Faking It

Perry Daniels has posted a great video on YouTube featuring an in-depth look at creating and weathering prop documents.  He starts off with one of the cheap Chinese copies of the grail diary from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and proceeds to upgrade the whole thing into something far more impressive.  Given the price point, it should come as no surprise that most the of the original inserts are printed on standard printer paper.  Mr. Daniels goes through and replaces them with more realistic alternatives.  That includes hand-drawing the Petra map, using actual newsprint for the clipped newspaper articles, using real photographs, and then weathering the entire book with an airbrush wash.  

There's a lot of information packed into the video.  That includes something I've never seen before- recreating the smell of an old book using a spray from a commercial scent library.  That's next level. 

Up From the Depths

We wrap up the week with a cool idol of Dagon from from Black Shawarma Shop over on Etsy.   

 

Mi-Go Specimen

I go, you go, we all go, for Mi-Go!  Jason McKittrick of the Cryptocurium brings us this "Mi-Go Pupa" specimen, the final release in his "The Doom That Came to July" series. 

 

Cthulhu Bas Relief

This bas relief of Cthulhu comes to us from artist Molech996 over on Reddit.

 

 

The Book of Pain

Professional book binder Alex Libris brings us this one of a kind tome.  It's a commissioned piece, and the carved leather cover embossment is based on the owner's "Lady of Pain" tattoo.  Featuring a cover of hand tooled leather with custom brass hardware and buckles. 

 

Personal Effects

One of the reasons the "Call of Cthulhu" TTRPG resonates with me is that I love the classic Mythos era of the 1920s and 30s.  Everything from the clothing and architecture to magazine advertisements fascinates me.  Hence my enthusiasm for this excellent video from Gentleman's Gazette.  The channel normally concentrates on matters sartorial, but their "12 Things Every Man from the 1930's Had in His Pockets" focuses on the everyday carry of close to a century ago.  That includes everything from the different styles of billfold in use, to the popularity of pocket knives- some of which weren't too different from modern-day multitools.    

 

Fake Chat App

Over on the Reddit Delta Green forum, jdavenport has posted a great tool for anyone running tabletop games in the modern era.  It's Chatter, an app that generates screenshots from chat programs.  It currently has three modes- a modern smartphone messenger screen, the liquid crystal look of a vintage Nokia 3310 cell phone, and a Windows 95 AIM clone.  Here's a direct link to the web app itself.  The author has also open-sourced the program and uploaded the full code to GitHub.