Cthulhu Fhtagn! Shoggoth Assembly Edition.

Shoggoth Assembly brings us an interesting interpretation of the traditional Cthulhu idol. Here's the original master sculpt:

Followed by a casting in opaque resin with a nice stone finish:

And a trio of idols in translucent resin:

From the Mountains of Madness

"Bigbella1976" brings us this fantastic Elder Thing sculpt.  Everything from Lovecraft's descriptions of the aliens is here, from the "feet" that ultimately lead to their discovery to the branching tentacles.  Even the wings appear accurate, with just two of the five on display.

The Shining Trapezohedron, Take Three

Mystic Prism offers up another take on the Shining Trapezohedron, this time fired from clear glass. Their earlier versions featured a red/black interpretation in boiled glass and one crafted from polished obsidian.

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Gentry Edition.

Shaun Gentry returns with a new Cthulhu idol, this one a more dynamic take on the traditional Lovecraftian pose.

Unholy Relics

The prolific Jason McKittrick has another limited run prop set. This time it's the "Implements of the High Priest", a mythos amulet and bone sacrificial knife.

Carnivorous Nautilus

Professional gaff artist Rick LaRue brings us this specimen of the carnivorous nautilus. The mouth is just amazing.

Mad Props

Insanity is a defining feature of encounters with the Mythos.  Protagonists regularly spiral down into madness, slowly losing their grip on reality as they discover more of the horrific truth dwelling in the shadows.  Dean Adelaide has a nice look at conveying that descent via increasingly erratic writing in notes and documents.

Armed with these I started playing around with manipulating the shapes of the letters. I did this in two main ways — firstly by warping the glyphs using a wavy-shaped envelope. That gives a kind of overall impression that the writer is struggling to make the normal letter shapes due to a “disturbed” state. The other distortion I tried involved adding in lots of extra points around the glyphs and randomly jittering them around. This gives a “shaky” effect, like the writers hand is unsteady. The samples below show what these look like for light, medium and heavy versions of the font. Most of the text is distorted by the “wave” effect; the bits circled in red are treated with the “shaky” effect, and the sections circled in purple have both effects applied.