Nyarlathotep

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 when i started collecting pulp figures and such few years ago,
one of the stories i wanted to tell through tabletop wargaming were the
tales of H.P. Lovecraft and the cosmic horrors he created.

so after much sitting on the idea of actually getting a figure i came across a
shop on Etsy.com that had several Lovecraftian creatures.

so i placed an order with TranscendentalPrints.
and within eight days i had in my hands on of the best 3-d printed figures
i have ever seen.

click here to check out TranscendentalPrints page on Etsy.com.



when i was in the process of ordering this figure i did sort of messed up on the size
and i went with a 75mm tall.
after i got the figure and took a good look at it i should have gone with a 100mm.
it would have made him look more dominate on the tabletop.
 
according to the shop Etsy page the figure is made out of resin,
but from past experiences with resin i had to wash the model
with hot water and soap,
but with this i literally took it from the shipping package to spray primer on it
and then paint it like so.



i didn't know what color scheme i should have went with when painting it.
i went with the slapchop painting method because i wanted to get it down quick.
at first i thought i wanted to do a red-pink for the torso part of the model.
wanted to add some accents around the opening in the head so i highlighted the ribbed
parts and up along to the top with some layers of pinks.


for the bottom section of the figure i wasn't sure what to do.
in the end i went with a dark blue and layered it up with some lighter shades of blue.
blending it in the middle so i didn't have a certain cut off of the colors in between.

the picture doesn't do justice of the blue highlights but i am very pleased how
this all came out.
might have to look into more to be made.

Comments

  1. mistercFebruary 24, 2024 at 3:41 AM

    I love anything Mythos, and this is a great sculpt. It reminds me of the Cult of the Bloody Tongue from Masks of Nyarlathotep.
    Very nice painting.
    Have you seen the Cthulhu Wars minis?

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    1. Mr. MartinFebruary 24, 2024 at 7:03 AM

      I have seen the Cthulhu Wars figures and they are very cool. my personal favs are the ones that come from the Death May Die board game, quite possibly might just buy another copy of that just for the figs.

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  2. BillFebruary 24, 2024 at 10:22 AM

    Thanks for the heads up about TranscendentalPrints - I'll be ordering from them soon to bolster my monster collection for Majestic 13.

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    1. Mr. MartinFebruary 24, 2024 at 12:25 PM

      ohh that would be cool, they do have some pretty awesome monster prints and such.

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