Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Cthulhu Fhtagn! UndertakingFX Edition.

UndertakingFX has this nifty little Cthulhu idol available on Etsy. I'm normally loathe to link to Etsy, it being the master hive from whence the Cute-thulhu infestation emanates, but I really like the quality of the sculpt. It captures the look of a primitive soapstone carving, with a definite "Venus of Willendorf" vibe.

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4 comments:

  1. CoastConFanJanuary 11, 2012 at 7:39 AM

    That figure has a lot of character. I am reminded of some of the earliest European chess pieces http://history.chess.free.fr/first-european.htm I do agree that it does resemble some of the late paleo and early Neolithic figurines but it doesn’t match the power of the seated woman of Çatal Hüyük, which I viewed in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara.

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  2. CoastConFanJanuary 11, 2012 at 7:47 AM

    Sorry, the figure is at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, not the Ethnographic museum. It's been 20 years since I have been there.

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  3. UndertakingFXJanuary 11, 2012 at 9:04 AM

    Thanks! We really appreciate it!

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  4. RavenJanuary 11, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    And bravo the multiple eyes -- spiderlike, major and minor -- for that extra alien effect, faithful to HPL's own drawing.

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