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Author Topic: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?  (Read 3671 times)

Offline Black Cavalier

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What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« on: September 19, 2012, 11:05:14 PM »
I have one of these plasticville churches that I want to tart up for use as a backwoods cultist church.
http://www.tandem-associates.com/plasticville/country_church.htm

I'd like to replace the with something a bit more ambiguous or cultist-like, so looking for ideas?

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2012, 11:31:27 PM »
I've always liked the idea of a twisted spire...not sure how to execute it thou... :?

Offline Dolmot

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2012, 11:32:39 PM »
I'd like to replace the with something a bit more ambiguous

Whatever it is, I already find it quite ambiguous. :)

(But if you mean the cross, how about a rosy cross? It has esoteric connotations without spelling out too loudly "Hey, we worship Cthulhu here!" Never a good idea for a secretive cult.)

Offline Mason

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2012, 11:59:22 PM »
What about an Ankh?

There is one sculpted on Uncle Mikes Cult leader.

I have taken that and will be using it as the 'public' icon for my Cult.
It also gives access to more figures to add to your Cult as the Ankh is a fairly common thing to find on various robed miniatures.

Offline Cherno

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2012, 12:02:10 AM »
Just an upwards-down cross, like in the prison chapel in Duke Nukem 3D :D
Maybe hang a rotten body on there too :)

Offline styx

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2012, 12:22:27 AM »
Cthulu statue on top...

Inverted cross as someone said...could have a skeleton on it...

Ankah is good...

Upside down Pentagram.

spikes around the edge of the  spire

Tentacles wrapped around the spire...

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2012, 01:54:39 AM »
I've always liked the idea of a twisted spire...not sure how to execute it thou... :?

They managed it in Chesterfield in the UK, though more by accident than design.


Offline Cory

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2012, 02:41:10 AM »
Melted cross and twisted, blackened spire from a long ago lightning strike.

One great thing about plastic kits is how a little deformation with some heat can add character, just be careful.
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Offline styx

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2012, 02:51:10 AM »
use a hair dryer to warp it....or sculpt it from clay....

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2012, 03:22:41 AM »
Dead sheep.

Offline Mason

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2012, 06:22:43 AM »
A spoked wheel would work.

Not too obvious, like if you had a great big statue of Cthulhu on top of the building!

Offline Weesparky

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2012, 10:04:23 AM »
A car bumper fish mounted on a sheepherds crook.

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2012, 10:38:36 AM »
Put numbers on the dial on the steeple in the wrong order and/and or anti-clockwise.
Add '13' to the hours on the dial.
Let the hands of the clock move erratically.
Remove the tongue from the church bell and let it emit long sonorous silences according to the hours.
Weird, multi-eyed gargoyles along the parapets.

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2012, 09:28:20 PM »
A spoked wheel would work.

Not too obvious, like if you had a great big statue of Cthulhu on top of the building!

I like this one. The spoked wheel, maybe with some leaves or something on it for some pagan homage. I'd have been more blunt, an upside down cross or perhaps a gargoyle, but this solution has panache.
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Offline Black Cavalier

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2012, 11:45:09 PM »
Thanks all, those are some great ideas.

I didnt want to go for something as cliche as an upside down cross.  OTOH, since the steeple's cross isn't far off the horizontal mid-point, it may not be too noticable.


 

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