What folklore creatures would you like to see?

[Necros]

Howdy folks

So, I'm putting together a large expansion and also stand-alone boxed game for Blackwater Gulch called Curse of the Skinwalker. The overall theme will be teams of wild west heroes fighting off a horde of werewolves and other were-things, along with a lot of Native american and general US folklore creatures. Some might not be "Western" per se, but we'll give them a western spin whenever we can. As far as the game itself goes, main rules for the game won't change, so if you just want to play normal human vs human gangfights like now, nothing is stopping you and you're current rulebook won't become instantly obsolete like other games do...

Anyway.. In the current game we have Infamous characters that are gang leaders and hired guns as the toughest men around, followed by professionals and then henchmen are the weakest. A beast pack will be similar, lead by an Alpha skinwalker or other large Monsters, followed by normal skinwalkers that will be as tough as Professionals, all based on different wild animals (werewolves, werebears, were-mountian-lions, etc). You will also be able to add cursed human henchmen to your beast pack or minions that are as tough as henchmen and basically wolf-sized creatures.

So far, for big monsters, I'm planning to eventually do models for: Sasquach, Sheepsquach, Wendigo and Barrens Devil (like the jersey devil, only cooler) along with Alpha versions of each skinwalker animal aspect.

For minions, I have: Chupacabra, Jackalope, Hodag, Cactus Cat, Tremorworm (like the worms from the movie Tremors, only smaller), Shunka Warakin and the Montauk Monster.

Mostly taking stuff listed here and adding a couple extras
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_folklore_legendary_creatures and also here
http://www.mythicalcreatureslist.com/menu/North+American

Anyway, just thought I'd throw it out there.. are there any other folkloreish creatures you'd like to see models for? If so speak up, and provide links to info too if you can I know there's tons of stuff out there that I probably never heard of, so any help would be appreciated

[Elbows]

That's a tough one...American Folklore doesn't really have much bite for me.  Really I think you should find a big decent book on Native American folklore and you could probably end up with some good stuff.  I assume you don't want to "retrofit" other classic beasties into the Old West setting?  No "Doc Van Holiday" vs. Dracula the infamous railroad baron etc?

I do think one "group" should be solely based on Mexican folklore.  Surely the chupacabras and other Mexican demons/devils have enough history/background to form a special band from south of the border.

Interesting stuff. 

[ink the troll]

Not exactly folklore, but the idea of animated totem poles/ totem pole animals seems interesting.

I could also imagine that settlers from different countries would have (involuntarily) brought their folklore creatures/monsters with them, which then -much like the immigrants themselves- would have needed to adapt or find a new niche.

[Bokrug]

Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but here's an interesting list for you to glean from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids

Personally, I'd like to see the Thunderbird!

[Necros]

Good ideas

I plan to do a thunderbird. Trying to decide if I want it to be more bird like, like a condor maybe, or something like a pterodactyl.. or would a dinosaur be too out of place?

What I'm hoping to do is release each type of skinwalker in a 3-model support pack, so for birds you would get a bird skinwalker, a human henchman that would probably be a native american with lots of feathers, and then an minion animal to match so that would be a thunderbird. Then the alpha skinwalkers will be sold separately as a solo model. Also thinking about doing them as critter packs that will be like 4 or 5 different minion animals, maybe the same animals as the support packs but a different pose?