Great Cthulhu

This Cthulhu bust in oxidized copper comes to us from Lithuanian artists By MU.  The sculpt features some fantastic texture work.  I believe this is the first horned Cthulhu we've come across.

 

 

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Wolwesmetal Edition.

This obelisk-style Cthulhu idol comes to us from Wolwesmetal.  A great sculpt made even better by the excellent patina.

 

 

Idol of the Gatekeeper

Tomàs Barceló returns to our pages with this wonderfully alien idol of Goem, guardian of the gates of Hell. 

 

Fallout First Aid

In honor of the second season of the Fallout TV series, here's a collection of aid items from the game including a spot-on recreation of the game's first aid kit.  Click through to see Aaron Kahler's complete photo gallery of each chem.

 

 

Cthulhu Talisman

Fenris49 brings us this Cthulhu talisman sculpted from polymer clay.

 

 

Cthulhu in Iron

This is how you do it.  Rick Sardinha brings us this awesome Call of Cthulhu prop tableaux featuring a very cool Cthulhu icon, prop ephemera, and a big ol' hand cannon. 

 

Great Cthulhu

This excellent Cthulhu wall plaque is brought to us by Studio Aki.   

 

Drink Up

I'm normally not a fan of Mythos drinkware, but these Cthulhu-themed cups from Fantasias Artesanales are pretty cool.  The chalice would make a great prop. 

 

Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences

Another impressive tome from Alex Libris Book Arts.  This time it's the Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences, which features not only an incredible hand-tooled leather cover, but a fully developed interior as well.  Click through to see some of the interior pages.

Also, the props used to stage this photo are phenomenal.   

 

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Broom edition.

Michael Broom brings us this faceless Cthulhu idol.  It's a really interesting sculpt, but the shape of the wings jumped out to me.  I love how their inner curve echoes both the arc across the top of the head and the one from the head down the shoulders.  It's a really interesting geometry. 

 

Not of This Earth

Monster Labs Studios returns to our pages with this alien specimen in a containment tube.  The sculpt features some excellent anatomical work. 

 

Long Live the King

Hynoxolus brings us this wonderful King in Yellow costume from lost Carcosa on the shore of Lake Hali.  Every part of the whole, in particular the mask and crown, is perfectly crafted.

 

 

LARP Saber

I can remember when pipe insulation over a PVC pipe was the state of the art in LARP weaponry.  My, how things have changed.  This LARP-safe Arabian sabre comes to us from Artedarme Workshop.

 

 

The Mummy's Hand

Grim Reliquary returns to our pages with this masterful "Cursed Mummy Hand".  The dark brown oxidized flesh is perfect, and the presentation is impeccable.  You really need to click through and check out the high resolution gallery to appreciate the details. 

 

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Manylegs Edition.

This highly stylized Cthulhu idol comes to us from Many Legs Art.  The sculpt is fantastic, but I'm not crazy about the spotty gold highlights on the patina.

 

 

Tombfire Wands

McCormick Wands returns to our pages with these beautiful Tombfire wands, carved from maple and purpleheart.  I love the rich organic textures.

 

 

You Gotta Have Heart

 

As the proud father of Auguste Delagrange, I'm always impressed by his notoriety and fame.  Even more so because I wasn't aware he did half the things he's credited with doing.  Heh.

On the bright side, one of the replies lays out the actual origin of the Delagrange myth here on Propnomicon. 

 

Icon of Nyarlathotep

"He is called the creeping chaos, the dark pharaoh, the one who walks among us. Nyarlatotep is always changing - choosing the face that needs right now, from human to monster. He doesn't destroy with force - he destroys the mind, confuses the thoughts, tears the curtain between reality and the nightmare."

 Morok Art Studio brings us this icon of Nyarlathotep in his aspect as Nephren-Ka, the Black Pharaoh. 

 

 

Sacrificial Dagger

Victor Marin of Invictus Designs is no stranger to these pages.  His latest is this pre-Columbian sacrificial dagger, featuring a faux jade handle and obsidian blade. 

 

Wolf Shaman

Another outstanding LARP costume from Ordacraft.  This time it's a wolf shaman featuring a cave wolf helmet.  One of the things I love about their work is the textural contrast between the hard goods, like the skull and the horns and teeth of the necklace, with the fiber elements.  It adds so much detail to every piece.

 

 

Symbol of the Physarum

"Our goddess is the change under the earth. She is older than the dreams of men. Her's are the secrets of death and the mysteries of life."

‐Saying of the Physarum

 Mor Design returns to our pages with the symbol of the Physarum, intelligent fungal beings. 

