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.
Jason McKittrick of the Cryptocurium continues his celebration of "The Doom That Came to July" with this nicely done statuette of the King in Yellow. A limited number will be available in two different finishes starting tomorrow.
A new curio from Burned Raven Tales is always a cause for celebration. This time it's a faux bronze "Eldritch Fertility Statue" that mixes a familiar Lovecraftian form with the exaggerated feminine attributes of paleolithic Venus figurines.
The talented Eric Jordan is back. This time he brings us a handy guide for dungeon delvers in the form of a medieval-era folding almanac. He not only shares an extensive gallery of the finished prop, but an entire thread about the creation process. That includes the trial and error approach he used to determine the page layout for the book. He not only had to deal with multiple pages, but those pages themselves unfold into even more leaves.
Wikipedia has a great write up about this unique style of pocket library.
"A folded almanac, sometimes called a physicians folded calendar, girdle book, or vade mecum, refers to a type of medieval English almanac consisting of multiple folios which are folded multiple times and bound together to create a dense yet compact vessel for information which would be used in medical practice."
Artedarme Workshop specializes in creating unique LARP-safe foam weapons. Their latest is this nautically-themed Deep One spear.
"Me? I'm the greatest ambassador to the Gods, the Giants, and all the creatures of the Nine Realms. I know every corner of these lands, every language spoken, every war waged, every deal struck. They call me… Mimir! --smartest man alive, and I have the answer to your every question."
Parts N Crafts brings us one of the coolest video game props I've seen in a while- the head of Mimir, god of wisdom, from the latter-day God of War games.
Longtime friend of the site Tim Lonegan dropped me a note yesterday about this incredible piece. He commissioned a truly unique Cthulhu statue from artist Gage Prentiss, himself no stranger to these pages. I strongly recommend clicking through on the link to check out the full gallery of photographs and the detailed backstory behind the statue.
You'll have a chance to view the piece in person at the NecronomiCON Providence art show in August.
