Sunday, August 31, 2025

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Discomfort Edition.

This nicely done miniature Cthulhu idol comes to us from PrimeDiscomfort.  Click through for a full gallery, including the original digital sculpt.

 


 

Friday, August 29, 2025

Tools of the Trade

Over on Reddit, this_might_hurt shared some of the props he created for a homebrew Call of Cthulhu scenario, including a 3D printed Webley revolver.  The documents include a guest appearance by my Hellraiser glyphs.  


 

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Book of Anubis

The talented AlexLibris returns with this Egyptian-themed tome.  Featuring a leather cover hand-tooled with hieroglyphics, the god Anubis, and brass insets.  

 


 

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Titanic Tome

Sweet fancy Moses.  I think this massive leather tome from Velimira Designs might be the biggest one we've ever featured, and that's saying a lot.  

 


 

Monday, August 25, 2025

Great Cthulhu

Parts N Crafts brings us their take on the traditional Cthulhu idol.  As with many recent projects it was sculpted digitally, 3D printed, and then painted for its final finish.  What a time to be alive.

 


 

Friday, August 22, 2025

Brownie

It isn't a secret that I'm a believer in the darker, more cautious view of fairies.  All that twee good cheer is just clever marketing to make it easier for the inhuman little monsters to ensorcell your soul.  That said, I can appreciate a particularly well done attempt at pushing their narrative.  Ksheyna Nightwood brings us this example, a brownie right out of the world of Brian Froud.  

 


 

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

That Voodoo That You Do

Oh, this is nice.  Monsterlabs Studios returns to our pages with the latest in their "Cursed Items" series.  This time it's a complete voodoo doll kit.  It features a ritual doll with a neat reverse-flow incense burner, a collection of potion bottles, and a set of nicely realized darts, all with wonderful weathering.  Just click through on the link to check out a full gallery.


 

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Making a Prop Newspaper

As an aficionado of ASMR videos, I've been impressed by the incredible increase in production values over the last few years.  There are some creators with sets and props that are close to movie-quality, driven by the demand for believability in the era of 4K video monitors.  Jake Hellbach is one of those folks.  In addition to his imaginative videos, featuring everything from Victorian apothecaries to WW II spy hunters, he's produced a number of behind the scenes looks at what goes into his work.  This one covers how he produces a number of items, including prop cigarette packs, period posters, and multi-page newspapers.

 

Monday, August 18, 2025

Carved Cthulhu Idol

This primitive-style, carved wooden Cthulhu idol, complete with presentation box, comes to us from Italian artist Fabio Stazi. 


 

Friday, August 15, 2025

Elder Thing Fossil

This fantastic imagining of a fossilized Elder Thing "hand" comes to us from Gage Prentiss.  Click through to see a full gallery of the piece.

 


 

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Thomas Edition.

This nicely done Cthulhu idol comes to us from artist and prop-maker Joe Thomas.

 


 

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Cthulhu in Red

This deep red carved wooden Cthulhu idol comes to us from the appropriately named "Wonderfulwhittlin".

 


 

Monday, August 11, 2025

Fae in a Jar

Umbratheca returns to our pages with this mummified fae specimen in a jar.

 


 

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Mounted Dragon Skeleton

Sarina Brewer brings us this mounted dragon skeleton.  What makes it unusual is that it's constructed from real bones.  The basic skeleton is from a honey glider, the wings from a bat, the skull from a chameleon, and the horns repurposed animal claws. 


 

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Prop Potion Tips

One of the things I hate about crafting videos on YouTube is the tendency for creators to just drone on and on without getting to the point.  Thankfully, this isn't one of those videos.  The "Cooking and Craft Chick" has a great series of tips for anyone crafting potion props.  That includes helpful pointers for what liquids to use, why real corks are a hassle, and how to maximize the color-shifting properties of mica powder.    

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Gone, But Not Forgotten

Saying goodbye to your loved ones is always hard, so why not keep them around?  Tom Keubler returns to our pages with the mummified head of dear old aunt Alicia


 

Monday, August 4, 2025

Tome of the Great Old One

A tableau featuring another impressive piece of tomecraft from MilleCuirs.  This time it's a Cthulhu-themed tome, complete with hand tooled leather cover and inset glass eyes. 


 

Friday, August 1, 2025

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Tsougkouzidis Edition.

I'm proud to have several of Mythos pieces from George Tsougkouzidis in my personal collection.  He's an impressively flexible artist, creating sculptures with wildly varying artistic and cultural styles.  This is his primitive "Eidolon of the Dagon Realm".