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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Topic started by: Roebeast45 on November 29, 2010, 04:15:44 AM
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The first miniature from Nameless Design Miniatures (aka Roebeast) is now available! The Giant Deep One is a massive monster from the depths, certain to frighten the most stout of heart adventurers or investigators. The miniature comes in three parts and includes a 40mm round base.
Price is 8.00 USD plus shipping and handling. S&H for The US is 2.00 USD and International is 4.00 USD. Please go to http://roebeast.blogspot.com/2010/11/giant-deep-one-now-for-sale.html for more information.
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e230/roebeast45/deepone1.jpg)
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Sweet!
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order already placed here!
regards
jim
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Thats nice that is.
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ry nice, how big is it? Father Dagon?
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I would have the bad timing to launch this right as Lead Adventure Miniatures goes live. ;D
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Buck up old man, its just the thing to keep the tunnel cutthroats on their toes.
Rob
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Just wanted to let everyone know who ordered a Giant Deep One that they are on their way! Please let me know what you think and show us how they look once you paint them.
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mine arrived safe and sound in the UK yesterday, not bad, just oyer a week to cross the atlantic and that includes competing with the Xmas rush.
Very nice miniature, will get im assembled and painted up for use in my Strange Aeons games ASAP.
regards
jim
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mine arrived safe and sound in the UK yesterday, not bad, just oyer a week to cross the atlantic and that includes competing with the Xmas rush.
Very nice miniature, will get im assembled and painted up for use in my Strange Aeons games ASAP.
regards
jim
Any chance of a scale comp pic too?
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Any chance of a scale comp pic too?
Which company's minis would you like a scale picture with?
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Which company's minis would you like a scale picture with?
Any 25/28mm figure would be fine, RAFM, Copplestone, Artizan etc... I suppose the RAFM deep one would be best
Thanks
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Not giant, but... still a Depp One
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z6jSguR-L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
lol
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(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e230/roebeast45/DeepOneScale-1.jpg)
Sorry but I don't have the Grenadier Deep Ones for reference. Hopefully this gives you a better idea. And the ScaleStick is a little off in this picture since the minis have integral bases.
And bad, bad joke Sangennaru. :D
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Not giant, but... still a Depp One
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z6jSguR-L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
lol
Shocking lol lol lol
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thanks for the pics!
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thanks for the pics!
you're welcome... of course you were talking about mine, right?
**ok, end of the OT XD
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LOL to the Depp One...
I have, I think, every Deep One ever produced in Lead... when I get some time, I'll do a comparison with all of them. I love my new Nameless Design One.
Think you can do a female version of it for Mother Hydra?
Come to think of it, there are no obvious female Deep Ones. Wonder what they would look like - obviously for streamlined swimming, not too large in the breast. Then again, female fat deposits would work to advantage in hypothermic conditions. Hmmm... wonder if they have any webbed digit-piercings as a gender statement? Bet they really go for pearls and coral.
What would armour be on a Deep One? Sharkskin leather? Sharkstooth chainmail? Scallop-mail? Lobster claw greaves and giant clam shell cuirasses, topped off with a conch helmet? :D Not much call for such a beast, but it sure would be bizarre to see on a one-of big baby like this Nameless Design fellow. A kind of Deep One hero... Pisciles?
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As females are often bigger than males in certain fish species, largemouth bass and koi for example, Mother Hydra would actually be bigger than Dagon. But I think both of those demi-gods would be far larger than my giant deep one.
And although I'm sure deep ones enjoy coral and other oceanic baubles they are also capable of smelting metal alloys into beautiful jewelry or have been able to in the past. In The Shadow Over Innsmouth they seemed to have had a collection of jewelry to trade with the Kanakees. Again perhaps this was part of a horde that they had before R'lyeh sank. Assuming that there were deep ones in R'lyeh.
I don't really think that the deep ones are primitive in any way so I don't really see them using found natural materials for clothing. Unless they echo the shapes of those things in their manufactured armor and clothing.
Right now I'm working on a deep one wearing 1920s era American football gear for The Innsmouth Anglers football team.
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Right now I'm working on a deep one wearing 1920s era American football gear for The Innsmouth Anglers football team.
i had a near sexual experience when i read that!
they must be mine...
regards
jim
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OMG that Wargames Factory plastic mini is dreadful!
Love the Depp one :)
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As females are often bigger than males in certain fish species, largemouth bass and koi for example, Mother Hydra would actually be bigger than Dagon. But I think both of those demi-gods would be far larger than my giant deep one.
