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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #15 on: 21 September 2012, 02:18:05 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.



I had a thought last night....how about you clip off the headstone and glue this model to the roof so it's coming around the cross?



That'd look pretty bloody brill, IMO
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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #16 on: 21 September 2012, 08:06:52 PM »
I left mine empty, it can than be used for other noncthulhu boards as well.

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #17 on: 21 September 2012, 08:12:48 PM »
In "The Haunter of The Dark" Lovecraft mentions this about the old church that had been taken over by The Starry Wisdom Sect: "Turning away from the windows, Blake noticed that the cobwebbed cross above the altar was not of the ordinary kind, but resembled the primordial ankh or crux ansata of shadowy Egypt.".

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #19 on: 21 September 2012, 09:32:26 PM »
Certainly gruesome, I like the different options.
I guess you could go either way.  I find that a little less is more sinister.  Innsmouth never jumped out at me as being all that diferent from a regular town on the outside.  You look in the windows however, than you've got a different story!

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #20 on: 21 September 2012, 09:40:35 PM »
Maybe you can find some inspiration in the Cathedrae Noctis...
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Offline Hildred Castaigne

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #21 on: 21 September 2012, 09:56:53 PM »
In "The Haunter of The Dark" Lovecraft mentions this about the old church that had been taken over by The Starry Wisdom Sect: "Turning away from the windows, Blake noticed that the cobwebbed cross above the altar was not of the ordinary kind, but resembled the primordial ankh or crux ansata of shadowy Egypt.".
I like that idea. The ankh would be subtle and ambiguous, but still give the impression of something darker.

Offline Ithaquatini

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #22 on: 24 September 2012, 02:09:08 PM »
In the movie "Dagon" was there a Church of Dagon with an odd-looking symbol, I can't recall excatly what it looked like.

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Re: What would you put on a cultist's church steeple?
« Reply #23 on: 24 September 2012, 02:12:39 PM »
I think it was this:


 

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