Carved Cthulhu

This carved wooden Cthulhu idol comes to us from Ukrainian artist Luna Wood Workshop.  It's rare indeed that we get an idol that doesn't have a stone or metal finish.  Ones made from actual wood are few and far between.

 

 

Traveller Campaign Medals

Chris Heisman is getting ready to wrap up his current Traveller campaign, and he's doing it in style.  Each of the players will be getting one of these custom-made "Grand Star of the Directorate" medals.  It's a brilliant idea, and the kind of prop that players will remember for years. 

 

Cthulhu in Stone

This is pretty cool.  Yaox Tribal Arts brings us their take on Cthulhu, hand-carved from chalk. 

 

 

Grimoire of Cthulhu

Master tomecrafter MilleCuirs returns to our pages with this Grimoire of Cthulhu.  I love the custom embossment design.

 

Cthulhu in Copper

Artist Michael Broom brings us this nicely done Cthulhu idol in a patinated copper finish.

 

The Margate Mystery

Oh, my.  What strange and mysterious creature could have washed up on shore in Kent?

Beachgoers have found a "strange skeleton-like" figure which washed up on the shore at a British beach and left them puzzled over what it could be.

Paula Regan stumbled across the eerie object while enjoying a seaside walk with her husband Dave in Margate, Kent, on Monday, March 10, and a crowd gathered to look at it. Photos show what looks like a skeleton and mermaid hybrid, partially buried in sand and surrounded by seaweed- with a skeletal head and tail-like structure.

Followers of the blog will immediately recognize the creature as a traditional sideshow-style Fiji Mermaid.  It's hard not to congratulate the Regans for a hoax well played, but I really wish the reporter hadn't played along quite so enthusiastically.

 

 

Worshipper of Dagon

Richard Svensson is a dedicated amateur filmmaker who specializes in hand-animated fantasy.  Over the years he's produced dozens of short films, including a number of Mythos-inspired works.  He created this puppet to appear as the creature at the climax of his adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's "Dagon".  It's a fantastic sculpt, built using techniques that Ray Harryhausen would be familiar with.  Click through the link for a detailed look at the film, and the puppet's construction.