And although I'm sure deep ones enjoy coral and other oceanic baubles they are also capable of smelting metal alloys into beautiful jewelry or have been able to in the past. In The Shadow Over Innsmouth they seemed to have had a collection of jewelry to trade with the Kanakees. Again perhaps this was part of a horde that they had before R'lyeh sank. Assuming that there were deep ones in R'lyeh.
I don't really think that the deep ones are primitive in any way so I don't really see them using found natural materials for clothing. Unless they echo the shapes of those things in their manufactured armor and clothing.
Right now I'm working on a deep one wearing 1920s era American football gear for The Innsmouth Anglers football team.
Makes sense about the size difference - if the Deep Ones abandon their humanoid shape altogether (and obviously they don't). I do agree that they wouldn't have primitive clothing, but their styles should reflect the sea. Human females still go for pearls and coral, so why wouldn't a Deep One? Then again, what we think of as precious is what is harder to get hold of, so maybe female Deep Ones go for inland jewels like diamonds (though that would be pretty boring and the last thing you'd want to do is bring humanity back to a Deep One). If I were a Deep One and not able to easily start a forge in a watery environment, I'd be raiding the shipwrecks for human treasures. Perhaps female Deep Ones hang out near the Carribean looking for pirate loot.
In CoC, Father Dagon and Mother Hydra are not deities, not even Great Old Ones (which aren't gods but super-aliens); instead, these two personalities are just overlarge, very old leaders of their "race." In the absence of a Dagon or Hydra 30-40mm tall, this will do for Dagon for me for now. I don't think any larger would be in keeping with the really dangerous Great Old Ones and deities out there, but then, with all the avatars, size really makes no difference to a god.
Which brings to mind another question: do humans have to reach a certain age of maturity to be turned into a Deep One, or are there child Deep Ones? In which case, the 15mm Deep Ones out there could make themselve useful on my 25-28mm scale tabletop settings. No doubt there are adults of small stature, but not likely to go to battle. As children, they could at least represent a "school."
I think, given the lack of forges under the sea, that we should have more Deep Ones in disguise (like em4's Metal Magic fellow in the overcoat) - and more hybid Deep Ones (like Rattrap's).
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That's a terriffic figure! I may have to acquire one once next payday coems around ^_^
Dreamingleopard, I think maybe a bit of both. From what I gather DOs breed both among themselves and somehow crossdreed with humans. In the CoC rulebook description it states that DOs are immortal while some hybrids are as well, implying that you get both. Although quite how you get a fishman to mate with a human is beyond anyone's guess.
I would guess also that female deep ones wouldn't neccessairly look any more "femenine" that males; at least how we see them. If Deep Ones still broadcast reproduce (or at the very least lay eggs) then they have no need for mammary glands; the fry will be born of eggs, and probabyl have a yolk sac for a while until a certain stage of maturity, and then eventually develop into fully-formed DOs. Hmmm, taking that idea, it's possible then that DOs have a "larval" stage like amphibians, perhaps infant DOs look nothing more than fish until a certain age when more anthropomorphic development kicks in? Who knows. All fish that I'm aware of lay a vast multitude of eggs; the female laying them before the male(s) fertilise them; both gametes (eggs and sperm) released into the water.
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Although quite how you get a fishman to mate with a human is beyond anyone's guess.
If you're really curious, read Alan Moore's new comic, "Neonomicon". The series is in progress now, on issue 3 or so at the moment. It concerns specifically your question, is *excellent*, and very nearly X-Rated.
I just finished painting my Giant Deep One - here's a link to some pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=60531&id=100000478943054
-Alex
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Interesting if a little creepy. Well if it's related to the Mythos then I'll have to have a look. Unfortunately I can't see your pics though; I got rid of my Facebook account a couple of weeks ago.
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So did I (I mean, get rid of Facebook account). Alternate way of viewing picture would be greatly appreciated :D.
A.
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Not giant, but... still a Depp One
Where's the wry emote when ya's needin' it?
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Just wanted to let everyone know who ordered a Giant Deep One that they are on their way! Please let me know what you think and show us how they look once you paint them.
I'm a big deep one fan, but something about this one doesn't work for me, I think it's the legs/body positioning, the knee bending in and the bulk of the legs without muscle definition gives it an almost deformed look, (unless of course that's then intention then I'll shut up ;) ). Not keen on the head either, looks more animal/sub human than fishy.
Don't get me wrong, people do like it and it looks ok painted, just I like my Deep ones a bit more fishy.
Looking forward to the next one though.
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Honestly I'm cool with people not liking the giant deep one miniature but I'm also happy when people do. :)
We all have different taste in such matters and we all see different things in our mind's eye when we read fiction. I saw the deep ones as big burly creatures that could barely walk or hop on land but were supremely able to swim and maneuver underwater. Their legs are crooked since they are not used to walking.
