Does anyone collect miniatures, be it RPG or Wargames? If you do you'll maybe be familiar with te RAFM lead Cthulhu Mythos miniatures. I paint up some in my spare time, used to be an avid wargamer, but not having much time these days (I did buy me a snazzy Gundam Kit last week though! THat was fun to build). Anyhoo, here's some I painted earlier- anyone else paint? Post 'em! BTW, a few need re-touched, and varnished.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/elderthng.jpg An Elder Being, or Elder Thing from At the Mountains Of Madness, my fave short!! Probably my most cherished mini!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/shoggoth1.jpg A shoggoth, also from the same story. THis is actually 2 shoggie models, I just sat them together to make an even bigger, badder beastie! One's varnished, the other aint.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/ghoul2.jpg One of Pickman's ghouls! :bugout:

Graeme

More!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/Gug1.jpg A gug; very weird looking, and BIG! From Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, another good story, if you like meandering "epics" that twist and turn everywhere, very dreamlike, and very "dark fantasy"!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/DSCF0636.jpg the Great Cthulhu, Himself. This is a BIIIIG, hefty model. I can't even call it a miniature! Entered it in the painting compo at last year's local wargames/modelling convention (one of the best in Scotland!), but never won. Ach well. I was expecting that anyway looking at some of hte entries, but this woman who enters those plastic pre-painted jacobite statues you find in tacky souvineer shops won YET AGAIN!! AND she got second or third prize as well! Bit of a farce like, but it's still a good day!

Appologies if these pics are too big, I'll post smaller ones if need be.
Graeme

Sweeeeeeeeet. No more?

Kind of bummed here. My great god sure has a small wanker.

I just think it's curious that everyone makes Cthulhu green... it's obviously being transmitted to us in our nightmares.

Oh me! Me! I have some of those minis! I have the gug and the shoggoth and others. I painted the gug blue to match my gug costume (http://www.thickets.net/content/view/51/46/ just over halfway down in between the two insects).

There is actually a newer Cthulhu mini (not quite as big) that I like a lot better than the RAFM one (not that it's to sneeze at). It's called "eldritch demon" by Reaper minis.

Exellent Graeme. Those Gug and the Shoggoth beasties reminds me of something out of John Carpenter's The Thing. You just need a moulten husky head or two in there.

Here's the Cthulhu mini I was talking about

http://www.coolminiornot.com/70823 (http://www.coolminiornot.com/70823)
(I did not paint this - I'm still working on mine)

I'll have to wait until I buy a digital camera before I can post pics of my painted minis.

I just think it's curious that everyone makes Cthulhu green... it's obviously being transmitted to us in our nightmares.

In the story he's mentioned as being green.

A shoggoth, also from the same story. THis is actually 2 shoggie models, I just sat them together to make an even bigger, badder beastie! One's varnished, the other aint.Graeme

Good use of varnish to make the monster look slimey. Even on the prepainted D&D minis I sometimes hit them with the glossy spray to give them a wet sheen look.

Toren,

You've got to post pics of that Gug costume!

Kind of bummed here. My great god sure has a small wanker.

Greg, you of all people should know that it's not the size of the, uh, monster that matters, but the unspeakable eldritch horror in it.

:indiffer:

Sweeeeeeeeet. No more?

I'm working on it. I'll have to repaint some of them. I've got more tme on my hands now, hopefully, so I'll have to get back into painting.

Kind of bummed here. My great god sure has a small wanker.

You use wanker for THAT!? it's a bit more... err... explicit over here. Means he who partakes in the hand-shanty... I suppose it's like how you guys in the States use the word fanny to describe yer bum whereas over here it's again, a bit rude:wink: :oops:
ahem... what did I wanna say? Oh yeah. That's not his "winkie", it's just a bot of... well... Blod I suppose. Remember he isn't flesh and blood and so he's gonna be breaking up, oozing about and reforming all over hte place, and I think that's just what that is.... or a rather nasty hernia! :goofysca: ouch!

Graeme

Exellent Graeme. Those Gug and the Shoggoth beasties reminds me of something out of John Carpenter's The Thing. You just need a moulten husky head or two in there.

Phil, that's exactly what went through my mind when I first saw the miniatures, 'specially the Gug!!

Oh, and Toren, that's a VERY nice Cthulhu! You're in Darkest of hte Hillside Thickets, eh? What kind of music do you play? Is it metal? Most bands that borrow from the Mythos are Death or Black metal, like Nile, or Yog Sothoth (only listened to Nile really), oh and the occasional 'Tallica song. Think I said somewhere else that I was spaeking to a guy who likes the Misfits nad we were thinking of putting together a HPL-themed band (or at least do some themed songs) just to get out and gigging a bit round the local circuit, I spose. By the wya, that's a wicked-sick Gug cossie! Fantastic!