 

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Hatswell Edition

It's been a long, long time, but the Hatswell Cthulhu idol is once again available.  Julien Hatswell first produced this piece way back in 1997.  Since then it's become an iconic interpretation, similar in stature to the 1999 Steven Hickman sculpt from Bowen Designs.  This morning it popped up in my Instagram feed, one of the rare examples of the algorithm actually working.  I was overjoyed to discover he's producing it in limited quantities and immediately placed an order.  You can do the same over at his Etsy page.

 

 

ED-E, My Love

Normally, when Valara Atran makes an appearance here it's for her mythos or Elder Scrolls props.  This time it's for her awesome recreation of the experimental Duraframe Eyebot ED-E from my favorite video game, Fallout: New Vegas.  She brought her little friend along to Goodsprings, Nevada this past weekend for the annual Fallout fan weekend.  Along with the thousands of other attendees she bumped into Craig Boone, late of the New California Republic's First Recon division.  Click through to see her extensive gallery.

 

 

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Kissoon Edition.

I've been doing this for close to twenty years now.  In that time I've posted about hundreds of Cthulhu idols, featuring everything from viking themed statuettes to primitive idols carved from wood.  Today I'm immensely pleased to bring you something I've never seen before.

This Cthulhu idol from Kissoon is not only a wonderfully stylized sculpt, but the first bifacial statuette I've seen.  The rear of the statue is a mirror image of the front.  It looks hella cool in rotation, which you can see by clicking through on the link. 

 

Classic Era Camping

If you've ever wondered what kind of gear a classic era expedition or campsite would have, this video is for you.  Mr. Dyer of Honorable Outfitters brings us this look at a recreation of a 1920s hunting camp.  It features multiple re-enactors using everything from very basic backpacking kits to full blown tent setups with all the bells and whistles.  I'm always surprised at just how sophisticated some vintage equipment was.

 

Cthulhu in Gold

Maarten Verhoeven has been producing some incredibly Mythos pieces over the last few years.  What makes his work unusual is that all of his work is digitally sculpted and then 3D printed.  His latest physical offering is this excellent Cthulhu idol in faux gold.  As much as I like the sculpt I'd love to see it with inset gems for eyes.

 

 

Tome of Strahd

It's been interesting to watch the "Curse of Strahd" campaign for Dungeons and Dragons become the equivalent of Chaosium's "Masks of Nyarlathotep".  Both are lengthy, multi-part adventures driven in large part by a plethora of documents and handouts, and gamemasters have embraced expanding the sheer number of props for players to interact with.

This recreation of the "Tome of Strahd" from AdSuccessful1184 is a good example.  They used an off-the-shelf leather journal from Amazon as the base, then customized it with both printed and pasted in pages.  The results are pretty impressive.  Click through on the link above to see an entire gallery of the tome with a lot more of the interior pages. 

 

 

Idol of Ra

The latest pagan idol from Slagovir is this carved wooden depiction of Ra, the ancient Egyptian god of the sun.  I really like how he incorporates the traditional ship of the sun into the design. 

 

Give My Regards to Broadway

Pomchop returns to our pages with another collection of excellent handouts.  This time it's for "Great Old Ones on the Great White Way" from Chaosium: 

I’ve just run ‘Great Old Ones on the Great White Way’ as a one-shot for some theatrical/roleplaying friends. Here are the handouts I made for the game. Unfortunately the investigators didn’t find them all, but they go to the bottom of the mystery with one indefinite insanity and no deaths.

For those of you who don’t know the scenario, it was originally printed in the Chaosium halloween monograph ‘Dead Leaves Fall’ and features a missing actress and a fishy broadway show. I feel to get the most out of the scenario the players should have a knowledge of musical theatre which, thankfully, my group did. It went down well and took 4 1/2 hours to run (with breaks).

He's very kindly made all of them available for free.  You'll find a PDF with most of them over here, while the playbill for the show is over here.

 

 

Crime in Arkham

I'm shocked, simply shocked, to discover bootleggers are active in the beautiful city of Arkham, Massachusetts.  Abraham Marsh of El Primo de Innsmouth reveals the awful truth with these pictures of his ne'er-do-well cousin smuggling illegal liquor disguised as bottles of maple syrup.  

 

 

Clickity Clack

"Brave-as-a-noun" went completely old school to produce props for a new Call of Cthulhu campaign.  He used an actual vintage typewriter to produce teaser messages that he then mailed to his players.  That's insanely cool. 

 

Clay Tablet Props

Avason created these clay tablet props for a Dungeons and Dragons adventure.  The process was pretty straight forward.  They rolled out a sheet of polymer clay, sculpted the raised figures, then used a toothpick to engrave the writing.  The results demonstrate a pretty high effort/reward ratio.