One thing that I appreciate about The LAF is that whenever someone has told me that they don't like the mini they usually explain why. Critique is appreciated if it has some thought behind it.
Thanks again to everyone who has bought them, checked them out, or told me what they thought. :D
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I'll have to wait until at least payday but I'm quite interested in picking me up one of these. I do quite like it. While it's not huge, it adds diversity, just a big, burly deep one dude! perhaps a bodyguard for my BCB deep one shaman :D
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Actually, I like the idea of different kinds of deep ones. The very recent Delta Green CoC supplement Targets of Opportunity supports the idea that Insmouth Deep Ones are ony one particular strain, and that there are many others, including elder ones much less human and more sanity shaking than your average hybrid (think of them as missing links between standard deep ones and Dagon/Hydra types). So, this one would make a nice figure for such a deep one.
A.
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Never said I didn't like the idea of different deep ones, I have many different ones, from the old grenadier ones, (looking distinctly permian/devonian in their evolution), through to the fenris games set, (all based on different abyssal creatures) to the more standard Innsmouth look from RAMF and Reaper.
As Roebeast appreciated, I wasn't having a pop just expressing an opinion, looking forward to the next release.
Lovecraft said it best:
I think their predominant color was a greyish-green, though they had white bellies. They were mostly shiny and slippery, but the ridges of their backs were scaly. Their forms vaguely suggested the anthropoid, while their heads were the heads of fish, with prodigious bulging eyes that never closed. At the sides of their necks were palpitating gills, and their long paws were webbed. They hopped irregularly, sometimes on two legs and sometimes on four. I was somehow glad that they had no more than four limbs. Their croaking, baying voices, clearly used for articulate speech, held all the dark shades of expression which their staring faces lacked ... They were the blasphemous fish-frogs of the nameless design - living and horrible.
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Must read that Delta Green supplement, be interested to see the additional deepone background.
Cheers
The Commander
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No of course not Commander; wouldn't dream of suggesting such a thing :) Our opinions should be as diverse as the typse of Deep Ones out there in the briny depths!
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No of course not Commander; wouldn't dream of suggesting such a thing :) Our opinions should be as diverse as the typse of Deep Ones out there in the briny depths!
Quite, so go and take a gander at mine when your sanity is in question! ;)
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"When"?!
Sounds like a deal!
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That's a terriffic figure! I may have to acquire one once next payday coems around ^_^
Dreamingleopard, I think maybe a bit of both. From what I gather DOs breed both among themselves and somehow crossdreed with humans. In the CoC rulebook description it states that DOs are immortal while some hybrids are as well, implying that you get both. Although quite how you get a fishman to mate with a human is beyond anyone's guess.
I would guess also that female deep ones wouldn't neccessairly look any more "femenine" that males; at least how we see them. If Deep Ones still broadcast reproduce (or at the very least lay eggs) then they have no need for mammary glands; the fry will be born of eggs, and probabyl have a yolk sac for a while until a certain stage of maturity, and then eventually develop into fully-formed DOs. Hmmm, taking that idea, it's possible then that DOs have a "larval" stage like amphibians, perhaps infant DOs look nothing more than fish until a certain age when more anthropomorphic development kicks in? Who knows. All fish that I'm aware of lay a vast multitude of eggs; the female laying them before the male(s) fertilise them; both gametes (eggs and sperm) released into the water.
From what I've read of true Lovecraftian Deep Ones, they are the result of an acquired genetic development in normally-born humans. That would mean Deep Ones would be livebearers, and they would be able to crossbreed easily with humans. These hybrids would metamorph into first Hybrids, and then to full Deep Ones upon maturity. In which case there would be no child Deep Ones, because all the children would look human, even if their genes dictate Deep One upon maturation. Given the rarity of Deep Ones, and assuming it's a simple Mendelian cross, the trait should be recessive. Hybrid-looking persons could therefore be permanent hybrids (fish-ugly heterozygous forever) or pure Deep Ones (homozygous) maturing into maturity. A pure Deep One mating would yield 100% homozygous offspring. One pure Deep One and an hybrid would yield half hybrids and half Deep Ones and no normal humans. Neither case would be problematic from a child-rearing perspective (assuming the gene confers water-managing capabilities in infants), but in the case of a double hybrid pairing yielding 25% normal humans, 50% hybrid, 25% deep ones, this would probably force a long distance parental relationship - one at sea, the other land-bound. No doubt such mates would live near coastal areas - like Innsmouth. If the gene doesn't confer water-management capabilities in infants, then there would be a good deal of infants left at the doorsteps of humans... a neat plot hook.