Graeme

(Sex? Of course not. I will not reach that stage until after my next estivation; your piddly little planet will long be cold by then).

Sounds like he doesn't need it yet anyway. :wink:

(From 'I, Cthulhu' (http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive/shortstories/chulthhustory))

Phil, that's exactly what went through my mind when I first saw the miniatures, 'specially the Gug!!

Oh, and Toren, that's a VERY nice Cthulhu! You're in Darkest of hte Hillside Thickets, eh? What kind of music do you play? Is it metal? Most bands that borrow from the Mythos are Death or Black metal, like Nile, or Yog Sothoth (only listened to Nile really), oh and the occasional 'Tallica song. Think I said somewhere else that I was spaeking to a guy who likes the Misfits nad we were thinking of putting together a HPL-themed band (or at least do some themed songs) just to get out and gigging a bit round the local circuit, I spose. By the wya, that's a wicked-sick Gug cossie! Fantastic!

Graeme

Why do you force me to hijack this thread? Oh wait, I guess I brought it up. We are definitely not death metal. Though we are heavy rock/punk pop/alterna-grunge/whatever. You can listen to several songs here: http://www.thickets.net/content/blogsection/9/38/ (I recommend The Math Song and 20 Minutes of Oxygen for an introductory listen)

That photo doesn't really show the split forearms that well, but they're there. I try for authenticity in my Lovecraft monster costumes. There's a few more here (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/toren_atkinson/album?.dir=851e&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/toren_atkinson/my_photos)

Specifically: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/toren_atkinson/detail?.dir=851e&.dnm=daef.jpg

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/toren_atkinson/detail?.dir=851e&.dnm=3cf9.jpg&.src=ph

However, of all my costumes my giant space fluke is clearly my favourite
CLICK TO SEE GIANT SPACE FLUKE! (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/toren_atkinson/detail?.dir=851e&.dnm=62eb.jpg&.src=ph)

Those are some pretty mental get-ups! You guys really do have to come to Scotland some time!! By the way, I appologise for the seriously bad typing. I need a new keyboard as that one's totally on the blink! I'm at uni now, and so I can actualyl type and make sense for the time being! :lol:

Graeme

Sounds like he doesn't need it yet anyway. :wink:

(From 'I, Cthulhu' (http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive/shortstories/chulthhustory))
great story eh kat?

That was a funny story! Has Neil Gaiman not contributed to the Mythos?

Here's the Yithian beastie I'm doing just now. The new project, as it were.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/yithpaint1.jpg it's a bit bright, because of the flash, it's more like:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/yithpaint2.jpg but it's not a great photo.

Oh, and just to put a face to the forumer! Here's me painting! I know I look a bit rough, it's because I've developed a cold, and my eyes are tired (I've also got an annoying cough, but that's a different matter!)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/paininyith.jpg

Graeme

I don't know how much you guys know about Clix (i.e. HeroClix) but Wizkids is putting out a ginormous Cthulhu to go with their HorrorClix line.

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/wk_article.asp?cid=40709

NO WAY Toren!!! I must have that thing! How much does it retail at? I played a bit of Mageknight and Wizkids' Mechwarrior game, and, along with one of my mates (who's a massive historical ship fan) got into their Pirats of the Spanish Maine game; it would be cool if they released a Kraken or giant squid miniature for that game.

Graeme

NO WAY Toren!!! I must have that thing! How much does it retail at? I played a bit of Mageknight and Wizkids' Mechwarrior game, and, along with one of my mates (who's a massive historical ship fan) got into their Pirats of the Spanish Maine game; it would be cool if they released a Kraken or giant squid miniature for that game.

Graeme

It's not released yet, and I hear it may be released only as an "exclusive", meaning you have to get it at a convention or possibly directly through their website? Don't get your hopes too high! Luckily I am the head of the Vancouver Gaming Guild and we put on 3-4 gaming cons a year so hopefully I'll at least be able to see it "in the flesh"

.... excuse me while I go and sit in a darkened room and cry... :cry:
They wouldn't go and do something nasty like that would they? Only make it an exclusive!?

Graeme

.... excuse me while I go and sit in a darkened room and cry... :cry:
They wouldn't go and do something nasty like that would they? Only make it an exclusive!?

