Saturday, April 8, 2017

The Goddess

Masks Mastery returns to our pages with this pagan goddess idol.


Friday, April 7, 2017

The Tome of Azathoth

Mille Cuirs returns to our pages with the Tome of Azathoth.  Bound in hand tooled black leather with an inset glass stone.



Thursday, April 6, 2017

Tkon Font

Over the years "Star Trek" has spawned dozens of alien languages that only appear for a few seconds.  It's a credit to the show's designers that they go to the trouble of cranking out alphabets for all of those scenes, and to the fans that they painstakingly fontify every one.

Tkon is a golden oldie from the TNG days.  The font appears on relic computer monitors from the  "Tkon Empire" in the first season episode "The Last Outpost".  The character set has a nice visual weight and would make convincing lettering for all sorts of fantasy scrolls and grimoires.

Update:  There appears to be a potential exploit on the original hosting page.  I've uploaded a copy for download over here- Tkon Font from Omega Designs.  Just click the download arrow in the upper right hand corner.


Wednesday, April 5, 2017

John Carter Gate Medallion

Disney's "John Carter" had a multitude of issues, but bad design wasn't one of them.  This recreation of the gate medallion comes to us from BlackGoblet. 


Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Shrunken Head

Artist Patrick Magee brings us this very well done shrunken head.  I really like the translucent skin.  Traditional tsanta gaffs have a matte finish that replicates the look of the originals, which were smoked over a fire as part of the preservation process. 


Sunday, April 2, 2017

Cthulhu Plaque

Long before the current explosion in Lovecraftiana Stephen Hickman sculpted an amazing Cthulhu idol that was available from Bowen Designs.  It's now become a highly sought after piece and remains one of the best depictions.

That's what makes this piece so unusual.  It's flagged on Pinterest as a Cthulhu plaque sculpted by Hickman.  Oddly enough, this is the only mention of the plaque I can find.  Google doesn't come up with anything else, at least in the first hundred listings, and Mr. Hickman's own site doesn't have any information on it either.  I suspect it's been mis-attributed, but would welcome correction from anyone with more information.


Saturday, April 1, 2017

Cthulhu Fhtagn! Andorina Edition.

We've had many a Cthulhu,
here on display,
but one of the best,
pops up today.

Victoria Andorina,
is the artist's name,
and it's definitely not,
more of the same.

No cosmic horror,
to blast away your wits,
no foetid flesh,
no cruel spiky bits.

Just a furry Cthulhu,
with polka dot skin,
big yellow eyes,
and a be-tentacled chin.

It's a terrible fate,
I thought I'd never see,
the feared Elder God,
is totally kawaii.