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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Topic started by: elysium64 on September 25, 2009, 01:08:41 AM

Title: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: elysium64 on September 25, 2009, 01:08:41 AM
About 20 years ago I had a very large collection of painted Cthulhu figures, unfortunately during hard times I sold them all for a very good price through Matakishi's shop. I have since regretted this and with the current upsurge in interest with "Strange Aeons" and "Cosmic Horror" I have decided to rebuild my collection including some of the newer figures. Creatures will be sourced from Rafm, Uncle Mike, Brigades Hybrids and Black Cat's Deep Ones. Investigators and Cultists will come from Rafm, Copplestone, Artizan, Black Cat and Pulp.
Anyway here is my first completed model, Uncle Mikes Strange Aeons Formless Spawn, My photography is not great and the shading is more subtle than appears on the photo's.

(http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss355/elysium64/004-3.jpg)

(http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss355/elysium64/003-1.jpg)

(http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss355/elysium64/002-2.jpg)

I have now started on a set of the Uncle mike and Rafm's Deep Ones and some Copplestone investigators will try to post results next week.
comment and critique welcome.

Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: elysium64 on September 26, 2009, 12:53:11 AM
64 views and no one can be bothered to comment, a bit disheartening :'(
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: Bako on September 26, 2009, 12:55:58 AM
Well if you'd have waited a second ;). It's quite nice actually, though the differently coloured tentacles seems a bit off.
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: Wallyocerous on September 26, 2009, 05:20:31 AM
I like it!!!  Nice touch with the blood running down all over it, it really adds to the atmosphere of the piece.   :D
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: Mancha on September 26, 2009, 05:36:37 AM
Great flesh job (sounds like something someone would do in porn), but I agree that the different-colored tentacle looks odd.
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: dodge on September 26, 2009, 06:49:20 AM
That is a well painted model,

losing san points just looking at it.

you have got the disturbing nature of the formless thing down well, I'm not worried about th etentacle it just adds to the whole atmosphere of wrongness.

dodge
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: fairoaks024 on September 26, 2009, 09:05:11 AM
nice flesh tones, and i like the oozing blood, very atmospheric,

regards

jim
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: white knight on September 26, 2009, 09:18:42 AM
That looks disgusting!  ;)
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: Weird WWII on September 26, 2009, 03:20:27 PM
Reminds me of this painting.

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc178/kampfgruppecottrell/Weird%20WWII/820f.jpg)
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: diehard on September 26, 2009, 04:59:41 PM
I'm pretty impressed, as others have stated the flesh is extremely well done, and I really like the job you did on the eyes myself. Kind of on the fence about the tentacles though. Not so much that they clash, but I don't know about the green though. But hey, as long as you like it that's all that counts. With all the new neat Cthulhu stuff coming out, I'm getting really tempted to dig out all those CoC Grenadier figures I've been saving all these years. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: Uncle Mike on September 26, 2009, 05:09:14 PM
Lookin' good...I quite like the colour contrast...makes it look suitably rugose. (and that's a good thing...)
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: matakishi on September 26, 2009, 05:46:05 PM
About time :)
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: Leapsnbounds on September 27, 2009, 12:58:28 AM
Very nice,  I wish there was a set of mass combat rules that one could use to augment the Call of Cthulhu Role-Playing Game.
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: Bako on September 27, 2009, 01:09:13 AM
Reminds me of this painting.

What a waste of perfectly good virgins... ;D
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: warrenss2 on September 27, 2009, 11:42:04 PM
Ummmm.... I bought 3 of these to be Formless Spawns in my gaming...

Large Chaos Beast
(http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/NB_Gallery/Large_Chaos_Beast.jpg)
Gave them 3 coats of high gloss varnish to make them have that wet & slimy look.

Here's the gallery that shows the things in size relation to other miniatures of that series.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mg/nb (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mg/nb)

Here's the main site... dig around in there... there ar many critters that could pass for being in the Cthulhu Mythos...
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mix/gallery (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mix/gallery)

Make a list and then go here to buy them.
http://www.gamehollow.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=110&osCsid=82b8bd986f43633661059b4cee3b7a50 (http://www.gamehollow.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=110&osCsid=82b8bd986f43633661059b4cee3b7a50)
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/d_d_minis (http://www.miniaturemarket.com/d_d_minis)
http://www.trollandtoad.com/Collectible-Miniatures-Games/1324-1285p1n10.html?PHPSESSID=2bccf8ac8e499655cd3b439bf18d8966 (http://www.trollandtoad.com/Collectible-Miniatures-Games/1324-1285p1n10.html?PHPSESSID=2bccf8ac8e499655cd3b439bf18d8966)

No... I do not get kickbacks from what you buy. Just trying to help.

I hope it did help you out.

Cthulhu Lives!!!
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: Etranger on September 28, 2009, 09:20:55 AM
Nice painting.... disturbing but nice  8)
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: d phipps on September 28, 2009, 10:09:11 PM

Great work. Who makes those cool little gray stone-looking pieces around the critter?
Title: Re: Return to Cthulhu
Post by: elysium64 on September 29, 2009, 12:15:25 AM
They are available from uncle mikes worldwide
http://unclemikesworldwide.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1
The ruined peices are from the objectve marker set, and the three round ones come with the scrawny one miniatures