Graeme

Even worse they could make it an exclusive and then when you've blown the rent money on it they could change their minds. (happened to me with magic cards)

That is quite nasty! I've seen some in this shop here that go for between £5 and £10, and probably more. I wouldn't spen that much money on a card... even if it IS Undescovered Paradise, possibly one of the most useful M:TG cards ever!

Graeme

That is quite nasty! I've seen some in this shop here that go for between £5 and £10, and probably more. I wouldn't spen that much money on a card... even if it IS Undescovered Paradise, possibly one of the most useful M:TG cards ever!

Graeme

black lotus+ channel +fireball = one round kill. I hated it when they banned channel from tourneys. hey any mythos based cards cropped up in M:TG? I quit playing about 4 years ago when the local card shop closed. black lotus used to sell for around $150 US.

$150!? That's like £75-£100. For a card, that's pretty bad. OK, makes £5 sound totally paltry now.

Anyways, as an update to the Yith mini- I have finished it, and taken a load of piccies. I'll get it loaded up here either this afternoon or tomorrow sometime. I'm kinda pleased with it, but as usual, there's a couple things I'd liked to have done better; like if I had some real pearlescent paint for the "trunk"/cone; as it stands i just had to drybrush a whole host of random colours onto it. The nippers are nice though:grin: Apart from that, it's OK I guess.

Graeme

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/Yith2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/Roadkilldemon/Yith1.jpg

Hmmm, actually, that "Iridescent" look looks really naff in retrospect. Any ideas how to make it look good?

Graeme

black lotus+ channel +fireball = one round kill. I hated it when they banned channel from tourneys. hey any mythos based cards cropped up in M:TG?

Just play Mythos! http://www.chaosium.com/mythos/
Or the Call of Cthulhu CCG http://www.cthulhuccg.com/

That reminds me, I have a digital camera now! I'll post some picks of my Cthulhu minis soon.

Go for it Toren!! Wanna see!

I've got a shedload of Cthulhu CCG, and I think I've only played it once or twice, but I got it to try and get my mates back into that sorta thing.

Graeme

Here is my Great Race of Yith, with and without flash.

That's pretty sweet, dude. Did you just use filler for hte gaps? You can't go wrong with "red nippers" though:wink:

Graeme

That's pretty sweet, dude. Did you just use filler for hte gaps? You can't go wrong with "red nippers" though:wink:

Graeme

Actually I think my friend Jamie painted this for me. But yes, putty. I have more pics I just haven't trimmed and posted them. But I will soon.

In my distant youth, I bought a few boxes of Call of Cthulhu miniatures... I just discovered that I still have them (even though I haven't played CoC for many years, and never really got my friends to play it that much). I hadn't realized how many of them I had painted... Anyway, if any of you more adept miniature-painters are interested in some of them, they're really just collecting dust where I have them now... I have a box of 1920ish people and their accessories, a box of "creatures," and a box of "horror movie creatures" like vampires and mummies and such, as well as some that were probably packaged separately. Kind of a mixed bag, some painted, some primered, and some just lead. Anyone interested in them? Am I foolish for not trying to sell them on ebay for a fortune (I guess they're "vintage," or at least probably date from somewhere around 1983-1987)...

Yes, you probably are foolish...you might be able to fund your trip to see Dr.Steve if you sell enough of them....or not.

Yes, you probably are foolish...you might be able to fund your trip to see Dr.Steve if you sell enough of them....or not.

Well, OK, there's no question that I'm foolish in general, the only issue is whether I'm foolish about this in particular :roll:

but given what people will pay for a dosidicus beak, anything's possible...

Is this the kind of stuff you are talking about?
http://cgi.ebay.com/RAFM-Call-of-Cthulhu-modern-day-miniatures-lot-of-5_W0QQitemZ8798879662QQcategoryZ2537QQss PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
or this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/WizKids-HorrorClix-Great-Cthulhu-GIANT-RARE_W0QQitemZ8797230546QQcategoryZ2537Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Is this the kind of stuff you are talking about?
http://cgi.ebay.com/RAFM-Call-of-Cthulhu-modern-day-miniatures-lot-of-5_W0QQitemZ8798879662QQcategoryZ2537QQss PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
or this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/WizKids-HorrorClix-Great-Cthulhu-GIANT-RARE_W0QQitemZ8797230546QQcategoryZ2537Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

more like the former ($10 bid) than the latter ($70 bid), I'm afraid...

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Monty, I'd be interested in taking a look at 'em!:grin: :grin: :grin:

Of course, i don't believe in getting something for nothing, so I would be willing to pay a negotiable fee, as long as you don't mind British cheques, or international postal orders or what have you. It would be unfair to expect you to have to pay for shipping and customs or whatever, and I'm sure we could come to an agreement... that is unless there were anyone in the States willing to accept them, then I would (very reluctantly) allow them to have the treasure. Either that or I reckon you should paint them up and post 'em here.

