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Title: Can anyone identify this miniature?
Post by: Jonas on 04 April 2013, 12:58:31 AM
I just bought this on ebay, but I have no idea what it is and where it is from. I just thought it looked really cool...

Hopefully I wasn't ripped off.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae132/jonasfrickmann/bought2013/KGrHqRHJFEFDzLskFeBRBG2l1tQ60_58_zps14b67370.jpg)
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this miniature?
Post by: Heyer on 04 April 2013, 01:00:28 AM
Rafm?not sure.
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this miniature?
Post by: Mason on 04 April 2013, 01:00:39 AM
No idea, sir, but I do agree that it looks cool.
 8) 8) 8)

I want one, whatever it is...
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this miniature?
Post by: Jonas on 04 April 2013, 01:03:00 AM
I don't think it is a Rafm Cthulhu monster, since there seems to be mechanical parts. Actually I don't even know the size of this one yet, since I only bought it and it still needs to be shipped to me.
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this miniature?
Post by: Simlasa on 04 April 2013, 04:29:09 AM
It's a Rafm 'Flying Polyp' from their CoC line. I think it may be missing a few little bits though, mine has little tufts/squirts of tentacles/feelers on it.
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this miniature?
Post by: Dolmot on 04 April 2013, 10:20:27 AM
Quote from: Simlasa on 04 April 2013, 04:29:09 AM
It's a Rafm 'Flying Polyp' from their CoC line. I think it may be missing a few little bits though, mine has little tufts/squirts of tentacles/feelers on it.

Correct. Here's a shop link (http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RAF&Product_Code=RAF02928&Category_Code=COCM). Determine from that whether you got ripped off...

And here's a scale pic (which is becoming my most linked image, first for cultists and now for this...)

(http://dolmot.net/mini/Arkham/june2010CoC-800.jpg) (http://dolmot.net/mini/Arkham/june2010CoC-2000.jpg)

Many of these sculpts are quite closely based on Mark J. Ferrari's illustrations from CoC source books, I think. See the polyp entry here (http://lovecraft.wikia.com/wiki/Flying_Polyp).
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this miniature?
Post by: Jonas on 04 April 2013, 01:18:49 PM
Ah, that is about same price I paid, so I guess it was kind of a rip off, since it is not complete.

Too, bad...

I never thought it to be a Cthlhu monster, since I took the tubing and such as mechanical parts. I think I wil try and paint mine up as a mechanical horror thing, I guess it will work out anywyay.
Title: Re: Can anyone identify this miniature?
Post by: Simlasa on 04 April 2013, 07:48:40 PM
The style of the RAFM Cthulhu figures always seemed odd to me... like, I can't tell if they're meant to be very stylized or if they're just bad sculpts. Some look like art deco gargoyles off some NYC tower... others are clumsy/unconvincing clusters of lumps. They seem particularly dependent on getting the right paintjob.