The stars align...... IT RISES AGAIN!!!! A step into the abyss (April 2014).

[Commander Vyper]

Ok, seemed fitting what with Lovecraft's birthday yesterday and that continued nagging sense of dread and hopelessness that pervades our very existence, (stay with me here I'm in character ) that the unnamed horrors from the depths of the lead abyss should be summoned to walk/slither/float etc.... the earth once more.

I've kept a box of Cthulhu related minis in my workshop for the last few years and have been steadily adding to it, with the hope one day of getting around to painting them up.

Well as my attention is always difficult to hold on one project, (god know's how I got s much done with my zombies gaming table and minis) I've now found myself floating like a Mi-go from aliens to the world of H.P Lovecraft and the mythos surrounding his works, and the additional works of friends and writers alike.

There have been some very nice pics posted up recently which have fuelled my need to get this underway.


Work so far:

Finding everything in the first instance, (well everything directly 'thulhu related, as I've left out the gothic horror and egpytian stuff for now).

Ordered a few more bits from Doug at E4M yesterday (nightgaunts and an investigator) arrived through a dimensional portal this morning.

What I've been doing over last night and most of today has been cleaning up, basing and texturing, ready for paint.







Not a fan of solid bases at all so on the thicker ones I've used Fenris's resin recessed DS bases, (much deeper to accomodate the solid base), then GS textured with sea shell additions for the Deep Ones.





Big Fenris Deep One angler fish... (resin bases were too small so used a 40mm and GS'd the same texture).

Miniatures so far from:

E4M (old grenadier): (Shamblers, servitors, mi-go, investigators).
Milrton (old grenadier): (Nyarlathotep)
RAFM: (more deep ones on the way).
Reaper: (Slithe Raiders: Deep ones).
Fenris: (Deep ones).
Citadel, (the very old and rare gothic horror investigators).

More to follow.

The Commander

[General Roos]

Nice.

Have been looking for those Fenris Deep ones but without result.    They look great with the bases. Love the shells! 

[Commander Vyper]

Nice.

Have been looking for those Fenris Deep ones but without result.    They look great with the bases. Love the shells! 

Cheers, quite pleased with the amount of prepping I've been able to do today, that includes a 5:30 start with my teething twins and a very lovely wife looking after them in the main from 11am today.

Re Fenris Deepones...relax, Ian will be getting them recast and the 'big' deep ones are on the way too, he's in Norway now for a week so when he gets back I'll give him a nudge.

[General Roos]

Re Fenris Deepones...relax, Ian will be getting them recast and the 'big' deep ones are on the way too

Sounds great!   

[einarolafson]

Great collection... I would like to see your progress with them. Good luck!!

[kidterminal]

Great collection Commander. I hate those thick bases too so I clip the miniatures of them.

Rob

[Commander Vyper]

Rob: Definately give those deep ones, (sorry lovecraftian slip ) ...erm deep recessed bases ago, if I had any spare I'd sent you one but I'm now out and need to order more.

Well a suprising hot sunny and bloody gorgeous day so feck all painting until tonight when I started my three Mi-go and painted 3 nightgaunts: (pics to follow light appalling now).

Black undercoat, then VJ german uniform black, (very very very dark grey), successive highlights but keeping it toned down then a wash with one of my old school citadel colours from the 90's (freshly opened today), purple wash, then once dry a few more highlights with a little bit of purple/grey mix just to add to the highlights.

Still need to finish them off, will tone down again with badab black.

Horns and claws foundation dark red base then mix of VJ stone/ivory, washed with devlan mud and black.

[Commander Vyper]

Took one good(ish) pic tonight, though just rewashed with badbab black:

[kidterminal]

Rob: Definately give those deep ones, (sorry lovecraftian slip ) ...erm deep recessed bases ago, if I had any spare I'd sent you one but I'm now out and need to order more.

Thanks Commander, send me a picture of kind of base you're talking about.

Rob

[digimortal]

In the first photo you are using a CofC rulebook as a stand.  It looks like the old third edition that games workshop was involved with.  Seeing it brought back some great memories of playing CofC for the first time.  The book looks like it's in great condition for an old edition.

Cheers
 
Darren

[ballistic_bro]

Nice work, watching this thread with mucho interest.

Like the look of this mini, my Google-fu isn't work well today, who makes it?

[Malebolgia]

Reaper Miniatures

[Commander Vyper]

Thanks Commander, send me a picture of kind of base you're talking about.

Rob

These bases Rob, (the resin ones) as I said I'm not a fan of solid bases at all so on the thicker ones I've used Fenris's resin recessed DS bases, (much deeper to accomodate the solid base).





The Commander

[B. Basiliscus]

What's the thing in front of Nyarlathotep base-coated black?
All I can see of it is tentacles, and I very much need to know that which is unknowable.

[Commander Vyper]

You should not speak it's name, lest it will come for you.

(Actually it's a bit of the 'thulhuesque conversion using a tyrannid ravener metal body, a mutated limb from the plastic chaos spawn set, GS tentacles and other bits and pieces. Just undercoated at present as unsure what to do paint wise).