...the hills have eldritch eyes..

 

several months ago i purchased a few wild west gaming items and when i got this idea to
create a western theme Perilous Tales campaign i needed something that would resemble
the Whateley family from the lore of H.P. Lovecraft.

i was not sure where to find such an obscure collection of figures, especially for a western
theme but i looked high and low.
i looked at other game systems and found that Dracula's America had a great selection of
horror themed miniatures that i wasn't even aware of.
so i got the box set of the Church of Dagon miniatures, which basically screams Lovecraft
in the name.

after looking over what the set had i knew this was perfect for what i needed
for Perilous Tales.
the old father, the mysterious daughter, the deformed son, and even some
not so well looking fellows.
all i needed was the "Dunwich Horror" but i had a spare alien figure from my discarded
Zombicide Invaders board game.

several of the followers of Old Whateley.

Old Whateley and Lavinia Whateley, with a few summoned eldritch familiars.

the miniature on the right i would say would be Wilbur Whateley.
even though some of the descriptions vary between authors,
i made this figure my Wilbur.
he is the most grotesque and deformed that most of the other figures.

when i went to paint these i didn't want them to have flesh color skin, almost wanted to
go with a pale but off-rotting color shade.
the Lavinia Whateley figure i wanted to stick to the original description of her as pale like an
albino woman but the color i used came out a little bit darker than i wanted.

and also now with this set i have a group i can use for Dracula's America if i do get into that.
i have a rulebook pdf but i need an expansion book to use these folks.
maybe down the road in 2026 i'll give it a go and try it out.