Hmmm, that $86 Cthulhu works out at around £48.65!! Waaaayyyy too tempting.

RKD

Curse you Limeys, Paddies, Sawneys, and Taffies, with your exchange-rate evil! I remember, during the Reagan administration, when I was living in West Germany and the dollar was worth about 3+ Deutsche Marks! Ah, those were the (long-distant) days. :shock:

I don't miss being a teenager for one moment, but maybe if Putin and Bush can just bring back the Cold War... even for a few minutes... man, I could make a killing. It was good to be an American during the Cold War. Yeah, damn that was good. I was just too young to take advantage. Darn. But things were cheap.

[QUOTE=cuttlegirl]Is this the kind of stuff you are talking about?
http://cgi.ebay.com/RAFM-Call-of-Cthulhu-modern-day-miniatures-lot-of-5_W0QQitemZ8798879662QQcategoryZ2537QQss PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Oooh those SWAT officers would go great in my superhero campaign! I'll have to pick some up.

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Monty, I'd be interested in taking a look at 'em!:grin: :grin: :grin:

Me too. I won't start a bidding war, unless there's something I absolutely must have.
And I'm in Canada. Does that get me extra points? We've got good health care!

Me too. I won't start a bidding war, unless there's something I absolutely must have.
And I'm in Canada. Does that get me extra points? We've got good health care!

Bidding war? I want to see you two in a fight to the death over my collection of lead figurines...

Ok, I'll try to find time to take some photos. Are miniatures that some amateur painted of interest (in the sense that you could either touch them up, or dump them into a bucket of paint thinner and start from scratch) or does that take all the fun out of it?

If it helps any, I have 3 boxes of minis from Grenadier Models: "Call of Cthulhu Creatures (6502, 1982)," "Call of Cthulhu Adventures[sic, they mean adventurers] (6501,1982)," and "Chill Nightmares (8501, 1985)"-- I guess "Chill" was some horror-based game system that didn't take off much. I also have some number of mostly Lovecraftian minis that I think I bought individually, including something that appears to be the same Yith miniature you guys both posted about (which is painted), and a "Mountains of Madness" creature (unassembled and unpainted), a Shoggoth (painted boringly), a nightgaunt (painted black, well, 'cuz), a Nyarlathotep-like thing (at least it's tentacle-faced), 2 Mi-Go, a "young of Shub Niggurath," and some other stuff I don't remember (I don't want to unpack the other box right now). It also looks like I got a bag of "props" like guns, boxes, saddles, lanterns, and stuff.

More when I get a chance to take some pix, I guess.

I'd be interested in one of those Cthulhu boxes, and mebbe another Elder being... to keep my one company, bless the little guy's crinoid socks!

RKD

I'd probably be interested in anything I don't already have, painted or no. Pics would definitely help.

I'd probably be interested in anything I don't already have, painted or no. Pics would definitely help.

I'll try to get some shots sometime, but it may be a bit before I get a chance (and I don't have as cool a macro lens as Phil).

I know it's been a while since any posting in this thread, but do you still have those minis, Monty?

I know it's been a while since any posting in this thread, but do you still have those minis, Monty?

Yup; I've been meaning to take pictures or something... I dug out the boxes recently.

Ok. I started to take one pic of each miniature, but I got frustrated, so I just set them all up and took pics en masse, with a few shots of things that might be particularly interesting.

http://www.lorax.org/~monty/Cthulhu_minis/

is uploading (slowly) all the pics I've taken so far... here are a few samples to whet your appetite:

5804

5805

5806

5807

:cthulhu:

some items I should name:

1 great race, 1 nightgaunt, 1 shoggoth, 1 winged worm, 1 shub-niggurath spawn, all painted
1 nyarlathotep, unassembled and unpainted
2 fungi from yuggoth, primed
3 or 4 deep ones, primed
1 antarctic elder race, unassembled
1 spawn of cthulhu, unassembled and unpainted
2 cthonians, large & small
a whole bunch of boxes, saddlebags, guns, and similar props
some skeletons, vampires, werewolves, zombies, and mummies
some ghouls
something I think is supposed to be a hound of tindowhateveritis
a number of cult leaders, and some cult leaders
several lizard-men
some sort of bird-snake thing
2 blobs
several ghosts or airy weird creatures
coffin with skeleton
4 or 5 policemen
several 1920s style adventurers and villains, some painted, some not
some sort of naga-like snake-woman

that's from memory, 'cause I'm in a different room