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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Strange Aeons => Topic started by: Bergh on 06 September 2012, 10:29:26 PM
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Scenes of horror; Need Scariness!
I'm trying to do some Scenes of Horror. I made a few rules for the project:
*Use materials and bits I already have. Have a box of parts from broken terrain. Minimal buying for new materials.
*Want to make it fit into the terrain I already have. Wood lands.
*Want it to be playable and still be a center piece on the board. -Thinks the home made large tress make it stand out-
*Primary priority was too make it possible to have the miniatures go into the terrain piece. a CD sized plate don't give you much place, and for me it ruins the idea of scenes of horror if you can't enter into the "scene" itself. -think I have achieved this also-
*Less-is-more is often a good way to go for a good horror feeling.
PROBLEM: I need ideas how to add HORROR AND SCARINESS! to the Scenes[/size] It looks way to peaceful and nice.
PS: lovely lady is only for size/scale comparison to 28mm miniature.
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How about tentacles coming out of the trees?
Elder sign painted in the road/lane?
Skulls on the walls?
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Elder sign painted in the road/lane?
I got a few Renedra Plastic Grave stones, one of those with a Elder Sign on it, put between the trees would be a very nice option. I will give it a thought. thanks
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Crows in the trees? Hanged man? And the old stand by...dead horse. Possibly some small standing stones...
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skulls, tombstones, markings on the walls, blood, body parts, severed heads, a noose from the tree, eye balls in the trees looking at you or faces sculpted into the trees with green stuff...tentacles up from a hole in the ground, trees, etc...
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Those WIP scenes of horror are nice. You can put an empty and burned car, a wierd looking cat crossing or a Dark Young behind the trees!!
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I'm reading all your ideas guys!
My idea was it to be subtle "horror". At first sight its just a old sunken forest road, but looking at it you see some strange details......
I was thinking a road stone with a yellow sign would be disturbing enough, maybe with some crows added also.
Been thinking about an ancient Cthulhu idol partly sticking out of the forest floor, covered in dirt and moss...but the eyes seems strangely alive somehow...
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You can paint signs in every tree.
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I was thinking a road stone with a yellow sign would be disturbing enough, maybe with some crows added also.
Been thinking about an ancient Cthulhu idol partly sticking out of the forest floor, covered in dirt and moss...but the eyes seems strangely alive somehow...
Those are good ideas. There is no need to use blood everywhere.
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or you can add a lot of Mi-go prints!!! ;D
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Blair Witch idea, pagan symbols etc. hanging from trees?
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I just did mine, but I left the trees without any leaves to make them look dead and such, with some facial features. You can see the post here. (http://mathyoo28mm.blogspot.com/2012/09/graveyard-scenery-expanded.html)
So, to summ it up, I'd go with some facial features, as it was suggested. Or tentacles...maybe even roots, raised up like they're ready to entagnle anyone who'd pass the tree on the lane?
You could just use blood and stain the lane, the unseen horrifies people the most!
BTW nice trees, any chance of tutorial? :)
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For many, a picture of the Mother-in-Law should be sufficient!
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Great ideas! I really like the tentacles in the trees one. The tree foliage is thick enough to hide whats on the other side of the tentacle, while it reaches down behind some unsuspecting agent...
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Maybe some strange foot prints or slime trail?
One thing I wanted to do is do a mine shaft or well....
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UPDATE: almost done now. Actully I'm done, for the time being.
I need to add a "branch-Tentacle" sometime in the future. Need to go to the park or forest to find something fitting.
Updated post 1 pictures.
Added following details:
Crows and Yellowsign roadstone.
Cthulhu Idol and Trap.
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Love the crows! :-*
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Good stuff! I like the changes.
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how about a dropped purse with a line of claw marks on it.
or a partially complete protective circle with a body shaped pile of ash near an unholy shrine.
a randomly abandoned teddy bear near a wall with a broken bottle next to it.
any possibilities? :) :)
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Simply excellent!
Love the blackbirds (who makes them? Mannikin Studios only offers the 'Twa Corbies'); three, by the way, thus crows (Morrigan) rather than ravens (Odin)?
I suppose the last pic shows the lure to the trap :-* ?
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The black birds I THINK is from Crocodile games (quite sure), can't really remember where I got them through.
When I order from some new place, I always order all the interesting bits they have, for later use.
I painted them black, a light drybrush with a dark blue, and then a black wash. Ravens/crows have a dark blue shine in there feathers when they reflect any light.
And how to make the tree's (which is the part I think did not success that much). They are constructed from really bad looking cheap rail-road terrain. Dipped them in glue a could of times, dropped flock/turf onto them. repeat until you are satisfied. Prepare to use alot of time cleaning you work-station....
I'm really thankful for all the comments, please let them continue. really motivates me to to do more stuff.
@abdul666lw: Of course! one of the few benefits of being a cultist and worshipping esoteric God's is all the groupies! and the easiest way to recruit new members/find sacrificial victims (sometimes the same in some cults) are luring them with lovely ladies.
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I really like the additions.
Small indications of potential horror set the scene nicely.
Nice use of characterful little 'extras' are what bring a scene like this to life.
Love it!
:-*
P.S. I am not too sure that a young lady should be wandering about the woods dressed like that, or is she a lure in the employ of dark forces?
;)
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Very cool, & subtle. Where is the little cthulhu idol & the lost boxing round girl from?
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Very cool, & subtle. Where is the little cthulhu idol & the lost boxing round girl from?
Cthulhu Idol: Copplestone Castings 15mm range.
"the lost boxing round girl" guess you mean the lovely lady on a walk: Hasslefree miniatures
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Get some cheap Heroscape figures, ideally Marro (Look to Auggie's online store for cheap) and then cut the heads off and put them on toothpicks as pikes. Varnish or "dip" them all, attach to the stone walk.
I don't know about you, but walking down a country lane with skinless heads on pikes to look at...pretty disturbing.